Spotlight

Grey was spotlighted in Primary this past week. Obviously he is my oldest and this was the first time. I almost cried it was so cute!

I had him pick out a few things to show the group. He chose his Ironman action figure because "he is strong and fast." Then he took a medal Jared won at one of his triathlons. He also brought The Friend magazine and his Airports book. He was not shy at all in front of everyone. I'm such a proud mamma!

These are the questions he answered that they read:

What is your favorite day of the week? Christmas Eve
What is your favorite ice cream? Black (chocolate??)
What is your favorite holiday? Christmas Eve
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with my 4-wheeler
What is your favorite story about Jesus? Jesus was born and angels came
What is your eye color? Brown
If you could have any pet in the world, what would it be? White Tiger
If you could make it rain something, what would it be? Bananas

More cuteness

Grey's baby

Elise got this adorable stroller for her birthday. On the first day I caught Grey pushing around his jaguar singing and talking to it. It made me smile.

ONE

I am finally getting around to posting some pictures I took for Elise's first birthday. I was too lazy to fix her hair--so she is a bit disheveled.

Elise is the happiest, sweetest baby ever. Look at that sweet face! She is a determined little baby and I catch her climbing into and onto everything yet she still won't walk. She talks, okay she babbles, constantly and loves pointing at everything. My favorite thing she does is that she picks up an object, most often a phone charger, and says, "hello" "hi" over and over.

She is very girly and loves her baby dolls and stuffed animals. I often catch her with a toy or a bottle hanging out of her mouth while she crawls around. She absolutely adores Greyden and when he is sharing well, they can play for hours together.

I caught this last picture while she was "jumping" up and down with her arms--it depicts her happy, smiling personality so perfectly!

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!

The Party

I am extremely slow at keeping things updated on the blog. I actually did have a semi-birthday party for sweet Elise. I just had some moms and kids over to play and eat. She was adorable and loved every minute of it. Grey thought it was a party for him and I couldn't break it to him

The cupcake "smash"

going right for it

mmmmm.... that is appetizing

Notice the frosting smeared all over her body. She grabbed the cupcake and squished it between her fingers and rubbed it all over her arms and legs. I think she got some in her mouth.

While we were away...

My garden grew out of control--specifically the zucchini

(this is 5 days worth of growth)

Grey & Elise played non-stop with cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents. And had so much fun!

My baby girl turned one...

and loved the chocolate cupcake that went with it.

and loved her first baby doll

(which apparently she rocked and gave kisses right away)

Thank you to everyone that helped out with the kiddos so we could go on the trip together!

I heart New York (the last day...)

So sad to see our trip come to an end. Monday we spent mostly wandering different parts of the city. I am in love with the village and found the BEST pizza ever! Bleeker Street Pizza is amazing. Go there now.

I also really wanted to see the new Highline Park which is a renovated old railway above ground in Chelsea. Very cool and great art. This picture was taken through a viewer looking toward a metal piece that the artist used the background of buildings to put together.