A happy baby is the BEST!

Emmy was just laughing her head off the other day, so I grabbed the camera! Of course she stopped once she knew I was there so I didn't catch it. But she was happy so that is good enough for me! :) She is getting so fun...I love this age. So sweet and playful! Just adorable!

Ok, videos don't want to load right now, so maybe later. Here's a few pix instead! I finally took her to get her ears pierced a few weeks ago. I have been wanting to do it, but the fact that people kept calling her a boy really pushed me over the edge. She was soooo good - she hardly cried at all. And I think it's cute!and yes. That IS a pill bottle my baby is playing with. I'm an awesome mom. (hey, they like the sound!)

We have been giving the solid foods a try and it isn't going so well. She does a great job of smashing those little lips together SO hard that I can't get ANYTHING in there. My others have gotten the hang of it a little faster - maybe she'll just be a picky eater. Who knows!

Brie thought she would give it a try!

Oh YUM!

I just had to share this recipe with you guys...it's one of my new faves. It tasted like I was at Olive Garden - so whip some up and serve with bread sticks and salad and you'll have a super YUM meal!

Italian Pasta Toss
1 box of cavatappi pasta
1/2 stick butter
1 cup broccoli
1 sliced red pepper
1 cup sliced zucchini
1 cup peas
3 small roma tomatoes diced
2 tablespoons basil
1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic
1 tablespoon italian seasoning
1 cup grated parm. cheese
salt & pepper to taste

Cook & drain pasta. In skillet melt butter. Add all vegies and cook till crisply tender (about 5 mins) then add tomatoes, garlic, and all other seasonings. Continue to cook for 2 mins. stirring constantly. Add to pasta and parm. cheese. Serve WARM.
ENJOY!

The Wall is DONE!

It's finally done! (with the exception of painting the wall) I have a large wall in our play room/family room that has always bugged me. I've never known what to put on it...TILL NOW! :) I had an idea to do a photo collage of my kids and it worked out great.

People are always asking me why I don't have more family photos up since I'm a photographer...now they cant say that! Steve built me the shelf...it is about 10 feet long! I am SO happy with how it turned out! And I LOVE huge prints so it all came together really well. Thanks for your help Steve!

First Snow

We got our first snow about 2 weeks ago - it started coming down while we were at church and the kids were so excited to walk outside and see snow! When we got home from church I let them run outside for a few mins and they LOVED it! And Kylee was an awesome big sister to take them out for a little pull on the sled! We haven't gotten any more snow since - I hope we do soon cause it helps me feel more like the holidays are here! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we did Thanksgiving at our house! Steve's mom hasn't been feeling well so I thought we'd give her the chance to relax a little and not have to stress about it. His sister Teri is SUPER helpful so I knew we could pull it off. However...I don't think mom rested very much! She brought SO much food for us...what a sweetheart! I hope everyone had an ok time. It was nice to be together with everyone!


Yep. This is Charlie with a girlfriend! :) We all had so much fun meeting her - she's so sweet!

This was the "big girls" table! :) Kylee is such a good sport...and I think Brie and Hannah really enjoyed being a "big girl"!!! They sure did a LOT of giggling!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped! WE love you tons!

Fall Ward Party

Each Fall our ward does a little Harvest Supper and this year Steve signed me up to bring a dessert. Awesome! I thought that was great - you can be creative with desserts so I was happy with that. Well, as I started thinking about it, I became a little too ambitious about the whole thing. I was looking up cakes online so I could do something really cute. That's when I found THE cake. This was PERFECT for where I live and I thought everyone would get a kick out of it...so here's the photo of what I wanted to make:
Adorable, right? Well, as time got closer I decided I didn't really have the time nor the $$ to spend on all the supplies it would take to make this, so I just went for something plain. In the process though, Kylee decided she also wanted to make a cake, so we had a good time baking together. I think hers was a white cake with buttercream frosting. Mine was a choc. cake with cream cheese frosting inside, buttercream on the outside, and toasted almonds on top! Not as cute, but tasted ok. :)

New Family Photos!!!

I have been needing to replace our large family photo that is in our front room - Deagan was 5 months old when we had it taken. I had found who I wanted to do our photos for us, but then decided to wait till next year maybe. Still needing a new photo, we took the kids out for a little session. We will hang a photo of just them this year...they are the cute ones anyway. :)

I actually am really excited to show all of you the creation I made for my wall, but first I must paint and hang it. Then I'll post a photo of it. Till then, here's a few of the ones I took. (thank goodness I had Steve's help or these never would have been possible)

This one is a FAVE of mine - I ordered a 16x20 of it for my room. I am very in to the grundge look right now.

I combined the following photos of my kids into one photo to save on time - but we got quite a few individual ones of each kiddo. I really enjoy the candids that just show who they are.

I cannot believe this is my baby! She's getting so OLD. :) And she's so pretty. She is wonderful to let me practice taking photos of her whenever I want...she's got such a fun personality which makes her photos fun too!