Happy Big 1 Micah!

1 year old. Can you believe it? 1 year old?? Isn't he still just a tiny newborn? Wasn't he just barely smiling and trying to crawl? I'm crying. How does that make you feel, Micah? You made your Mama cry!! I love my babies but boy they don't stay babies for very long. POOR!

My Family's BFF.....THE TRAMPOLINE!

I love our trampoline more than I love our dog. The kids have so much fun and it still isn't old. If it's hot...the sprinkler-under-the-tramp saves a trip to the pool and the pictures are SOOO hilarious!

latest family pics

Well, these aren't super great but we've decided that will never happen with 4 kids so we just take what we can get.

"Ok kids, I'm just gonna take a few pictures really quick so look nice, ok?" This is what I get to look at and laugh at every day...jealous? You can't really tell but Mia's wrists are pretty much backwards. I don't know what she's doing but it scares me!

"NO! Seriously..can't you just smile? Jake, get your finger outta your nose! Luke, quit saying "cheese" like the guy from Wallace & Grommit - it's getting annoying! Mia, you're gonna drop him..look out!!"

"Finally! Good thing we have a digital camera and can go through the 25 pics I just took to find 1 semi-decent one. 'K kids go tell Dad it's his turn to join us."

That's Luke's version of "Blue Steel" from Zoolander. He looks pretty good, I think!

February in St George = HEAVEN ON EARTH

We decided to escape the awful gloom and snow and have a mini vacay down South. We got there just in time to share some birthday cake with Sayde Kay (I can't believe she's a teen!). The red rocks were so lovely and it was so warm we wished we had brought the shorts and flip-flops. I love the Lee's location...the cliffs behind there house are so fun to explore. These pics are crappy because I took them with my phone but this is our favorite hike to "Cave Town". St George, I love you.

Mini "Hole in the Rock"

I did not in any way tell the kids to pose like this...they just did when I counted to three...what NERDS! It reminded me of Rocky at the top of those stairs.

I love premade fondant!

So here's the next cake adventure Britt and I embarked upon. Cecilee requested a bday cake for her husband's surprise party and we were more than excited to try! I think it turned out pretty good for our first 2 level cake. We spent way more on the tools and supplies but we look forward to making more in the future.

LUUUUUKE - - - I AM YOUR FFFAAAATTHHHEERR

No surprise--Luke wanted a Star Wars party but that was too expensive so we went with a Space party with a couple of fun Star Wars thingys thrown in. My BFF Brittany helped me create this Solar System that was TOTALLY EDIBLE! We just let each kid pick a "planet" they wanted to eat and I fell in love with Fondant. So fun! Happy 5th, Lukie!!

December pics

Here's this year's tree. Isn't it lovely?? It's from Home Depot and a zillion needles would fall off if you looked at it wrong. I say next year we save our pennies for a fake one.

Mia's school did a Christmas Program and it was absolutely adorable. I was so glad the school was not afraid to sing actual "Christmas" songs! They did "Away in a Manger", "Santa Clause is Coming to Town", "Two Front Teeth", "The Snowflake Song", "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer", and a couple others. Mia was hilarious! She was the only kid who took a HUGE bow after each song. (all the kids were supposed to bow when they were done singing all their songs.) Oh no, not Mia...she's such a drama queen. :)

BABY MICAH'S HHHUUUUNNNNGGGGRRRRYYYYY. GIVE ME FOOD, MAMA!!