Summer

I thought I would post a few pictures! Summer has gone by way too fast! I can't believe school is sneaking up on us! Until then I will keep on enjoying moments like these!

Baby boy is 6 months old. We love this little dude.He rolls all over, grabs anything and everything he can reach, has his first tooth, is trying his absolute hardest to crawl and sometimes I swear he can talk! 

We love our otter pops in the summer! 

Bethany is little miss independent these days. She climbed up and got her own drink. And she loves shoes. Notice the one boot she is sporting?

Emma got the BEST surprise of her life. Her very best friend moved away in February all the way to Missouri. These two were inseparable. Emma was heart broken when she moved. Last Sunday she knocked on our door! They played for 5 hours and loved every minute of it! When Emma woke up the next morning she asked, "Was I dreaming last night or was Bailey really here!"

Poor boy is always getting dressed up by his sisters. All I can say is get used to it Buddy. There are worst things then purple kitty sunglasses!

 He is going to have a fun life with all these girls!

Brother and Sister

Everyone is always telling me how much these two look alike. It is true! You sure can tell they are brother and sister!

Little Birdies

Can you guess what these little birdies are wanting?

I was holding a can of Whip cream!

Fairy Garden

The girls got a new book a couple of weeks ago all about flower fairies. In the book was how to make your own little Fairy garden so that fairies would come. The girls of course wanted to make one so we went to work!  

 We made some salt dough and the girls made a mushroom, and a mushroom table and chairs for the fairies.Here they are painting them!

We planted the flowers and the girls decorated it. They even made little paper lanterns and strung them across. They have a sand path leading back to the flowers. They had a lot of fun putting this together! They check every morning to see if little footprints have been left on the sand path!

This was a great summer project! They worked on it for about 3 days during Bethany's nap time.

Does she sparkle?

Bethany thinks she is so funny in these vampire teeth! I am feeling like it is Twlight in my house! What do you think? Do you think she sparkles? 

Family

I am  playing catch up on  my blog. This is my last catch up post! This last weekend Grandpa and Grandma Muai came for a visit. They brought the cousins along too. Everyone had a really good time! It was nice to have all the cousins in one place. I love having family around!                   

Grandma feeding little "Jay" as Bethany calls him.

Mister and Boo were buddies the whole weekend

Syd and Tabs. Although you can't tell in this picture, these two win the prize for most melt downs!

                                  Emma still being the "mommy" cousin. She loves the little ones.

And these two were buddies too! Can you believe these two COMPLETE opposites are first counsins! TOO funny!

Mothers day pie

I made myself an apple pie for mothers day. (Anthony offered to make it but I knew mine would turn out better) And I think it turned out PERFECT. Best looking pie I have made so far!

Buddies

It has been a rough 4 months with these two. But I can honestly say I think it is getting better. Boo wants to be his friend now. She loves to sit next to him and try to get him to play. She has her moments still but I think for the most part she loves her little "Jay."

Another one bites the dust

And I have ANOTHER thumb sucker! That make 3 out of 4! 

                          But it is nice that they put themselves back to sleep in the middle of the night.

Daddy/Daughter Dance

Our church had a Daddy-Daughter dance a couple weeks ago. The girls sure did have a lot of fun! And Dad did too! (It was for 3 and up so Boo couldn't go this year.)

 All dressed up and ready to go!

Fun Memories!

Happy Happy

I just LOVE my happy boy! He sure is a happy kid! 

Lets hope he maintains this carefree attitude seeing how this CRAZY blonde...

 is his sister!

I sure LOVE this Happy girl too!

Like Father, Like Son

My sleepy boys.

Cowboy Gathering

Last Saturday we went to our county fair for a "Cowboy Gathering". The kids LOVED it! They talked about some farm animals and then let the kids walk around and rides horses, ponies and little carts pulled by little ponies. What a fun few hours for pretty much free!

 Bethany LOVED this cart ride. She grabbed the reins from the driver. He was laughing and said, "Oh you want to drive?" And he let her hold them the whole ride!

Tabs loved riding the little ponies and the big horses. I don't have a picture of her on a big one though. Emma was a scared. She pretty much hyperventilated on this little pony even though I was telling her she was taller then it! LOL! The big one was out of the question, but she loved taking her little sis on the cart ride!

It was a fun Saturday!

Easter

It has been a long time since I last posted. Keeping up with 2 babies is a lot of work! I will try to be better! Since I don't have much time now here are a few pictures from our Easter.

The kids ready for church

Love the look on his face!

We had Mike, Hilary and Payton over for dinner. Payton grabbed James' hand. So cute!

It's Autumn Time!!

"It's Autumn time, It's Autumn time, the leaves are falling down!"

And we have a WHOLE lot of leaves falling down! So even the littlest help with the raking! Although we didn't have another rake so Bethany went and grabbed a broom! Funny little girl!

And of course fall means picking out the perfect pumpkin!

And carving them!

And of course dressing up!!

And Trunk or Treat!

Happy Halloween!!

"Body Language"

This week I was totally reminded of this clip from the little mermaid. Tabitha came home from school with a behavioral report card.-It is a new report card system the school has started. She got some really great comments and is doing well but when I got to her last comment I could not help but laugh and think of this clip.

"The one area Tabitha can improve on a little is the visibility with her body language when she is angered. She truly wears her feelings on the outside and we want to make sure that she remains collected when she does get irritated with any given situation."

Now, this comment made me not only laugh but it also made me proud. I thought, "Lady if you only knew how FAR this child has come." A year ago she would have not only given you body language but she would have also been yelling and screaming while doing so. She is finally at a place where she can huff and puff on the inside even if she is showing it on the outside -and that is HUGE in my house! Am I going to have her work on keeping herself "collected"? No. Because I think have her as "collected as she can ever get and I kind of like how I know by just looking at her what her mood is. There is no guessing with that one! And maybe we should all be a little more like that and "never underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE! "

September madness

A lot has been going on in September! I thought I should catch up on all the latest happenings! A big event in our home was Emma turning 8! She had her birthday on a Thursday and then that following Saturday she was baptized! We are so proud of our Emma Lou!

A lot of special people came to support her! Here she is with her Great Grandma she was named after-Grandma Lou Jean.

Great Grandma Fale made the trip too. We were SO lucky to have both of Anthony's Grandmas here!

My parents came. And so did Anthony's but I am REALLY sad to say I have no pictures with her and the other grandparents. In fact I didn't really take that many pictures at all so if anyone else would like to share any they took I would really appreciate it!

Many more people came for Emma and I am so thankful to all the family that came and showed their love. It made the day even more special for all of us! I will always remember this wonderful day and how beautiful and happy Emma was. The spirit was so strong and it strengthened my testimony of the gospel and of our Savior.

Tabitha also had a birthday this month. She turned 6! She started kindergarten this year and was really excited to celebrate her birthday at school. They sang happy birthday to her and she got to bring in a treat for the class. Of course my Tabitha can't choose the normal cupcakes. Instead she wanted me to make....

Chocolate covered strawberries! It was my first time making them and I think they turned out pretty good!

And the last big surprise for September is that we are expecting baby number 4! We are all excited and nervous for baby to come in early February-(not september!) And even though Anthony hasn't admitted it I am thinking he has to be EXTRA excited since it is a BOY!!! Who would have thought there would ever be a little boy in our family?!

Happy 1st Birthday!

WOW! It has been a year since Bethany was born! We cannot image our life without this blonde, blue-eyed little girl! We love you Bethany Lauren! Happy birthday!