On Monday I started the Spring Cleaning Party with Simple Mom, it has been a lot of fun and ALOT of work. I am behind on updating my pictures but this is day ones pictures, on day one the plan is to walk through your home cleaning up clutter or garbage...so here are my before and after pictures....I know, the before pictures are pretty nasty...





I had already gotten rid of A LOT of clutter things a couple months ago after reading Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui by Karen Kingston so most of my Day 1 clean sweep was in our bedroom and then just putting things away like toys, clothes, all that fun stuff to get ready for the real cleaning. More updates to come....
Is anyone else doing the Spring Cleaning Party? If so I would love to see some pictures!

Last Day of Law School

Seth had his LAST DAY of class on Tuesday and I think we are both in awe that it is really coming to an end. Seth has done such a great job these last few years going to school full time and working full time and still having time for his family. He wanted to go to Law School since he was in high school so I am so proud of him for accomplishing his goal!
I wanted to show some pictures of us around the time Seth started his first year of Law School. Right before we were getting ready to move to Henderson Seth broke his foot and had to have surgery. So we were a little bit handicapped with Seth on crutches and me 7 months pregnant, but our families really helped out doing pretty much EVERYTHING in our move. They packed us up and then drove our stuff there and unloaded and decorated our house!! We can't express the gratitude and love we felt for all those who helped us!

So here is a picture of Sethie at the doctor right before our move (Look how tiny Meika is!)

Here is our cute little Meika, I can't believe she was ever this tiny! She is such a doll! We had put curlers in her hair, thats where the big hair is from.

Here is a picture of me prego with Sienna. It looks like I have a beer belly but I promise there was a baby in there!

I can not believe how fast this time has flown by, now lets just hope all goes well with his finals the next couple weeks and taking the bar in july.

Going Private

I have decided to make our family blog private so if you would like to view it please leave your e-mail address in the comments.

Easter Morning

They looked so cute in their new little Easter dresses, and were so excited about wearing them. I had them hangin in my closet for a month or so and they were always begging to wear them. Once they were all dressed they ran out into the family room to show their cousins how cute they looked.

Look at those cute little faces, I could just squeeze them! I feel so blessed to have such sweet little girls in our home, they are so much fun and keep us busy with one new adventure/mess to another... we sure do love them.

I put the girls in the bath and came back to find the dog had decided to join them! I thought it was pretty gross, but the girls had so much fun washing her and Cinderella seemed to really enjoy it too. We have loved having our little puppy, she is such a little snuggle bug and is just so sweet. Meika and Sienna carry her around, wrap her up in things, snuggle her in bed and she just puts up with it...

The Last Few Months

I feel like have have not updated our blog for so long! So I thought I would do a summary of some things that I neglected to blog about.So this is what we have been up to from January till now.

(Sienna is so cute and seems to be growing up so fast! This is her modeling her new socks that Grandma Ballstaedt gave her for Christmas...its so cute that they come up to the top of her thigh)

I HAD A PICTURE HERE OF GRANDMA & GRANDPA BALLSTAEDT WHO CAME TO VISIT US.... but it got deleted and I don't know how to get it back! oops! We had so much fun with them and were so glad to spend time together.

(We celebrated Seth's Birthday on the 6th of Jan. We love him so much, he is such a great Husband and Father. We just really love him!)

(We had so much fun when some of the Ballstaedt girls came to Vegas to visit us. I love all of them and felt so lucky to get to spend that time with them! Here we are at Cheesecake Factory)

(We have been eating lots of frozen yogurt at Yogurt land at Town Square...DELICIOUS! We go there most Weds for story time)

(Seth and I went out for Valentines...Its always so nice to get out away from the little ones :))

(We celebrated my Birthday on March 6th... I had such a great birthday, my friends took me out for lunch which was so fun.... I am so grateful for good friends! Seth also took me on a really nice date where I got to choose everything we did... so we went to eat, went shopping and went to a movie... it was great)

( My parents came to town to meet some relatives and brought my cute niece with them. We were sad here little sister wasn't able to get out of her dance practice so couldn't come, but we sure do love Mckyna and LOVED having her come visit. One night we put the little girls to bed and made hair bows until 11:30 at night!! So fun!)

(Some newly found relatives from back east were in Vegas for a little vacation so we were all very excited to meet them. They are my Dads Fathers Cousins ...I think.... They were so sweet, we were glad to be able to meet up with them.)

Well there you have it... I know I left a lot out, but that is pretty much what we have been up to.

3 Gifts....

Here is what you do...

the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive,

at some point during the year,

a handmade gift from me!

What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise!

The catch is that you must participate as well.

Type up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going.

Then sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift!

(Please leave your e-mail address in your post to me!)

On your Mark... Get Set... Go!!!

