Girls Rooms

We are finally getting things all put together in the girls rooms. I don't know what was wrong with me, but I was not in the mood to decorate or hang things on the wall for so long, but that is over and now I am on a crafty kick! I love the way Alexis's room turned out. My amazing, awesome, sweet, cool brother Greg built her cute books shelves around her window for us. And we are still just finishing some final touches to the bench seat and then her room with be all done!!!!
I had a extra pillow case for Alexis and Elizabeth's bed sets so I cut them up and made the round pillows that you see on their beds. I was so proud of myself and thought they turned out so cute.
Elizabeth's room.
I made her cute little pillow two times. The first time I was at my sisters house and I spent a couple hours on it and when I got home and put it on her bed it just didn't look right. So I looked at my friends that she had done, and I had put the ruffles on the wrong way. (they were facing in instead of out....) so I re-did it and It looks much better.
I found this cute lamp at a yard sale, and so I thought it would be fun to spray paint and glaze.
I also found this cute book shelf/dresser at a yard sale, and I think it is just what her room needed!
Brytlee's room!
I also made her a pillow and I did hers a little different. Instead of sewing each end, I folded it in half so it was a little puffier.
Her room looks so much bigger now that the queen size bed is out of her room. I also found all of her furniture at the same yard sale that I got Elizabeths dresser. I think I payed 50 bucks for the whole set. (bed frame, dresser/bookshelf, makeup thing, and it also had a toybox! That was a great find)

Oh and the cute little chair for her mirror/makeup thing, I plan on taking the legs of and putting longer ones on. (and I also found that at a yard sale for only three dollars.)

Down on the Farm

While we were building our house my girls kept asking if we could have a farm now that we had more land? I wasn't against it and would really like to get animals because I love them, and grew up with them around and really enjoyed it, but Ryan isn't really into that, and doesn't want to worry about taking care of them. But we have our house that we rent and our new renters that I LOVE so much have changed everything. When they moved in they asked us if we would be interested in sharing some chickens if they brought them up (for eggs) and I was so excited, and so we said yes. We go through 6 to a dozen eggs a day sometimes so I am loving the eggs we get from the chickens.


Then Ryan and I bought a pig just for meat a little while ago and it was so yummy that we wanted to have another one for next year and so did our neighbors so we bought some pigs together. The one on the left is ham and the one on the right is bacon.
They also have a goat that they use for milk. I was so excited when they told me that I could milk it whenever I want. I think it is so cool milking a goat, and my girls love it also. My girls are not so into drinking the milk, they are used to 1% and it tastes more like whole milk.
I am also LOVING our little fruit trees. We have two peach trees, a cherry tree, a gooseberry bush, a apricot tree, a plum tree, and a bunch of apple trees.
We did two gardens this year and I am so glad that they are doing so well. With how weird the weather was this year I didn't know if it would or not.
We have five or six huge pumpkins and ten or more huge watermelons. (can you see the big melon on the side of the pumpkin?)
You can see a couple other watermelons and the other group of corn that is just about ready.

This little tree is loaded with golden delicious apples. It is tipping a little because there is so many apples on it.

we have a couple plum tree's and they look so pretty right now. The girls love to eat plums and they are so excited for them to be ready. On of our plum tree's is like a white plum and someone said they are a sugar plum and they are suppose to be yummy. We are so excited to try them
this picture looks like a huge bunch of weeds, but it is not.... It is a bunch of tomato plants, and pepper plants. I have never scene tomato plants get this big, and have so many tomato's on them. The only problem is that we have not gotten them to turn red yet. I am looking forward to canning a lot of salsa and tomato paste, and tomato's this year so they had better hurry up!
Or raspberry's were amazing this year. The kids would go out and pick and eat all the time. Ryan was good at picking a big bowl every day and we have a lot of jam and just frozen berries to last us through the winter. We had so many that our neighbors were able to eat as much as they wanted, and some friends and family also came and took what they wanted, and we still had a lot falling on the ground. I already can't wait till next year to eat some more fresh raspberry's.

PIctures from last year

My sister in law had these on her computer and they are from last year taken at Rett's baptism. I thought they were so cute of the kids, and Ryan's mom looks so beautiful I had to put them on.
So fun to have cousins the same age to play with!

Happy Birthday

Elizabeth turned seven years old this year. She was so excited about her birthday and planned a great party almost all by herself this year.
She wanted to go swimming again this year, and have all of her family together. We also had a party for her in IF with some of the Merrill family, and she wanted to go swimming for that one also.
Adison enjoyed the water also. She really enjoyed the hot tub... so much that a few minutes after getting out she took a nice little nap.


We had our new neighbors the Cordners come with us and we all love them so much. It is so nice to have a good family next to us that my kids can play with and trust.

