Christmas Memories

Acting out the Nativity with cousins.


Matching frog jammies.

Each girl holding their favorite gift.

Christmas was great like always.

We are already counting down til next year.

Sledding

All of our girls love to go sledding.

Each time we go it's a new adventure.

Hungry??

Look at this Felt Food I just finished

making Emmie for Christmas.

Yummy cinnamon rolls.

Poptart and banana - that comes out of the peel.

Bowtie pasta and Quesadillas

Big ham and cheese sandwich

For breakfast - egg, bacon, and pancake.

Last a hamburger with a heart shaped sugar cookie.
These are just a few pictures of the food. There's tons more.
So easy and so fun to make.

Piano Recital

Miss Maddie had her first Piano Recital last night.

She played the song "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas".

Thanks to Uncle Nate for teaching her.

All I want for Christmas -

Is My Two Front Teeth!

After days of twisting and pulling

the extremely loose tooth finally came out.

It's A !?!

Right before Thanksgiving we found out the gender of the baby.

We told our families on Thanksgiving day.

My family found a note inside the turkey telling the gender.

Shem sang his family an original song over speaker phone.

The baby is healthy and doing great.

IT'S A BOY!!!

We are all very excited (especially Shem)

but still a little shocked.

Maddie's Music Concert

A few weeks ago right before we moved,

Maddie had a school music concert.

She loved singing and performing.

Oh Emmie

This little girl continues to keep me busy!

She learned how to climb out of her crib.

So now she sleeps in a Big Girl Bed.

The other day she asked Shem to play barbies with her.

I had to take a picture of Shem playing with barbies

and Emmie trying to ride the barbie horse.

My Munchkin is Seven

Happy Birthday Maddie Munchkin.

I love your bright smile and happy attitude.

Thanks for all the help with your sisters.

Hope you have a great birthday.

Halloween

Halloween was tons of FUN!

We took a trip to Ephraim to see all of our friends

and go to the Trunk or Treat.

Shem was Nacho Libre.

Abbie dressed up like Larry Boy (from Veggie Tales).

Yes she has real plungers on her head.

Maddie and Emmie were "Word girl" and her

side kick "Captain Huggy Face"

Emmie is Two!

Happy Birthday Emmie We Love You!

Thanks for making us laugh all the time.

This little girl is full of life.

She loves playing with the girls and exploring everything.

A Trip To The Hospital

Last night was Emmie's first time going to the hospital.

Some how and I don't know how, she hurt her arm.

Let me just say I'm not a mom that goes to the doctor very often.

Most of the time we just let our kids tough it out.

But this time I knew something was wrong.

So at ten last night I loaded her up and we were off.

She pointed to her arm and told the doctor,"arm hurt bad."

She was so mellow and she didn't cry very much.

The doctor moved her arm for a minute and then with a quick jerk

put it back in place. After that moment when Emmie calmed down

she was back to her normal self and her arm was fine.

She gave the doctor a high five with the hurt arm

and then she said "thank you."

No x-rays and only about an hour later we were home.

I'm glad she didn't break anything and her arm is now fine.

What a Weekend

On Friday night Maddie's school had a Fall Festival.

It was so much fun and the girls loved going on all the rides.

I don't have pictures because I forgot to take my camera.

Then on Saturday we took the girls to a HUGE Corn Maze.

We split up and tried to follow the map

Shem and Maddie won (of course).

Next it was off to Dinner at a restaurant.

The girls did great and we all had a good time.

On Monday Shem and I celebrated 8 years of Marriage.

These pictures are outside the corn maze, it had a jungle theme.

PUBLIC INFORMATION

Ten weeks and one appointment later. We are happy to share that

baby number four is due April 15th.

The baby was very active, With a strong heartbeat.

Everything went well and the girls are so excited.

Shem and I are excited too!

Based on how I feel, I think it's another girl.

Creative Kid.

Abbie loves to play pretend. So here's what she came up with.

A mop for a stick horse and a diaper box for a sleigh.

She wanted to ride through the city pulling her dolls.

Oh how little minds make me laugh.

Peanut Butter and Dish Soap!

Maddie has been growing her hair out for over a year.

And yesterday all the hard work almost came to an end.

Yes that's a big piece of gum in her hair.

Luckily with magic help from Peanut Butter and Dish Soap,

we were able to get it out of her hair.

Firetruck Fun!

A guy in our ward is a fire fighter.

He brought his truck for all the kids to see.

The girls had a great time checking things out,

and spraying the fire hose.