Thursday, February 21, 2008

Lately . . .

I haven't had a single note worthy comment for what seems like quite awhile and now all of a sudden there is much to say. Thank you to all of you who made comments on my eye candy for the home post. I had actually meant to put that on my "say it sweetly" blog, but it ended up on our family blog. I blame it on sleep deprivation. But I am glad so many of you got to see what I have been trying to turn into a business.

Now onto the good stuff. This is my beautiful boy. He is now 5 months old and I find myself thinking, "where did the time go?" We still affectionately call him Bubba and my grandma asks "how in the world did such a beautiful boy get a nick-name like Bubba?" We don't think the name makes him any less adorable though, so we still use it. he is starting to roll over, but not very often. I am sure the days will soon be here when he is quite mobile. Just look at that face would you?!
His favorite past time is to try to see how many of his fngers he can get into his mouth at the same time. He also loves to suck on his lower lip. It keeps him happy. He is almost sleeping through the night. He usually wakes up once for a quick meal then doses back off (if I'm lucky, otherwise I have to rock him back to sleep.)
I don't know how to rotate pictures, but I figured with his last picture in the Hannah Montanna wig we needed to add a manly one. Kai has recently introduced my girls to the old series, "Thunder Cats" and "He-Man". Does anyone remember watching those? Kiera runs around the house with this sword yelling, "By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!"
This is my little fashion designer. She has recently taken to coloring. She will sit for hours with a coloring book and box of crayons. Her other love is Barbie Dolls. We don't have very many beautifull ball gowns for our dolls so Nani decided to make her own. She ripped of a paper towl square then colored it with a dark orange and a light orange crayon. Using a piece of tape and butterfly hair clips she attatched her creation to her doll (who I think looks like my old roommate Dani) and viola- she had a new ball gown. I think that shows a lot of creativity. Maybe she'll be a famous designer someday. Note: See He-man on TV in the background.
Finally, we had a fun filled family trip to the snow for sledding. We drove to a place called Woods Ranch, an hour and a half away, just outside Cedar City, Ut. My Camera was acting up so I din't get really great pictures of all our activities like I had hoped. Too bad because Cambria was doing some pretty extreme stunts. Kiera was content just too eat every patch of snow she could get her hands on.



After we were done going on this little hill, Cambria wanted to hike the big "mountain" hill. She climbed clear to to top before she was ready to go down. She sat in front of me and we got going so fast that I had to put my feet down to slow ud before we ended up in this little ditch at the bottom of the hill. When I did so , the snow of course sprayed all up in her face and despite my attempt to sheild her, she was covered from head to toe with a fine powdery layer of snow. She rolled out of the sled and stood up ready to yell, "look what you have . . ." Then she changed mid sentence and asked in a friendly voice, "How do I look? " and she struck a pose. It was so funny, I rolled off the sled laughing. We had a great time and hope to go again soon.
Now for some very exciting news. . . My brother Chris just got his mission call. He is going to Kennewick, Washington. (Don;t know how to spell it). He is a little disappointed that he doen't get to go foreign or learn a language, but he is willing and ready to do his duty for the Lord. He reports to the MTC on April 16th. I am so proud of him and this decision that he has made. I know that it will enrich his life as he serves Heavenly Father and his people.
Another cool thing is that My Cousin Tyler just got his mission call too. Maybe they will be in the MTC together. The funny thing is that Tyler was called to the Las Vegas, Nevada mission which is only about three hours from where he lives. His area just may cover my city and his other cousin, Kellie's city. I am sure he will see more than one recognizable face.
Side note: I was just interrupted by a Doctor's office who wanted to collect money from a vist that they had previosly said we wouldn't have to pay for. It caught me off guard because it was a conversation that she had with Kai that I was oblivious to. I was a tiny bit rude and I feel really bad. I tried to be very nice at the end of our conversation, but I am sure she got off the phone and cursed my name. I wish I could call her back and apologize. I hate that.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Eye Candy for your Home

Go ahead, go crazy. Decorate your house from head to toe! Here are some more wonderful ideas.

Above entery inside master bedroom.
Welcome guests with a pleasant greeting on your front door
"All because two people fell in love"
Above master bed, "Choose the one you love, love the one you choose"
On foot board of bed.
Close up of wall above master bed.


