The Latest

Not that we, the Blackwells, are all that exciting BUT I have some cute pics I need to blog about!

Last week Brandon's little sister Brielle turned 15! I think I am still in shock. When I first met Brielle she was 11. It amazes me how much she has grown up and it has been so fun for Brand and I to watch her blossom into a beautiful woman!

The latest with Irey....

Where to begin?

I think for this post we will just scratch the surface with what Irey has been up to...

On of her favorite things to do, as of late, is to strip off her clothes and diaper and try to get as far away from me as fast as possible!
Oh the messes we have cleaned from Irey taking off her diaper! Duck tape has become a good friend of mine... just for the diaper unfortunately!

Along with the new found love for nudity Irey also has grown a love/hate for the potty.

She kept asking to use the potty over and over so one day I got her her own potty just in case. Well then she became obsessed with the potty and any time she has stripped off clothes she begged for it. We had a day of success with using the potty and then the next day she wanted nothing to do with it and begged for her diaper.

The silly thing is I don't even WANT her to be potty trained yet. She is still too little in my opinion. But I don't want to hold her back if she wants to because that would just be crazy.

So for now we are hot and cold with the potty until one of you awesome mommies give me some great advice!?
This past weekend Brandon and I took a much needed break down to St. George with out Irey. Not that we don't love, adore, and miss her but moms and dads need their own time too.
We were lucky enough to use my parents house and be accompanied by some great friends the Caldwells and Tuckers.

While in St. George we got to go go cart racing and mini golfing. I think I was the ONLY one who didn't get a hole in one. We separated into teams as couples and the stakes were high, the two loosing couples bought the winning couple ice cream! Well Brandon and I are such a grand ol' team that we won! Or maybe Brandon was just really good at picking up my slack :0

We also got to go to a move, Date Night (very funny). Any of you parents out there know how hard going to a movie is with kids, so the movie was for sure a highlight for me!
We BBQed all weekend, soaked in the hot tub, went shopping, guys went golfing, and just enjoyed relaxing!
Tonights excitement consisted of my homemade pizza and my dough that almost over took the house!
It was warmer then usual in the house and the dough I made was just rising out of control. By the time I got the crust finished, the pizza was way to big. I put it in the fridge because I wasn't ready to bake it yet. By the time I finished preparing it and took it out of the oven the crust was half as big and the main part of the pizza!

Not to say that we didn't enjoy every last bite!

(Notice how Irey is wearing TWO bows? Yea, any bow she finds she has to wear, or ELSE! Oh, HELP ME WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD)

I am also on a new kick of building up my food storage. I need something constructive to do while waiting for stupid house stuff (more on that when I have the strength to go there). I have gotten such great deals on pop and cereal, so now that is the majority of my food storage. I figure everyone else will have the important stuff I will make sure I have the GOOD stuff and then maybe someone will share? Wishful thinking I know. Well at least, if I ever get into my house, I will have good food there!