Windows

This is me going to work with one of my new favorite tools we just got a week or so ago at Lowe's. We have been putting in our windows this past week and it is so fun to see the nice light come in, and the changes it makes to the house. (I really like cutting out the windows and then kicking them out.....) (takes out some of my frustrations)



This is our living room area,



Chase has been on his spring break this week so he has been helping us out a lot on the house and it is so nice to have extra hands. I am so glad that he is helping us out so much, and also Ryan's dad has been helping us so much. WE couldn't do this without family!
My parents came this weekend and my dad was able to help us on our house also. We had such a great day and got so much done. All the windows are in except the basement!!!! Yea!!!! We have such great family's and they are always so wiling to help us out! I don't know how I got so lucky!!!!

watch my back.....

Ryan was outside the other night with Brytlee and she said to him,
"I'm a pumpkin huh"
Ryan said,
Yea, your my pumpkin"
And Brytlee said,
"I'm mommy's pumpkin too"
Ryan said,
"Yea, we love mommy huh"
Brytlee said,
"Yea, we won't kill her"..........
I don't know where she got that but it sounded very funny coming out of the mouth of a three year old princess.......

My girls

I came in from working on the house with Ryan and saw my girls on the couch almost asleep like this. I am so happy to see that some times they do love each other and they can get along...... Alexis is such a cuddle bug and so she snuggled right up to her little sister and I thought it was so cute.
As soon as Brytlee saw the camera out she had to jump into the pictures as well

I can't get over how cute my girls are!!!!

bye bye long hair

Alexis has been asking for a hair cut for awhile and wanted it to be as short as Lizzy's...... I had a really hard time and would just trim it a little every time she asked but then she would get really mad at me..... So we finally did it.

I didn't go as short as Lizzy's because she kept showing me how she wanted it cut and it was a little different than Lizzy's.
She looks really cute, and loves her new look. I catch her all the time checking herself out in the mirror and fixing her hair now. She is such a beautiful little girl!

Brytlee's Birthday Party

We finally had a PARTY for Brytlee's birthday! Now she feels like she is three and isn't asking everyday if it is her birthday. I feel so bad that it took us so long to get a party together but it was a crazy month. We were in St. George alone for the day of her birthday, and then when we got back Ryan had to go to Florida for meetings and when he got home he had the flu, so when he was feeling better we made a cake!!!! She was so happy ( We have a book of cakes and she had picked this one out for her birthday cake about a month before her birthday and she called it "the pony cake")







She didn't want to take a big bite of her cake but she did put her tongue on the icing. I am so glad that she was able to have a little party and have her family with her on that day. I always worry about not doing as much for her as I do for the other girls, just because she is younger, and so I hope that she remembers her day and knows she is a very special girl and that we love her so much.

St. George

This last week I was able to go and stay with Brad and Sara's kids while they took a trip to Fiji for their Anniversary.
Alexis had to stay home with Ryan so that she didn't miss out on School, piano, and her after school classes. She was able to go the weekend before with Grandma and Grandpa Merrill so I think she was alright that she didn't get to come with me.

The girls were in the pool as much as they could be. Brytlee turned into a dare devil and was jumping into the pool, and having a blast. The weather wasn't all that warm but it didn't slow them down at all. Elizabeth swam so much that by the last day she had worn of the bottoms of her feet..... they started to bleed really bad, and she still wanted to keep swimming.....
I tried to do a lot of fun things with the kids because I feel like we have not gotten out a lot this winter and St. George has a few fun places to take the kids. We went to Jumpin' Jak's on one of the days and all the kids has so much fun. I let them run and play until they didn't have any energy left.

Jex is such a funny boy! He is such a sweetheart!!! I really hope that I get some boys and I hope they are sweet like he is. I couldn't believe how well all of the kids listened and would do what I asked them. It made me really wonder why my kids don't do that......






My good friend Tiffany was able to bring her girls over one afternoon and all the kids swam and played together. It was so fun to talk and hang out, I wish I could have gotten together with her and some other people but the week was so busy that I didn't have a lot of time on my hands.
Little baby Ava was such a Angel baby. She ended up getting sick and I could tell she didn't feel very well because she started to get a little fussy and was throwing up. She loved going outside and she didn't care if it was cold, or raining she wanted to go play.
Mya and Elizabeth played together so well, and had so much fun. Elizabeth was able to go with Mya to her pre-school and she loved it! Elizabeth is already missing Mya and wants to make the drive back to St. George to go and stay with her again.

Vegas

I was able to drive down to St. George with Chris and go on a day trip to Vegas with Sara. We went shopping and then do a yummy lunch. We meet up with Amanda, she is so much fun!
While we were at the mall we went to the MAC counter and had a makeover and this pictures was taken after..... (I didn't get a before picture...)
We went to a fun concert that had Sara's favorite singer "Keith Anderson", and had three other great singers ( I can't remember their names...) They were recording the concert and had a ton of cameras all over but they wouldn't tell us which channel was going to air the show. So if anyone sees us on TV you will have to let me know.

There were a few people at the concert that were so weird. Chris and I had a good time watching them and laughing......

little photographer

Alexis took these pictures with the camera she got for Christmas and was so cute while she was telling the girls how to sit, smile, and say cheese. These pictures are funny because they remind me of engagement pictures or something.


Love this one.

My Baby is 3

This last month Brytlee turned three years old. I was in St. George at the time of her birthday so we still have not had a chance to celebrate it and throw her a party with the cake and the candles. I didn't even tell her that it was her birthday the day of her birthday because she was being a little stinker, and I was the only adult around so I didn't really know what I would do for her.
Ryan is out of town until Thursday so we are planning on doing a party when he gets back, and I hope by then she will start acting a little better so I will start to want to go to all the work of putting a party together..... I love Brytlee so much, but she really knows how to push everyone's buttons, and for the past couple weeks she is pushing all of them, and doing them with a smile on her face.......