Baby Quilts!

I made this awesome quilt top for Rondalynn when I was pregnant with her but time got away from me and I wasn't able to finish it.

But here is the finished top!

Of course it would have cupcakes! I haven't gotten the back yet but I plan on getting it this month so I can tie off both baby quilts at the same time!

Yes I said both baby quilts because one rare occasion that Rondalynn took over an hour nap I was able to finish the to of Little Bean's quilt!

This is the front and the back that just needs to be tied off!

I can't wait to (finally) have them done and to share them with you all!

And yes this is something that I plan on doing for all of my babies!

Loving On Grandpa Hatch!

Around the end of September my Grandpa Hatch had a heart attack and had to come down to Chandler Regional Medical Center to be cared for.

One night Rondalynn, her aunt Karli, uncles Konner and Llama, and I went to see him!

For having a heart attack he looked really good, weak and you could see tired and wearing down, but he was so happy to see the baby!

That smile on his face says it all!

Rondalynn and Papa where making kissing noises at each other!

At one point she wanted to sit on the bed with him.

She sat there so good and still and was so soft and loving with him!

She really was excited to see him!

More pictures I will cherish! Rondalynn and Papa kisses!

Halloween Pillow Cases!

When I was a teenager I knew I wanted to start a tradition of making Halloween pillow cases each year for my kids to use throughout the month of October and then take Trick or Treating at the end of the month!

To be proactive on this for every year I decided last year to buy Halloween fabric for the next year when the Halloween fabric goes on sale!

So here is what I got for Rondalynn and Little Bean's Halloween pillow cases for 2015!

Rondalynn's will be the one that say's "Boo" all over it and Little Bean's is the "Halloween mustache" one!

I already can't wait until next year to make the pillow cases for them and see them use them to fill them up with lots of treats!

2014 Truex Family Halloween Cards!

Here is this year's Truex Family Halloween card!

This is the front!

This is the top of the inside!

The top part of this is the bottom of the inside and the bottom part is the back of the card.

For some reason it didn't wanted me to have it as two separate pictures!

And because of that here is what the inside of our card said since it's so tiny and you can't read it in this picture!

The Notorious Truex Gang has been busy this year trying to allude authorities by taking on their second personalities

as Star Trek Trekkies! We uncovered their operations and got these pictures of them in their Star Trek disguises as 

well as this letter in their alter ego form to fellow fugitives!

Dear Fellow Star Fleet Members, 

This has been a exciting year for the USS TNT-20120229 and it's crew! Here are the adventures the crew members have been on!

Captain Ron Truex has been busy taking command of his crew and performing his captain duties. He enjoys working at 

NewTek web hosting division of the ship as a web developer. In his off time he enjoys down time playing in the Holodeck with the PS4 technology and spending time with the other crew members.

First Commander Kassi Truex is fully enjoying her duties teaching and entertaining the other crew members. She is 

planning on returning to fleet academy to continue her education and Star Fleet rank in the field of Forensic Medicine.

When she is not on the ship's bridge she can be found baking up delights, updating the ship's blogs, and painting ceramics.

Lieutenant Rondalynn Truex is busy learning and expanding her views since becoming the new Star Fleet member in January. She has recently mastered the art of crawling, waving, and saying Dada and is now working on fully clapping, standing, and walking. On duty or not she is always making the other crew members and guest aboard the ship smile and laugh while keeping them on their toes. She is also very excited to welcome the newest Star Fleet member next year.

Ensign "Little Bean" Truex is business growing, learning, and getting big. HE is scheduled to be graduating from the Star Fleet academy and joining our crew in February 2015! We are all very excited to add him as our newest crew member. 

Love,

The Truex Family!

Ron, Kassi, Rondalynn, and The Little Bean!

This is the newest and latest communication that we have intercepted from the Notorious Truex or TNT gang. We

hope to have more information soon regarding the gang and their activities in the near future and will bring those

updates to you.

We hope you all enjoyed this year's card as much as we loved putting it together for all of you!

Making Mommy Feel Better!

This picture is another old one since I'm catching up but after being in the hospital all day with a scare regarding Little Bean this beam of sunshine came to see me and everything was better!

I didn't even know this picture was being taken but her smile and me loving on her was the best medicine, as well as knowing that everything was going to be okay with Little Bean!

