Our Christmas pictures 2009

We were lucky enough to have a friend of ours take our family pictures this year. Her name is Trina Fowers and she is just starting up her own photography business so she needed some demo models for her http://rainydayphotographyllc.blogspot.com We happily accepted her invitation. These were all taken at the Grand View, ID Em-U-Zum. She gave us 81 pictures to choose from and WOW let me tell you I am having a hard time choosing which ones to use. Here are some of our favorites.

Finally getting around to Halloween

Here are some pictures that were taken at the elementary schools anual Halloween carnival. Lilly won the prize in her age group for most original costume and got a prize!We had such a great time playing games and being with friends. And then afterwards the local fire department hostes a free pizza party! So we invited a bunch of friends over to come and hang out after. We are loving living "in town". There are so many more people around then when we lived down the dirt road out of town.

Our "firecracker" baby girl Lilly

July 4th is or was Lilly's 1st birthday. We spent the evening at my parents home to celebrate because it is also my dads birthday. Since the day she was born my dad has been extremly excited that she was born on his birthday. Expecially since I have been told the story since I was little of how upset he was that my cousin was born on his birthday instead of me. I was born just two days later and he was crushed. So I figure all is right with the world now that I have given him a granddaughter to share his birthday with.



We had a blast (even though my mom was in France visiting her sister). She made sure we had plenty to eat with a HUGE 3 foot party sub. I don't think anyone really ate any of the salads we all brought. The kids got to do some fireworks with Uncle TJ and the rest of us played games inside.

Here are some pictures of the "birthday girl" and "birthday grandpa". She really liked her cupcake!

Summer Fun

I bought the girls this swimming pool to make the hot summer days more enjoyable. It only lasted a few days though due to the fact that we have a young lab pup that likes to chew EVERYTHING! Anyhow here are some fun pictures. I even got some fun ones of Lilly in her "birthday" swim suit. It was too cute I couldn't resist.

My 4th of July baby!

Lindsay's 5th birthday

AS usual birthdays around here include a group of about 30 people and lots of chaos. This one was no exception. I can't believe that Lindsay is 5 years old already. I can still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. And here we are five years later and with three kids now. She is such a blessing to have in our family and sometimes a little to smart for her own good. It amazes me everyday at the things she is able to figure out and do on her own. Although being the oldest of three children I am sure that there are lots of things she was kind of forced to learn her being the oldest. And there will be many more things she will have to learn on her own for the same reason of just being the oldest child. I feel for her I really do since I too was the oldest child. I just wanted to post some pictures from the party so those of you who are not immediate family and weren't there can experience. We got her and Lexi a "chair-a-go-round" in other words a fancy name for a teeter totter that spins also. Unfortunately it didn't arrive until yesterday afternoon. So I put it together and had it almost done when they got back from grandma's house. They spent the rest of the night playing on it. It was a big hit!

I love my new bow!

I took some pictures of Lilly today that were so cute. Darrell decided she needed to try these new bows on I had bought. Anyhow she has never had anything clipped in her hair before and I was sure she would rip it right out and get mad, but she did they exact opposite. She was so excited that she got to wear a bow like her big sisters. She had the hugest smile on her face and you could tell she knew she was pretty. She never did take it out. My mom laughed when I sent them to her and said she couldn't believe it but you really could tell by the picture she was proud of her bow.

Almost eight months and crawling

Lilly being the fat baby she is has been on the verge of crawling for a few weeks now. She has mastered the bear stance, and the moving back onto her bottom, she can even move her feet all over the place. But she just couldn't figure out how to get those hands moving. So yesterday I got down on the floor with her and put her on all fours. I would gently nudge her knees forward one at a time with my knee and move her arm at the same time. Didn't quite understand the concept...so I thought. Well this afternoon she went to grandma Lemons while I went to drive for one of the bus drivers. And when I got home they were all excited to tell me how Lilly was crawling around while I was gone of course. I was so excited and yet a little bumbed that I spent all the effort teaching her, but missed the first go around. If I knew how to make a video and post it I would sorry. And I picture just doesn't capture this moment the way it should. Now hopefully this will make her older sisters more apt to pick up after themselves so the book eating baby doesn't destroy all their things. o likely, but I can dream.