Quads

This family in our area just had QUADRUPLETS!

They really tapped into the right source when they asked the singles ward to help pitch in with feeding and taking care of the babies. We all love babies and don't have any of our own. It works out perfectly! Here's Jen holding Cady.

Here are all 4 babies. They're now about 3 months old and SO CUTE! L-R: Haley, Cady, Nikolas, and Nathan.

Here I am with Nate. They way they have it set up to volunteer is FANTASTIC! I don't know if all wards use this, but if not, pass it along. Click HERE to see the care calendar.

Here are Susannah and I helping out another day. What fun service!

NAM

We had a special combined FHE last Monday. Northwest Assistance Ministries asked our ward to come to their resale store to sort and hang clothing that had been donated to them.

Susannah and I were the ride givers again and we made these 3 jokers sit in the back seat. We thought it was pretty funny.

The best part of volunteering at a resale shop is trying on the clothes. Kelly found this old prom dress that she actually bought. She plans to wear it to church with leggings underneath and a cardigan over the top. I can't wait to see it!

Abraham tried on this lovely jacket. Very flattering, don't you think?

I really like this group shot that was taken by NAM's communications manager (Randy Cypret). He was kind enough to share some of the photos he took!

Make-up & Wrestling

Last weekend we had a little birthday party at our house for Brock. Most of the people left after awhile and that's when things got interesting. I'm not sure why, but it seems like guys will do just about anything when there aren't a lot of other guys around.

For example - I don't know how this happened, but Brock and Nate were both braiding hair. Brock had some experience, but Nate picked it up pretty quickly.

Nate was still pretty manly in his braiding. He didn't have much sympathy for anyone whining about a tender head.

After Brock left, things got even more funny when Nate agreed to put make-up on Jen. We tried to get him to let us put make-up on him, but it didn't work this time.

I think this shot is my favorite. No one should make fun of a woman making faces as she puts on her make-up! It's necessary, people!

Not a cigarette! Don't worry. It's just the mascara bottle.

Here's the almost finished product. We were actually really impressed with Nate's blush skills! It looked very natural, especially factoring in that he had to use lip color.

I think after all the girly stuff, the boys needed to wrestle. We wrestled Abraham first and then had a go with Nate. He was actually a wrestler in HS, I think. We didn't even come close to beating him. This shot is us thinking about our next moves.

Here's a shot of some of the action. I was trying as hard as I could, but I couldn't even budge him. I was surprised with how tough Kelly was too. I wouldn't want to wrestle her! It was a fun night.

Roommate Dinner

Susannah and I have some great roommates. It seems that they've been especially nice to us lately, as well.

We decided to treat them to a fun roommate dinner at "On the Border." It was a fun night. One of my favorite conversations was about having a bunch of clothes we needed to donate to Good Will. Jen said "I've got a bag in the back of my trunk that looks like a dead child." Seana replied, "Well, as long as it doesn't smell like a dead child, you're okay." It doesn't sound that funny now, but we laughed for a good long time about it.

Sidebar

I love Pier 1! I just bought a new sidebar table from there for the dining room.

Here's the before shot with the lovely basket trunks that Dan Wilkinson gave me.

Here's the "after" shot with the new table. I think it looks more like a dining room now!

Here's a closer shot.

Weed Eaters - AAAHHHH!!!!!

One of the house warming presents my parents gave me was a weed eater. It has worked pretty well, but has given us a bit of trouble the past while. My Uncle Darrell and Aunt Maylene have been having weed eater trouble as well. Theirs has been in the shop for repair so they've been borrowing ours.

Sad news. Mine just broke! It's actually pretty funny. My Uncle Darrell was just going along when he heard a crazy noise followed by the craziness in the picture above.

Here's a close up of the line all tangled in the grass. I had to take a picture because I'd never seen anything like it! I think I'm going in for a brand new weed eater. Any suggestions on brands or types you like?

Garden . . . again

I can't resist doing another post on our garden.

We've had lots of little zucchinis growing on our plants. They mostly get sick and die before they fully grow. I walked out the other day and got the garden shock of my life when I saw this giant zucchini! I was pretty excited. I had to run and get the other girls.

We had to take pictures of ourselves with it - for scale and . . . for fun.

The zucchini bottle - perfect for all ages.

Shock and awe!

I had a to snap a quick picture of that zucchini along with other exciting happenings. We've been getting lots of tomatoes, which the birds seem pretty happy about. Our cucumbers are finally starting to grow as well. We'll have tons of those very soon. I picked the biggest one for this picture. Sad news, however. I believe that our zucchini plan is now going the way of all the earth! :( We'll have to check and see what plants fare well being planted in this hot weather. Wish us luck!