Our Family Story

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

SUPER HEROS

Batman and Batwoman came to my rescue the other day with all their cool super hero moves!

And then out of no where, Superwoman and Spiderman showed up too!

Whew, what a day! :)

Splish Splash {they were takin' a bath!}

I am so happy for my BFF Lyndee, Chad and their sweet little Allee! They were sealed in the Logan Temple last Saturday. Hooray! I will never forget the incredible spirit I felt in the Temple that day. The power of a forever family is so strong and so real, what a pleasure it was to be there with them!

Little Allee is just the cutest thing, she looked so beautiful in her little white dress! One thing is for sure though, I never thought in a million years that my Lyndee-Loop would ever have a blonde haired, blue eyed babe! ha ha!

I love you guys! I'm SO happy for you!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Top O' The Morning To Ya!

I love this website! I found all sorts of fun things for my lil Leprechaun's to do in celebration of the upcoming Irish holiday.

We traced and cut out shamrocks for the window.....

We helped the little Leprechaun find his way to the Pot of Gold in the Shamrock Maze.....

(Quinney just scribbled, more or less...)

Then we pieced this Leapin' Leprechaun Puzzle together a few, well actually, a lot of times.....

Miss Shamrocker herself dreamed up the idea to color a fancy rainbow.....

Next we painted with watercolors, Avery crafted a Lucky Leprechaun and Quinney a colorful rainbow.....

I loved the way Quinney held his paint brush, have we got a mini Picasso on our hands? :).....

I thought these were really cute and fun too. I'm going to use them as bribery for good behavior from my kids. (not that I really need to bribe them to be good, they're really all around great kids but sometimes... man oh man!)

So, if they're being good they'll get one, if they're not being so good, well, then they'll get one taken away. Ma ha ha ha!!! I love being the Momma! :)

If they have 5 Luck Bucks each by St. Patrick's Day we'll get to do something really fun! I haven't decided yet what we'll do, but it will be REALLY FUN!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Ya ever heard about the 7 year itch?

We haven't either! :)

Happy 7th Anniversary Mr. Smith!

I couldn't be happier!!!

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Mr. Turkey Lurkey

My lil Mr. is 9 months.

I can't believe it, time is just going too fast! I caught myself thinking about his first birthday a couple weeks ago: what should the theme be? what kind of cake could I make, or should we just do cupcakes? etc. etc. etc. There's nothing wrong with that because I do love to think about and plan a fun party, you know. But something about it made me sad. Not sad in a bad way, just sad in the realization that my baby is almost 1 year old, way. ...if that even makes sense.

It's just that pretty soon, before I even know it, he won't be a baby anymore and I want to savor every last day of his baby-ness before it disappears right before my eyes. So, no more thinking about or planning Hayzen's 1st birthday for a couple more months, is that clear?

Yes, that is clear!

Height: 28", 40%
Weight: 17 lbs. 6 oz., 7%
Head: 17.75", 43%

We love our little Turkey Lurkey!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Avery and her sisters, uh, I mean brothers...

"Presenting..... (as Quinn reluctantly starts walking down the stairs)...Quinney the Princess!"

(By the looks of Quinn's face below he's not really diggin' this whole "princess thing"!)

"Mom, come see Hayzen's hair," I hear Avery say amongst her infectious giggle.

This is what I found...

Do you think Avery wants a sister??? Oh you bet she does! She talks about having a sister on a regular basis and often times I have to answer questions like these: "Mom, when are we gonna have a baby sister?" or "What month is gonna be our baby sister's birthday?" or "When we have a baby girl next, let's name her Haze-l-ee, okay?"

Sorry to tell ya Sweets but you're not in charge of that department!!

I guess Quinney and Hayze will just have to suffer through their loving sister's ideas until they're old enough to tackle her and make her stop.....and/or out run her.