Happy Birthday, Anniversary & St. Patrick's Day!!!

Yesterday my family had a big bash at my Dad's to celebrate his and Polly's 19th Anniversary, Heidi's birthday, and threw in a little St. Patrick's Day. We had dinner, and then went outside because it felt FANTASTIC and played with the kids. We started playing Red-rover, and by our surprise, pretty much the whole family joined in. It was so much fun! We sang a few Happy Birthday songs to Heidi, and Dad and Polly had some cookies baked for the kids to frost. It's always fun when we can get the whole family together. :)

Picture Happy!

I wish I could just put a camera on my kids all day long. They are so cute! The next best thing is to take a picture every chance I can. Of course, then I have trouble picking which ones to share, so I do them all. Addison will be 9 months in a few weeks and has two teeth, and is scooting to get where she wants to go. She just started saying "mama", and my guess will be crawling anytime now. Brooklyn is 3, still working on the potty training, but doing very well! She still loves dancing, singing, and playing with her sister. One of her new favorites is playing the computer. Her cousin Savannah taught her how to play games on pbs.org, and also loves nickjr.com. She is so smart, and will start preschool this fall. I love my girls!

Last week I was able to take pictures of my niece, Abigail. She just turned 9 months, and is such a doll. While I had everything out I decided to take some of Addison too, since I hadn't taken her pictures yet. I think they turned out pretty cute! :)

Mamma Mia, How can I resist ya....

Mamma Mia is Brooklyn's favorite movie these days! She says Honey, Honey is her favorite song! She had to go grab a book, so she could be like Sophie.

She also loves Dancing Queen, when they are on the dock dancing! She had this phase with the movie, "Hairspray", so it must be a musical thing! We think it is cute! :)

These clips are her favorites from the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lysKRN-cdg0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GILT4hHlMw

My cute family!!!

Boy, I love them! :)

If you chance to meet a frown....

....do not let it stay!

Quickly turn it upside down and smile that frown away!

Hungry Hungry Hippos

These were too cute. Addison wanted to play with her sis.

Usually Brooklyn has a harder time sharing toys with Addison, (because she is toooo tiny)but this she actually let her play. Until I said to be careful that she doesn't get any marbles, then Brooklyn got in worry mode.

Brooklyn's Drawing

Brooklyn drew a picture the other day, and I just had to post it. It is of a bird. My, her imagination is so incredible! I asked her what exactly each part was, and I labeled it.

If you click on the picture you can see it better.

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What good sports! :)

Party, Party.....and another Party!

This year Brooklyn got to celebrate her birthday on 2 different days. She turned 3 on the 31st and had a New Year's Eve party to go along with it! We let her open a few presents on her birthday and then she got to pick out a cupcake and donuts. Later, the Shewell's came over and we had a Guitar Hero band party! It was so fun! We overloaded ourselves with food, and played to our hearts content! Brooklyn will think we have big parties just for her for years to come! I guess that is the fun of having it on New Year's Eve. On the other hand....that is why we did her family party on another day! Too much for one day....for me... :) We had family over on Jan 2nd...after a day of candy making, doctor visits for both my girls, and the Sugar Bowl! (GO UTES!) So I guess...I did plan alot after all. Oh well! It ended up being so much fun! I am glad Brooklyn had a great birthday! Thanks to all who came to be with her! :) Thanks to Kiley for making her Cinderella cake!

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Christmas Eve & Christmas Day!

We had our Christmas Eve dinner up at Jeremy and Terra's this year. They do a wonderful job, as always! After Grandpa read us the Christmas story from the scriptures, and the kids acted out some parts from that. We then opened up our gifts from Grandpa & Grandma......PJ's! The kids had so much fun playing around in there new jammies! We had a great evening together! When we got home, Brooklyn got cookies and milk ready for Santa and reindeer sticks for the reindeer! Then it was off to bed!

We woke up Christmas morning and Brooklyn couldn't believe that Santa came. She was so excited! We opened gifts, then hurried off to my Dad's for a light breakfast and exchanged gifts! Even though are family is HUGE~ There is something about being at Dad's and squishing together~ It was so much fun, and glad finally ALL our family could get together! We came home and let Brooklyn and Andy play with their new toys! hee hee :) Later that evening we went over to Andy's mom and dad's for dinner and more presents! We had a great day together with everyone!
We also were trying to explain to Brooklyn the reason we celebrate Christmas, and is so cute and says, "Is Jesus coming to our house too?"

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This video cuts off before my pictures are done....but it was a LONG one!

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