Abbie is 8!

I can't believe how old Abbie is. She is my primpy girl. Always trying to look her best. She is really smart and is always on the honor roll. She is really liking the Harry Potter books and movies right now, even though I'm still not sure how age appropriate some of those movies are for her age. Abbie is pretty good at soccer and softball. She was on a boys team for softball this year and out did a lot of the boys, she is really fast. She is a big help to me with her siblings and around the house. We love her. Happy Birthday!

Noah is 4!!!!

My little Noah just turned 4! He is a very sweet and tender hearted boy, he has the personality of his daddy. Noah loves to do anything with his dad, very much a daddy's boy. He really loves to shoot his bow and he is pretty good at it. He has felt really left out this year, both of his older siblings are in school and they both played soccer and softball which he is too young for. But next year will be different, he will get to do all of those things. Happy Birthday Mr. Noah!

Belly Boo is 2!!!

My baby turned 2 today. She is getting so big. Bella is a sweet little girl with a spunky personality. I think she wakes up every morning and lays there and thinks of all of the ways she can make Noah cry that day(which is not hard to do). She has to be tough to keep her brothers from picking on her.

Bella loves the 'Tangled' movie, she has a Rapunzel doll she carries around and says "pretty hair." I should take a picture of this doll because her hair is a matted mess, but she loves her. She would sit and watch that movie all day if I would let her.

She loves to follow me around when I'm cleaning and she will ask over and over "what y doonin mommy?" It is the sweetest thing. She can completely dress herself, including shoes and socks. She is such a good helper and a good regulator of the boys. She will yell at them and try to spank them if they get out of line, really funny.

She definitely has been a wonderful addition to our family and we love her very much.

Happy Birthday Belly Boo!!

Look what my honey brought home...

So Wes went Barbary Sheep hunting in southern NM and he actually saw one and brought one home. These are hard to find and really hard to kill.Wes said it was the hardest hunt that he has been on. So I was pretty proud of him and he was really excited.

The last picture is of his foot. Wes said it looked like he had broken it some time ago and it had healed with the foot pointing in the opposite direction than it should be.

She's a big girl now!!!

She is holding Abbie's pj pants. I'm sure I've mentioned her love of soft things, anything soft and the thumb goes in.

She usually has this going on!

Please excuse my messy house. I love this one-Noah is trying to do the bunny ears but he's holding up 3 fingers instead of 2.

My miss Bella Boo is officially potty trained! How did I accomplish this hard task? I put underwear on her and pointed her in the direction of the bathroom. She has done the rest herself. I have a book that swears all kids are ready to be potty trained by 22 months. She is 23 months and she was more than ready. So last Thursday I told her no more diapers and I let her see me throw them away (that is what the book says to do-I didn't actually throw them away), and she hasn't had a diaper on since that day. She does still wear a pull-up at night though-that's a whole different story. She still has an occasional accident but always catches it before it's a full accident. Can I just say what a wonderful feeling it is to have all my kids out of diapers, except for pull-ups at night of course. Makes me sad though cuz my kids are growing up so fast and I am going to miss them being small, they will never be these ages again. But I look foward to the years ahead with my little family.

Christmas clothes

Love Noah's smile in this one!

And I love Easten's smile in this one!
I hate trying to do pictures right before church, because we are always in such a mad rush to get ready. But we were able to get a few shots in. Unfortuately Bella was having a nap, and I have rules about waking her up before she is ready-she gets pretty cranky. They looked really cute though and I just love them.

Christmas day 2010

Christmas was a little different this year. This was the first year that we celebrated Christmas in our own home. Even when we were living in Las Cruces, we would always come here for Christmas and stay with Wesley's parents. So this year we were able to stay at our own home to open presents. Really enjoyed it. The kids all had a good Christmas, except for Easten who had strep on Christmas and couldn't really go to many of the family functions. So grateful for my family and my Savior.