* Happy Holiday's *

We hope all of our family and friends have a WoNdErFuL Holiday Season this Year!!!

U asked 4 IT :)

I finally received some pictures of my Wendy costume. They aren't the best but U asked 4 IT!!




Our ward does a Trunk~or~Treat on Halloween....Here's our Family in front of our trunk all DeCkEd OUT!~!



Blake's twin was upset when he saw our blog and I didn't post any pictures of his AMAZING COSTUME.....Do u know which movie this costume is from?????

(The Karate Kid)

~BEWARE~ of the Halloween CoStUmEs...

We had a Fantastic Halloween this year.....Karlee went as Silvermist ( Tinkerbell movie).

Macy of course was Tinkerbell....we had a little trouble with the hair coloring. I swear the can was yellow but it was green when we started spraying it on her hair.

My wonderful Husband was such a good Daddy this year. He dressed up as Peter Pan W/ TIGHTS!!! :) I had a little trouble getting the tights green so Blake took a can of green spray paint to the tights outside...he's so resourceful.

Some people thought he was Robin Hood, but he had glitter all over him for pixie dust.

I was Wendy this year but I was busy taken pictures of my family. I am sure u r all dieing to see a Pregnant Wendy ;).

Mr. Mom

Blake has been an amazing Mr. Mom these past few day's. I came down with the flu or something last week and it put me out for 4 DAYS!!! Being pregnant didn't help at all because when u are pregnant and don't eat it only makes it worse. Anyways Blake stepped up to the plate and stayed home from work for half of Thursday and all day Friday. I know the girls loved having him home to play with. I have married a fabulous man that cooks, cleans, washes and folds clothes.....I could go on. He could totally take my place any day and wouldn't have any problems because he knows what to do. I know he was grateful when Monday came around so he could get back to his regular job.

Thanks Babe for all your help with the little woman....U R the BOMB!!!

Lunch Date

Today Karlee asked if we'd come and eat lunch with her at school. Her school loves to have family come and eat with the students. It was more like brunch because her class eats at 10:30!! Blake and the girls enjoyed tasty Corn Dogs while I ate Taco Salad. We sat by 4 other kids and they talked more than they ate, which is usual for 5 year old to do :) Macy also spilled her strawberry milk all over Blake's pants :) the kids sure thought it was funny. Good Times...

3 Little GIRLS

Our family will be welcoming our 3rd little girl into our family on Jan. 12th 2010! We found out today that we are expecting another girl. I have waited to post our BIG announcement until we knew what we were having. Karlee was hoping for a brother but she said..."mom, maybe next time." We are so excited about adding another child to our family. Both girls got to come with us to the Doc. appointment to find out the sex of the baby. Macy didn't pay to much attention to the screen, she enjoyed looking at the nemo fish on the wall. Blake is greatly out numbered now :) poor guy maybe next time.

Kindergarten here she comes...

That day has arrived when my little girl left to conquer the world of Kindergarten. It was very hard for me to let her go knowing I wouldn't see her for 7 hours and 15mins (they do all day kindergarten here)...but who's counting right?? I had my game face on all morning while she was preparing to get ready for her BIG day. When I woke her up at 6:30 the first thing she said was "Mom, its still dark outside". I wanted to tell her to lay back down and sleep until the sun came up. But she rolled out of bed with a huge smile on her face asking if I'd help her get ready. ( It makes me so happy that she still wants me to help her with SOME things) I wanted to make her a special breakfast for her but she insisted on only having cereal, that was just fine with me. After she was all dressed and ready her Dad gave her a wonderful Father's Blessing to start off her new school year. It was such a special moment. During it I had to hold the tears back and keep that game face on. She gave her Daddy a Big Squeeze and a Kiss on the cheek and said her good-byes to him, then we were off to the BIG school. I could tell she started to get a little nervous as we were getting closer to the school. I told her to remember that we live only 7 blocks from the school so I wont be far away, and I would be back to get her after school....Her Big smile returned after that.

The Big Drop Off....

We pulled up and a teacher opened the door for her and the first thing the teacher said was "WOW!, look at your big smile :)" I knew right then that she felt safe with the people at her school. Karlee came over to me and gave me one last hug and kiss and said Good-bye to me and off she went. I waved and started to drive off. Oh Man, who opened the flood gates? I thought I was strong but I felt as if she wasn't my little girl anymore. ( I'm such a Baby) I had to pull myself together before I got home because I knew Blake would be there and would see me crying. It just never helps when u are upset and someone asks you "are u ok?" Do u know what I mean? Anyways...I really wanted to keep myself busy that day so I had a woman that wanted high-lites done that morning and another haircut that afternoon. But 2:35 didn't come fast enough.

I waited in the Car pool line for a half hour until I was able to get her. She was still smiling when she got in the car. She did have a little accident on the playground but she got through it. So we went and got a special treat that she wanted and she told me all about her 1st day in Kindergarten. Both grandparents wanted to be called and told all the events of her day.

