Jacob commissioned a photoshop project so I wanted to show the before and after...I would love to do projects like this for people for a part time job.  Which is your favorite?
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Birthdays Past and Birthdays to Come...

Happy 26th to me!!!

As for birthdays past...Brady made me delicious brownies and we had mint chocolate chip ice cream to go with it.  My family all came over and we went to dinner at Spaghetti Factory.  Spumoni ice cream better be available in heaven.  

 Check out my amazing birthday present from Brady.  He got new saws for his birthday, so I begged him to make me a bookcase for my birthday and being the great guy that he is, he obliged ;)  I love it and was so impressed with how perfect it turned out.  He definitely has skills.  

As for birthdays to come, we are expecting a new little addition to our Herd in October.  I wouldn't have announced it so soon, but we found out--drum roll please--that Jess and Jason are also going to have a baby in October and we are due one day apart!  Kam and babycakes will have a cousin on my side of the family, finally!  I promise we did not coordinate with them, it surprised us all ;)  I remember why I hate being pregnant...its like 9 months of voluntary flu plus I break out plus I am exhausted all the time plus I can't stand the smell or sight of foods I normally love.  And let me tell you, taco soup is not pretty after it's been in your stomach for an hour.  I just have to keep reminding myself that the end result will be a sweet, snuggly baby to love.  I'm really excited for Kamden to have a friend to play with, because I'm just not as fun as other kids.  He always points out babies he sees and is very soft with his new cousin Ackley, so I'm hoping he will adjust well to being a big brother.  

Kam helped me mop today...holy cow, it literally takes me 3 times longer to do any task if I have my little helper...I finally barricaded him downstairs so I could finish without getting hit in the shins with a broom.  

More Pics of Kamcakes...

 I really loved this one of Kam with his Grandpa Mike.  They are buddies!

Kam's New Pictures

Happy New Year!  My parents took Kamden to get pictures done in December so I thought I'd share a few of them.  I played around with them in Photoshop.  Maybe I'm just biased, but I sure think he is cute.    

A Sleigh Ride Together With You

Today Brady and Kamden wanted to go sledding in the sparkly new snow, so I drug them around with the 4 wheeler.  We had a lot of fun!  

To Buy or Not to Buy? That is the Question.

Wow, to say I've been a slacker is an understatement.  I thought I'd have so much time once I could stay home with Kamden, but I still can't figure out how people have time to update their blogs every other day.

Our big news lately is that we are buying a house.  It is in Orem and should be a good place for us.  I'll be able to have a craft room!  I don't love the floor plan and it was built in the 70's, but it has new carpet, tile, paint, appliances, etc so it feels new.  Brady and I have been back on forth about whether we should buy it, I never knew it would be so scary to buy a house.  We really wanted to build, but it just didn't work out.  Next time we will :)

Kamden is a year and a half and says new words each day.  If you see him, ask him what an elephant says.  So cute!

I have been reading a lot of fun books with my sisters and mom.  I just signed up for an account with goodreads.com and it is fun to be able to keep track of all the books I have read and rate them and Jess and Natalie both have an account too so we can compare books to get ideas of what to buy next.  Someday I want a library like the one in Beauty and the Beast...is that asking too much?  I think not.  I'll have to start with a bookcase in my new house, and work up from there.  I actually really do want one of those secret reading nooks like the ones on Pinterest.  If you are looking for a good book to read, go buy Edenbrooke.  It is set in the regency period and is so cute and funny and everyone that I've had read it has loved it.  Kat, thanks for letting me know about it!

I took family pictures of Jess's family on Sunday, and it was really fun.  I can see why people get into photography.  I even edited them in Photoshop after.  I really love Photoshop, if you don't know how to use it, learn!  It is expensive to buy but not so bad if you get the Photoshop Elements (the watered down version).  Most things are still the same.

Happy Monday!  I wanted to show off my latest project, since I just finished it today.  It is a menu board that I can use to plan meals and grocery lists for the week.  I am excited to use it!    

We had a BBQ with our Logan buddies on Saturday and Brady talked me into letting Kamden try his first s'mores.  Bad idea.  He was covered in mallow, I was covered in mallow.  Thank heaven for wet wipes.  I think we will hold off another year (or five) before giving him s'more s'mores! 

Kam decided the dishwasher doesn't need that annoying bottom rack and ripped it out.  It will be a miracle if the dishwasher door still is attached by the time we move. 

 Brooke, Britlee, Tyson, Bransen, and Kamden just chillin' after dinner at Red Robin in Layton.  I felt funny telling the hostess we would have 6 adults and 5 kids.  We will be outnumbered by little chillins before long!

 Yee Haw!