Farm

The kid's love visiting the farm.  Uncle Monty and Aunt Carla have some new additions.  New baby chicks, bunnies and fish.  It was so fun checking out all the animals and hanging out with family.

24th of July

 The line up of strollers at the 24th of July parade.  My parents picked up a couple strollers for cheap, so when I travel no need to fit my huge double stroller in with the luggage.  The cousins loved being together, and enjoyed talking, playing and riding together as much as watching the parade.

T, looks super fly with his cousin's pink glasses!  We had a great Saturday with family.  We watched the parade, then headed to the park for good food, and fun.  The kids enjoyed the huge slides then we went to Kurt & Farah's to have a picnic which got rained out.  So we played inside for a bit, then headed to the Grandparents for naps and relaxing.  Great time celebrating!

Ward Campout

 Enjoying the outdoors with our ward in honor of Pioneer day.  We drove up Mt. Charleston just before it got dark.  We stopped on the way to the mountain and picked up KFC for dinner.  Once we got to the campsite Brynlyn immediately went on a hike with friends.  She had so much fun, she forgot to eat dinner.

So Chad had fun with her, making smore's.  The perfect camping dinner, gooey and sugary!

We decided it would be too crazy to sleep in a tent with our three girls and opted to head home that same night.  It was the perfect little family getaway, just a few hours of adventure.

June Birthday girl's.

 Quirky and sweet little Peyton.

 Loving, tough and smart Brynlyn.

 Happy and cuddly little Miyah.

 These three are everything to me and their dad.  They keep us moving fast, rarely a dull moment.

I adore these pictures taken by our good friend Megan Lee.  She captured some awesome memories.

Swimming lesson for B!

 While swimming at Al & Nancy's house this summer Brynlyn got a few pointers and lessons in swimming from Nancy.  The little girls stayed close to me.  But Brynlyn was all over the pool.

Pure excitement showing her dad and Al that she can swim across the pool!

Cutie in glasses

Brynlyn picked her two favorite pair of glasses in the first ten minutes we were in the store.  From the moment we told her she had an eye doctor appointment, she was excited and certain she would need glasses.  She was very specific that they needed to be plastic like mine, but pink or purple.

 

 When we picked up her glasses she was so happy.  She said "this is the best day of my life"!  The three girls were very good at the optometrist, and the staff was amazingly friendly and awesome with my youngsters.

Cutie in her favorite pair, pink and peach with hearts on the side.



4th of July 2012

 Chad and the girl's.

 Shopping at the firework stand.

 Brynlyn was suggesting that Carter could wear Grampy's headphones if he needed.  Funny girl!

 

We had a very relaxing day at our house.  No rushing to get anywhere.  We had breakfast, played games at home with the kids.  Then Chad promised we would take the girls to buy some fireworks.  So we headed to the closest firework booth.  Brynlyn loved it, and felt very special picking stuff out with her dad.  Next we went to lunch at Del Taco (I think).  The kids were wild and embarrasing.  But, we did have fun.  After that we did a little window shopping at lowes, mostly Chad did the looking.  I entertained the munchkins.

Then it was nap time for Peyton and Miyah.  At the end of the day we went to Worthen Circle and did fireworks with the family.  Peyton hated the loud noises, so she was very excited when Grampy offered his noise cancelling headphones.  Miyah loved watching the fireworks and squealed at all the loud noises.  Brynlyn was right next to her dad lighting them all night.

Play Tent

I decided to make our 3rd bedroom a play/guest room.  It was Brynlyn's room for a short while, so it's very girly.  Perfect for my munchkins girly tent that Grandma LeFevre and I made.

I'm sure my sweet husband thinks I'm crazy always rearranging furniture and changing my mind.  I might even make that room Miyah's.  Just one more thing to mull over and re-decorate.  The kid's love having the tent up permanently.

Swimming!

