Yea - A good person won the Biggest Loser!

We are big fans of the Biggest Loser show and for the first time in all the seasons, we had players that we did not care for. Cough Cough, Heba, Ed, Vicky!

So, we were pleased last night when Michelle won the entire thing. The show is so inspiring! I sure wish we could look as good as the "after" shots. Look at her muscles. Anyway, we were please with the outcome & we are excited that the new season starts up again in just a few weeks. After I have this baby in July, I'll need to get my butt in gear so I can look as good as Michelle. :) It probably doesn't help that we sit on the couch & eat while we watch the contestants work out. However, last night we made a healthy snack choice of orange slices for our finale snack. I wonder if eating oranges takes away the fact that I have been munching on cookies from my Mom's club cookie exchange for 2 days. (I wish!)

It's A BABY!

We are proud to announce that we are expecting again!

I had my first ultrasound yesterday. I am almost 10 weeks. The baby is due 7-8-09...but is measuring a due date of July 4th. *We may have a little firecracker on our hands this summer.

We think Crew will be a great Big Brother. Well, he is into babies...then again, they don't spend the night. But we have plenty of time to prepare him for the new baby's arrival.

We better also get him potty trained before July. I swore I would never have 2 in diapers at the same time. :)

Anyway...we are thrilled & I just had to post this "teddy bear" pose of our new little boy or girl.

Crew's 2 year old pictures

I just have to post Crew's 2 year old pictures. We went to Portrait Innovations. They have a great deal on pictures for just $9.95. I think we are going to have our family holiday picture taken there as well. Anyway, I think Crew's pics turned out great! Here is my little cutie. (Both grandmothers & his GG (Great grandmother) think he should be in modeling. But I'd say we might have a biased opinion. :)

Crew's 2nd B-day

I realize I have not been a very good blogger. It is so difficult to find spare time to update everything. (Our family picture website, Facebook & this blog.) But, I am going to try and update at least once a week. Since I am so behind, I have to go back a few weeks to Crew's amazing Pirate Birthday Party. I think all of the kids had a blast & Crew enjoyed his special day. It was extra special because his Mom Mom flew in from Colorado for the weekend. I think there were a total of 16 kids at the party. Crew is blessed to have so many wonderful friends. However, I think his favorite part of the whole day was eating the cake.I made his pirate ship cake using a regular cake pan for the ocean water. (Using the icing to make little waves.) And a bunt pan to make the pirate ship. Then I just cut the circle in half and used the "U" shape for the ship. I used bamboo skewers to make the sails. Add a few Rollo's for cannons, Whoppers for cannon balls & plastic pirate figures to make it complete.Happy Birthday Crew!!!

Locks of Love

So, I was sick & tired of styling my long hair. I knew I wanted to get a cut...but then I decided, why not cut 10 + inches & give my hair as a donation to locks of love. I held a hair drive about 8 years ago for Locks of love & didn't have enough hair to donate. (8 years later, I finally had the length. )

Here are the before & After photos.

Child 2 Child Photo shoot

Yikes! Getting 7 kids to cooperate at the same time is a big challenge. None the less, we got some great pictures! Thanks Jan & Flint!Click on our product description page to see the close up pictures. I think they turned out great!

Our Son is a Republican

We are so proud...
Last night while watching the Republican National Convention, Crew would clap & yell "YEA" when the audience would stand & cheer for John McCain on TV. Too bad our video camera battery was dead. We would have loved to get that on camera.
Go McCain!!!