9 Months!

OKay so I'm feeling pretty gross about the picture I posted in the last post so I thought I would upload one of me not looking like death! This is right after the temple dedication today and at least I have make up on...so disregard the last picture in my previous post!

Lots of Gifts and 36 Weeks!

So these past two weeks have been super busy. I've been trying to wrap up everything I can when it comes to Miss Eden. Well, two weekends ago I had a shower up Ogden at my mom's house. Thanks a ton to everyone who came. I was so happy to see you all. And THANK YOU for the gifts. I was very spoiled. Here are some of the highlights...

My VERY talented sister Marcia made me this bow hanger for the baby's knook. She even painted the plaque to match my bedding (very impressive) and to top it off...she made all the bows. It's good to know people like Marcia!

I was totally surprised to get this gift. My wonderful sister Tracy bought me a bottle warmer. She's so awesome. Love her!

My cute friend Danica drove ALL the way from Farmington to come to my shower with her very tiny baby Aliayah (sorry if I spelled that wrong!). Her little girl was born 5 weeks early and she is teenie tiny! My Aunt Jilene took no time to swoop that baby up and take her away! Here she is loving on Aliayah.

My very fabulous neighbor Sherry even made an appearance. I love his lady and was glad she came. I haven't seen her in forever!

I wish I had more pictures of the people who came but I forgot to pull out my camera until the shower was pratcially over...Sorry everyone but you get off the hook this time of having a guest spot on my blog.

Here I am with all my loot! I got a ton of stuff.

My lovely grandma and Aunt Jilene got me this stroller! I was stoked. It's a lightweight one that is super easy to fold up and throw in the car... I must have!

This is Brennen after the shower. The poor kid was exhausted!

Salt Lake Baby Shower:

On Friday I had my last baby shower in Salt Lake. I only wanted to have two showers and bust them out so I didn't have to have like 4...well let me just say it was the best idea ever. I got to see all my friends and family in the same night. I married into an awesome family, I kid you not. The Roses do not disappoint. A TON of people came to the salt lake shower and most of it was Les's extended family. I thought I was spoiled in Ogden but I was literally showered with gifts at this one. I still can't believe how nice people are especially relatives I have probably only met once.

Here is my fabulous diaper cake. The theme of this shower was just that...fabulous! Julie, Sheila and Jody went all out to make this a very glamorous shower and it was!

This was the gift table. My mom totally painted those letters for me for my nursery and I love them. Aren't they adorable. I think you can now all see where I get my craftiness from!

The whole party was red, black and white to go with the nursery. Very cute!

Here are the eating tables. Aren't those place mats cute? There are scrapbook paper and after the shower I got all of them so I can make a scrapbook for Eden. Julie you are so good!

Ever was so cute that day (that is before she became the devil!) She was sampling every piece of ice in the water bucket to make sure it was cold enough for everyone to drink. So thoughtful of her!

Here is THE CUTEST blanket my mom's friend at work made for me. Patti you are amazing! I absolutely love this blanket. Patti and Toni you rock!

This is the gift table after everyone left. I was glad we had the shower at my house because it all would not have fit into my car. THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who came to my showers. I am so lucky to have such great friends and family.

Okay people....can you believe I only have 4 more weeks until my due date?! CRAZY! I still can't believe that it's almost here and I'm going to be a mommy. I get very excited and nervous all at the same time. I want her to get out now so I can hold her but at the same time I want her to stay inside because I know what's ahead. I mean I took care of Bronson since he came home from the hospital so I'm no dumby as to what's in store! Here is my fabulous 36 week picture. I know I DO NOT look good at all but I'm past the point of caring. The tucked in shirt looks a bit funny but if I didn't try and tuck it in there would have been skin showing. My garments and shirts aren't long enough anymore.... it's very attractive! There isn't much I can wear anymore and I had no desire to look pretty. I just wanted to take a picture before a forgot...SOO here I am in all my 9 month glory! boys...eat your hearts out! You know you can't resist something as good looking at me!

