Marshall can feed himself

So yes Marshall can feed himself now with a spoon.. usually. The funny thing is is that he is a really bad eater so he still eats baby food. So he feeds himself baby food. I just thinks that is kind of funny! This is actually yogurt.. one of his favorites!

Christmas Gifts I Made

I made these really simple, obviously, aprons for LeAnn and Ashley Bowden for Christmas! They were even easier because I was able to use my mom's serger!!

Here is Skinny Kimmy modeling them for me!

I also made this jewelery holder for Ashley. It looks a lot better in real life because my camera isn't that great! haha The earrings hook onto the chicken wire and the necklaces hang from the knobs.

Aren't these knobs fun! We have a Hobby Lobby here now and it is amazing!

Thanksgiving In California (sorry my titles are never that exciting)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

So of course I had to do some kind of craft for thanksgiving. So.. I made little turkey shirts for the babies! A bunch of my friends made them too at craft group!

This is the only decent picture I could get of Marshall in the shirt and he just happens to be sneezing! haha!

If you want to see Corinne in her shirt go to http://minninon.blogspot.com/

On Thanksgiving morning we did a 5k run for a "feed the hungry" sort a thing. It was fun! It was good to have 3 miles to chat with all the Brasher family that we haven't seen in awhile! It was actually pretty good weather too, since we were in CA!

On Thanksgiving night we all made these cupcake turkeys! Fun huh?!? Jamie wanted to have them done before the party but I think it worked out even better to have everyone do their own. I had fun and I know the little girls had fun too!

Here's Brady making his!

The other reason we went out to California was for little Betty May's blessing. Isn't she a sweetheart?? And you can't see her outfit too good in this picture but she has the cutest head bow thing from ETSY.com I think and the cutest tights. Brady's mom, Jen, MADE this dress. Amazing!! She even has tissues in her sleeves to puff them up a bit haha

Oh my goodness.. Marshall loved being with his cousins. He bugged them to death haha. Hayden was very good with him though. Marshall kept going up to him and giving him hugs or trying to sit by him. It was so cute! I wish we could be with these little boys more often.

Here they all are.. plus Betty! Lucy (LeAnn's baby) is coming soon though so Betty won't be alone. And yes Jake is asleep!

This is Marshall's first Goose Egg! He was sitting on the little picnic table in the kitchen at Brady's parents and somehow fell off/out onto the tile.. right on his head.

Looking at it from the side gives you a better understanding of how big it was. So sad!

Then when we got home from California, he bumped his head on his book box and sliced open his eye lid. Poor kid! Good thing he is tough. You can see the bruise and the cut both in this picture!

Recent Crafts

This is just a fun cuff bracelet I made. I wasn't going to put it on here because I was going to make one for Kim and Mindi for Christmas, but I think we might just do a craft day and make our own!

Here is the tutorial:

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/search/label/jewelry-bracelets

Is another Craft project!

Here is the tutorial for this one:

http://livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html

Back to my High School weight!!

Well.. I have tried running, Beach Body's Slim in 6, counting calories but I never can stay with anything. I've done Weight Watchers before and lost 7 pounds, so I decided to go back on it. I also decided to start and finish the work out program INSANITY! If you don't know what that is I will tell you in one word.. insane! It is super hard! I hate it but LOVE it at the same time! ha ha! I have been doing it pretty hard core except for a couple breaks here and there for vacations, holidays and getting sick. I am over half way through. Through INSANITY and Weight Watchers I have lost over 15 pounds!!! and I'm still going! So yes.. I am back to my high school weight and actually less right now. Anyway.. just a really great accomplishment for me!

Marshall already LOVES Baby Betty!

So, when we were in Idaho we saw our new niece Betty's baby announcement and Marshall saw it, laid his face on it and said "ahhh". It was so funny. So we tried to get him to do it again in the video. He also will kiss her picture but he wouldn't do it for the camera.

Our Halloween Dinner

Sunday, Halloween, we had a huge dinner! It was so fun! I made some witches wands and nutter butter ghosts for the table!

I also made witches to put on the glasses!