The afternoon before their flights left we went to The District to have lunch, do some shopping and ride the caresoul (which we didn't do because all the babies were asleep)

So here we are waiting for our table at the Cheese Cake Factory

Here is Krew drinking the ranch out of the little pitcher thing.

I sat by cute little Ty, who just cracks me up. I kinda look like I am crying in this picture... but I was laughing... kinda.
I had so much fun with all the girls, even if there were more kids than adults! I love you all and can't wait to do another girls vacation.

Here we are trying to play a game....

The little girls wanted to give massages...

Meika decided she wanted her feet massaged.

Meika was helping Kim stretch, Kim and I went and worked out both mornings and it was so fun... I miss having my big sister around so I was soaking in every second I had with her. ( Meggan did join us one morning, she was fully dressed so she pretended to lift weights and showed us some of her kick-boxing)

Last week all but one of my sisters &my mom came to town for a little girl vacation.... but mainliy because I am always bugging them about coming to visit me! I had so much fun, I love all my sister and sister-in-laws so much and felt so blessed to have them come for those few days to hang out with us! We did a lot of eating and spent lots of time at town sqaure enjoying the playground and the yummy yogurt at yogurtland.

Here are all the kids on the catepillar, all the little girls are wearing matching shirts.

Bath Time! Krew was already in his PJ's but wanted to be in the picture so is there sitting on the ground.

One night we tried to play a game but the kids were being a little wild, Reagan was trying to escape.....

Ty Found Sienna's tutu and was putting on a show... we were all dying laughing.

My First VERY Complicated Shopping Trip

I am sorry that I am so boring and keep posting about my grocery shopping trips, but every time I go I am just so amazed. I was really nervous for this shopping trip because it was a bit confusing and I knew it would take me a while at the cash register. But it really wasn't TOO bad, it started off actually really fun, the lady checking me out kept saying how proud she was of me!:) I was warned to left people know if they got in line behind you that you would be a while and to maybe go to a different line... so I did... and the first few people did go to a different line....but then for some reason some girl decided not to listen to me and stayed in line behind me and so I did start getting a little frazzled and started feeling rushed. All together though I would say the trip was a success... thanks to Liz for watching my girls so I didn't have to chase them around!
So for the totals....drum roll please.....

Total Grocery Value: $252.49
Total Paid: $63.73

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!?!!

One Of My Little Monkeys

Yesterday I was doing something and heard Sienna saying "mom................mom..........mom....." She wasn't yelling she was just saying it. So I ignored it thinking she was just talking, but she kept doing it. So I went to go find her and this is where I found her... stuck on top of the dresser! She had been there for maybe 8 minutes! I laughed so hard when I found her, because she knows she is not suppose to climb up there, but I didn't realize she didn't know how to get down, Meika must have been helping her down those other times! But I really thought this was so funny and told her if she climbed up there again she was have to stay up there all day... she didn't like that idea!

Office 72 Hour Kit Valentine’s Gift Idea

So this year for one of my goals I am getting our three month food storage and all our 72-hour kits together so I have been really interesting in food storage... anyways I found these blogs that are so fun! the link to the main blog is on the right side its a big circle that sayS " I have fun with Food Storage", they just posted this cute idea so check it out HERE. I am totally doing that for Seth! I am sure he will be SO EXCITED about it! :)

My First Coupon Shopping Experience

....THE FOOD....

So I am so excited about my shopping today! I went on my first real coupon shopping trip and it so easy, I even had the girls with me ( but it was pretty early in the morning so I think they were still half asleep)

Total Spent: $44.29
Total Saved: $31.17 (41%)

Is that not exciting.... I mean who wouldn't be excited about getting delicious, healthy cereal for 93 cents!

Christmas Continued

This picture is so funny, the little kids go tin the bath after skating (or something that made us all really cold) and while all of them were in the bath Ty Peed on Meika and Sienna. Kim, Meggan & I were dying Laughing!
Sienna, Krew, Meika & Ty

Here are the little ones running the the hall in the hotel singing something. ( the neighbors complained ALOT, but what can you do? They were having fun!)

Here are Meika & Sienna in their Christmas Dresses that Nana & Papa sent them... so cute!

This picture reminds me of a picture of me when I was little, she was whining about something. Mom do you know what picture I am talking about?

Christmas Summary

We had such a great Christmas and the main reason was that Daddy was with us! He is so busy going to school full time and working full time that we rarely get to see him, so we tried to enjoy every minute of being with him.

We had fun staying a couple nights in Salt Lake with my family, we went ice skating, to movies, to eat (love the Pie), and to Temple Square.

Here are the little kids on Christmas Eve they all got new pajamas and a teddy rexben (sp?)

Video of Sienna

I know, I still need catch up from Thanksgiving to now, but I thought this was too cute to wait any longer.