Sophie's 2nd Birthday

This cake was A LOT easier than Matti's cake, and i think it still turned out pretty cute! I had to do Dora....she is completely OBSESSED with her!

The 1st picture( i know it is sideways....woops) was her actual birthday when we were in Utah...she was NOT a happy camper that day. We celebrated her birthday a few days earlier before we left ....she got spoiled like always, and had a lot of fun playing with all of her cousins and her new toys.

Halloween

Zuleikah(my sister in law) had spent 3 days making this cupcake costume for her daughter and when the time came to put it on, she wouldn't wear it and was very dissapointed....so i put it on and strut myself around town with it.....it actually was kind of heavy and awkward...no wonder why she didn't want to wear it!

My two little princesses....they had so much fun this halloween!

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SHORTY! SHORTY! SHORTY!!

This is Matti with Sophie's clothes on....THAT is how small matti really is! She is 4 and in this picture she is in 2T!Poor thing, at least she is a girl and it is OK to be small! Ryan on the other hand.....=)

Cupcakes and scary masks!

Kenzie was sleeping ....that's why she didn't have one.

Sophie didn't want to decorate......she wanted to EAT the cupcake....i don't blame her!

Matti, being very proud of one of her cupcakes....a gummy eyeball and mouth on top! ooooh scary!

Up -date on the house

Matti the mini mom

Yesterday matti decided she wanted to change Sophie's diaper all by herself, so I let her. We were all laughing so hard, and at the end i thought she did a pretty dang good job! Better than Ryan ever does!! j/k

Painting Pumpkins

We got these little pumpkins from my sister's garden so i let them paint them. They had so much fun ....and i had a lot of fun cleaning up after them! =)

Woman's Celebration

I know this is really late posting but i wanted to do it anyway.....Lynndi and i ran the woman's celebrations this year together. I had a really bad cold and thought i was going to die, but it was a lot of fun. Thanks Lynndi

New computer....new woman!!

Ok, maybe not a new woman, but i feel like it....this thing is so dang fast and woderful. I have had my old computer since i was a junior in high school. So, my new goal is to blog more and journal more on my kids. So WATCH OUT here i come!!Lots of pics, and words in the works!=)

Pictures of my house

This is my kitchen with my PANTRY!!! I am SOOOOO dang excited to have a pantry!

We will have a full basement that will be finished cause we are planning on renting it out.

This is the front of the house, obviously, and the garage will be in the side/back. We hate to show the garage in the front cause that is all you ever really see! Yay!!!

The loss of my brother

My oldest brother was killed in a plane accident a couple of weeks ago. He was only 35 but lived his life as if he were 80! He had 5 wonderful kids and the most beautiful wife. He is the most loving and respected brother. He loved those kids and his wife more than anything.He influenced everyone he met in some way or another. We sure are going to miss him, but i am so grateful for the gospel and to know that families are forever and that i will see him again. We love you Justin!

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Happy Birthday Matti Mae!

My little baby big girl turned 4 yesterday. I can't believe it. She is so much fun and gets even funner the older she gets. We had a party last night and it was so much fun. I made her a princess cake that I think turned out pretty darn cute if i can say so myself and it was actually a lot of fun to do. We had an astro jump for the kids, shaved ice, and yummy snacks. I think matti just had a blast. Thanks everyone that came and for the wonderful gifts that made matti even more spoiled!! I can't help it she is so darn cute!!=)

Pictures of our new house

Breaking ground.....finally!!

This is our house that ryan is building. It won't be done for another year cause he is doing most of it with a full time job.It is right next door to my sister and around the corner from my parents in meridian. We finally started a couple of weeks ago and now they have the basement walls up. We are so excited but going to be sad to move out of the ward. We have lots of people always helping on it so if anyone feels like they want to help feel free! =) I have a wonderful husband !

Not ready for this one!!

No picture...just crazy words!!So, matti and i were watching something on t.v. yesterday and she saw some girl kissing a boy and she says "girls not kiss boys" and i said why? and she says " girls kiss girls" WHAT THE HECK?? where on earth did that come from. So i explained to her that when she gets BIG like mommy she will kiss a boy like daddy. Well, i had to explain this to the whole world yesterday cause she was very excited that she gets to kiss someday!! uh oh!!where did my sweet innocent girl go?

Dumb moments!!!

SO...anyone up for a new potato soup recipe? I have one here for you. my day started out fine, but as i went to cook dinner for the missionaries i cooked them brownies.....forgot about them so burnt them almost to a crisp, and then tried making potato soup and guess what lovely thing i did. Instead of flour to thicken it.....i put POWDERED SUGAR!!!! 2/3 cup to be exact!!! you could only guess how awesome that tasted!! So we ended up going out with them instead !!! People like me should not have cooked today!!! =) Let me know if anyone wants the recipe!! ha ha!!

Life is good!!

Tiff and i ran the Race for the Cure last weekend....it was a blast and OBVIOUSLY this was us BEFORE we ran it! =)

I have a FABULOUS friend that has been helping me coupon i won't mention her name....emily...=) i got all of this for under 5 bucks! NOW i know what adrenaline rushes are!!!i thought running did the trick for me but boy was i wrong!!! I only wonder why i didn't meet em earlier! Thanks babe!

Fun in the Sun!

At the zoo....the girraffe was totally posing for us!

Sophie wasn't so sure about feeding the ducks!

I'm a big girl now!

We went with some cousins to their carnival.Getting her nails painted...

Good old cake walk...her cousin got the cake!!

Fishin for something good....stickers! yay!

and then a face paint.....which took the girl like 15 minutes to do THAT!!

Just some cuties

This was valentines day and matti obviously wasn't happy that i was taking her picture...she had just woken up.=)

yep...the good old dryer...she just wanted to see what it was like inside!!

Matti the "Poser"

The other day I had my neice and my neighbor babysitter over and while i was gone they took these pictures of Matti.... i don't think she was hating it! =)