Joy!

Things that bring me joy......Olivia reading to Waylon.......
sewing with my princess......
Making pretty things and sewing with the Laurels.....

Playing War with Isaac and tickling him.......

Dressing up with my honey.......
Being so blessed with the 3 most wonderful kids......

Watching the kids play basketball and Waylon coach them.....

(I took some pictures of them but they came out all really dark)

So Many things that bring me joy

and that I am grateful for!

Wacky Hair Day

Today was wacky hair day at school.

Olivia was SO excited (see below picture).

Michael was so wacky he wore a hat (LOVE him).

What a beautiful girl.

A good day.

Grandma's Birthday

Recently we were able to visit one of my absolute favorite people: My MOM. It was her birthday. Her 27th birthday to be exact. I stink so much I didn't get a picture of her blowing out her candles......but here are some pics I did get!

SO flipping cute.
LOVE my cute sisters!

Simply Adorable.

Awesome.

Hands down my favorite picture. I am so BLESSED!

Cute girl.

LOVE this one.

Classic.

2 silly dudes.

sweet.

Love these gomer boys.

Nice.

Snuggles.

Birthday Girl.

Hey, I wanna take a picture.

Sweethearts.

Landon's photography skills. He LOVED this pic.

What a cutie.

We had a blast! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM:)

Birthday Fun

Our little dude just turned 9!! He is growing up so fast. He really wanted a Bakugan birthday
In our family, you get as big of a piece of cake on your birthday as you want. Michael took a HUGE piece and then surprised us and ate it all!

For Michael's birthday he wanted to go to Triple Play- a big indoor water park and bring his cousin and Uncle Nate. Poor Nate broke his wrist so he wasn't able to go.

Happy and ready to play.

What cute kids:) I didn't actually get any pictures inside, I didn't want my camera to get ruined or stolen. But, there were hours and hours of water fun.

Happy Birthday to a great kid!

We are so blessed to have you in our family:):)

Persevering

Big Shots

are only little shots

who keep shooting.

--Christopher Morley

What I've been reading....

I am LOVING this book!

Lately.....

Lately....I have been surrounded by cute kids:) Isaac as we check out an apartment for Grandma.

My cooking companions. Can you tell they take kids kickboxing??

Olivia loves to punch and giggle about it.

Silliness

Their attempt at being scary.....

Silliness

Craziness

Hiding....

Cool Dude

Happy Dude

Silly Dude

My little sewing helpers. I love the determination.

I love how they share with each other:) They are the BEST kids ever!!! Life is Good.

Good things to come

"Don't you quit, you keep walking,

you keep trying.

There is help and happiness ahead.

Some blessings come soon,

some come late,

and some don't come til Heaven.

But for those who embrace the

Gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.

It will be alright in the end.

Trust God and Believe in

GOOD THINGS TO COME."

--Jeffrey R. Holland

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

Yesterday Olivia lost her second front tooth.

She looks SO adorable:)

I love this little girl.

This is so like her to be animated and happy and excited about life!
She really is happy. Livvy girl rocks:)

I am so blessed to be her Mommy!

Patience

"Patience means staying with

something until the end.

It means delaying immediate

gratification for future blessings.

The work of patience boils

down to this:

Keep the Commandments."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Cooking and Cleaning

Hard working kids! Isaac sweeping the floor. All of my kids have serious housecleaning skills:) Now being silly.

What a great helper! Posing kids of course!

She's all smiles. Silly Isaac:)

I love cooking with my kids! ANYTHING is fun with my kids:)