Customized blocks
Birth announcements


Above closet

On the wall in your daughter's room






Laundry room

On Mirrors
On picture frames


Seasonal
Hallways:
On wall in the office.
Another picture frame

Customized blocks
Message board in the kitchen

Friday, January 25, 2008

The New Zealand All Blacks

This is the one of the reasons we love the Haka which will explain the following videos. Especially for those of you who don't know what the Haka is. For those other Poly's and friends from Hawaii it's gotta make you say sheeeee hoooooooo!

Davis Haka

This is the girls doing a Haka along with the ALL BLACKS prior to a match in this past year's Rugby World Cup in France. These two girls love the Haka and their Polynesian heritage and so does their daddy and uncles.

gingerbread haka

This is our favorite video as of lately, because we love our Polynesians.

New Bowling Technique

How many things can you do before your ball hits the pins?

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Self Defense Tool Proves Effective

So I've been a little disappointed that I haven't had anything to write about that was interesting lately. But my good ol' Brother Ryan's birthday party tonight provided me with just the right ammunition.


So Firstly, Happy Birthday Ryan! I can't believe he is 17 years old! He is my baby brother (we are 12 years apart, just like he and Cambria) and I have always loved him. When he was a little baby and couldn't talk I used to spend so much time telling him all my High school drama problems because I knew he couldn't ever tell anyone. Now he's all grown up, colleges from ALL over are trying to recruit him because he is a genius, and He is a dang good athlete as well (with really big muscles that he is proud of). I may not get all the details right,but you'll get the general idea. Now, let the story begin:

It was a family dinner not unlike any other. My mom, dad, three brothers, grandma, cousin Candi and the Migdat clan were all in attendance. Oh, yeah, and my brother Sean brought a date along for the evenings festivities. The traditional Happy birthday song had been sung and the candles were blown out leaving a lot more smoke than seemed usual. My Grandmother began to cough. Kind of a lot. Then my Aunt Wendy, who was sitting next to her, began to cough too. They way they coughed began to make my Mom and Dad nervous. My Dad went to check the BBQ and realized he'd left it on and thought that was the source of the problem. He turned it off and returned to the dinner table. Shortly After my Dad began to cough. Kind of a lot. Then my Mom and I guess the cough worked its way around the table hitting everyone. They thought maybe they'd poisoned the air with their cooking. The bouts of coughing ended, but every once in awhile, they'd start up again. My Brother Chis had been playing with Sean's date's key chain sporadically through out the evening. Later on as the Migdat's were getting into their car and about to leave, Sean's date said "that was so weird, it was like someone was spraying my pepper spray." as she delicately touched her key chain. A sheepish grin spread Chris's face as he said, "Oh, was that what it was?" He has seen her key chain, and not knowing what the pepper spray was, sprayed it out every once in awhile.

This is him. Whoops. I don't know if he looks innocent, but he does know htat Pepper Spray works.

In other stories, I've reread the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer again, and I have been thinking a lot about Edward. It would be nice to have him stay up all night with my kids when they wouldn't or couldn't sleep. You know, if he didn't wan to drink their blood or anything like that. And What if somebody could hear my thoughts. What would they think of me? I wonder what kind of person I sound like on the inside where all my secret feelings are free to safely bounce around. I think I am very glad that my thoughts can't be heard.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Looks like Mom!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Black and white photographs

Looks like Dad!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Antique photographs

Looks like mom!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Roots

Say It Sweetly!

My sweet little brother, Christopher is in the process of making a web page for our new vinyl business, Lasting Impressions Made Simple. It still needs some work and I was getting anxious to display some of my work and some other things made by friends. So feel free to drop by and check it out. I have a link from my list of blogger friends or you can go to sayitsweetly.blogspot.com

Sweet Baby Boy!

I love this little guy so much. He is already four months old. It seems to have gone by in such a blur. He is always so happy and pleasant. God knew I needed a good natured baby! He smiles all the time and makes little goo-ing sounds (and the girls always say "he said his first word!") My favorite thing lately is that he laughs every time we take his shirts off over his head. It must tickle him under his arms.

I do fear for my little man though. I am sure this is just the beginning of what life will be like with two older sisters. They thought he would look great in this Hannah Montana wig.