Merry Christmas

I realize I am soooo behind on posting it isn't even funny, and maybe just maybe after the holidays when things slow down I will take some time and catch up. Until then Here I am saying Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We have had a very busy but wonderful year and couldn't have asked for anything better. Things are perfect around here, we are healthy, happy and we have each other and as corny as that may sound that is truly how I feel. So again Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Shamless PLUG

I know, I know I should be updating my blog with pictures of my own kids and here I am updating with this handsome little guy! BUT I just wanted to say I finally updated my photo blog so head on over there and check it out. AND also it is getting to be that time of year for family pics for Christmas so don't wait to long or you might be out in the cold. My schedule is already starting to fill up. SO if you are interested get a hold of me soon and lets get your family session booked.

What does this darling baby have to do with any of this? Absolutely nothing....he is just cute!

SOOOO, what are you still doing here? You should either be checking your schedule and planning your family pictures OR heading over to my other blog.

http://thesweetestmomentsphotography.blogspot.com/

School Days

We did or I guess I should say I did it, we made it through summer. This summer was crazy and that is an understatement. I really didn't think I was going to make it through this summer it was hectic and crazy and made me want to cry some weeks. But now we are back to the blissful days of schedules and school. I LOVE the fall it is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the cool feeling of the air and the excitement of the up coming holidays.

My kids were so excited to head back to school, back to their friends and fun. They are thrilled with their new teachers. Alyssa is thrilled to be at the Jr. High this year even though she is only in 5th grade...she even gets a locker. Avery loves her new teacher and each day is an adventure.

Here are few 1st day of school pics of the brood. Enjoy~

My girls are IN LOVE with Justin Bieber and they were telling Aidan to pose like him during the pics...this apparently is his interpretation of Justin Bieber. HILARIOUS!

Happy Birthday Avery

Today this sweet loud fun loving girl of mine turned 7. She has such a fun loving, quirky, crazy, spirit, but is caring and sweet all at the same time. I have never meet someone who loves Ramen noodles, Popsicles and dressing like a diva and acting like one so much in my life. She has goals to be either on American Idol and if that doesn't work out she is sure she will they will take her as a judge. She is a joy to have around and we hope she has had a fantastic birthday! Enjoy~

Funny Story

So yesterday I walked into my bathroom to find my 2 year old with his feet dangling over the edge of an empty bath tub. I said "What are you doing buddy?" He say "Just fishin" I said " Are you catching anything?" He says "Nope" So then I look and he is using for a fishing pole a Platex Tampon. It is brand new mind you. But he has the plastic applicator side facing him and the string side hanging into the bathtub waiting to catch the big one. Now just to complete the vision for you he is wearing a pair of pajama pants and one of those shirts that they give you in the hospital that say you were delivered by Dr. Whoever well the shirt is way to small and one of girls stuck it on him so basically it is now a belly shirt so he is sitting there with his entire gut hanging out. Ya might be a red neck if.......

What a kid!

Happy Birthday Alyssa

On Monday this beautiful girl that is all mine turned 10! I can't hardly believe that time has flown by so fast and that we have been lucky enough to have her in our lives for so long. She is a joy to have and such a wonderful help to me in my day. I could go on and on and I will. When I actually do a formal B-Day post. I just wanted to post this darling picture I took of her on her big day in a new out fit she got from her Grandma Libby. She is getting so big she looks all growed up. Enjoy~

Church is DANGEROUS!

So last Sunday at church Ron had to speak because he has recently been called to YM President. So of course Aidan found this very exciting and kept SCREAMING "Yeah Dad" so I thought I better exit to the foyer not that I make it through any of my sacrament meetings anyway BUT hey wishful thinking right? SO I was out in the Foyer along with the other tortured parents trying hard to listen to my hubby give his talk over the speaker while Aidan was running from the door to the our neighbor Kellan who was on the couch. Kellan is a Senior in High School and in Aidans mind one of his best friends. He LOVES our neighbors! Anyway I was trying to listen to Ron's talk over Aidan yelling "Kellnan, Kellnan, Ready, Set, Go!" at which point he would run to him Kellan would lift him up set him back down and the process would start over again. Normally I would never allow this kind of behaviour but I think there is a point you reach in your life where you just give up. You are just like "Whatever" and that was this particular Sunday for me. Well let it be a lesson to me because the next thing I know my baby is falling face first into the side of the couch. I quickly pick him up and just kind of give him the "Be a Big Boy Pep Talk" at which point he starts bleeding. My neighbor starts heading up to the bathroom I quickly follow. The first bathroom I come to is the men's I just head right in lucky for me no one was in there so here I stand with my bleeding 2 year old and my 18 year old neighbor. I am sure if someone did walk in they would think WHAT THE HECK! Anyway we got the bleeding to pretty much slow down and almost stop but by the time I got to the bathroom his nose had doubled in size and started turning purple. So after Sacrament I of course go on into find Ron with my blood covered baby oh the joys of motherhood. I took him to the doctor the next day and sure enough it had a small break. Here is the picture to the damage done. He also ended up with a nasty rug burn on the tip of his nose. All I can say is raising a boy is a lot different than raising girls. Crazy Kid!

This is the pose I guess you get when you ask your 2 year old to give you when you want to have them show you his broken nose.

Check It out

I know I need to update here and I SWEAR I'm gonna! But in the mean time I have posted the MOST adorable pics on my photo blog so go there quick and check them out!

http://www.emilyejones.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Happy Mommy's Day.

