It's Raining Its Pouring. . . . SHOWER GIFTS FOR RAINA AND BABY BOY!!!

Time is moving quickly and we only have a little over a month before we get to meet our newest little member to the Bourne Family. We are sooo exited. Abbi and I got to go to a baby shower for Raina and Baby Boy (who hasn't been officially named yet)! It was fun times for all, spot lighted by women stating "My Water Broke" when there frozen baby ice cubes finally melted and floated to the top of their drinks. You had to be careful not to use the "B" word, you know that word that could cause you to lose one of your yarn strings. The word Baby is a very hard word to avoid when you are at a Baby Shower, but it was sure fun trying to find other words to take its place. Down to the main event, Raina and Baby were definitely "showered" in lots of cool gifts which will come in very handy when the big day comes. Lots of cute, soft cuddly clothes and blankies to wrap the little guy in . . . . or let daddy use which ever works out best!!!
(Our little PREGO LADY, look how cute she is!! )

This little bear was hand sewn by Rainas' brother in law (I believe his name is Jared). Rainas' sister said he sewed and glued and did everything from scratch, it turned out so cute, that will be a special bear to keep around!!!

This is the cute little outfit Abbi picked out especially for the shower, she was so exited to go, but ended up not feeling very well!!

These little outfits were sent from Mom Bourne from Montana, she was so disappointed she didn't get to be here but looks forward to adoring and holding and "gaga ing " over her new little guy in March or April when he gets here.

Under the Sea. . . A Pirates or Mermaids Adventure!!

Our local library has a story time for kids Monday - Thursday and I have found this is an awesome place to take the kids to learn and spend time with different activities. The theme this month is pirates, fish, under the sea. . . anything in that nature. I was amazed Issac was soo into the stories of pirates and under sea adventures. Even Avrie was in awe with it all and stayed seated on the floor the whole time.
Issac got to be part of the deep see adventure he was the Crab.

Avrie got to be a fish, a beautiful fish with beautiful scales . . . . rainbow scales.


We get to go fishing under the sea, we get the walk the dangerous crocodile catwalk which can be very dangerous if you happen to step on the jaws of a hungry crocodile. Our favorite activity of all was the parachute. . . all the little fishies that get to swim under the sea. The fun of making story time come to life. Next week we get to go swimming at the "pirate" pool. Its pirate day on the 3rd and we are invited to go to pirate cove where there will be all sorts of activities. Thank goodness we have stuff like this to keep us entertained in the long winter.

FUN,FAMILY,and PARTY TIME!!!!!

We've had a fun week this week, we got to go up to Idaho Falls and meet Papa and Nana, and the boys for a fun weekend of swimming, playing a little bit of WII and of course some cards (it wouldn't be a Bourne Blast without um). Issac insisted on playing Star Wars at least a little while he had to show everyone how good he's got. How fun is it to watch your kids and see the extreme joy and satisfaction they get from just seeing the face of their Papa or Nana, or the anticipation they get knowing they get to spend a little pool time with uncles. It's a great feeling knowing that everyone is having fun just being there!! We stayed up till the wee hours of the morning even little miss Avrie stayed up till about 12:00am when she finally fell asleep of sheer exhaustion, Quincy and Zach brought their dogs so she spent alot of the night playing with them. Zach and Quincy also brought their girlfriends so we got to hangout with them to which was fun since we don't get to see them that often. They both enjoyed the attention brought on by new faces and more people to cling on to for the kids. It was a fun quick weekend, we only wish our little vacation could have had James and Amber and Brian and Raina.

Cherish these days, they go to fast!!!!

We took the kids out for breakfast on Saturday morning, as we sat there attempting to keep it all quiet I looked around the reastrant and found we and 1 other couple were the only ones in this section of the building. Maybe because we both had kids, maybe cause everyone else was soundly sleeping like we would like to have been. As I watched the kids play with animals and dress um up bears, I realized, here I sit trying to stop them from being loud crazy kids, and in no time I will be begging them to be my little babies again. I won't always be able to piggy back my son, in a few years he will probably tower over me. I realize that I should take the time to enjoy the silly things they do now because I am sure before I know it I will miss them all terribly. I will miss things like this morning when Avrie wanted to come snuggle in "Moms bed cause she was scared of the monsters in hers". I will miss being the one that gets to kiss them and tuck them in at night. How lucky are we to be parents to such adorable little beings who we get to experience all the funny, and intriguing things of life with.

TO oth good to be true!!!!

Abbi hit yet another monumental moment in her life, she has lost yet another tooth, yup that makes 5 the official count and another loose and ready to fall out. However, we encountered a HUGE problem, Abbi lost her tooth while at school, and lost it in the hallways. Abbi came home from school very distraught that the tooth fairy would not know she had lost another tooth. We considered such solutions such putting a fake in the bag, using one of the other ones that we have kept, writting a note to the tooth fairy. We decided together that if we wrote a note to the tooth fairy and explained the situation she would be understanding enough to still leave abbis reward. Lucky for us that tooth fairy is a very nice, smart, fun, intellegent. . . . ok you get the point, anyway lucky for Abbi the tooth fairy came to visit afterall. Now she has saved up $6 to buy somthing very special that she hasn't yet decided yet. She sounds a little like her mom, she likes to save up and buy big!!!

How do you know that it's LOVE!!!!

Abbi came home today and told me mom, I have a boyfriend!!! A particular boy in her class told her she was smart, he told her that when she is old enough to get married, he would marry her!! "Mom he is soo nice, when ever we leave for the day he sings songs about everyone else being ugly, except me". He even wants me to do his math for him, cause he says I'm smart!

Does it start this soon, do I get to start sifting through fellow suiters this young? I am sure this is the start to a chain of many love stories yet to come in my sweet, cutie girls life. Valentines Day is coming up I wonder if she will hurray home eagerly awaiting that moment to sift through her Valentines to find those special ones sent "especially" to her from those special boys. The days all us girls remember so foundly in our minds the day we get to find out if that boy, the boy returns those feelings of "love". lol

With Each Day We Grow A Little, Laugh a Little

Do you

ever look at your kids and wonder when did he grow big enough to become, "the king of the mountain";

How does she know that I worked so hard to clean the house and do the laundry and she actually does appreciate it;

The bigger she gets the cuter she gets and the more I want her to stay my little baby.

Life passes us by so fast and we blink and we hope we remember the moment that has passed. I love to hear my children as they tell me about how they learned "this" at school, or enjoyed builing their own stool so [he] can sit and watch the football game with dad (he even hammered and nailed by himself. I laugh when Avrie is so intrigued with Dora that she to wants to become a problem solver and stop certain "swipers" in our house hold.

I love being a mom to the best kids in the world who love myself and their daddy so much they love to share it with us each morning with a huge hug and smothers of kisses. We are entrusted with these little humans and we get to learn and grow along with them and build our lives around them.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Well Happy Superbowl Sunday to you all. I hope you are enjoying (if you are getting) the snow, as much as we are. Ha Ha all exept Nathaniel who had to go out this morning before church and shovel away about 1 foot of snow that had accumulated overnight; but, he and Issac had a fun time working up a sweat. We have had more snow this last month and half then we have in 5-6 years, but the kids are sure enjoying the sleding and snowman building that comes along with it.

A Beginning to a New Adventure

Welcome all, or I guess I could say, . . . . . all welcome to me. I have begun something that I have been wanting to do and keep for myself and others interested. A journey, a reflection, and peak inside the life and the happenings of my family.