The Niebuhr's Project Life Album

Project Life Gallery

Some of you know that I am doing Becky Higgins book again. Last year it was Project 365 and this year it is Project Life. In this special Scrapbook I am recording the average everyday happenings of our lives. I have posted some pictures of the pages of my book the Becky's Website so that you can see them if you want. I will probably continue to add to it as I go on. ( I don't have them all uploaded yet). So take a peak. The link is above. Hoping to post about Maddie's birthday soon.

I am finally getting around to posting about Katelyn's birthday party. She wanted a dinosaur party and I spent a lot time getting ideas and things ready for it. It turned out great and a lot of fun. One of Katelyn's friend, Christian, came dressed in his dinosaur costume and Katelyn immediately went down and got hers on. I had set up some of Katelyn's dinosaur play things and the two of them played dinosaurs for a while. The games came next. The kids were
told that there were eggs that needed
to be returned to the nest before the mommy dinosaur found them missing. The catch was that they had to transfer them in their spoon. The kids loved it and wanted to do it over and over. The next game was pin the dinosaur in the right spot on the poster(got at the party store). Another hit. The next game was the paleontologist dig site. I had filled two rubbermaid containers with dirt and buried some toy dinosaurs, play money, and then some real bones (Chicken bones) Thanks Patrick for taking care of the bones for the kids. I have to say that it was great to see the kids having so much fun and getting so excited when they would uncover something. I found the kids hats at Michael's and made them name tags that said junior paleontologist. They turned out super cute. I also gave the kids a fossil digging kit that included a tiny shovel, a paint brush, and a magnifying glass. I think they could have played in the sand all day !! But it was time for the cake. I originally was only going to make cupcakes for everyone to enjoy but I was adventurous and attempted to make a dinosaur cake. Katelyn had no idea I had made her a dinosaur cake and to see her excitement made all the hard work worth it. She was so excited about her cake. But back to the cupcakes. I have to say Thank you to Grandma Niebuhr for finding the dinosaurs for the top of the cupcakes and then mailing them to me from St. George. Thank you so much, they turned out perfect. And also a big Thank you to Grandma Merrell for baking and frosting them. They were so so good. Oh I forgot about the gifts, we opened gifts before we had cake. She received so many wonderful gifts, and I think they were all dinosaur related. Thank you to everyone. One of her favorites was the dinosaur house. She was so super excited to get it. ( She had wanted it for a while now). All in all it was a wonderful day and wonderful party. I know we all will remember it for years to come.

P.S. After the party Patrick, Noah, and I went down to the Insta Care. Turned out I had a Sinus Infection and Noah had another ear infection. We are all well now though. It was so hard to get things done for the party because I was so sick and my whole left side of my face hurt. Sorry, I will stop complaining. Stay tuned for Maddies's birthday party in a few weeks. Can you guess what she wants for her party? It includes a lot of pink.

Digital Scrapbooking

I have been following the well known scrapbooker Ali Edwards for years now and about a month ago she posted on her blog a weeks worth of info and this free digital template. So I jumped at the chance to try it out. I had taken these shots of the girls coloring and thought that they would be fun to put into this template. I have to admit it was fun and something different. I could have added more to this layout but I don't have any digital embellishments. So I printed it out in 12X12 on my new printer and it turned out great. Thought I would share.

Happy Heart Day

Sending you a little love from us to you. Happy Valentine's Day.

Splish Splash

Noah has learned how to splash. So cute that I wanted to share it with you all. He was having so much fun in the tub the other night. He sure does love the bathtub.

This next video is of Katelyn skiing. Make sure you pay attention and don't take your eyes of the screen. It's hilarious.

Seven Months

Giggles and Smiles and MA MA MA. Babbles and Grins and BA BA BA. A need to shove everything in his mouth. Can out eat his sisters when it comes to bananas. Squealing, well maybe more like shrieking, for no apparent reason other than to hear ones voice. Nicknamed
Pterodactyl because of it. Loves to dive at objects that he sees (which is anything and everything, we think he might be an olympic diver. Gabber mouth first thing in the morning. Joy in seeing his sisters. Crying in the reality that he is being hugged to tight. (Courtesy of Maddie). Smiling at his own reflection. Army crawlin' it. Loves to bang on things, enrolling him in drum classes. Has discovered Ice Cream. And getting quite efficient at it. So easy to tickle. Loves my singing, it makes him laugh. Especially rap. A preference for paper that I have to dig out of ones cheeks. Dislikes sitting still, can anyone say ADD ? Partial to remote controls, phones, computers, ipods, chords. AKA - the geek !! Precious, handsome, a ray of sunshine, and above all my baby boy. Love ya.

Sleepover in Park City

Last week Patrick was not in school or working at Deer Valley so we decided to spent some time up in Park City. It started on Thursday - Patrick took Katelyn up skiing for half the day and then came back and went to work. Then I packed up and me and the kids headed up to check into the Condo for the night. We stopped at our favorite place to eat in Park City (Nacho Mama's) and then it was on to the condo. They had an indoor pool so we took the kids swimming and they loved it. The pool was surprisingly warm. Noah loved the water, he slapped the water with his hands and was in heaven. The girls had their life jackets on so Katelyn would go out in the pool and float around. Maddie was to scared to go into the middle of the pool but made her way around the edges. Patrick joined us about 8:30 that night and we put the kids to bed and I enjoyed some time in the jacuzzi tub. The next morning Patrick and Katelyn hurried out to grab some breakfast at Deer Valley and then to hit the slopes. Me, Maddie and Noah lounged around for a little while and then I started to pack up.

Noah has been a little sick and so he was being very fussy. I was trying so hard to keep him happy and to hurry and pack up and take everything out to the car so that way he could have a nap in the car and Maddie and me could find some breakfast. Well he was crying so hard that I had to put him down for a nap (much earlier than usual). So the only thing we had to eat were strawberries, eggs, and whip cream. So I cut up the remaining strawberries, added some whip cream, made some scrambled eggs and we had a make shift breakfast. It
would have to do till we ate at Deer Valley with Patrick and Katelyn.

On the other side of the street was the Zermatt Resort where they had these beautiful ice mountains ( i guess that is what I could call them). The girls were amazed by them. I think they are over some hot springs because there was steam coming out of them.

So I woke up Noah to go meet Patrick and Katelyn for lunch at Deer Valley. They have wonderful food there and Katelyn's favorite is the chocolate cake. Noah had his first french fry and kept wanting more. I think he liked them !! It was time to head home for the day. The next morning (Saturday) we
dropped Noah off at Grandma's and all four of us headed up for a day of skiing. It was Maddie's first time on ski's. The first time down the hill she did not like it at all, I think she got to scared.
But the next time she had so much fun. She said to me " look mommy I geing - instead of skiing. And she kept saying " I geing, I doing it ". So cute. She stopped all by herself a few times and I was so proud of her. Katelyn is doing great. She can stop and is getting better and better at turning. She is going to be a great little skier. We all had fun and can't wait to go again. It was a great week and I loved spending time with the family.