11th Anniversary

For our anniversary this year we went on a painting date.  We left all the kids even Calista with my parents and went to a paint studio.  We've never left Calista before so it was pretty exciting. I like to try to do something a little different for our anniversary besides just going out to eat.  It makes things seem extra special.

We went to this place where for 2 hours they give us directions and we tried to follow along the best we could to make the painting.  It was such a blast.

It was interesting to see how differently Bob and I paint.  And all the other people really.  We were all following the same directions yet they turned out different.  And I am kind of slow.  There were a couple times when Bob was finished between directions and I was frantically trying to catch up as she said the next thing.

Here are our "finished" products.  I felt really rushed and wasn't completely happy with exactly how mine turned out so I worked on it more at home.  Bob laughed at me.  But now I'm totally happy with it.

I chose these paintings because one day we want to go to Paris.  Maybe for our 20th anniversary.

I would looooove to do this again sometime.  I already like painting so this was really the perfect kind of date for me.

This next picture is one of our engagement pics.  We look so young!

Bob has been great these past 11 years!  I couldn't have asked for a better husband.

Watch What I'm Wearing

This outfit was pretty comfy and perfect because the weather is starting to warm up.

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Mother's Day/ Family Pictures

One of the hardest pictures to take is one with our whole family in it.  I know the kids never last long when it comes to pictures so I tried to have everything set up beforehand.  We took these right after church last week so no one even had to spend time getting dressed for the pictures.  The hardest thing for me was the weather, I really wanted a lot of natural light coming in through the window but that didn't quite happen.  I'm happy with how they turned out!

With all seven of us on the bed it hardly looks king sized.

This picture of just the three of us was a breeze compared to the one with the kids.  You can't even tell that Calista was upset almost the whole time.

This mothers day the kids brought me a cinnamon roll for breakfast in bed.  It was great!  Then when I came downstairs I had an abundance of cards the kids made for me.  The best presents are the ones the kids make.  They are so sweet.

 Bob helped with the giant candy covered card.

 After church we went to over to my moms to spend time with her and my sister.  The only thing I would have changed about the day if I could was the pouring down rain.

I love my kids so much!  It was hard to believe this Mother's Day that I am the mother to five children!  Often I feel overwhelmed at the amount of work and the huge responsibility I feel to do a good job raising them.  I am honored that Heavenly Father sent them to me to be their mom.

Update

I kind of busy with taking care of a newborn so for today here are some pictures I uploaded off my phone.  If you follow me on instagram you've seen most of these.

Watch What I'm Wearing

I'm just about 36 weeks pregnant in these pictures. I've worn this a couple of times and I find that I have to adjust the belt tightness every time :)

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Baby Shower

We have quite a few pregnant people in our ward at church right now.  I think there was sixth (one had her baby).  Three of us were due pretty close to the same time and are all having our fifth babies so friends threw us a baby shower.  It was so nice of them!

Aren't these the cutest cookies?  Tishela makes the prettiest cookies, they always look flawless.

We played some fun games.  My favorite one was with the baby pictures.  The moms-to-be each sent in a baby picture of themselves, one of their previous babies, and their spouses.  Then the host added in some extras to make it harder and everyone had to guess which picture belonged to which person.  Can you guess mine?  I'll post the answer at the end of this.

We played another game where I had to guess the baby food flavors without looking.  I think I got about half right... maybe a little less than that.  It was tough.

 I took a picture of my stash after the shower Since we all already have four kids we asked for freezer meals or diapers instead of gifts.  I am so excited to have all those diapers!  Plus our freezer is stuffed full of meals, it is going to be great not to have to come up with dinner for a little while after the baby is born.  The baby also got a couple outfits, burp clothes, and a blanket.  I wish I took a better picture of it, but we even got a custom painting!  I love it and can't wait to put it up!

I am so grateful to the friends that threw the shower for me and for everyone who came.  I have so much support in my life I feel truly blessed.

Baby picture answers:

 1-Me  7-Tucker 11-Bob

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Strawberry Fields

More pictures from our road trip in the Philippines.

The view was so great!  If you look close you can see more rice terraces.

These orange oreos were not bad.  I think we should have them in the US.

We went to famous strawberry fields and the market with them.

I saw these genuine frog leather coin purses.

The town was actually so crowded our hotel was overbooked and we ended up getting sent to stay in this persons mansion.  It was a little weird because it wasn't a hotel. It did seem very nice, although the AC and the warm water still didn't work.  I was actually feeling pretty sick this day so it wasn't my favorite.

I can't remember what they called this hunk of meat thing, but it seemed pretty gross to me.