Summer time

 I have hundreds of pictures that I need to catch up on.... I was able to have Mya and Ava come and stay with us while Sara had a little rest after having her fourth baby boy Tate. He is such a cute baby and it really sucks that they don't live close so I can hold him..... anyway.  It was so fun to have these cute little girls stay with us and get to know them better.  I loved how well all the girls played and they had so much fun together.  This is a picture of a proper tea party that they had down in the basement.  They dressed up in gowns and had very nice treats and all had to act very proper.  It was so cute.

 Elizabeth was mad at me because I had told Ava and Brytlee about the party and it was a surprise so she wouldn't get in the picture.....

 I was doing Alexis's hair and this is just how it turned out.... I thought it was cool so I took a picture of it.....

 best friends most of the time!

 Brytlee was talking to me when I noticed her tooth was way out of place and she looked just like a little hillbilly.  So we had to get a picture.  The tooth was so lose and wiggled so bad anytime she talked but she was scared to death that it was going to hurt so she wouldn't let us touch it.  It finally came out on it's own four day's latter. 

 The girls have been begging to get to have a camp out in a tent.  Ryan and I have not made the time to do it so this was the next best thing. 

 The girls loved sleeping together in the tent... in the house.... for a couple weeks.  I just took it down because I didn't want it to get broke but it was fun while it lasted.

 Adison thinks she is really big when she gets out of the tub now she has to hold the towel all by herself.  (just like her sisters)

 Yea... the tooth fell out!

Adison looks like she is almost as big as Liz....

girls camp

 I had the privilege to go to girls camp this year and was put in as the Camp directors assistant three weeks before camp and then one week before camp I was put in as the beehive adviser.  So it was all a little sudden but I am loving my calling.  I really love being in young womens!  I love the picture above.  The girls were snip hunting and the older girls told them that if you rub toothpaste on your face it attracts them to you.  You can see that some girls just did a little and some did A LOT.  It was fun and cute to watch the new girls. 

 This is our group before we left.  You can see a lot of them still look cute and clean. 

 We were from Italy so this is what we came up with for a introduction.  Pizza and mustaches. 

 I loved staying up late with the girls playing games and eating burnt marshmallows.  I ate 12 in one night and I got a huge sugar high and got into a little trouble..... way fun.

Oh yea, I rocked my mustache. 

more pictures

 I took Adison into the mall to do her one year photo and Brytlee to do her five year photo.  They did an alright job..... but Adison was not in a great mood and cried in most of them so she has tears in a few and boogers in a few..... but we got them done and that is what I really wanted. 

Brytlee is going into Kindergarten and is so excited.  She loved pre-school but was so ready to go to the real school.  She loves to meet new friends and play.  She is still a little LOUD when she plays but mostly I think she is just nervous and doesn't know know what else to do but scream.  She really is my little helper with the house and Adison so I am not sure what I am going to do without her home. 

family picture fun

 I try to do some family pictures each year and I just take them myself.  Last year we set up a tripod and it worked out great when we did our group pictures but this year we have wonderful neighbors who were so willing to come and help us on that part.  These pictures are just a few out of many that I thought were cute and a few that I thought were funny.  The things I love most about most of the pictures are the personality you can see in them.

 Like this little girl who is packed with personality and this picture shows it.  But she has a very sweet side and you can see that in a few of her pictures also. 

 The sun was very bright so you can't see Elizabeth's big beautiful eyes very well but she still looks as pretty as usual.  She is such a sweetheart and is the for the most part the peacemaker of our family. 

 Alexis is the little model.  She knows how to smile for the camera and what moves to make.  She is so beautiful and is growing up way to fast.  I still can not believe my baby is 10

 Ryan took these pictures of Brytlee on the swing and I think they are so precious.  She looks so sweet!!!

 I had to throw these funny pictures in.  The group family pictures.  I have to tell her how to smile and she has a hard time knowing what smile is natural.  So we get a few of these but they crack me up!!! 

 I think this one is great... this is what she does when we say "big smile" 

 these were some that I wish would have turned out.... but this is as good as it got.

 Ohhhhhhh.... how I love my honey!!!!

 Had to do some photo shop but I think these two turned out cute.  I am so in love with my family and I am so grateful that I get to be a wife and mother to these wonderful people.  I feel so lucky sometimes I don't know what I ever did to deserve it.

Adison 1 yr pictures

 I have taken the summer off from the blog so now it is time to catch up and try to remember all the fun we had.  I took some pictures of Adison when she turned one.  A friend of mine let us use her  very cute outfit and she looked adorable.  I wish I knew how to photo shop these a  little better because they still are not even close to how cute she really is.

 I love this one.  She has blown me a kiss

 She is showing her pose.... looking good

Adison is such a great little girl and we all are so in love with her.  She is really into baby dolls right now and she loves to push them in her stroller and she also loves it when her sisters push her in also.  She loves to be outside and is a pro at the trampoline.  She will say "one, two, three" and then land on her bum.  She is growing up really fast and it is crazy how much she learns and picks up on each day.  She is one smart cookie.