Creative Juices

I am getting pretty excited for this weekend. My brother Brent and his wife Jessie are coming into town and I am throwing a shower for their baby due in August. Brent is going to school for construction management and recently received an internship with Oakland construction. A huge deal since they are awesome, and they have and office he can get a job at in Durango when he graduates. So in honor of this cute boy and his construction man dad I am throwing a construction baby shower. I love being able to have an excuse to be crafty and this has been so much fun getting all my creative juices flowing. I will post pictures from all the decor as soon as possible. So question: What are some of the best baby shower games you have played?

Happy Easter

Taytum was in love with Easter this year. Monday night we started it off by having the story of the Savior's death and resurrection for Family Home Evening. I was impressed when Taytum repeated to my dad the next day that we learned about Jesus and the tomb. Friday evening we dyed Easter Eggs for Taytum's first time. She ended up with multi colored hands from using her hands instead of the tool but she had a great time. Saturday morning we had breakfast and an Easter egg hunt at Monee and Papa's house (Grandma and Grandpa VanBuskirk). Taytum really enjoyed finding the eggs and we had a great time watching her. Her enthusiasm was contagious. She played with her cousin Addyson and the parents and grandparents enjoyed watching as the girls broke into their candy with great excitement. This morning the Easter Bunny left Taytum a trail of eggs leading to her Easter basket. She was so busy collecting the eggs she didn't even see the basket of goodies. As she was opening it up she told me that it was so cute and had a lot of ''oh's''. But my favorite was when she said, " Thank you Easter Bunny". She got to wear a beautiful dress to church and she enjoyed looking like a princess for the day.

Lions and Tigers and Boys, OH MY!!

Due to the fact that I still can't get regular access to my own computer and haven't uploaded pictures in like six months, my blog has been a little on the lacking side. So an update is much needed for the two people who will read this blog. First off, the VanBuskirk family will be adding another boy come this summer. Josh and I are really excited for this little guy to make his appearance in four months. I am due some time in the middle of July. My first due date and my ultrasound measurements are different by 10 days. So I am not getting my hopes up for the beginning of the month. Taytum is so in love with babies these days and I am guaranteed to have my hands full of extra help from her. She has been attempting potty training and if she tries she does great. She is at such a fun age, I am loving our new conversations that we share. She is slightly obsessed with birthdays and tells me every day that it is her happy birthday. She is such a drama queen and I am learning patience every single day. Josh has been working up a business plan through the college's small business department and hopefully within the next six months we will be opening up our doors to all of Farmington. But for right now he is still working in Shiprock and trying to learn to love the people he serves. We really are doing great and we have so many blessings to count each and every day.