I am glad Karlee is excited for school and I know that letting the first one go is the hardest but her teacher prepared a Parent Survival Kit it included :

Tissue: to dry those tears, the children's and yours.

Cotton Ball: To remind you of the gentle spirit of your child.

Puzzle Piece: to remind you that you are the most important piece in you child's journey through life.

Hershey's Hugs and Kisses: for when you've given all of yours away and you need some back.

Rubber Band: to remind you to stretch and grow with your children.

Eraser: to remind us that everyone starts each day with a clean slate.

Isn't that the cutest thing you have ever heard of? Macy enjoyed the eating the chocolate pieces. I have made it through 1 day of school so far and I am hoping that it gets easier as the days go.

We are ALIVE :)

We are alive for those of you that have asked...just very busy. Our summer is coming to an end soon so we are tiring to enjoy every last day of it. Blake has been busy remodeling a house here for a family in our Ward. Also he was so excited to get his Truck running that has been sitting for a year due to the heads getting blown in the engine ( I think that's what happened??).

I feel like I have been so busy but when it comes time to tell what I have been up to I feel like I have accomplished nothing...Do any of you ever feel that way?? Anyways, I know I have busy with Karlee and getting her ready to go to Kindergarten. Also the families in the ward always keep me busy with haircuts and colors so they can look good when they go back to school, which I love!

Karlee is sad to see the summer go but she knows she gets to go to Kindergarten in a few days. I am nervous about sending her off to school since this is my first one leaving. Schools here have all day Kindergarten so she will go at 7:40ish and finish at 2:40ish. She is very excited to learn and make new friends at her new school.

Macy's had her ups and downs these past few weeks, she is such a strong and brave little girl. She got an infection on her bum last weekend and got it got really bad really fast, so we took her in to the doc. to have it looked at. Her doc. said that it needed to be surgically drained!! :( That afternoon we took her to a surgeon so he could decide when to do it... 1 hour later we were at the hospital awaiting surgery. The Surgery only took about 20-25mins and they made 2 incisions on her bum so it could drain....they packed the inside of the incision with medication to help it heal from the inside. I stayed with her at the Hospital that night and we got to return home the next morning. It is always hard to see your children suffering but thanks to a worthy husband that holds the priesthood he is always able to comfort us.

Macy is doing great now, we have to pull out 3 inches of the medicated gaze twice a day and I don't have the stomach to do it so Blake is the one with the iron stomach one so he is able to do it. Other than all of our ups and down with everything we are still very much alive here and hope that all is Fabulous with you and your Families :)

Sweet Home Alabama

No we are not moving to Alabama, I just watched that movie the other day on TV. That movie is one of my favorites and I have been singing the songs off it all day.....This is a very strange post :). Sorry to those who wanted more.

Birthday Bash!! (only 2 wks late)

Karlee is officially 5 years old. We had all her little buds from Primary over for her Hello Kitty water party.....

This cake was so de-lish!!! I didn't make it but my wonderful friend with mad skills made it. Thanks Cara :)

We have a pretty good size hill in our front yard that made a great water slide after a slip-n-slide was put on it.

Even Blake's twin Brother's little boy went down... he's a mad man and he's only 1!!

A BIG picture of all the CHAOS!!!!

We've been asked to do this for a play date so all the brothers and sisters of the party guests can have a chance to come over and try it out.

The Girls chilling out eating some cake and ice cream.

I can't believe my little girl is 5 already. She is ready to leave me and conquer the world of Kindergarten :( .

Little Update....

I am not doing a very good job at keeping up with a weekly post. Sorry Grandparents :( . But we are a healthy and happy!!! Blake is still busy as ever with work and his scouts. He got the front end of the Tahoe fixed this past week and he did it all in 1 afternoon I was truly amazed. He is truly a gifted man with many skills ( luv u Babe). He is also in charge of the Father/Son Camp out this Friday which means its Girls Night Out this weekend YIPPEE!!!

I have been busy with haircuts and helping at Karlee's school and Primary stuff, and making sure that the house is cleaned for the clients to come and look at the house. I guess that's the life of a mother :).....I am not complaining.

Karlee is getting ready to celebrate the BIG #5 this weekend. She is having a water party with all her little buddies. She will be done with pre-school this week and isn't really looking forward to Kindergarten yet, she said she wants to stay in her school that she is in now.

Macy is still my big helper, she is always by my side. I can see in her already that she is a clean kid which I love, but it is all a scary thing. She is finally starting to talk like a big girl, it really hasn't helped with an older sister that does all the talking for her.

We are having a Soccer Social at our house on Tuesday for all the Team. I think all the parents and us included are really glad that the season is over. I know all the kids had a great time and they all get there very own trophy with there names on it.

We are also planning a family trip to Idaho the end of June!! Blake's Brother is coming home from his mission in Peru (P-U is where Karlee says he is). We are looking forward to seeing family and friends.