36 weeks

Baby Showers

If for some reason your invitation didn't make it...consider this your invite. I'm pretty sure I invited everyone I know so if you didn't get an invite... 1st: I'm so sorry please don't take it personal...blame the post office and 2nd: I totally want anyone who reads this to come. I even double checked my approved list to make sure! F.Y.I. Marcia will be making her peanut butter cupcakes that she's rapidly becoming famous for at the Ogden shower so that should get ya'll to come.
(p.s. I totally made these cards...I know I'm talented)

Ogden Shower

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Salt Lake Shower

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24th of July

This year, like every year we went to Les' parent's cabin/house up in Kamas for the Annual 24th of July Horseshoe Tournament. This is something Les looks forward to every year. He is totally in his element and loving every minute of it. It's a really fun weekend jammed pack full of fun stuff to do. To start the weekend off, Les and his cousins built a little dam in the creek that runs behind all the houses for the little kiddies to play in and this year they stepped it up a knotch...they built two kiddie pools and a rapid for kids to go down on their tubes.

Here are the boys hard at work.


This is Brooks testing out the rapids section...it was pretty sweet. Quite the craftsmanship.

Saturday morning is the annual kids parade. All the kids line up and walk up and down the lane throwing candy at the adults... the kids love it. Les's family owns this whole lane and it's a private little road so kids and dogs get to roam free. As you can see this is no small thing...it's quite the show.

Brennen even got in on the parade action. He wasn't too sure about it but Kurt helped him make it through.

Here's Bronson at the parade...he mostly just wanted a balloon and once he got it he was done with walking....as you can see he's still trying to wake up.

After the parade it was on to the horseshoe tournament. It's a mixed couple tournament, double elimination, where you are paired with someone else's husband/significant other and vice versa. It's a fun way to get to know everyone and make some new friends. This year we had 33 teams and I was in charge of getting it all organized...I do what I do and it turned out great. Marcia, Kurt and Natalie even came up to join the fun (much to Tracy's dismay) but I was glad they all came.

Here is Nate in perfect form. She was paired with my father-in-law and they did pretty good. At first Nate wanted to get kicked out quick but she didn't realize that Dennis is a heavy hitter so she was in it for the long haul. After a while she really got into it and was pretty disappointed when they got out. I think she took like 7th or something.


Here's Tracy tearing it up! This is Tracy's 2nd year coming and it has quickly become "her time" with me and Les so she wasn't to pleased to have her other sister's raid her party.

While the horse shoe tournament was going on they have lots of stuff for the kids to do. One of which is a pinata. Brennen was totally stoked to hit that pinata with a golf club and he was on the ball about grabbing any candy that fell. A couple of times I had to grab him before he got hit by someone else because he was going for the candy while the kids were still swinging.

One of the many casualties of the weekend. Ever got whacked by a ball that Brennen hit and she got this awesome shinner. Tough girl.

Bronson decided to make Ever feel better about her little boo boo by hand feeding her strawberries. So sweet....and hilarious!

Brennen was in heaven. He was surrounded by lots of boys who wanted to play with him, but he made a special bond with Brittan, although he could never say his name. He just called him "that boy"

3rd place horseshoe winners. Joe and Tiffany. They each got $35

2nd Place - Mark and Angie (a.k.a. Natalie's nemesis) They got $50 each.

1st place - Joe and DeeDee. They each got $80. Kurt came in 5th place. He was so close to winning some cash...maybe next year Kurt!

After the tournament it was time to party it up. Here are me and Tracy enjoying the festivities. There was also an adult hula hoop contest. Which was hilarious! Here are some of the highlights...



Good stuff. I have a ton more pictures but I think this post is long enough. Needless to say, this a great time every year.

Marcia Ranae

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCIA!!!!

So today my WONDERFUL sister Marcia turns the big 26! That is late-twenties my friends. Well, I figured since I embarrass her without even knowing sometimes in the pictures I post I would lay off for once and do a blog completely dedicated to her (and be nice!) So here's to you Marcia on your big day. Hope you have a good one.

THE 26 REASONS I HAVE THE COOLEST SISTER EVER!

