Birthday Pictures!

My babies are growing up! Avery turned 4 on Wednesday and Haley turns 1 on Thursday! I kept trying to get some cute birthday pictures and it took awhile (3 days) to get some cute ones of both girls. I have yet to get one of the two of them together that is really cute of both of them, but maybe some day.


So, my parents' neighbor let us take pictures with their tulips. Maybe not my best idea. Haley is handing me the two she destroyed, while Avery is protecting the other ones in the background.

So, looking back on the last four years of being a mother, I have some wonderful memories...and some I would rather forget. The days that I just couldn't handle anything, let alone the fits thrown in the grocery store...to the sweet little smile looking up at me. And the times I got to just lay in bed and just snuggle with both of them. Just me and my girls, nowhere to be, just being together. I love that feeling of being able to heal all wounds, just by a song or a kiss. I love that Avery thinks I am the strongest and the smartest woman in the whole world. I love that she thinks I am the best teacher and singer in the whole world. I love the look Haley gets when I open her door after a nap, the look like she missed me so much and is so happy to see me. I love the feeling that to my girls, for now, this moment in their lives, that I am the one that they need the most. I love being a mom.

Playin'

Like I said in a previous post, she wears this dress-up every day!

Cade is a really good poser!




Rylee stayed in the tree in hopes I would take pictures of her! She is such a cutie!

Posing Boys & a Girl

Dawson, Toby and Tryce were pretty good at posing. And Avery was in the pictures, too. I evidently burned her out to pictures a long time ago. She hates her picture taken now.

Feeding the Byrds & the Ducks

Playing at Gma & Gpa's

So, I had to be really fast on this picture. Luckily Kev was fast and she didn't quite get it all the way in her mouth. Thank goodness, my OCD would have gone nuts!




Avery wore this dress-up every day! She even wore it a couple of times to the store-even with the dress-up high heels!

The Christus

Avery saw a picture of this statue (the Christus) at church a couple of months ago. I told her it was at the Salt Lake Temple where Brett was getting married. So, whenever she talked about our trip to Brett's wedding, the first thing she would say was we are going to see the Christus.

Reception

Kim and Jake and their three boys (left to right) Tryce, 3; Hayes, 2 months; Toby, 5











Bart and Rylee


















Bart and Lori
We always make fun of Bart because he can't keep his eyes open. This is the best we got. Rylee, 5; Cade, 3
(And another baby GIRL, due in August!)







So, not only can Bart not keep his eyes open for a picture, but he cannot take one as well.












Tricia and her boys
Dylan, 8; Tyler, 17; Trajan, 12; Dawson, 6

Wedding Dinner

Thursday before the wedding, we had a wedding dinner. The kids enjoyed running around outside, but I caught these cute pictures of Avery and Cade playing with Haley.








Okay, since it's their wedding dinner, here are some pictures of Brett and Lindsey!

Brett and Lindsey's Wedding

Brett and Lindsey got married April 25, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. It was wonderful and she looked beautiful! Brett said on the way into the reception, "I have a wife!" It was a wonderful, yet busy, day. Luckily, the weather was better than the day before. It had snowed on Thursday, so mom and Brett were a little nervous. It was a little chilly, but gorgeous outside for the pictures.

Monthly Birthdays

Avery's peanut butter and jelly face! That's her favorite lunch!

We haven't quite figured out what Haley's hair wants to do. We are still waiting for it to grow a little longer so we can actually do SOMETHING with it!