Baby Shower Fun

Friends from my ward threw me a baby shower. It was so much fun! We played cut the yarn the size you think prego's belly is, don't say the word "baby" or I take your pin, find the safety pins in the rice bowl without looking, and presant bingo. We ate yummy salad, fruit dipped in chocolate or dip, rolls, candy, and huge cupcakes. I got so many great things for the baby, including outfits, blankets, a handmade diaper bag, diapers, bibs, lotions, and spit-up clothes. I loved chatting with the girls about having babies, being moms, and all the funny stuff that happens along the way. I feel so blessed to live in a ward where I have supportive, loving friends.

A Funny Story From the ER

As you may or may not know, Brandon has been doing his rotation in the ER for the month of June. The other day, a drunk guy came into the ER. He had stumbled over the dog while intoxicated, and cut a big gash in the back of his head. The ER doctor gives Brandon the razor, syringe, and staple gun and says, "You can do this one." Brandon asked the Dr. to show him how the staple gun worked just to make sure. Turns out, Brandon had already used one like it in ortho surgery. What he hadn't used before was the fancy shaver. As Brandon is shaving the drunk guys scalp, he notices that he just left a big bald spot 2 inches over from the actual wound. "Oops," Brandon thinks to himself. I thought, "Well, if you have to wear a baseball cap to cover the initial wound, it will cover Brandon's little boo boo. The sad part is, the drunk guy wasn't so drunk that he couldn't feel the needle Brandon used to numb the area on his head. The guy went to drive himself home and the ER Dr. refused to let him drive, so he had to wait for his buddy to come drive his car home, then come back to the ER and get him. When buddy came back for his drunk friend, he told everyone that he couldn't get drunk guys car out of first gear. They all laughed and decided if you were going to drive drunk, that was a good gear to be stuck in.

Red Rock Canyon

Brandon got off of work early so we went hiking at Red Rock Canyon. The kids loved it and so did Brandon and I. It was nice to be outside away from everything. Denton turned out to be an excellent rock climber and Julia hiked a long way before we put her in the back pack.

Girls Weekend

The dads were very kind to watch the kids the whole day while the moms went and played. Don't be fooled by these pictures though... the water was way too cold.

First, we went to the hair college. Jennifer and Alisha got hair cuts. Stephanie got her brows waxed, and I got a pedicure. I loved being pampered!

Kelsey, me, Stephanie, and Beckie


We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse, then we went to Stephanie's house and played games and ate banana splits. It was a ton of fun!

This was at Stephanie and Tim's after the baby blessing. Strange, the baby you see in all the pictures isn't the baby that was blessed. Instead, you see everyone holding Matthew, Jaerick's cousin. Let me just say, Brandon was the one taking picures :-)

Brandon and I after the blessing.

Just me being big and pregnant some more.

Plant a Seed

I thought it would be fun to spend some family time planting tomato seeds. I love home-grown tomatoes and I knew the kids would have fun planting seeds in the dirt and watching them pop up. When I was a kid my dad loved to garden. He would plant rows and rows of tomato's, cucumber, melons, corn, carrots, and just about everything else. He would spend hours in the garden weeding and fertilizing the plants. It was my job to sit in the garden with a hose and move the water from one row to the next. I would take a salt shaker out with me and eat tomatos while I waited for the water. I have to admit, I hated watering the garden. I look back now at the example my dad set, and I can't wait until we have our own garden and I can have my kids come and plant, weed, and water it with me.

Visit To St George

Julia said she didn't want to swim. She started out just getting her feet wet. She ended up in Grandpa and Grandma's pool with her clothes on.

Denton loves to swim, but we are trying to get him to swim without so much gear on :-)

Grandpa Belt is teaching Julia how to draw circles with a protracter. So cute to watch them interact.

Grandma and Grandpa Coon have some beautiful roses this time of year.

A Couple Funnies

We are driving home from church and Denton says, "Repentance (Resurrection) is when you die and then come back to life. That's pretty fun, except for the dying part huh?"


The kids always try to run wild at Lowe's because it is such a big store. I got looking at something with Brandon, we turn around, and this is what we find. I'm just so glad it's new and not used :-)

Crazy Weekend

We went to St. George for the weekend. Saturday morning we all went to Chuck a Rama for lunch. We are a pretty loud bunch when we all get together! Later, we went to see Brandon's niece, Katelyn, get baptised. That was a really neat occasion. Katie is the oldest grandchild on Brandon's side.
Saturday evening, we went and visited my parents for a few hours. When we got back to Brandon's parents house, Jennifer, Cameron, and Brandon's dad were all ready to play cards. We stayed up playing cards and eating candy until 2am. It's been a long time since I felt young enough to stay up that late. Sad, I know, but we had a blast.
Sunday morning, we had a huge breakfast at the Bonewell's, then we went to visit my parents again. Denton loves helping grandma Coon make cookies and carrot juice. He won't eat any sort of vegetables, but my mom lets him put the carrots into the juicer. Then, he's all excited about drinking carrot juice. Crazy, I know.
Then, we went to Zack and Alisha's ward to see their baby, Matthew, be blessed. Baby blessings are so fun. After that, it was off to the Bonewell's to eat more food. We drove home that night and we were all in bed by 9am. We needed a vacation after that weekend. It's always fun to get together with family though.

Girls Night Out

Saturday was girls night out. Denton and Julia had been sick all day, so it was nice to get out. There were 9 of us (me, Maya Anderson, Tina Covington, Cami Higbee, Camme Chowen, Kirsten Simmons, Nancy Olsen, Karrie Pequeno, and Crissy Tippetts). I'm kicking myself now for not taking pictures, but it was so much fun. We had dinner at Pei Wei (yummy like P.F. Changs). Then, we went to Sunset Station bowling. I was just a little worried about my clumsy prego self with a bowling ball in my hands. I didn't do half bad. It was cosmo bowling too, which added black lights and music videos, very fun. Of course, we had to stop for frozen yogurt on the way home. We stopped at this awesome new frozen yogurt buffet shop. They have 10 different flavors of yogurt and 20 different toppings. You just grab a cup and knock yourself out. You do have to be careful not to overdo it because they weigh it and charge you per ounce. I loved it. I was nice to be out with the girls, eating, laughing, and having fun.

A Good and Not so Good Easter

Saturday night Zack and Alisha came over to Grandpa and Grandma Bonewell's house and brought eggs to color, cookies to decorate, and games to play. Thanks Alisha! It was fun!

Amongst all the chaos, Denton fell sound asleep. Poor kid had a fever on and off and you can see how red his face is.

The kids had fun getting Easter prizes from Grandpa and Grandma.

We didn't take any cute family pictures all dressed up in our nice church clothes because, well... the kids were sick and up all night coughing. We didn't get to go to church, which was kind of a bummer. We came home early and missed the ham dinner at the Bonewell's. Even Brandon was feeling a bit sick. We did watch a couple of Easter slide-shows set to music that helped us remember the Savior and his Atonement for us. If you haven't seen "Reflections of Christ" yet, it would be well worth your time. Here is the link http://deseretbook.com/video/view/5