So much fun in the sun!  We went swimming at our friend Misty's house!  I forgot to take pictures until the very last minute.  Brynlyn would have swam much longer, but the little kids needed naps.

New Cousin

 Miyah was very fascinated with sweet little Taylee!  She was surprisingly gentle and quiet around her.

 Peyton was pretty excited to meet the new baby, but mostly she was ready to play with Trystan.  Brynlyn just wanted to play with all the cool boy toys and watch superhero movies with T.

It was so fun to see our new little cousin and play with Trystan and Aubrey for a minute.  So happy for Aubrey's family.  The kids are so cute!

Swimming finally!

 Brynlyn was super excited to finally go swimming!  It was three weeks into our summer before we made it over to Worthen Circle to play with cousin's.

Miyah is like a little fish and wanted to dive right in.  She kept putting her face in the water, over and over and choking and smiling.  Love my crazy kid.

Peyton sat on the first couple steps the entire time and talked about her cute Minnie swimming suit!  We had so much fun playing with Riley, Grammy and my mom who was taking the pictures for us.  We love swimming in the summer time.. hehe

Sewing projects

A Minnie pillowcase from Grandma and myself to Peyton for her Birthday!  Each night we spend ten minutes or so looking for missing blankie!

So I have been meaning to sew some of her blankie fabric to her pillowcase.  My mom made it super easy and started this cute one so I could add to it.  Peyton loves it, and rubs her feet, legs, arms and fingers on each square as she falls asleep.

Kim may not like me for posting this pic.  But, I thought it was cute.  We had an assembly line going to make new basket liners for her baby girls room.  Violet was just born and has the cutest purple room. 

 One finished basket, four more to go! 

 Custom baby blanket for my cousin Aubrey's sweet new little girl Taylee.

 Brynlyn has been asking for months now when she gets a turn to design and sew a blankie for her stuffed animals.  So we went for it.  She dug through my ribbons and we found some scraps from making previous blankies.  She loved pinning and designing her very own tag blankie.

Almost finished...  Still need to top stitch, then it's ready for snuggling stuffed animals.

Peyton 3rd Birthday!

Good Morning sunshine!  It's your birthday.  Peyton always wakes up happy and ready to play.  There are always numerous toys in bed with her that she can choose from.

 So happy to see her Minnie birthday sign and wear her Minnie pj's.

 Big sister Brynlyn made some craft project's for the birthday decor.

"CHeeese" while never looking a the camera.  She was so excited to get a bubble machine, it will save mom from fainting due to excess bubble blowing.

 I froze her birthday cake from celebrating a few weeks ago and defrosted it the night before.  It was perfect, delicious and she didn't even mind that there was a chunk missing.  Peyton is the sweetest little princess but holds her own when fighting with big sister!  She still refuses to eat most things and meal times are a battle.  So blessed to have this little munchkin in our home!



Father's Day 2012

He is one Super Dad!  We did our best to spoil Chad on Father's Day.  We let him relax and watch TV.  The girl's practically attacked him with his presents, then opened them for him.  We love this guy more than words can express.

1st Birthday

Time has gone so fast. I can hardly believe my third sweet daughter is one.  Miyah is a sweet, happy, smiley girl. She looks a bunch like Brynlyn did as a baby. We started her special day with lot's of family at our house.  Grandma LeFevre made a huge yummy breakfast for everyone

Miyah being the very picky eater that she is, only had a few pieces of fruit and some baby food.

She really enjoyed opening presents.  Even smiled and said "sheeeesh" for the camera and her large audience of cousin's.

I had my awesome cousin Leslie Terry make all three girl's birthday cakes.  They turned out amazing and tasted as fabulous as they looked.  Miyah was so excited when we sang, she clapped and did her cheese grin.

I am always very excited about the first birthday smash cake!  And my sweet little girl was very timid.  She ate a small amount then got very upset when she put her leg in the cake and became sticky.

What a wonderful celebration and fun day.  Still can't believe my kids are growing so fast.