U Create Make and Take Craft Classes!

U Create Make and Take Craft Classes!

I am so excited to announce these fun new classes to create the most super duper fun crafts, and cutest accessories ever for you and your little princess! There will be three different age groups and a variety of classes offered through out the month of June! Watch for a calendar with pictures of the crafty crafts we will be making! I am smiling just thinking of all the crafty fun we will have! Yippy skippy! Hip hip hoorahy!

Mini Crafters

This class is for girls age 6-12 This class will be so much fun! The cost will vary by class and the classes will be 1-2 hours long. These classes are sure to be a great way to keep your cute crafty girls entertained! I just LOVE these girlys!

Youth Crafters

This class is for teen girls age 13-18. I am excited to do this new class! It is sure to be lots of fun! Cost will vary by class and the class will be 1-2 hours long. I will be posting the different crafts that we will be making and the dates and times! Can't wait to craft with you youthful chickitas!

Advanced crafters

This class is for adults! AKA Rocking craft Mamas! I am super excited to do this class! I will have all sorts of fun supplies to make all kinds of fun crafts and accessories for babies to adult! I will be listing the different items for the different classes This class will be such a blast! Girls night out! Woot woot! I can’t wait!

For more information or to sign up please contact
Kelsi Ackley 435-862-3181

*Space is limited and classes will fill up fast so if you are interested please make sure to save your spot! I will post a calendar for dates and time in the next day or so! Can’t wait let the crafty fun begin!

Dear boys...

Dear boys,

I just feel like I need to write and let you know of my love for you. I wonder if it ever makes you sad the way I express to others my overwhelming joy of having Ava. I wonder if you ever question "Does she love me as much even though I am a boy?" I am actually crying as I think of ever making you question my love for you.

All of my life I wanted to be a Mother. And you made my dreams come just as true as Ava did. I feel that Ava completed my circle of love... But you guys started it. Well actually your Dad did.

You guys made my dream come true first.

When I was a little girl I loved all things girly. I played house, barbies, danced, loved makeup the works. I really wanted a daughter to share my favorite things with.

I use to baby sit a family with four boys and I remember thinking how sad that would be to have four crazy boys! That was until I met you...

I feel so honored and blessed to be your Mom.
I have loved being a boy mom! There really is something so special about being the queen of a castle of handsome little knights and a King :) You have made me feel so special and loved.

I hope you know just how much I love each one of you! Yes you drive me crazy a lot! But I am also crazy in love with you!

I appreciate your tenderness towards me. It makes me realize how lucky your future wives will one day be. I love our sweet secret hand squeezes that means I love you! I love when you are sad or hurt that I am the person you go to first to make it all better! I wish my kisses could really make all the pain go away!

I love the sweet flowers, love notes, pictures, and sandstone rocks with hearts carved in them. You are always so thoughtful of me and I love and appreciate you so much!

I know that each one of you is the perfect piece of our family puzzle and I really would not have our family picture look any other way.

I have loved doing the boy things I thought I did not like. I don't know if I will ever get over not loving bugs and lizards. But I love seeing the curiosity and enjoyment you get from catching them and inspecting them.

I never loved sports until I got to witness you play. You are my MVP's for sure! I have loved to watch you play sports! I look forward to the many years of cheering you on to come.

I love that you have been blessed to have a little sister. I think she has also added a new tender spot in your hearts. She loves her boys as she refers to you. I think she has been the perfect ending to our all boy family! But you need to know that when your dad and I chose to have her we were ready to love and adore another boy if that was what was in store for us. We did not have her only to try for a girl. As were you not just an attempt to have a daughter.

You know the saying you get what you get and you don't throw a fit??? Well I got what I got, and I consider myself beyond blessed!

I love my boys!

I love you! I love you! I love you!

Love Mommy

Christmas 2010!

So as many of you know I use my blog a little different than some people. I love to write and have used this blog to write about my thought and feelings mainly with a update and pictures here and there of my kids! I have kinda sucked at documenting major Holidays and Birthdays. So I thought I would just try and catch up a bit! Better than nothing right??? I am going to try to do better now that my neck is doing better so here are our Christmas pictures for 2010 in April 2011! Enjoy!

