Bentley Update!

Today he started clapping! :)
O ya and now he has 4 teeth, but it gets better he has the bottom from two and then the top ones next to where the front two should be. So needless to sayhe kind of has fangs.
He has been sleeping so good. 10-12 hours
He is gaining more confidence he will now stand sometimes not holding onto anything.

The House!

This is our new house that everyone has been waiting to see. So here it is. We absolutly love it.

We have painted the inside and are working on the landscaping. This fall we are putting in sprinkling systems and grass in the front and the back.

Here I am with all 5 kids. Starting on the left is Coco's baby girl Baylee then Bentley, Michelle and Jason's 3 kids Logan, Clayton and Morgan. It was crazy there for a bit and it gave me a tast of what it will be like to have 5 kids. :) I love them they are so much fun. I am sad that I will only get to watch Baylee girl for a few more weeks before they move to Las Vegas. :(

Here is our sweet little Bentley. I love this outfit! I got it for him at Gymboree and he looks so clean and classy in it. I love Sail Boats!

I will take more pictures of the inside of the house when I feel like it is how I want it. :) It is a work in progress, but it is so much fun.

Eternal Progression

Nick and I have been asked to speak this sunday in church. Our topic choices are Eternal Families, Eternal Progression or Eternal Marriage. If anyone has a good thought our knows of a good talk etc leave a comment and we will take into consideration. We need all the help we can can get lol! Wish us luck!

Bentley Update!

I just wanted to journal a little bit about Bentley! Time is flying by and he is growing so big. In 2 days he will be 10 months old. Here are some of the things he is doing:

Saying Mama (all the time)
Crawling (Everywhere)
Standing up to things and then crying because he can't let himself down
Snorting
Smiling pretty much 24-7
Batting his eyes at me
Eating big people food :) (Ravioli, cheese, pasta, bread, hot dog etc) and very lil baby food
The only fruit he likes is Banana's (but it has to be baby food, not pieces)
Taking great naps!
He loves watching signing time video's
He loves to sit at the back sliding glass door and pat on the door at our dog Ruger.
He loves going to the park and playing with his friends that come over.

I love being a mom and I am so greatful that I have the opportunity to raise Bentley he is the biggest joy and blessing in our lives!

Lake Powell 2

Here is Nick riding the air chair! I was so proud of him he was doing so well. He can pretty much do all water sports. He is so awesome and I love him!

Here is a pic of us riding the tube. We are playing war here. War in lake terminology is when you have the banana in the middle and a tube on each side pulled behind the boat and while going you push eachother off, jump from one to the other etc. It usually results in injury, but super fun. We were so sore after from holding on and pulling ourselves up out of the water back onto the tube or banana. Here in this pic I was lucky because I wasn't on the bottom getting squished! So fun !

Isn't he so hot??? He was being silly and I took a pick. He is standing on the tube. I love you with all my heart babe!

Exhausted from lots of days of fun!

THis is the banana involved in war, but here we did a grandma, grandpa and kiddie ride. We just went slow. Bentley and baby Abigail loved it!

Bentley loves the water! I need to get him in the pool more often! Cute little family here...ITS TIME TO ADD TO IT!

Here we are...the powell girls! Me, Lindsey (sis), Mom, Amy (my twins gf), and my lovely sister-in-law Heidi! Notice we all match..yes it was planned thanks AE for supplying the clothes :)!

We are sad that that was our last Powell trip this year, but we are looking forward to Newport Beach in August. Along with that comes Disneyland and California Adventures! YIPEE :)

Sun Spider Outbreak....YIKES!

We have sprayed twice in the last month that we have been here and are still having run in's with creepy crawlers! I hate Spiders and I think as tough as Nick is he hates them too! We have killed at least one a day whether it be in the garage or outside. Well last night I noticed another one of these sun spiders in my entry way to the front door and I knew it was to high for me to reach so I called Nick and made him kill it first thing the next morning. So here is Nick (shirtless lol) on the latter with a broomstick with paper towel taped to the end to squish the huge spider. I always am getting a kick out of my cute hubby!

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So here is an explanation about why am posting this. First of all you have to know that I love nice linens and sheets! My sheets are Ralph Lauren satin sheets with a very high thread count! Love them. Well my mother in law came across Eurow and Oreilly's Dish Towels at Costco like a year ago or something. (could have been sooner, but I have been envying them forever it seems like) Ever since I used them at her house doing dishes etc I have been on the hunt. I looked at costco, william sonoma, department stores etc. Well ta dah I finally found them on the internet at www.euroworeilly.com! They are 3 for $7.99 which I was totally willing to pay because these are seriously the best! I get tired of my dish towels not soaking up enough and also not being soft. So here they are if anyone wants to benefit from my searching efforts! I think whoever buys them will fall in love!

Putting the family to work!

We are so thankful to my wonderful family that came down this week and worked so hard. We painted our entire home in 2 days! We have installed appliances, shower doors etc. We are so tired but here are a few pics of the painting process! Mckay and Amy just pooped out on us haha. Sorry I forgot to turn the pic, but this is my dad rolling the sealing! He got the hardest job and the ceilings are way high so it took a lot of hard work! Thanks dad I hope your shoulders and back start feeling better!

Bentley...he was kind of a mischief maker! He would pick up screws, crawl in boxes etc. I got him in the paint box here.

Here he was pulling off the tape after my mom would get it on the wall. Lil Stinker!

Here is my wonderful mom! She came early to help me with Bentley so we could get some things done.

Heidi and Morgan also came from Vegas, but I failed to get pictures of them. Thanks to all! It looks great. Once I get moved in and decorated I will post more pictures of our new home!

Catching Up!

Well now that I have had a few moments to sit down and relax I figured that I would post about our Lake powell trip 2 weeks ago. The funny thing is that later tonight Nick and I are headed up to St. George to go to Lake powell tomorrow with my family :)! So there will be more when I get back next week. This picture is of Nick getting ready to ski! He was a little rusty at first but he got up and was sore the next day from it. We didn't have a bath tub on the house boat only showers so this was where Bentley ended up every night. He really enjoyed trying to get out.

This is aunt Stef, cousin JT and Bentley. JT was so cute he wanted help holding his cousin Bentley.

Thanks to the Ence's we were invited to swim in there mini pool on top of their boat. Bentley had fun playing with little Eva.

This is Nick wake surfing! It is easy to get up, but hard to balance and let the wake push you with out holding onto the rope, hence surfing. Good job babe!

Grandma Westbrook bought this nice life jacket for Bentley. I was so glad and he liked floating in the water and kicking his legs.

Here he is just kicking away. I kept telling daddy to hold on to him, but he wanted to let him do it by himself.

Like father like son!

Here are the cousins playing in the family room. Halle is really good at playing with JT and Bentley. They love her.

Aunt Kristen holding Bentley on a boat ride.

Thanks to Nick's family we were and are able to enjoy vacations at Lake Powell! We love it there and look forward to going back tomorrow!

ok so I have had family here for the week and we have been painting, painting and more painting. I have been so busy with moving and remodeling. But we are having a great time and had a good 4th of July. I will post later today some pics of our progress.