January on Instagram

1. I was sure she wasn't big enough to sit in her Bumbo, but Macy showed me wrong when Daddy put her in it and she loved it.  She wasn't even 8 weeks old yet.
2. Macy with her brand new cousin, Harper.  We have one big girl.
3. I'm getting ambitious and am making Macy's bedding.  This was my inspiration, and a glimpse of my scrap pile.
4. My first headband that I made for Macy.  Until now, I had been content just buying them...
5. Cute tiny moccasins from Gma Stratton.
6. Sweet sleeping girl right before her first shots.
7. A fun little family pic at one of Carly's basketball games at The Y.
8. I love baby girl clothes.  That is all.
9. I cut a ga-jillion of these little triangles to make the bumper pad for the crib.  It turned out so cute!!

1. Two months old, size six month clothes.
2. Marshall was running the Mini Ex on his own.  It was so cute!
3. Making friends with Hello Kitty.
4. I thought it was funny when I opened the cubby in the truck and found all of life's essentials; bullets, George Strait, sunscreen, B of M, gloves, a lighter and some feminine products.  Haha.
5. Macy's eyes were looking very blue on this day... it was impossible to capture with the camera.
6. 11 weeks old and she figured out rolling over!  Unreal.
7. I can't remember the exact reason why I posted this picture, but this man is my one and only.  I love him!!!
8. This girl kills me.  She's so cute and has a funny little personality.  She was keeping me from getting to the gym because when she was supposed to be eating she was smiling and talking to me instead.
9. I loved these pics of Megan and Tyler.  Too fun.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

Please excuse Macy from these pictures.  She was sleeping.  

Besides, I'm pretty sure I've made up for leaving her out of this with all of my pics of her on Instagram.

Letters to Santa

I had the kids dictate their letters to Santa to me and I thought it was hilarious to see what they had to say to the Jolly Man.  I actually have their dictation on video and I condensed their "um... uh..."'s into their letters.  That was so perfect because I got to sit and watch it over and over; their cute little faces as their brains tried to remember everything they wanted were priceless.

Here's Marshall's.

Here's Tyler's.

Tyler had first only asked for a new workbench because their's was a tiny bit broken.  I told him not to waste a request on something like that because Daddy could fix it.  So then he asked Santa for Daddy to fix their workbench.  My sweet boy...

December on Instagram

I'm gonna try my best to add collages of Instagram pics from time to time.  

They can't be documented too many times, right?

1.  Sleeping Macy.  So sweet.
2.  Napping under the Christmas tree.  Wow, I love Christmas.
3.  Santa Baby
4.  Marshall is such a great brother!  He wanted to brush her hair and was so tender with Baby Sister.
5.  Pretty girl at Grandma's house.
6.  Tyler's style cracks me up.  Nothing like skin tight jammies and cowboy boots.
7.  Pretty sure painted baby nails are my favorite thing in the world.
8.  She sleeps like such an angel.
9.  Our impressive snowman we built in the middle of the night on a school night!

Christmas Morning 2013

Christmas was so great for us this year.  We are truly blessed with anything we could ever want... tons of health and happiness and a wonderful family!

Here we are in our annual PJ picture in front of the tree on Christmas Eve.  Daddy picked out the boys' matching Angry Bird jammies and Mom kept with the color scheme for the girls.  Macy's shirt said "all Mommy wants is a silent night" which wasn't as humorous as I had thought because since she was just a couple weeks old she slept for five hours at a time at night.  She's a little angel, I tell you.

I love how we are still the ones that rush to pull the kids out of bed nice and early because we just can't wait to get the party started.  One of my favorite pictures from Christmas morning is their sleepy stroll into the family room with that marvelous bed head.

Santa didn't disappoint with the scooters and other surprises!  Marshall got the whole set of books we've been borrowing from the library that have helped him learn to love reading.  Tyler got a couple different spiky balls.  They must have been good little boys.

The boys have gotten good at choosing great gifts for others and it makes me so happy.  The got Daddy this remote control truck that has an attached air soft gun.  He had way too much fun shooting those BBs at anyone that came around.

Here's Macy with her spoils.  She got a couple super soft blankies and some cute stuffed animals.  That deer is my favorite!!!  I think one of my favorite things was to let the boys pick something for their little sister.  Marshall just couldn't decide what type of rattle he wanted to get her so we were at the store forever.  I helped him decide on the princess rattle.  Tyler picked her out her very own pink cell phone.  Because every child needs a cell phone these days.

We got spoiled at Grandma & Grandpa Stratton's... it was one of my favorite years.  So many thoughtful gifts and good time spent together.  Plus everyone was there for the first time in a couple years.  I guess I've gotten tired of my camera being an extension of me at every stop because these were the last pictures I took on Christmas Day.  I promise to do better and document the people and fun at each house next year.  It's always fun to look back at how everyone has grown up and have pictures of the kiddos with their great grandparents...

I guess I've gotten tired of my camera being an extension of me at every stop because these were the last pictures I took on Christmas Day.  I promise to do better and document the people and fun at each house next year.  It's always fun to look back at how everyone has grown up and have pictures of the kiddos with their great grandparents...

Christmas Snow

Christmastime didn't really feel like Christmastime this year.  The beautiful fall weather was hanging on for dear life and it seemed like it was only about a week before Christmas that it actually got cold.

The first real storm came in on a Tuesday evening and Colby and I were with the Young Men and Young Women from church for a little trip to the St. George Temple.  We got home a little late but decided the kids needed to play in that snow!  I've gotten to be a bit of a stickler on bed time around here, but we all know that snow in Hurricane doesn't last long and I was sure we wouldn't have time to play in it before school, so I told the kids to put some snow clothes over their PJs and get out there!

They loved it!  Their favorite game was "hit Mommy with the snowballs" so it was a great time.

In the meantime, Baby Sister stayed inside.  She just hung out on her blanket, totally ok with sharing Mom with her brothers for a bit.

After trying everything they could think of with the snow (apparently throwing snow at the house is HILARIOUS) they built a snowman.  He was a cute little guy that lasted a couple days...  

The first picture is him the next morning looking cheery.

We got another fun storm the day after Christmas and they shot their new bows & arrows and rode their new scooters all over in that snow.

Christmas Essentials

After learning about the true meaning of Christmas today at preschool, this was my conversation with Tyler.

Me: How was school, Tyler?
Ty: Good. We dressed up like when baby Jesus... I got to dress up and be Moses.
Me: You mean Joseph?
Ty: Yeah. Joseph. He was Jesusus (that's how he said it) dad.
Me: Yep. He was. That's special you got to dress up and tell the story of Christmas.
Ty: (after a pause)Was baby Jesus born when the dinosaurs and dragons lived?
Me: (I chuckled a little) No. The dinosaurs were not alive anymore when Jesus was born.
Ty: And not the dragons either?

I think we need to go over the Christmas story a few more times.