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!

Just some more pictures

Three weeks old
Reese isn't ready to be a big girl!

Baby days are here again!

Day four... Reese still loves baby sister. I came in the living room this morning to find Reese holding Remi's Hand while she watched Curious George.

Remi Lynne on day four of her life. She is now keeping her eyes open for at least 10-20 minutes at a time. Look at those beautiful eyes!!


Remi on Day 3 of her life. The shirt says it all. She IS a Sweet Girl!



Leah is taking her role as big sister VERY seriously. She knows that it is her job to show her sisters how to be nice to each other, how to share and to make the Right choices.




Good thing pictures last a lifetime, because I never want to forget these first few precious days!


I was so pleasantly surprised to see my Reese love on her baby sister. Instead of the image of her trying to throw her off my lap that I had in my head. She has been more than loving to Remi. She always makes sure that She has enough blankets (she will keep bringing in blankets until I have 5 or 6). The only jealousy I have seen so far is that when Remi has a binki in her mouth, Reese wants one too (Reese never took a binki).


Family of FIVE!!! and life couldn't be more perfect.


Only a few minutes old and you can see whats on her mind....

This is the group that made it to the Cabin. My Oldest four siblings (my dads kids) weren't there. Either was my sisters Marcelle and Jill. Kenzie's Husband JT couldn't make it either. They were missed. We had 13 adults and 13 kids. We rented two snow mobiles. FUN, FUN, FUN!!

I have had a heck of a time getting this slide show to work. The image below is some sort of link to view the images individually. If you click on it, it will take you to another folder.

Anyway.... as you can tell from the photos, we were in Utah for the Holidays. It was a winter wonderland the entire three weeks. Starting with the Cabin where we had our fair share of snowy adventures. When we arrived at the cabin, it was snowing pretty heavily and had been for awhile. So only two out of our 6 cars had 4-wheel drive and could make it up to the cabin. The rest of us waited below for our turn to be hauled up the mountain.
Little did I know, but during the 1 1/2 hours that we were waiting, the first load of people really had it rough! When they arrived at the cabin, they couldn't get up the drive. They had to park about 200 yards away and then just carry all the stuff inside using an assembly line. They had a bunch of kids as well as my mom with them (who my brother Spencer had to practically carry inside). The funny (maybe not so funny at the time) part was when they got all unloaded and left to get the rest of us.. Stacy, Kenzie and Kym were hard at work clearing the drive way with brooms and regular dirt shovels. When they were nearly half way finished, a snow plow came and did the entire drive in no time!!! Thanks girls, it was a nice thought!
We stayed three days. The cabin was beautiful! It was big enough for all of us to have our own room. The kids had a bunk room for the boys and the girls. There was a big game room down stairs. Needless to say we had a great time! It was the perfect family gettaway.

The rest of the vacation was nice and relaxing. We stayed with my brother Spencer and his wife Kym most of the time. They have a nice big house a few blocks from the Timp Temple.
Everytime we passed it, Leah would sing "I love to see the Temple" It was so sweet!
We spent Christmas with my sister Jamie. We had a great time! We got snowed in... It was perfect.

Utah Vacation

Early Christmas

We are headed to Utah for Christmas this year so we had our family Christmas a little early.
It was so fun watching the kids rip through their gifts with so much excitement. Leah got a Bicycle. And Reese got a baby doll and buggy. They got some food and dishes for their
play Kitchen. My little performer, Leah, got a microphone and has been doing "shows" all Morning. I will be down stairs and I will hear "Mom!! the shows about to start. Come take your seats!" Then she will sing and dance then take a bow and say "thank you, thank you"
Reese has been loving on her new doll and little monster (Kristi gave her) all day.


WOW!!! Leah on a big girl Bike! She had so much fun. She would go as fast as she could and then slam on the brakes. Her and Reese (with her doll buggy) were racing up and down the Street. Leah was very concerned that Santa forgot her Elbow pads. I am sure if she see's him at the mall she will let him know his mistake. The outfits the girls are wearing were a gift from Mama (kevin's mom Anita).



And their off! These girls are growing up too fast. I am cherishing every moment!