We will post pictures soon of all of our up coming events!!!!

Madness at the Mouser's

It feels like it has been forever since I have written a post, even though it has only been a week and a half. Our Family has been very busy with visitors, soccer games, strawberry picking and car accidents!!!! Here are a few pictures for u 2 c :

Blakes parents from Idaho came to visit for a few days. The girls were so excited to have them come. We all enjoy there visit and it was sad to see them go after such a short visit.

More soccer games....Yippeee!!!! It is starting to get hotter outside here so the poor kids are sweating as they are playing. Good thing the games are only 45 mins long.

Team pictures... Karlee is the 2nd from the right on the bottom :)

We needed a new picture with Papa and Grammy. The girls look so fabulous in there "puppo" (Macy's way of saying purple) dresses Grammy got them.

We have never been strawberry picking before. So while Blake's parents were he we all decided to go for it and try it out. It was awesome to watch all the kids pick strawberries. They ate them instead of putting them in the basket. I think they ate $3.00 worth of strawberries all together. Then we went to pay for them and all the kids has red strawberry juice all over there faces. I am sure the lady sees red faces all the time :).......good times.

~ Yummy Strawberries ~

Blake's Tahoe after the accident. This kid was blocking the road and Blake had no choice but to hit him. Blake is a little sore but other than that everyone is ok and we are so glad that he is ok.

~Another Blessing :)

~ Hoppy Easter ~

We had a great Easter this year....

Grandparents always send a package full of treats and toys for the girls :)The Primary held a Easter Egg Hunt for the kids at the park. Before they got to find eggs they told a story to the children to help them remember what Easter is all about.

I think we hid like 200-300 eggs so the children all found a ton of eggs.

The little woman loved there Easter dresses, they saw me making the bows for them. Karlee asked how I new what color to make the bows since the Easter Bunny brings them there dresses. I had to be quick and told her that the Easter bunny asked me to make your bows because he didn't have time to make all the girls bows so he needed my help.... sorry about the picture not showing all of it, I don't know what happened to it :(

Little sis...

Such a sweet picture, she wasn't feeling to good....but she was still fun to photograph.

Big sis....

This picture is for u Sister Homewood! I makes me feel good that people enjoy all the styles I do in my girls hair. I Luv styling there hair :)

Clothing Designer during Confrence ; )

During the 2 hour break between Conference on Saturday I finally started on the skirt I have been tiring to make for Macy. First thing....I am not a sewer....people think I am but I am not. I like to just wing it and start cutting and sewing. I was only going to make a jean skirt but I had enough leftover material for a shirt too. This is the completed outfit :)

As I started to cut and sew I needed Macy to try them on but she was napping so...Karlee to the rescue. When she tired on the skirt it almost fell off of her so this then became Karlee's outfit. ( Macy will get it when Karlee grows out of it). The fabric that I had cut for a shirt for Macy wouldn't fit Karlee so I had to add some fabric in the front and the X ribbon for effect.

While working at Old Navy a shirt came in for the girls department and for the sleeves it had ribbon tied in a bow. I thought I could do that and plus it looked really cute.

Karlee wanted to keep it on for the rest of the day. That showed me that she liked it and it was comfortable for her. She was a good little Model for me while taking pictures :).

Every outfit has to have a bow with it. I had only enough ribbon to make one. I think this sewing stuff is pretty easy, I get all confused if I am using a pattern : ) Plus I had a great mom that was always sewing us Easter Dresses and Stuffed Care Bears when we were little. Love U mom U taught me how to be a ?????? Sewer ;) . ( U can fill in the ??????)

6 years down, Eternity to go....

6 Years have gone by so fast for us. But it all started when.......Blake and I met in our college ward in Rexburg. I first noticed him, he was in charge of our ward Talent Show one night ... He was so funny, and cute up there:). Anyways a friend of mine new him and she told him he should come into the salon I worked at to get a hair cut. He finally came in a few weeks later and he asked me out for the next day. We went to Applebee's with his twin brother and his wife and baby. 2 weeks later we started dating . 2 months later he purposed to me in front of the IF Temple. 5 months later we were married in the IF Temple for Time and all Eternity on April 4, 2003. That was the happiest day of our lives...(other than the birth of our girls)... We are so blessed to have found each other and have the same goals in life.

We thought u'd like to see some pictures of our unforgettable day.

~Enjoy

Engagement photo ~ Taken across from the Idaho Falls Temple

Yummy Kisses

Outside the IF Temple after the BIG ~ I Do's

Parents and Grandparents of the happy :) Couple

More yummy Kisses, Our reception was at a Loft in Rigby ID. They did an amazing job with the decorating.

The hole Family from both sides, Blake has 5 brothers and 1 sister. His sister wasn't able to be there with us. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother. We are so glad that most everyone was there to share that day with us.

Blake loves his brothers...Brock, Blake, Buck, Braxton and Burke!!