1. She can always show you a good time, even if it's just hanging out at her house with her kids
2. When me and her get together we are pretty much the funnest people I know!
3. She always looked out for me in jr. high and high school. She let me tag along where ever she was going. Which I'm sure drove her crazy most of the time
4. She let me date her friends (and there were a lot of them)...and told them she'd rip off their balls if they hurt me. If that's not love I don't know what is!
5. She can turn most anything into a craft...a gene I just discovered I had!
6. She's an awesome mom. Those kids always have fun stuff to do.
7. I can call her and complain to her about my husband and she has similar stories so I don't feel so bad.
8. She lets me eat all of her Oh's cereal when I come over
9. She was always down to play X-men with me even though she insisted on being Rouge (the coolest X-men) each time and made me be Storm (which was less cool) but I could fly
10. She always shared her clothes with me (even if I had to break into her room to get them)
11. She doesn't have a middle name so she adopted the name Ranae and it seemed to stick
12. She'll drive an hour and a half to come hang out with me and then leave 2 hours later
13. She gave me all of Ever's old clothes without a hesitation...and they are all super cute
14. She will tell you when you're being a brat and not feel bad about it
15. I don't think she knows how to take a picture without cheesing it...she may have started that family trait.
16. She will drop anything she's doing if someone in the family needs help.
17. She'll run 15 miles in a 189 mile relay team just to prove to people that she can when everything thought she couldn't make it.
18. She is dedicated to going to the gym for her classes twice a week. I can't even say I do that!
19. She has to wash her feet immediately if they get dirty...it's very odd
20. She'll make you dinner if you hang out at her house long enough
21. She can remember things from our childhood that I don't even think really happened but if they did they were fun.
22. She has a way of convincing you to watch her kids without even asking you to.
23. She makes you feel wanted without really doing anything.
24. She'll name herself your maid of honor if you don't pick one... believe I know.
25. She's not afraid to remind you how beautiful or awesome she is.
26. She's my best friend...which is probably the best thing.

Ever's Bday and 30 Weeks

So my sweet little Ever turned 1 yesterday. I can't believe she's one already...craziness! Well, I know I say it a lot but this baby has really drawn out my crafty side. My mom said I must have been a late bloomer cuz I wasn't ever THIS crafty! Here is the awesome present I hand made for Ever...right down to the box! Thank heavens my sister-in-law has a cricket. Oh the wonderful things you can do with one. So thank you Julie!

I bought Ever these super cute binnies from a little bouquet here in Salt Lake. It's called Sassy Babies and it's bad news bears! I made Les come with me to get these otherwise I could have easily spent like $200 on only a few things. Luckily these were on sale for half price and they will fit ever till she's like 10 yrs old. So I snagged a few for little Eden and packed them away for now.

Here are the sweet cupcakes I helped Marcia make for the party...see those leaves...all me! If the frosting would have been a little more stiff they would have been more realistic but between the weight of the Airhead and softness of the frosting there was no holding those suckers up so we did the best we could.

I can't take credit for these cupcakes...all Marcia...I did, however, frost the cupcakes.

These are all the present little Ever got...she made a stealing and it was only immediate family!

Here's the birthday girl with Grandma JuJu. She wasn't having us taking all these pictures. So serious!


This was hilarious! Robert MADE Bennett go down the slipin' slide. Like it or not. Needless to say that Bennett when running for mommy after that one. Silly dad!

Here is Marcia and Ever opening the gifts. As usually Ever was only interested in the tissue paper and boxes, but Marcia was pretty stoked about all the awesome gifts she got.


Christy bought Ever this ADORABLE purse. It a skirt purse and has little front and back pockets on it. Christy called it her "Diva Purse". It was very cute.

This was Ever's favorite gift. All the kiddies were fighting over this one. If one child would leave the vicinity of the car another would come swooping in for the steal. Bennett even tried climbing though the side window to get in before Ever did. It was quite the sight and hilarious non the less!


OKay Okay I've been hounded for some belly shots so here you have it. This is me in all my glory at 30 weeks. 9 weeks and counting....(that me hoping for a week early!)