Aubrey's New Toy!

I've been wanting one of these for the kids for a while, but I've been trying to find a used one on KSL, since they are MUCH cheaper that way.  However, they are REALLY hard to get!  I've been calling on swing sets for a couple months now, and they all sell out within hours (unless they are overpriced or a piece of junk...in which case I wouldn't want it anyway).   I just happened to look online right as this play set was posted, so I called the seller, and got to her house within 45 min, then paid for it 5 minutes before someone else got there to buy it.  Yay!  Aubrey loves it, and Austin has a lot of fun on the slide, and on his little baby swing.  

We put Aubrey's little playhouse that she already had next to the swing set, and we'll stain it red eventually, so it matches with the big one.

Happy girl!

My Awesome Mom!

Here's a picture of an oil painting my mom just painted for me!  I love it!  She's been painting for years, but with 6 kids, her art was understandably put on the back burner.  Now she's painting again and I'm so excited, because she gives me awesome paintings like this one! Right below it is the picture she based the painting on.

Aubrey likes the painting too! ...And of course, since Grandma drew a picture of Aubrey, she had to draw a picture of Grandma.  What a budding little artist she is! ;) Here they are, holding their portraits. :)