New Shoes

I am stepping into new shoes!
And I am really quite enjoying them :)
My life is changing and it is funny that I am happy and sad at the same time!
I love being a MOM
I loved having my babies
I dreamed of being a Mom my whole life!
And I was so blessed to have 5 beautiful healthy pregnancy's and babies!
I cherished having my little ones, and it seemed at the time that it would never end.
But...
My baby is four now! Four whole years have passed since I have had a baby!
How did it happen so fast! It just seems like yesterday she was born
And now she is FOUR!
I have been kinda sad that stage of my life is over! But by the same token
I AM LOVING HAVING MY BABY BE FOUR!
No more diapers, feedings, sleepless nights, finding a babysitter, cant get anything done! tied down and trapped for the most part!
I feel in a way that I lost my self in the service of having and raising my babies!
And I am starting to really like finding myself again!
Don't get me wrong having big kids is not all peaches and roses!
I have 3 boys in soccer right now! It is B-U-S-Y!
And I love it!
I have been so happy the past few days!
I was really sick for over 2 weeks with what I think may have been pneumonia!
I was so out of it! I cant remember being that sick ever except when we went to Hawaii 3 years ago!
I am so thankful to be feeling better!
We have been sick around here for the last 2-3 months! I am ready for it to end!
Brexan has been the sickest and has missed a lot of school!
Also my neck is doing awesome! I finally feel like I am better!
It has almost been two years of chronic pain! I have suffered and lost a lot of my life from the injuries I got from our wreck!
I am so thankful to be feeling better!
I love living life pain free!
I can make my hair stuff and be on the computer as long as I need too!
Life is good!
So back to the shoes!
I am definitely in a happy place with my life!
I love having more freedom, more help and less work on my plate!
I truly think that mothers of small children have the hardest job on the planet!
But also have the job that is priceless! What a gift it is to give life!
What a sacrifice it is to bring a child into the world! And I did it 5 times!
I was figuring it out today and I was pregnant almost 4 years of my life and nursed for almost 3 years of my life so I sacrificed my body for almost 7 years! And believe me I have the body to prove it :)
But I would do it all again to have the family I have!
I love my family!
They are my everything and more!
I would not change anything about my life!
I love my husband more than anything! He is the best thing that ever happened to me!
He has taught me unconditional love! He still makes my heart skip a beat!
We just celebrated our 15 year Anniversary!
I was so so sick! It was also Ava's Birthday! I barely remember it! But we went to dinner to Samari 21 on Friday to celebrate!
Eric is the best! He is the easiest person to be married to! He never complains or tries to change me! He is my best friend and truly is my better half! I hope to someday be his equal! He has been such a blessing to me! I thank my heavenly father for him daily! Through our trials our marriage has been made stronger!
Good news! He was accepted into pharmacy school! To USN! Yeah!
I am so beyond proud of him!
We will be moving to Las Vegas in May or June!
I can't wait for our new adventure! I am so happy that he is such a great student!
I will end as I am making a goal to go to bed by 11pm!
I am thankful for my life! I am so thankful for the new shoes I am stepping into!
I feel that I am reacquainting my self with myself! If that makes any sense! It is a bitter sweet! but I am choosing to focus on the sweet! And sweet it is!
Life is good!

Moments that matter

Moments that matter...
That's the name of my blog.
But the last year it should have been called
Complain, blah blah blah complain some more, blah blah!
LOL!
So are there good moments in my life that really matter?
YES!