This year Elizabeth picked out her cake. I enjoy making them a cake every year and let them choose what they would like to have me make them, but this year we were walking in the store when she spotted the store made cakes.... so we went and looked through them. She picked this one up and the lid fell off and her hand went right into it. So that is how she picked out her cake this year.
Elizabeth had a great day and was so happy. She was spoiled as usual, and enjoyed playing with all her cousins. After the party she was able to go on a date with her dad to a USU football game. She loved it and felt so special. I know her dad loved it also and was so glad he was able to have her be with him on her special day.

First day of Pre-school!

Brytlee was so excited to be a big girl like her sisters and get to go to school this year. The first day of school I think she asked me about every thirty seconds if we could take her to school.
Brytlee is usually so hard to get to smile, but on this day she was just full of big cute smiles.
Love this one
She wore her backpack for a hour before it was time to take her to class, and she kept giving Adison kisses and telling her bye.


I can not believe that next year my little Brytlee is going to be going to Kindergarten and in the school system.... time really does go by way to fast. I know that she is going to have a great time in Pre-school, and I hope it teaches her all that she needs to get ready for.

First day of school!

Summer flew this year, and now we are back to school. Alexis is in Fourth grade this year, and Elizabeth is in First. They were so excited to start school this year and they both have great teachers and have cousins in their class and lots of friends to play with!


Elizabeth looking so cute for her first day of school. She was so cute the night before getting ready for bed. She kept asking questions about... "what if my teacher isn't nice, and what if I don't have anyone to play with." I asked her, are you excited or are you nervous for school, and she said, "I am kinda scared, but more excited." After she went for her first day, she had nothing to worry about, and now she is loving it.
Alexis looking so beautiful and grown up for her fist day of fourth grade. Alexis is in the same class with her bff Ashlyn and they get to sit by each other, so we will see if they can handle it and make that last. I hope they both have a great time at school, learn lots and really enjoy school this year!
Alexis in her classroom on the first day.

Brytlee fish

Ryan was able to go on a Exciting trip to Alaska for a week with all the boys in the Merrill family just for the Halibut, and some Salmon also.... While he was away catching fish the size of Brytlee, Elizabeth caught herself a Brytlee fish at home.
The girls had gotten a hold of their little princess fishing pole and had decided to pretend like they were fishing outside with it. Brytlee was trying to cast and couldn't figure it out so she asked Elizabeth to show her how to do it. So Elizabeth grabbed the pole and threw the line out and found out that it was stuck on something. .... so she gave it another big tug and then that is when Brytlee started to scream. It was stuck in Brytlee's cheek. So with me being the only one home I called Ryan's dad as soon as I saw it, and he was at our house in less than ten minutes.

I was so worried it would be a hook that was barbed at the bottom and that it would be stuck on something and make it hard to get out. When ever I catch a fish when I pull the hook out of their mouths they bleed really bad and then die in about five seconds so I was so glad that I was not the one getting this out of Brytlee's check. She didn't even cry and was so brave.
Poor little girl.... It came out great, and didn't even really bleed.
I was also able to go on a fun little trip to Vegas with my sister in law Sara, and Sister Annette, and while I was away Brytlee lost her first tooth. I couldn't believe that my little four year old and already lost a tooth. She is still so young and so little that it was so weird to see her without a tooth. And then a couple weeks latter, her other bottom tooth was ready to come out. She was so excited to pull it out and was so brave for that also.
This is my little toothless Brytlee!

Happy Girl

My baby is growing up way to fast. I love this little baby so much it is crazy how sweet she is, and what a great spirit she brings into our house. I feel so happy around this little girl, and all my girls are so sweet and nice around her. I love the way they talk to her, and how they play with her, it is just so much fun.
Adison is 6 months old now, but in these pictures she was about 5 and a half. She is doing so much so fast, and is learning more every day. She is already sitting up very well, and can roll all over the room. I really have to keep a close eye on her because she is so fast and can pick up anything she wants and everything goes in her mouth.

Brytlee and Adison are going to be great little friends, and it is funny to watch them play together already. Brytlee can get her laughing harder than any of us, and she can always make her smile. Brytlee loves to hold her and pick her up and it makes me so nervous but Adison loves it... (most of the time)

Such a great picture of these two laughing together. Adison is such a squealer, she really loves to squeal in church as loud as she can and makes everyone look at us....
She is almost crawling and it is so funny to watch her try. She gets up on her hands and knee's and then pushes herself backwards.
This girl also loves to eat. She eats just about anything, and even though she has no teeth yet, she will still chew things up with her gums and suck on it until it is soft enough to swallow.


Adison the little princess. I am so thankful for all my girls and love them all so much. They are all just such sweet little princesses.