A New Swimsuit for Lizzy.

I admit that I have been one of those paranoid moms who pays way too much attention to what her kids wear out in public and a swimsuit for a 4 year old was one of those things that makes you want to scream. Elizabeth has always been hard to shop for because she is so small, but at the same time she is a tall girl. So we get her shirts that are anywhere around 2T or 24mos and pants that are 18mos or smaller (in the waist), usually that means settling for jeans that are too short or skirts that are too short.

Shopping for a swimsuit was different though, they had the right sizes for her but the wrong style. I was amazed to see that they had bikini's that were way to little even for my girls, in styles that I wouldnt wear on one of my best 'skinny' days. After shopping around what felt like a million stores we finally settled on a Little Mermaid swimsuit that was suitable for MY kids. Elizabeth loved it and Jared and I were happy that it was decent.

She wore her new swimsuit for the first time at the pool the other day and didnt want it to get wet or ruined so it took awhile to get her in the pool. But those bright colors looked great on her. Can't wait for next years trip to find a new swimsuit!

Jamie Learns to Swim.

This was a great day, our ward rented the local pool for the evening and we took the girls swimming for the first time this summer. We started off with a grand buffet dinner of hotdogs, salads and everthing in between that defines 'summer'. For dessert we had strawberry cheesecakes, brownies and summer wouldnt be complete without popsicles!

Because I was suppose to be on bedrest I didnt think it wise to go into the pool with the kids and all those other children kicking and splashing everywhere, so Jared took the girls in and Kyle Osmonson helped out with the kids.

Jamie had only been swimming once this year and we noticed that she could float on her tummy with a little help we taught her to kick her legs and move her arms. But this day was better she took to the water like a duck... well an akward duck, flinging her arms and legs everywhere even though she was only in water that was up to her tummy she had the best time swimming.

Her favorite part was when Jared let her ride on his back like a dolphin around the pool. She thought that was the greatest and that her dad was great for doing it. Just look at those smiles!

As BIG as a House!!!!!

I have been on bed rest for the past 6 weeks now and I feel like I am really huge, I haven't seen my feet for the past 3 months now and all my maternity clothes that I bought too big are all now too small. Jared always tells me that I don't look 'that big', but I disagree because I feel 'that big'. So I haven't been to church in 6 weeks and I decided that I would as least go for sacrament meeting and sit in the hallway on the couch.
It took me every bit of strength I had in me to climb onto that couch it was really big. My feet didnt even touch the floor. When sacrament meeting was over Jared thought it would be great to get a pic of my protruding tummy at 33 weeks this is what I look like sitting down, standing and from the side view, and you can kind of see where the baby is... sorta. His feet are sticking straigt out when I am sitting. The pic of me standing up I am in the middle of a contraction and my tummy is lopsided, and then the one of me from the side, you can basically imagine that the back of his head is facing you because he is on his side. If you cant see that's too bad because I felt it!!!

ELDER CHASE

Everyone always asks me, Where did you meet your husband, and I always say that he was a missionary for the church and served in my country, in my branch and was in my area. They then proceed to give me that look like... Yeah right! He was a 'bad' elder if he was flirting with girls on his mission, or the other look like ' your a bad person for marrying an elder who served in your area'. After almost five years of marriage you would think that I was use to that look!

So anyways, here is an example of what Jared looked like all dolled up as Elder Chase five years later. He looks pretty much the same except he has longer sideburns and is a bit chubby in the middle area. But still the same old Elder Chase. I admit, that when Jared put the short-sleeved shirt on with that little black name tag, it did sorta scare me a bit that I married Elder Chase. But who could resist that charm. Plus, he is quite handsome in that tie that I got him for Christmas a few years ago. What do you think?

Personality

This was one of those days were it started off just perfect. Jared and I got to sleep in till about 11am after a wonderful date the night before. We finally got to see that new Will Smith movie Hancock and got a babysitter at the last minute. We didn't get home till around 1 am and because of that the kids were exhausted and didn't get up the next day till 11am.

But we got up late, and had a early lunch of hot dogs and chicken nuggets before getting ready to go to church. I managed to get the girls dressed while Jared got ready. It was then that Lizzy started to call Jamie names like, Porker and Lazy. That was only because Jamie had gotten too big for her clothes. When I told Liz to stop calling her sister names this was the face that I got! I couldn't stop laughing... Jared thought it was funny so we got the camera. Next time she will get a time out!