"Colors of the wind" has never been so touching

Last week Jenna had the CUTEST little dance recital yet. They were little Native Americans and I wanted to eat them all up. Jenna's dance teacher made all these little costumes. She's the best. Their dance was freakin adorable. Good job Jenna!








I had to take pictures of Kaitlyn on Sunday wearing an old outfit of Jenna's. This is Jenna at 6 months.

Yes, sun bonnet, sundress... what, there's a bunch of snow outside?! Bah. Kaitlyn at 4 months!







Look at that face! Hee hee.


We decorated for Christmas yesterday!






Logan just might be the death of me, I have put ornament hooks back on about 63,967 times already today. ARGH!


I guess the ornament hassel is worth it though!

Thankful!!

My greatest blessings in life are...

This girl...


Who is such a tease these days...
She brought me this picture she drew and told me it was "Mom when you are mad at us. Like, when Carter gets out of bed."


It's like I'm looking in a mirror.

I'm so thankful for her helpfulness and teasing and imagination and sweet spirit.

I am grateful for my buddy, Carter.


Who yesterday told me, "For CRYIN out loud, where's your Christmas spirit??"
(He is quoting a Mickey Mouse DVD.)

I'm so thankful for his energy and laughter and the many "Mom" "What?" "i love you" conversations.

I am grateful for my Logie Baby. (funny how nicknames stick.)
Who I found the other day on the counter trying to eat my Scentsy wax.



And when I asked him to give me a tissue to wipe his nose, brought me this.


I am thankful for the snuggle bug that he is, those big brown eyes, and his yearning to be a big kid like his brother and sister, AND how hard he tries to communicate. His most recent words are, "Help." and "Hurt." Sounds bad, i know!

AND my baby.


I am so thankful for her irresistable rosy cheeks, the way she burrows her head into my neck, and how she greets me every morning with a HUGE smile.

And, NATE.


I am thankful for his selflessness, his silliness, his heart of gold. He is my best friend, whom I happen to be completely in love with... and it's been that way since high school.

We had a great Thanksgiving with our families. I am so grateful to be surrounded by so many supportive, kind, and loving people. I'm talking about our families, but also the neighborhood we live in. Couldn't have picked a better spot. When we moved in I'd come home from church in tears cause I felt so isolated and I didn't know how to reach out to people and I wondered if i'd ever have friends. Well I've learned how to reach out to people, but have also been blessed with the many people who have reached out to me. I am just surrounded by the nicest people on earth.

Nate and I always try to make a Thankful list on Thanksgiving. It feels good to be thankful for things, to actually write them down and see. It makes all the other hard things in life go away for awhile.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Family pictures

So you're bound to get at least ONE good family photo when you use three different cameras, right???

My brother originally was gonna take our picture with his nice camera he bought for his photography high school class, BUT what with the pouring rain and it getting dark real fast his camera didn't work real well without the flash. So my mom gets her camera out and my dad gets his camera out and yeah we totally looked like celebrities. We did pictures in like 10 minutes cause it was FREEZING. Anyway so they're not professional, but not too shabby eh.











Couldn't really get good ones of the kids it was too wet & cold!





And there you have it, cheapo family pics.

Fun with wigs.

So a couple days ago I was putting our Halloween decorations away... (yeah what is it the middle of November?) and the kids of course got into the costume box so what the hey we had some fun.















Oh yeah... yeah that is carter in a dress. Honestly I thought those days were behind us, but I guess he couldn't refuse Jenna's sweet little voice, "Carter, PLEASE be a princess with me?" I have to tell you that so you know he doesn't just up and put on dresses, it is JENNA'S fault.

Although I'm not sure how I feel about him singing, "I knooooww youuu I walked with you once upoooon a dreeaaammm" in the middle of sacrament meeting a couple Sundays ago... (ha ha i'm not really worried.)