13 weeks Pregnant

After thinking long and hard we decided it was time to have another baby. Here is our baby at 10 weeks. I love how the hands are up close to the face.

Snow!

So we haven't had much snow this winter yet. But January came and we finally got enough to build a snow sled hill for the kids. I say we but actually my husband did it this year and he always makes it better than me anyways. Here are a couple pictures and videos of the kids having fun.

They each took turns pushing the other one down the hill.

The second video cracks me up.

5 years Old

My Little Girl who would tell you she is no longer little turned 5 last month. She is growing up so fast. Having a birthday around Christmas I try to make sure that her day is always special. I haven't had a lot of energy lately so this year we got an Ice Cream cake which she was excited to pick out for herself. And we ordered pizza. My Sister came up with her family for my daughter birthday and so did Grandma and Grandpa. I am actually kicking myself for not getting pictures of her with them. I am not doing so good at picture taking at all right now.

Here she is with her brother who insists on helping her blow out the candles. She is always so sweet with him and will encourage him to be involved.

Gift from my sister and her family

Gift from Grandparents.

She also got her first friend party this year. She had an all girl party with friends from the ward. We started with a lunch of pizza, bread sticks and soda.

This was amusing. We told the girls they would get to decorate their own goody bags and they jumped up and down with excitement. I am glad I decided to let them do that and keep it cheep by using what I had rather than give then boring pre-made bags. After they were done we filled their bags with little party favors only girls could love.

Then they got to play pin the hair on Rapunzel. I stayed up late the night before drawing this and one braid. Then I had my husband get copies of the braid for each girl. Here is bald Rapunzel.
This is how she looked when the girls got done with her.
After everyone left she wanted a picture of her with the balloons that were left. We let each girl take a balloon home. Ya we had a lot. But what is a party without balloons.
Now how do I get her to stop growing up........

Christmas Morning 2012

Since this year Christmas landed on a Sunday we had the privilege of going to church for an hour Christmas morning. Which meant my kids got to wait till after church to open presents. It is nice to start the day learning and celebrating the life of him who we celebrate. I am so grateful for my Savior.

Here is our tree this year with the presents.

So I had to add this picture. My daughter got to pick a present for her brother this year and she did an awesome job thinking about what he would like. We went to Big Lots for cheap options and had a budget in mind. She saw this truck and just knew her brother would love it. He picked a magna-doodle for her but he seemed to want it more for himself since he is only 2 and giving presents is a little hard to understand. I love seeing how they progress each year.

My husband wanted knee pads this year so that when he worked on the roof or any hard surface he could comfortably kneel. He has already tried them out and loves them.

She got a lot of Disney Barbies this year.

He got Thomas Trackmaster sets and well I love his face in this picture.