31 Weeks

Family Pictures

I really really like this beautiful family of mine. Taking family pictures at almost 8 months pregnant wasn't something I've really been looking forward to. But taking pictures is all about remembering how things were at the point in time! I think all the pictures turned out pretty good for using a tripod and a timer on our camera!

Swimming after party

The Ragnar runners finished with a great time finishing 44 out of 1390 teams. They were all sleep deprived and physically exhausted but came to a fun swim party and BBQ up at the Jackson's. It was fun to finally all be together again. The kids absolutely loved it. 

The Princess Festival

Saturday morning we went to the Princess Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Livy was looking forward to it all week. I had Lucy staying at my house, and those girls were so excited to wake up in the morning and get all dressed up like a princess. 

I heard a few people as we were walking around say how cute my "twins" were. But I guess it'd be easy to think that since they're the same height, same hair color, and I did their hair the same wearing their little princess dresses. 

We watched a few short little skits. And all the girls had their own little books that the princesses could sign. They seemed to love it. 

 Livy is holding the Evil Queen's poisoned apple. 

It was a good way to spend our morning, the girls seemed to love it, especially Livy since she stills prays "thank you for the princess festival". 

During Ragnar

The main purpose for our family reunion was most of the family running in the Ragnar Relay. The runners included, Ryan G., Mel, Ryan F., Ryan J., David and Tim, then Jen was their driver. So they got ready and left Friday afternoon and were gone for about 36 hours. So Shanna, Crissi, me and my mom hung out with all of the kiddos, trying to keep them and ourselves entertained. So we headed down to Riverwoods for some splash pad time, the Provo Beach Resort and then a quick and easy dinner at Marley's. The girls loved the splash pad...for about 10 minutes, then they said they were too cold. 

 So we got them all changed, and boy was the carousel in the PBR a hit. They we played a bunch of games, and got a bunch of tickets so they all got to pick out some fun prizes and toys.

Jen's Baby Shower

About a month ago my sister Melissa was in town so we started to plan Jen's shower. I had a whole lot of time to prepare, and I may have gone a bit overboard, but I had the time to do it and I loved doing it. We did a "sport-themed" shower. We had a "Snack Bar" station, which was meant to provide a bag that they could stuff and take home as a "thank you". We had swedish fish, sour patch kids, peanut M&Ms and Red Vines. 

Then for the food buffet, we had Cracker Jack's, popcorn, chocolate basketball cupcakes, Oreo baseball bon-bons, pretzels, hot dogs with J dawg sauce, and a fruit ball salad (we used a melon baller for watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, and then some grapes). 

 I found these paper lanterns online for about $11 for all 4 of them at www.lunabazaar.com. Then I just cut out felt and glued on the pieces. I know the basketball needs a little help, but it got the job done.

It all turned out pretty cute. For the table cloth I just bought a cheap plastic tablecloth, then I used my cricut to cut out the numbers and just taped them on. 

Just a few of the fun gifts that this little lady got from our sweet family. 

We also did a group gift (which was mostly my mom), and got Jen something she wanted but wasn't going to get herself, a new Bob stroller. Mel and I swear by it. It's the best. 

It was so fun to celebrate this sweet baby with Jen. Here we are at 30 weeks and 26 weeks. Next time we're together we're going to each have little babies!!