I know it is a day early but I had to write this down before I forgot. SO today after a LONG and very busy day and after me loosing my patience more than one time through out the day I asked Alyssa to make some Ramen Noodles for the kids for dinner because I was busy out in the yard. So a little bit later Avery comes out and tells me that I am not allowed in the house until further notice, I of course knew something was up but agreed. So awhile later my kids come out to get me and make me close my eyes. I was guided into my house and into the kitchen. When I open my eyes it was like being at a 5 star restaurant! There was a one of my NICE table clothes we only get out for Thanksgiving and Christmas along with all the candles they could find lite and in the center of the table and a big sign hanging up written in crayon "Happy Mothers Day Mommy We Love You." For dinner was a pipping hot bowl of Ramen Noodles along with a tea cup of strawberry Kool-Aid. It was actually pretty tasty, I can't remember the last time I drank Kool-Aid or had a bowl of Ramen. They all had the best of manners, please and thank you's were said, no one fought, there was burping however from the 2 year old but other than that it was a fantastic dinner. It was so nice to actually eat my food warm for a change and to not have to get up to get a drink or seconds or anything for that matter for anyone. It was fantastic!

It has been a great pre-mothers day celebration. I can't wait for tomorrow for more sticky kisses and homemade cards.

All Dressed Up

Finally NICE weather for a minute anyway....... I have been waiting for it to warm up so I could take some pics of my kids outside in their Easter outfits. So I made them get all dressed up on a Saturday (I know the nerve) and we attempted to get some pictures. Lets just say taking pictures with a very mobile 2 year old can prove challenging. And apparently I was so worried about getting them to hold still I totally set my camera up wrong. UGGHHHH! Anyway all that being said I think they turned out OK. Enjoy~

Please note Aidan sticking his tongue out at me.....he would get it if he weren't so darn cute!

The classic "squished up face" I get every time I point my camera his direction. What a goober!

Please notice the aggravated look Avery is getting with me she was about 1 second away from freaking out and the next picture proves it!

This was probably the most calm moment of the whole shoot. They were off to look at the 4 deer in the back of this orchard. All in all it was an okay night, I had to bribe them with food and if my mother in law hadn't been there to chase down Aidan I would have never made it. Good times!

Old School

Do you remember when you were little doing Silhouettes in school when your mom or teacher would shine a flash light on the wall and trace your Silhouette? I always remembering it was so cool. A few years go when we took our girls to Disney Land there was a lady in a shop that cut out their Silhouettes free hand it was amazing. I have loved that picture so much and thought it was time we included Aidan into the mix. So the other day we were just goofing around with my camera and we took these. I think they are beyond adorable to see their little profiles and features. ENJOY~

Stuff.

I thought I would take some time and upload just a whole bunch of randomness....none of this is in any type of an order but it is a brief snapshot of things we have been up to lately. We have been super busy and in the last month have really come to appreciate our family and the moments that bring us together. Enjoy~

My cute little guy turned 2 as you know from a previous post. We only had time for cupcakes this year but he loved every sticky minute of them.

We made the voyage to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point with some of my nieces and nephews while they were here from out of town. We had a lot of fun digging in the sand and just being together.

The post before this is of some beautiful flowers, this is what happened the day after on April fools day. Mother Nature is so funny!

Alyssa had the opportunity to perform in Grantsville's Children's Sociable. Pretty much it is a talent show on steroids. If you are not from Grantsville you will never appreciate the craziness that comes along during March in this town. I not being a Grantsville native didn't know what I was in store with this whole thing. It is crazy and a lot of fun and if you ever get the chance you should come to this 126 year old time honored tradition.


Ron's little sister Kayla has 2 of the most adorable baby boys. We were lucky enough to be able to steal them for the night and give her a much needed break. It was a lot of fun but makes me realize my baby days are behind me! My girls had a great time with them Alyssa loved Easton and Avery loved Hunter I pretty much just stood around and supervised.

For my birthday my next door neighbor "becca" as Aidan calls her made me this HUGE cupcake. The kids loved it and it was pretty darn tasty if I do say so myself.

This is just a RANDOM picture of what happens when I am not looking! Poor Kid!!!

Spring?

Just 2 days ago I was out side and took these pictures of the beautiful daffodils. I was so excited to see spring! And than the very next day it SNOWED! I hope these can keep you warm until spring returns. Enjoy~

Sunglasses

Today after school I caught these too playing so good together and all they had was this one red pair of sunglasses. It doesn't take much to keep these two happy.

Please note the "binki" I took Aidans "ba, ba" away finally but he refuses to give up the nipple part. Every where I go I feel like a little mouse is shadowing me. All day long I hear "squeak, squeak, squeak." Ron hates it. I think it is adorable!

Happy Birthday AIDAN!!

March 3 my baby turned 2 years old. My mom has always asked me if I could believe that they were already 6 or 9 and I always could with my girls. But I cannot believe it has been 2 years since this perfect little boy has come to our family. He brings so much peace to our home and havoc all at the same time. His sisters would do anything for him. He loves: "Hoop" (basketball) speaks in sounds for example instead of calling the a cat, a cat he will call it a " meow, meow" or a door a "knock, knock". He thinks that Tarzan is actually Carzan so he calls him "vroom, vroom zan" He loves to dip his food in ketchup or ranch dressing, he loves CANDY and Popsicles, he loves to pretend to play X-box with his dad and watch any sport that involves a ball. He is such a joy to have in our lives. We love you Brutus.

This is what happens when you try to take pictures before nap time. Please note the Popsicle in some of the other pictures that is the only way I could make him happy. And I LOVE that he puts his little hands up over his mouth when he cries. It is so darn CUTE!

This is the face I always get when I take pictures of him and today was no different. This is his
"Cheese" face.

Watch out ladies!

He got these for his birthday and calls them the "boom boom" usually he will strip down to his diaper when drumming and say "I'm hot".

YES! He still has a "ba,ba" It is going I promise. I just can't tell him no.

If there were sound in this picture he was saying "hut, hut"

He loves giving Kissie faces, again Watch out Ladies.