Mr.and Mrs. Hewlett

On Leap Day, 2012, my mother-in-law got married. I was so excited for her. She has been a widow for 19 years and now she has someone to share things with. They have only been dating for about 4 months but when you know, you know. Right?!The night before the wedding we had a bachelorette party at the daughter-of-the-bride's home. Thanks Beth! All the girls were there except poor Mia and Kali. We painted nails, did face masks, had some yummy food, and had a lot of fun! The next day Jeremy drove back down to Syracuse and we hung out at Beth's until it was time to go to Draper. That's when the storm hit. Luckily we all got there safely. The ceremony and a celebration was at the home of one of the groom's daughters down in Draper. I have to say she has a gorgeous house!

As soon as we got there, pants came off. (He really leaked and I had no other pants)

Jonas was in 7th heaven. She had Thomas and Friends galore! Every Thomas toy there is, she had. Lots and lots of tracks too. Plenty for all to share!

  James enjoyed himself by wandering around smiling at everyone. Oh ya, and drooling.

This was right before the ceremony. It's some of their grandkids.

During the ceremony the kids camped out at their feet.

The new Chip and Lori Hewlett!!!

James playing with the staticky(is that even a word) flower petals.

We had such fun. Jeremy's cousin made gorgeous cupcakes. There were7 or 8 different soups with bread soup bowls. Veggie pizza, Winger's sticky fingers. The list goes on and on! Now they live down in Syracuse. Boo! That's just too far away. They are amazing people and are so happy together. I'm so happy for them because they deserve it. 

11 Years and Counting

He's going to not be too happy at me for posting that picture of him but oh well. For our 11th Anniversary we went to Maddox! Hmm Maddox, so good. I'm not a fan of steak so I got what you see above these words and devoured every bite. And then felt like I couldn't move 2 hours afterwards. Jeremy got a rib eye. We had such a good time. I love getting out just the two of us. Helps me fall in love with the guy all over again!!

It's Great to Be 8!!!

 At least Ally thinks so! 

On February 4 Allyson chose to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! She has been so very excited. She chose rainbow cupcakes with clouds because of a song she likes about baptism. We found her a dress. She got to share the program with another girl that was getting baptized from our ward but she got to choose the opening song, and a musical number, who gave the opening prayer, and who gave the baptism talk. She chose who baptized her, who confirmed her and her 2 witnesses. Unfortunately one of the witnesses got called away on a search and rescue search out in Park Valley but another uncle filled in. Afterward we went to Ally’s grandparents house and had her cupcakes with ice cream. She got lots of gifts as well.  Thank you everyone for coming and sharing this special day with Ally and us. It means so much to us! Ally also got to go up to the pulpit at church the next day and receive her baptismal and confirmation certificate. She bore her testimony in sacrament meeting. It ended up only being 3 sentences long because she was so nervous, but she told me her testimony before church and it was the sweetest testimony. Simple, honest, true to her heart. It makes me feel like I’m doing okay by her. Thank you Ally for being a shining example to me.

We have a walker!

Oh yes we do have ourselves a walker. He walks constantly! What a difference it’s made. He seems so big and grown up now. Stop growing James! Stop it! You are my last, my only hope. The older kids have not listened to me at all and have grown like sprouts. Please be my baby a while longer.

Ally's award

I got a phone call Sunday night from Allyson's teacher informing me that on the next Wednesday Ally would be receiving an award. This was unknown to Allyson. So on Wednesday, when she filed into the gym with the rest of the 2nd graders as well as the 3rd graders and saw me there, the look on her face was priceless.

 She received the dedicated award. And trust me she is dedicated! She is such a responsible girl. Her homework always gets done whether I remind her or not. She tries her hardest and does her best. Her handwriting is always so neat and legible.

Her teacher said that doing this feat is a lot harder than one might think. Ally always takes care of her work before she gets to take care of the play. She rarely grumbles about it.  She is such a hard worker at home too. She is always trying to help out anyway she can. Whether it is cleaning, cooking, tidying, or babysitting while I do my duties. 

I'm so proud to be her mom!

G'Day!

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!!

New Years

For new years eve we decided to party hard and have a Lord of the Rings marathon. They were the extended versions.

Jeremy was the only one to make it to midnight. And he had to get up at 6 am to go to work. 

We didn't started them til late and at midnight there was still one more movie to watch. 

We still haven't finished watching them. 

Family birthday party

So we had a family party for our new 8 year old. She begged and pleaded and yearned for and then finally convinced her dad and I that she should get her ears pierced. So $10 and 2 ouches later she had these pearly puppies through her ears.

 I whipped up a batch of brownies that over-cooked in my extremely temperamental oven so she could blow out candles.

 My parents got her scriptures with her name engraved on the front. She's so excited about these!

 The primary stuck this in the yard and gave her popcorn. I thought that was such a fun idea!

 She got a scripture case for new scriptures!

Her sister Andie got her a cute headband.

Ally's Birthday Party

So for Ally's eigth birthday, I let her have a late night. Unfortunately, Jeremy had to work. (He considered it fortunate) So I enlisted my youngest sister McKenzie to help out! Thank you so much Kenzie!!!

   The girls were so excited they sat by the window for over an hour. Kenzie is trying to distract them from. We feared they would tear the curtains off. But the friends started showing up and the curtains were still hanging in one piece.

We started with some pizza! I got two pepperoni pizzas but some girls just wanted cheese, so I just picked off all the pepperonis and put them on quesadillas later. Win Win!!

 Then we opened presents. She was so excited about every present and gave everyone a hug.

Cupcake time was after that. I know, I'm not very good at decorating. The girls helped some, but it was mostly me. At least they tasted good so that counts for something, right?

  Then for an early b'day present her dad got her Kids Dance. They played it and had so much fun.

Then it was movie time. Ally chose Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. It was a pretty cute movie. But the whole time I desperately wanted to grab the main actress girl and brush her hair. It was a big mess the entire movie.

And then it was time to go. Ally gave them all goody bags, hugged, and thanked each of them for coming. I love my Ally!

Two words.....

Dirty Thirty