Becky turns the big 3-0!

Happy Birthday to another of Justin's beautiful sisters. Becky and Justin have always been really close and I remember I was so nervous about what Becky thought about me when we were at college because I knew she would be reporting back to the rest of the family. It looks as though she let me pass, barely, I think. Thanks, Becky.

Becky is also so much fun to be around and a great mom to her darling little boys. We hope you have a great day today and we're looking forward to a party tonight!

Happy Birthday, Becky.

Happy Birthday, Sally!

Happy Birthday to one amazing sister!! Sally is so talented and the toughest girl I know, and I'm not talking calves. She practically raised my kids for three months and never complained. We hope you had a great day today, Sally. We've been trying to call but the line has been busy non stop. You are one popular girl.

Happy Birthday, Sally, we love ya!!

Sister Sneak 2008!!

Last weekend was the annual sister sneak with all of the Manwaring girls. There were 9 of us and little baby Izzy, which made for great company. We headed to a great bed and breakfast, The Fox Creek Inn, in Victor, ID. Our night started with pizza and fun times hanging out and didn't end until around 2 or 3 in the morning.

The lady in the back is Julie, who runs the bed and breakfast and if you look close you can see her funny parrot, Girl Bird. Also pictured are Kaylin, Melissa, Emily, and Natalie.
We had a gift exchange where everyone brought 9 of their favorite things to share with everyone. It was so much fun and exciting to see what everyone brought. I came home with some pretty great stuff. Kaylin-craft blocks

Melissa- scent packets for our vacuums

Natalie- biore strips, face masks, and crest white strips, which we enjoyed later that night

Becky- crossword puzzle book and pencil, we had a competition and she killed all of us

Katie- Febreeze lavender and vanilla, I just used this when I changed the sheets this morning

Emily- paul mitchell firm style hairspray

Anna- Witches brew mccall's candle and flipz pretzels, also my favorite

Me- raisins, bracelets, and colored toilet paper that I inherited from my grandma's storage room when she died last year. Justin's family loves to laugh at our colored toilet paper, so I thought I'd share

Elena- Bath and Body works pumpkin pie home spray

Becky, Elena, and me opening our pores!

The next morning we slept in and had a wonderful breakfast prepared by Julie and David, the owners of the Inn.

Becky, Natalie, Katie, Anna, me, Melissa, and Emily

There wasn't enough room at the table for all of us, so Elena and Kaylin ate at the counter with Julie and David. Looks like I must be the favorite sister-in-law. Ha ha!

Becky and Natalie trying to fit in to the Jackson scene.

After breakfast we drove to Jackson to do some shopping and then headed back to Idaho Falls to go to dinner and the R.S. broadcast. We had such a great time and I can't wait for next year! Thanks for all of your work getting it together, Elena.

Good luck topping this one, Katie!

Happy Birthday, Grant!

Happy birthday to the gold medal magnet. My nephew, Grant, turns 10 today. Grant is one talented kid. He wins the pinewood derby every year and just about every race he enters. We hope your birthday is extra fun and keep on running!!

Happy birthday!!

Peaches!

We bought this cute miniature peach tree a year or two ago that we just love in front of our house. Today, I harvested our first peach crop.

We have 7 peaches in all. A couple are a little small and the earwigs started enjoying one of them, but the rest look yummy. We can't wait to bite in to them.
Mmm, don't they look delicious?!

Happy Birthday, Jarom!

Justin's older brother, Jarom, turns 33 today!! Jarom is such a fun guy to be around and as you can see a fun tennis coach, too. We hope you have a great day at the doctor today, Jarom. There's no better way to celebrate getting older. We're looking forward to some yummy red velvet cake tomorrow night, though.

Happy Birthday!!

Sweet kids

Sunday morning, I hurried and jumped in the shower before the kids woke up. When I got out, I went to check on Truman and this is what I found. These girls may smother him like crazy, but they sure take good care of him.

Today Ogden wanted Truman to watch a cartoon with him (he's afraid of being downstairs by himself). I think Truman enjoyed it a little more than I wanted him to.