Happy 10th Birthday!

Happy 10th Birthday to our cute Emily!  I can't believe she's 10 years old!  It just seems like yesterday she surprised us all by arriving three weeks early.  She has brought us so much happiness since then.  Emily loves gymnastics, singing, dancing, jumping rope, playing the computer, and playing school with her American Girl dolls.  She is a sweet, sensitive girl who is very aware of others feelings and is very thoughtful.  She is energetic and fun to be around.  She expresses herself best through writing and we can always find little notes and writing all around her room :).  Her little notes make my day!  We love you, Emily!  Stop growing up!

Pancakes and Pajamas

The morning after Halloween was Emily's friend party.  She invited four friends (and her sister) over for a pancake breakfast in pajamas!  They loved it and giggled all morning!  

Afterwards we took them swimming at the legacy center.  There was NO ONE there that morning and they loved having the pool almost all to themselves.  They had a blast swimming and I had to pull them out of the pool after 3 hours!  It was a fun day with Emily's close friends and way less stressful than a party!  

Happy Halloween 2014

 Happy Halloween! 

 A witch

 A super adorable bull dog

A storm trooper

A BYU Cheerleader

 Batman

The boys went trick or treating with their friend Emmi and had a blast!  They ran the entire way and lapped the girls.  I kept thinking Matson's little legs would give out but he kept up with the big kids all night!

 The girls went with their neighbor friends Lizzie, Reese, and Rory and had a great time running around the neighborhood on their own.  They did take note that their little brothers were moving a lot faster than them and they passed them by several times.  :)

 And for round 2 of trick or treating, Kelsie and Emily's met up with some school friends to hit the other side of our neighborhood and a haunted "shed".  They had a great time!  It was a perfect Halloween.  Gorgeous weather, lots of fun with friends, and TONS of candy!

6 months old!

This cutie pie is 6 months old.  He is getting so big!  He sits up all on his own! He loves his toys and is in heaven now that he can sit up and play away.  He's the happiest little guy.  He grins at anyone who comes near him and makes everyone happy with his big, toothless grin.  He's not a big fan of sleeping.  He takes little cat naps during the day and wakes up ALL night long. :(  We are completely exhausted and are hoping we can get him sleeping soon.  He's just started eating solid food and he loves it all!  Can't believe he's been here half a year.  Time is flying by and we love this little guy to pieces!

Train Tracks

Matson was Looking through photo books during conference and saw this picture of him when he was 2 months.  He was quite upset when he saw it.  Then the girls started laughing at how sad he was in the picture.  He got very upset and said, it's not funny!  I didn't want to get run over by a train!"  Pretty funny!  Then he took the picture around to show us all the time he almost got hit by a train.  :) 

5 months old

Tanner is 5 months old!  He is all smiles and is the happiest little guy!  He will grin at anyone that comes near him.  He loves to play with his toys, but his favorite toy is his feet!  It's super cute to watch him grab those little toes.  He also loves tags (just like Kelsie did) and is most interested in the tag on any toy and blanket and is delighted if he can get a tag into his mouth!

Moments with Matson

Matson was setting paper cups around the table so everything would be ready when the kids came home from school.  After setting them out he headed to get more cups.  I told him we had enough cups.   His reply: "I'm setting more out for the 2nd coming."  Laughing a little I asked, "what do you mean?".  He says, "for the 2nd coming when Jesus comes back and we all come alive again.  We are gonna need more cups!"

Of course!  Maybe he knows something I don't and he's certainly going to be prepared!  

The next day he suddenly turned to me and said "you are a good mom" and have me a hug. 

 I wondered what I had done to receive such praise. He told me, "cause you filled up the sanitizer". :). It's the little things!  He is a sweet boy.