Snow

This morning I went out into the yard and there were snow flakes coming down!!! I guess it is time to buy John and Lily some coats. They had to tough it out today in long sleeve Ts, a sweat shirt, and then denim jackets layered stylishly on top. Anyway, after the snow excitment we had a birthday party to go to. Lily was out of control. She waited until all the children had left the kids tables and then promptly began eating all the food leftover on the plates. Is it gross that I let her do it? She was having such a good time and I didn't see any runny noses or hear any coughing. Then she decided to share the love and tried to feed a baby half of the tootsie roll she was eating. I took the tootsie roll away and popped it into her mouth, thinking she would eat it, but the moment I stepped away she fished it out of her mouth and tried to give it to the baby again. Such a persistent little helper. Anyway we are getting ready for our first Colorado winter and I just may have to go pick up some doughnuts and hot chocolate to celebrate the snow tonight. yum

Lily turns 1!

Lily is a really funny girl. She loves to tease John and pull his hair when he is incapacitated- usually while I am changing his diaper. Lily also likes to pretend to reach for her dad then laugh and lean away when he goes to grab her. Peek a bo is one of her favorite games. She also loves to saunter around the house. By far my earliest walker, she started walking at almost 11 months. And while she walks around she likes to chant "go go go!" She also cheers herself on while climbing the stairs. If a tune comes on that Lily likes she begins to shake her groove thing by holding her hands up in the air and doing her own version of the twist while sitting on her bottom. I discovered the other day that she loves the sound of music. I was singing and she began joyously rolling all over the floor and laughing to the music. Lily loves her big sister and brother and is often carried around by them if I am not watching closely enough. Lily is almost always happy and a joy to have in our house.







And finally here is Lily looking a little sinster bwahhaha

Grace turns 4!!

I can't believe Grace is 4! She certainly keeps us on our toes. Wherever she is there is a constant flow of dialogue. I think she may have Anne Shirley syndrome! There is always some sort of pretend going on. Princesses, pirates, or ballet girls are a few of her favorites. Grace is also not afraid of attention. Her favorite thing at church was being able to say a scripture into the microphone one Sunday. She and John are the best of friends and I often hear her telling him what kind of game they are going to play next. She has also nicknamed her siblings John is "John-o" Lily is "Lils." Most of her funnier comments I have written on facebook but last night she had a little fever and while falling asleep was saying the funniest things. One was, "mom you have to lock the doors even if the robots are here." She likes to refer to me as "Mudder," which I love. Grace is definitely an alto and her voice is rather booming. She is a sweet little thing and has a great enthusiasm for life. Wherever she goes she will have a fun time.

and the camera cord is found!

John is trying out to play the villain in the next Star Wars movie.

Adios Texas

We are moving to Colorado! One of Neil's clients at Blue Cross offered him a job, out of the blue, running their company's benefits department. It is a great opportuntity and we are so excited. I have some great Colorado pictures from when we visited but in the choas with moving I have been unable to locate the camera cord. Our entire married life together has been in Texas, all of our babies have been born here so it is a little bittersweet. But I am excited for a new adventure in a beautiful place. So here we go!

Project Gift

This year one of my goals is to make handmade gifts to give out for birthdays, holidays, showers, and anniversaries. So here are some coasters I made to give to the ladies I work with in Young Women's for their birthdays. I saw some on pinterest and thought, "I can do that!"

I love how they turned out and they are pretty stinkin' easy! I bought some 4x4 tiles from home depot, picked out some cute paper and cut it out to size and modge podged these babies together. Just make sure you smooth down the paper really well to avoid air bubbles before you apply the top coat. I then attached felt to the backs and wrapped with a bow. Waah Laa and you are done.

Christmas 2011

Strike a Pose. Forgive the blurry images, I asked Grace to stand still and she informed me, "I just can't stop dancing Mother!"


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Lucky little John received 15 different cars this morning

And Lily was by far the most aggressive gift opener.