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!

First day of school

First day of school was last week! Emma started 2nd grade and Tabitha started Kindergarten! What big girls we have. I hope it is a good year for both of them!

Since Tabitha went to school one day for orientation and the other was her first "real" day I put in both pictures

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Love these girls!

New pictures

We got a new camera last week. So here are some updated pictures of the girls and part of what they have been doing this summer. I was playing with the settings so some of them may look a little different.

Emma loves to read anytime anywhere to anybody! I couldn't resist putting theses pics in!