Happenings

I just realized how long it's been since I made a blog, so I'm going to back way up to try to make up for lost time.  Sorry that the order is all messed up, but it's too late for me to worry about fixing it.

  Had a very Happy 4th of July at Lake Herrington

 Fixed Daddy a Father's Day breakfast making us about 45 min late for church.

 Hallie turned 3 and had an amazingly Happy Birthday!

 Korbin graduated high school and left for BYU the next week

 Rare Sweet Sister Moment

 Daddy and Hallie's new toy

 Still having dress up tea parties with an awesome big sister

Loving the summer sun:)

Many more things to catch up on, but not sure where to start.  Still eagerly awaiting baby #3, and loving all the loves Hallie is giving my growing belly.  Not sure what we want to name her yet, but Hallie is set on Addison and gets upset if you suggest anything else.  That's all for now, I'm late for bed.

Another Princess

So just in case you hadn't heard. . . we are pregnant AGAIN! AND, because I am so impatient I had an early ultrasound and I was right, we are having another girl. As much as I would have loved to have a little boy, I am so happy to give my girls another best friend and have another princess to dote on. Although my girls can be very dramatic, scared, spoiled, etc.. they are also so kind, gentle, loving, hilarious, and nurturing. A few days after I found out it was a girl, Hallie woke up one morning and came to my side of the bed to cuddle like always. Once she was in bed she asked if we could go paint her fingers and toes because she needed them to be pink. Harper sat beside her and watched while I painted her sisters fingers and toes and then hopped up in the chair for her turn and sat perfectly still the whole time. If that doesn't make you love having girls nothing will. Oh yeah, fun fact, my due date is Halloween:)

Happy Valentines Day

Miss you so

Again I am stealing pictures from my fabulous talented wonderful friend Denisha Sproul who by now has to be getting mad that I keep using her pictures on my blog, but if you want to see more of her amazing work click here.

Earlier tonight Brianna was reading Hallie a book when Brandon yelled to let her know that it was time to go. Bri reluctantly said ok and left the room, and seconds later Hallie ran after her with a puckered lip and teary eyes saying "No, You can't leave!" It broke our hearts that she misses her sisters and brother so bad when they leave, that I think we were all close to tears. I was able to distract her and she sent them on their way with happy hugs and kisses. I wanted to ask her about it later, but didn't want to upset her again so I said, "Hallie, did you get a little bit sad when your sisters and brother left?" She said, "No" very matter of factly and I thought that was the end of conversation, and then she looked up with the most serious expression and said, "I was a lot-a-bit sad." I love our family and especially the strong bond our kids have. My little girls would be lost without their older siblings.  We love you three, xoxoxo

This is right as Bri walked in our door for the weekend.  The girls rush to her to fight over who she will play with first.  They don't even let her take her coat off first.

Merry Christmas. . .a month later

I wanted to share a few snapshots of moving day and our best Christmas ever. We moved into our new home FIVE days before Christmas. . . to say the least that was not my idea but it turned out great and now we have fond memories of the first Christmas in our first real home.

Moving day. . . my thoughts exactly

That's right, we moved all our presents and put up the Christmas tree twice.  I was especially grateful for our older kids that day.

Thankfully Grandma Allen was there to help along with my parents.

Some boxes were heavier to move than others

On to Christmas- the kiddos made Santa milk & egg free cookies this year.  Poor Santa may have been suffering from allergies all this time and never spoke up. 

My sweethearts

This year for our annual Nativity production Harper scored the role of baby Jesus, and you can tell how excited she was.

A recent realization of mine is that when you have five kids sometimes you just got to be happy with the shots you get.  Believe it or not this was the best one out of about twenty, and yes Hallie does have some of Santa's cookies on her chin.



Christmas morning was wonderful.  We were all healthy, happy, and together.  I have to share that Santa found this trampoline at a yard sale for $8 and the family through in Harper's present (a bouncing zebra) for free.  Santa scored big this year:)



Happy Birthday Dear Harper

My baby. . . she melts my heart everyday

We celebrated Harper's first birthday last Saturday, and I am just dumbfounded by how fast this year went with my sweet princess. She came into this world mellow and good natured and I am so thrilled that she is the same today. I love so many things about this girl but I will only list a few.

..I love her big blue eyes
..I love her two front teeth with the silly gap in the middle
..I love her blonde hair that refuses to lay down
..I love that she has a special bear that she named tata
..I love that she sucks her thumb when she's tired
..I love that she adores her sister, and only wants a toy if Sis is playing with it first
..I love that she will eat anything at anytime
..I love that she has a low chuckle that I would recognize anywhere
..I love that she is so nurturing and love to hug and kiss all the time

Love this face, and thanks goes to Nana for finding someone who can make a yummy vegan cake that we all could enjoy.

She needed a little sprucing up after the cake

Loved, loved, loved her new baby dolls and Hallie loved her wagon.



The girls were excited that even great grandma go to come for a visit



Some Random Pics of my Sweetheart

I wasn't kidding about the gap, how could that not make you smile?



She loves finding new hiding spots



TaTa and thumb. . this girl's ready to sleep

Almost always a good sport

 

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She began walking a couple of days before Christmas and is getting hard to keep up with.  This is the cutest stage to me when she is walking with her arms stretched in front of her ready to fall. . . . love it