No matter what she makes everything and everyday better just by being here!

I love my Squeaky!

Sneek Peek at 19 Weeks!

I'm only 10 weeks late with this post! Hahaha!

But here are some of my favorite shots from our 19 week anatomy scan of the Little Bean!

For all the pictures and details check out our baby blog!

His little profile!

Little nose and mouth! Just like his big sister he looks like he will have daddy's lips!

He was practicing swallowing!

Hand in his face!

And lastly some awesome 3D/4D pictures!

He looks like he will be just as adorable as his big sister!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving!

This year Ron, Rondalynn, Echo, and I had our Thanksgiving yesterday which I will be posting about later of course.

We did it the day before because Echo is heading out today to go to Texas for her niece's wedding tomorrow and Ron, Rondalynn, and I are heading out today to go up North for my Grandpa Hatch's Funeral on Saturday.

Normally I joke about stuffing our faces, napping, watching football, napping some more, eating some more, and enjoying time with your family but this year I want to post something different.

This year we may not be spending the Thanksgiving holiday doing something that you want to do and saying goodbye to a love one during the holidays is never easy but honestly it seemed like the most perfect time for this to all happen.

My Grandfather's death is of course sad and this weekend will no doubt be hard, especially when you add pregnancy hormones on top of it!

But at the same time it's a time to reflect not only his glorious life but the lives he started and everything the Lord has blessed us with!

So this Thanksgiving while we mourn and enjoy all the things that come with Thanksgiving as well I will be extra thankful for all the blessings I've been given in my life!

So to end this post I want to list 30 of those blessings I'm thankful for and I've set this goal for myself to think of these 30 things daily plus anything else that comes to my mind every day for the next year and more because I know just by doing that it will enrich my life even more than it already is!

And of course these are in no real order!

1. My amazing husband Ron!

2. Our beautiful daughter, Rondalynn!

3. Our precious and active Mister Little Bean who we can't wait to meet in February!

4. My wonderful parents and mother in law!

5. My awesome siblings and sister in law!

6. My fun nieces and nephews!

7. My fuzzy loves! My fur baby Socrates and fur sister Raven!

8. My loving grandparents and grandparent in laws!

9. All of my huge and crazy extended family!

10. All of my wonderful and caring friends!

11. Modern technology that allows me to keep in contact with all those fun, beautiful, amazing, and wonderful people listed above!

12. Wonderful modern medical technology that has been a huge blessing this pregnancy and recently made sure that Little Bean stayed cooking until his February debut date!

13. My beautiful home and having a place to live!

14. This wonderful and free land we live in and that I can raise my children in!

15. Arizona! Have you seen the weather in other parts of the country! My hips protest just watching the news! I'm so glad that I live in Arizona!

16. Naps! Even though Rondalynn doesn't think she needs to take one or a long one most of the time I'm still thankful for the little ones she does!

17. The movie the Corpse Bride! Rondalynn LOVES this movie! I don't put it on for her all the time but it has helped this mommy get a happy baby and some things done when teething blues hit!

18. Photos!

19. My blogs and the great journal it's allowed me to do!

20. Frozen Hot Chocolate! A go to this pregnancy for the sweet tooth and sad days!

21. My religion!

22. The wonderful people of my ward and all the help they have given us and blessing they have been!

23. Temples and the fact that we have five in Arizona and so many so close to be able to go to so often!

24. Date nights even if it's just to run through a drive thru real fast to come home and eat it's still a nice little date!

25. Ad matching! Yes I know it's crazy but I've become a master at this, I love it, and it's saved us so much!

26. Root beer! Since I won't drink my beloved Coca-Cola while pregnant this has stepped in to help when I need that extra sugar when out and about!

27. Missionaries! Especially my two cousins out in the mission field right now!

28. Hot showers!

29. Sports! I may be the only sports nut in my household until my children are older and I've taught them the way of the sports fan, but I still love them!

30. Chocolate!

This is only 30 things but I know I have so many more things to be thankful for!

So once again Happy Thanksgiving from the Truex Family to yours!

We hope you have a fun, safe, beautiful, and food coma inducing Thanksgiving!
 

I'm hoping after today to start catching up on my blog post since we are getting into the busiest time of the year with lots of blog posts to come! But I wanted to let the post for my grandfather be on here until today without any other posts in his honor.