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Daniel, myself, and my sister went rollerblading tonight (stop laughing- it was fun!) Daniel's parents watched the girls and Ireland colored. My mom-in-law Bonnie was showing me Ireland's pictures (she LOVES to draw!) and this beauty was one of them:

Ireland did every single drop of this on her own -except the red. my mom-in-law did all the red. Ireland says its a body. She points out the hair, eyes, nose, body, ears, etc. umm. She is 2 1/2. Now, I honestly have no clue how other 2 year olds draw, but to me, I think she did pretty darn good!!! I love her! She also did a tree in sacrament that really does look exactly like a tree and she drew tree frogs also. Ireland: you are incredible, talented funny and beautiful!! Keep up the beautiful artwork!

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more updates

I need to get caught up. I am sad I have not been keeping track of Leighton's milestones and fun things she is saying or doing. I will do that in my all about Leighton/huge vent post :)

I have such a bad memory. I always forget what I blog about and all the pictures I post. So if you get multiple stories or updates or duplicate pics... sorry. I don't have the time or patience to go back though them.

updates:

Daniel is still working so much. His business keeps him so busy (in fact one morning he woke up with 13 jobs to do asap!) He also had a birthday April 6th and that was fun! We got an Applebees gift card for Easter and used that on his bday.

He is still going to school and stays busy with that. he is a great dad and is always making time to play with the kids. He is always encouraging me to go out with the girls (friends) saying that he knows I need a break! I will go out and come home to the kids either super happy or in bed and the house will be clean :) He has on many, many occasions stayed up until 1, 2, 3 or even 4 am doing dishes or cleaning so I could go to bed and before he goes to bed he does homework or regular work then chores. he seriously will get "mad" when I don't go to bed. He says "let me do it, you need your rest." HA I got lucky with this one! he definitely is a gentleman and makes sure his girls are well taken care of!

*****I am having a hard time remembering things that happened lately. Also have few pictures as my camera's memory card went crazy and some pictures I took say "file not found" when I am trying to upload them. Also some have half of the pic cut out and have a large colorful stripe covering part of the picture. So I take a bunch on my phone which sucks because 98% of my pictures turn out blurry....

As for me, I am just busy with my business (which I am about to reopen the site with new products, prices and have 18 little girls willing to model my products for my website!)

I still watch children and have (counting my own kids) anywhere from 3-8 kids here. Lately different people call and ask for a last minute spot and I usually accept if I have the space. I am doing preschool with the kids and for the older ones- 5 and 6 year old- I have them be my helpers and also they have fun doing the projects too- like on earth day we made... Earths! ha ha we have fun!! I am also teaching all the kids the alphabet in sign language and they all know about 25 signs already (like eat, tree, thank you, etc)

I too had a birthday. Mine was April 14th. Dan gave me Wii fit plus- which I have wanted so bad! I got a lot of fun things and got a little spoiled. Dan, my sister and a friend took me to dinner that night as well. Also I woke up and Dan had decorated with pink and white streamers! he is catching on to my family's traditions!! :)

I saw Oceans in theaters the other day... it was AMAZING!!! WOW go see it if you can!!

Nothing else new with me. Well this may not be exciting for anyone except me but as of march 2nd I have lost 11 lbs! I have started working out much more and changed my eating habits completely (some of it wasn't my choice!) and I officially have 5.6 lbs to lose to get to my goal weight which is what I was when I was 18.... yahoo!!!

things new with the girls- well not too much. there is some things with Ireland I won't mention yet until I get our test results back- we had to have the girls tested for lead poisoning. My dad's house is super old and when they went to have it re painted it tested for really high levels of lead. they asked if they could come test my girls (of course I said YES!)

Ireland is growing and learning so many new things. She is so stinkin goofy and loves to make people laugh. she gets her sister going and they are HILARIOUS to watch and listen to. Just giggling and jabbering, having fun

Leighton is getting bigger too and is thinning out from being so active. She is such a good baby and has 6 teeth now!!

click on this cute pic below to see it better. It's such a GREAT picture! It is taken from the other side of the baby gate

the red eye feature in my iphoto failed me so her left eye looks scary sorry

Angel in heaven

My beautiful, dear, sweet aunt passed away yesterday. Lisa will surely be missed. She fought a long, painful, exhausting battle you can read about it on her blog here. Lisa is my dad's sister. She is my dad's 3rd sibling to pass away. They were all so young and it makes me realize how precious life is but also to know it is all part of our Heavenly Father's plan for us. That He knows what is right for us and He knows what we are going through that He loves each and every one of us so very much. I don't really have much more to say except that I sure love you Lisa. I will see you again and I know you will enjoy this time with your brothers (and other family who has passed also)

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on a different note: I have some blog posts that I am working on. One is a HUGE vent. so beware!! ha ha. Also, tons of pictures, some possible news and I am sure more pictures.

Night

BEAUTIFUL BABIES

Daniel's friend Justin (that did our family pictures ) did a fun shoot of the girls at our home a couple of months ago. With the girls just chilling on the counter. :) Justin does our pics for us for free because my amazing hubby helps J with his work (business or for school.) Check out Justin's blog/website. I asked him to come get some shots of the girls and make them black and white for a project I am working on for a whole wall in my family room! Ireland was literally just out of the bath when they showed up so I didn't even get to style or pull up her hair. Oh well she looks darling as always. Don't forget sweet Leighton too! The girls were great and the pictures turned out so cute!! The pic at the very end is just to show what they look like in color. Which ones should I choose?? I want one of each girl and one with both. (there are almost 150 pics but I just put the b&w ones on here)

LOVE THIS!

I just found this (marriage) blog from a friend and LOVE IT! It makes me happy and gives me hope, smiles, encouragement and ideas. Good stuff. Go check it out here

It is for husbands or wives OR read together! Newlyweds or been married for forever :)

more of what we do

I have so many pics to go through and post but I always forget. Here are some of our everyday activities:

Ireland playing with one of Papa's many instruments

We go for walks when it is nice outside!

Right near our house is horses, cows and sheep and in a different direction from our house is ducks, geese, sheep, goats, and a ton of other fun animals for kids to see

Ireland drawing ( I think this was around Christmas time) She has to draw at least once a day. She is getting better and better, she loves to and asks all day long.

We love arts and crafts!! Today we made spring boxes to hold treats (pics to come)

Oh my goodness. This one cracks me up. So one morning I was changing Ireland out of her jammies and I noticed...

well this is what her feet normally look like:

but this is what I saw:
It may not look bad, but it was BRIGHT orange in person. I freaked. What the heck happened to her foot?! It was FINE before bed. Yes, I am a nut and thought something bad happened. She also was limping and saying her foot hurt. eek!

It took me a minute but I discovered the problem:

a broken crayon in her footy part of the jammies!! um.... ha ha ha ha ha

this is what the difference in footies was:
I'm a dork but I had NO idea that's what it was

awww good times. There is never a dull moment in the Romney home!!

until next time...