And I had one the other night that I have to blog about!
So for Christmas this year I really wanted to give my kids something special.
Something meaningful. Something that could bring them closer to me!
I feel my little birds are growing to large to fit under my wing, and it makes me sad!
I miss holding each of them. I miss the closeness I had with them when they were my babies. When they NEEDED me and I held them close. I have had a few crying moments lately about them getting big. I am not baby hungry, and I do not want any more (we are DONE) I just want my babies back! I look at their pictures and I want to go back and hold them, and play with them as little babies and toddlers! My baby boy turned 7 last week! I so don't like that time has to go so fast! Sooo back to my Christmas gift. So I bought each of my kids their own bottle of lotion. I know that sounds lame. But... there is more to it. I told them that this is their special lotion that I want to remind them of me and special time with their Mom. And when ever they are in need of my time or attention they can bring me their lotion and I will rub their feet and snuggle with them! I know that certain scents can take me back in time. like the smell of suave hairspray takes me back to High school and my bigger than big hair! So I really hope that when my kids smell their special smell of lotion it will take them back to time spent with me :)
So a week or so ago Bridger went and got all ready for bed and came in and brought me his bottle of lotion for some Mommy and Bridger time. We went in my room and I rubbed his feet which are pretty ticklish, and he giggled! All my kids are ticklish like their Daddy! Anyway Ava came in and wanted her feet rubbed too and then they were so sweet and wanted to rub my feet. It was a sweet moment! So I told Bridger to go get my camera as I wanted to take pictures to remember that moment! He got my camera and I started to take pictures. Then they came and laid by me and we took pictures of us making silly faces, then I would show them the picture and then we would laugh and take another one. This was a complete BLAST! We were laughing our heads off and having so much fun doing something so simple and silly!
We took a lot of pictures! I wanted to share them here on my blog
and share a moment that truly mattered.
* I normally don't take pictures of myself and this was not a planned moment so this is the real deal me! Double chin and all!... the way I look many days at the end of a busy day! I am chubby but life is to short to worry all the time about being perfect! I'm not perfect but these moments and memories are. I love spending time with my kiddos! Now if I could just freeze time :) Enjoy!










A little seductive lol!







This was the one I told them to just give a real smile...They both pulled a face and thought it was hilarious after they saw it! Silly kids!






And it all ends in crying! of course! LOL!

I am now selling on ETSY!!!

I am so excited to announce that I am officially online and open for business!!! Sooo.... If you want to see what I have for sale you need to check it out! Please show me some love while you are there and Heart my items if you like them! It would make me SMILE! I have been super duper busy like a bee making hair stuff and listing items on ETSY!(which takes like forever!) So be sure to check my etsy site out at www.avabows.etsy.com
I am offering my friends and fans on FB free shipping for the month of January so if you want in on the deal go to my fan page on face book and hit like. Its that easy! And I will show you the "love" for showing me the "like" by giving you FREE shipping through January! So hurry quick and buy all my stuff so I can quit my day job lol! Oh wait this is my day job :) I'm a little sleep deprived, blond and a little crazy, so well there you go! Thanks for stopping by!

It's been a while...

Remember when it was cool to blog...
When you could hardly wait for your next post...
I guess it is out of style now LOL!
I really should not even be on here as I have come to a sad conclusion that being on the computer really is one of the main things that hurts my neck.
It is really a challenge to me to not be able to do many of the things I once enjoyed. When I am not on the computer or making my hair accessories my neck is fine! Then I get this idea that maybe I can do it for just a minute and wham it hits me like a ton of bricks and I am in pain, in bed with a heating pad and many times pain killers.
I want to do a really quick update on what we have been up to.
First of all we moved. Just down the street a bit!
Wow talk about hard. This was by far the hardest move for us ever! we moved from a home that is close to 4,000 sq ft to a home just over 1,400 sq ft. It has been a challenge but has taught us many lessons so all in all it is a good thing.

Brexan turned 13 and got glasses! He looks like Doogie Howser MD. Remember that show??? Any way he is growing up fast and making me realize I am not as young as I would like to think I am any more!

The boys just finished football. Dylan played his first year of tackle and he played on a 6th grade team with his best buddy Beau Wright. He had fun even though they did not win one game!
Stetler and Bridger played flag football. This was Bridger"s first time playing a sport and man is he a little athlete! He is so fast and very on the ball! He was off sides a lot! He would keep running after he made a touch down like Forrest Gump! What a treat it was to get to watch my boys play ball! Stetler had a fun time and learned a lot this year too!

Brexan broke his collar bone for the second time, so he sat out this season.

Eric is almost done with school! Can you believe it! He only has one more semester at Dixie and then next fall we will be moving somewhere for Pharmacy School! We are hoping he will get in to USN in Las Vegas, the other options are Georgia, or Main! Not so sure about moving that far away, although it really could be a fun adventure!

Life is good. We are all healthy and happy for the most part! I wish that I was able to update here more but I will do what I can. I hope my neck will one day be better. I miss keeping in touch with all my blogging friends! I really have enjoyed it, and wish I could keep in touch more. Hope you are all doing well and hope you have a wonderful Thanks Giving this week!