Aaron made some yummy homemade root beer!

Brady made this Grave Yard 7 Layer Dip

Mckelle made these fried eyeballs (meatballs), Jamie made mummy toes and on request (from me) Chelsea brought Spinach/Articoke Dip from Costco! She also brought some salad.

Mckelle brought this fun plate. Yummy fruit and dip. She also made these really fun cinnamon and sugar crackers.

Jamie made this cordon bleu Mummy. I bought a jack-o-lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's. Oh my heck, EVERYTHING was SOOOO good!

At the kids table we did Ghost PB & J's and orange goldfish!

I've never seen Marshall sit that long.. eating! It was great.

Mckelle made some yummy pumpkin ice cream for dessert. I made these cookies (thank you Shauna) and this mint brownie Frankenstein!

In between dinner we made Ginger Bread Haunted Houses. That was super fun! I love ours. I think it is more of a Haunted castle, but even better ehh?

Everyones haunted houses. We had so much fun and we were so sick full when we were done and probably for a couple days later! Since everyone left their haunted houses at our house, me and Brady doorbell ditched them to their owners a couple days later ha ha! Thanks for coming everyone!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Heros in a half-shell.. TURTLE POWER!

This is Marshall playing with the boxes used to make his shell. He is in there somewhere!

For Halloween Brady and Marshall were Ninja Turtles and I was April O'neil! It was a little hectic to make the costumes but fun!

Brady was Leonardo and Marshall was Michelangelo.

Marshall went trick or treating for the first time at the ward trunk or treat! He thought it was pretty cool. This is his first time eating a lollipop. We had to teach him how to eat it!

These are Marshall's "Sexy Turtle" pictures:

I could't get a very good picture of Marshall because he kept moving so I recorded him:

Monster Birthday Party

Marshall's friend, Vance, had his 1 year birthday party!! It was a monster themed party. Chelsea and Jordan (parents and our friends) made this fun thing to take pictures with. They also made super delicious food! It was really fun!

These were some of the cupcakes we made. If you can't tell they are monsters! Cute huh?!?

Trip to Idaho!

So we took Jared to school at BYU-Idaho a few weekends ago. It was good to see where Kim and Jared will live and to visit Rexburg. We were also able to visit Brady's family, The Cox's. They were kind enough to let us stay in their beautiful home and feed us yummy food!! ha ha!

We had to teach Marshall had to use head phones so we didn't have to listen to his dvd! We had a good time hanging with the family!

Another visit with Noah and Jenn!

Jenn and Noah came down to Provo to visit us! It was really good to see them! Marshall and Noah played really well together! This was just a really funny picture we took!

Marshall the Drummer

During Jared's little homecoming party, Tyson (Jared's best friend from Connecticut) taught Marshall some skills. After we recorded this he got on his own little drum set and was just going crazy! It was so funny!!

Naughty Marshall!

So all the cabinets and drawers in our kitchen have locks on them except this one. He can usually stick his little hands in the drawers and pull things out still, so I have to put anything dangerous in the very back. I put things that Marshall can play with in this one! But he has figured out how to sit in it! This is when I caught him! What a little stinker!!

Visit with Jenn and Noah!

Last week we were able to meet Jenn and little Noah in Salt Lake! It was fun to finally see each other! Marshall and Noah got along pretty good and it was so cute to here Noah say Marshall's name! We need to get together more often Jenn! Love ya!

Marshall and Noah at Baby Gap!

FUN at Jumpin' Jacks

Last week we had a Play Date at Jumpin' Jacks. Marshall loved it at first but I think he got really annoyed that he couldn't walk in the blow up things with out falling. He loved the slides though. By the time he got to the bottom he was already crying cause he wanted to go again. He would try to climb back up but that never worked. I had to take little breaks cause I was sweating so bad! It was way fun though! Next time we'll bring the Daddy's so we can trade off!

There were really really old coin operated cars and things. I think he liked those more then the blow up slides!

Here is Marshall looking for change in the old arcade machines.

Marshall couldn't sit on the horses without falling off so he had to sit in the middle!