Happy 4th!!!

I LOVE the fourth of July! It is a toss up between Halloween and the 4th as my favorite holiday.
This year was especially fun for some reason. We had a great day. I am sure it went pretty similarly to most people's day. We went to the parade in the morning where the girls had a blast collecting all the candy that was thrown at them. Leah was stubbornly determined to catch a piece of candy and was not interested in all the dumb dumbs and laffy Taffy's that were all around her. Her attitude improved once she caught a piece of Double Bubble.
After the Parade, we ALL were able to get a nap which just made the day pretty much perfect :)

We watched the Fireworks with a bunch of friends on the Golf Course. It was just far enough away not to scare Remi.

To top it all off, the girls looked adorable in their outfits that I made for them.

My Girls

I know, I know! Why on earth would I go somewhere to get pictures taken when I am married to a great photographer?! Well, we don't have a studio and I wanted to get Remi's picture taken in her blessing dress. And I thought... while I was there I could get Reese's two year old pics taken. and hey, why not bring Leah too.
Needless to say it turned into a big ordeal. I am pretty happy with the shots we got for the most part. I am very disappointed that non of Remi and her blessing dress turned out. After all this, I am going to have Kev take some of her anyway.



Look at these beauties! I cannot believe they belong to me.
Such different little personalities and different looks. I honestly don't see the resemblance between them. I even had a lady ask me if they all had the same dad! Yes, they are all Marler girls.. I guess we just have a big gene pool!

Bad, bad Blogger!

My sister called me the other day and got mad that I haven't been posting any updates.... So Stacy, this post is for you! And get ready for it. A lot has happened the last month or so!


We Blessed Remi a couple of Sundays ago. She looked so precious in the Heirloom blessing dress. It melted my heart to see her darling face when kevin held her up after the blessing.






It has been SO RAINY lately. The girls (my self included) have been feeling so stuck in the house so we decided to make the most of a rainy weekend and SPLASH!!!!
It was cold, so the girls got in a warm bath and had Hot cocoa afterward.







This year we had a very eventful Easter Weekend...

It began Saturday morning at the Church Easter Brunch. Of course I dressed the girls all the same. They looked so cute... Why is it so hard to get a decent picture of the three of them together!?



That night, I decorated eggs with the girls. Kevin was out of town.. it was just me, holding a crying baby in the sling, two excited kids, a few dozen eggs and a bunch of dye. Sounds like a recipe for disaster! Surprisingly, it all went pretty well and we had a good time. Reese Only managed to throw one egg across the room and dump the red dye on my Kitchen rug (I needed a new one anyway :)

Look what we did! We tie dyed and did glitter! Yeah for me, Go MOM!



Easter morning we went to Kevin's mom's "MaMa" for an Easter Brunch. We don't have church until 2:00 so we had plenty of time to enjoy the morning together.
The food was yummy, and the kids had a good time searching for eggs again.
This was the third Hunt for Reesie, she is a Pro now!

I made the girls their little Red Night gowns. I thought they were too cute just to wear to bed, so they wore them to the brunch.


The whole Marler group together.


All the Marler Grand kids

Front: Leah, Asa, Remi, Reese, Hailey
Back: Matthew, Jacob, Kelsey, Katelyn, Emme, Brenden


I love this picture! The girls love their Mama!


Now we are all ready for Church. Dressed in our Easter Best. Remi wore the sweet little dress my mom made for Reese for Mackenzie's wedding.







Reesie Roo turned TWO!!
She had a fun day at the park. I made sac lunches for everyone. It was pretty cold and windy, but the kids were glad to have a break from all the rain!






These are just a couple of sweet little pictures of Remi. I think she was about 3-4 weeks old.

Thank you, Mom!!!

My mom makes each new grandchild a quilt. This is the one she sent for Remi Lynne. I love it! I love it so much that I have decided to decorate the baby room around it. My mom puts so much love and effort into her projects and I appreciate it so much. I have so many cherished dresses and quilts that will be in my family forever.



This is just one of the "cherished dresses" That she made. Both Leah and Reese wore it when they were blessed. My mom hand embroidered the flowers out of silk ribbon.

It is so hard to live so far away from my family. But I feel very grateful that my mom still makes an effort to know and love my girls. And even though she has so many grand kids, she makes each one of them feel special. I love you mom... Thanks for all you do!

BATH TIME!

There is nothing cuter than a chubby baby in the bath!!


I love that I can already give her a sudsy mow hawk... i guess it helps that she has one naturally!

She had the biggest smile on her face, I got the camera ready just as it was fading.

So BEAUTIFUL!