Zander's 1st sleepover...

Ok so first off the pictures are in the wrong order so start from the bottom and work you way up!


Then brody woke up and cried which woke Matt up. All Matt said was, "Were is my blanket?" Zach recovered Matt and re position Zander the wild sleeper and this was the finished product! They slept all night just perfect!
Here is a head shot of the two of them... oh and Brody is asleep about 3 feet away in his crib I forgot to take his picture...
Zach put the boy to bed a little after 7. I went in at 7:39 and the were playing on the floor with the little fisher price balls from the ball popper. I told them that they had to stay in bed or that Zach would have to go sleep in the baby crib. At about 7:45 I went back in and to my surprise they were STILL in bed but playing with the balls under the covers. Next I told them that not only did they have to stay in bed but that they weren't allowed to talk. They went right to sleep. After Grey's I came upstairs to find them sleeping like this...


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This morning I awoke to the sounds of a strange little boy voice saying, "Zander's mommy I need to go potty." That was how my day started... Everyone ate breakfast like champs and have been playing nicely together ever since!!!!! There is nothing better then a GREAT playmate! Matt you will be missed!!!!!!

We are off to the gym in about 45 minutes I need to go get everyone dressed and out the door. I think it will take me all that time!

SPAFFORD FAMILY PLAYGROUND!!!

It's official the Spafford Family Playground is now complete!!! The swing set is leveled out and we put down wood chips to cover up the grass/mud!! It is too fun! We put the white fence up as a visual boundary so the kids know where to stop. It is only two feet high so they could get over it :0) Or just go around it! LOL!!!
Brody was so tired he feel asleep swinging!!! Is summer ever going to come...isn't it at least spring???
Alissa and Lily testing out the glided! Lily is the little girl who lives behind us. They are only one month apart how cool is that!!! Last swing they were both barely walking and how they are running and talking like the big kids!

Torianna (lily's big sister), Allissa and Zander playing king and queen of the wood chips! Thanks Dad for letting us barrow your car and trailer! If any of you are ever bored and want to get out just give us a call!!!!! We would love to have playmate come over anytime!!!! I mean it just call!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!!

So far this Mother's Day has been exciting! It started with all three of the kids in bed with Zach and I. Then we moved onto the living room to open gifts. Zander was so excited to finally be able to give me my mother's day gift! He brought it home from school about a week ago. Every day he kept asking is it mother's day yet? Can you open the present? It is a person plate!!! See the eye and the nose?? I asked him to show me the mouth and he said it doesn't have one yet...he wants to go get a marker and draw one on!!! After presents we figured we better started getting ready for church. I laid out all the kids clothes so Zach could get them dress. While I was doing that Allissa decided to trip and fall hitting her head on the corner of the dresser drawer :0( I think the picture below will finish the rest of the story...





Off to Children's Hospital they we went again! Zach stayed home with the boys and Lissie and I went for a ride. She did pretty good at first but during the stitches she went crazy. The doctor through since she was so calm and quite that we could probably get away without oral sedation just the topical numbing cream. They had me lay down on the bed and Lissie lay on top of me with her led between mine and I hugged her really tight so she couldn't move her arms. A "patient care helper" held her head still. All I can say is boy does she have some lungs and I am soooooooo glad I did not work out my arms at the gym yesterday! The Dr. thought she need three stitches but with all the screaming she did during the stitching she decided to only do two. Now her and Zander are twins with matching scares! I am thinking we should have budgeted more then 3 ER visit for the year in our flex spending account. It is the middle of May and we have already used 2 of them :0( On the way home she feel asleep and is still fast asleep. I think she wore herself out. It is almost 2 and e got home at 11:30.

Do blonds have more fun?

Allissa wearing her new creation I made! It was fun creating the pants and bow! I don't think I will appliqué very often because it is a big pain in the butt.
I am so glad I have at least one girl to dress up...I am having WAY TOO MUCH FUN!!!!!
Zander on the slide in the backyard eating a popcorn ball that he got at Halloween...
Brody playing in the backyard on the deck. He loves this car garage. Santa picked a good one!

Alright so I am testing the theory that blonds have more fun...these aren't really good photo to show how blond my hair is because I attempted to diffuse my hair so my hair is full of product. On Wednesday I went over to Jens house with the idea of dying my hair darker and after discussing with Jen and my sister decided to try blond! Jen I desperately need some difussing help! It is a different but fun change!!! Thanks Jen you are AWESOME!!! Wish you weren't moving so soon! We will all miss you! The girls in the ward haven't looked so GOOD in years!!!! I will post pictures tomorrow of my hair actually done so you can see the real blond affect! Don't mind the HUGE pile of socks in the background. I couldn't find my keys again so I dumped out the basket things the socks ate them.


Brody is getting so big!!! He has two teeth on the bottom and one about to pop through on top!

One big wrestling match!!!

Those are the words that come to mind when I think of Stake Conference today!!!! It was Corey Marci, Addie, Max, Allissa, Zander, Brody, Zach and I and one poor old lady in the row with us!!! That was equaled 5 kids under 3 and under!!!! I have to say they were pretty good the first half. Wish I had pictures to post! I can't tell you much about the meeting besides the words that brother Canapa said...How amazing it is that after 40 years of marriage he joined the church and was sealed to his wife! They seem like such a neat couple. I was watching sister Canapa during the talk and she was just wiping her tears of joy! I bet many of times she though the day would never come that her husband would be speaking in Stake Conference! What an amazing story he had to share. I guess what I got from stake conference is have faith, pray a ton and you never know what might happen one day! My goal for the week is commit to saying my PRAYS and go to the gym at least 2 times (I am trying to be successful so I will just say 2 times)!! Well off to go scrapbook and sew with annamarie! I am making an album for my new niece and my other nieces first birthday!Annamarie is sewing a nursing cover for her sister in law! What fun!

My latest project!!!!

Well last night I decided to be ambitious and make Allissa a dress!!! When Zach got home from work we went to home depot and dinner to Zander's favorite restaurant. It is pathetic that my three year old has a favorite restaurant. On the way home I informed Zach that he got the kids for the night and that I was going to sew all night long! Luckily he agreed and this is what I came up with!!! I started sewing at 8:45 and finished it a 1am. Sewing is my new passion for the month! If you have any fun patterns let me know.

HELP I AM A CLUELESS BLOGGER!!!!

How in the world do I do this??? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!!! Not sure how to add friends or even pictures for that matter!

Thanks!