My Haley

So, I know everyone likes to text or instagram cute pics....but I still like the blog.  It's like taking a few minutes to open a book and read about what everyone's up to. I like sitting down, relaxing for a few minutes, and purposely browsing through our family's posts.  Texting pics just seems so rushed, I can't enjoy it as much! So anyway, even though I realize blogging is become a way of the past when it comes to sharing pics, here's a few updates of my almost-not-the-baby-anymore baby:

While I was taking this I noticed Haley's shirt....didn't even plan it, folks. 

 Haley's excited to get her FIRST haircut!!!! She'll be 3 in a week...I think it's about time. =)

 I'm no hairstylist.  But it's fun to try.

 Her new 'do!! Her baby curls are GONE, folks!  This kid is completely potty-trained, has been sleeping in a bed for almost a year, puts up a good fight with any of her sisters, blames Abby for everything, and now has no baby curls.  The only thing "baby" left about her is her adorable baby belly that's still too huge for her little body. And I know I only have a few more months left of that, then she'll thin out and have regular kid proportions.  So sad! When did she grow up???

Abby is miffed that Haley wanted to be in the pic, too.  Love these two.  They are two peas in a pod all day long, either yelling at each other or loving each other to death.  It's like when Caitlin and Liz were little, running around all day as best buds.  I love getting a second chance to experience how sweet it is to watch precious sister bonds being made!!

That's it for now!!!

Happy late Mother's Day!

                                              Aunt Bonnie, Grandma, and Me

Fav pics from Girl's trip

Hey, Benjum want to play?  Mmm. . .

let me think about it.

Ah . . a moment in the sun!

The nursery - the boys were SO good, they are

welcome to come on our next trip.

Chillin on the deck - a lazy morning.

I love this picture of my girls and boy grands.

Dad even got a little taste of the Girl's trip.

What a great time we had!

Some late updates!

Grandma at her 90th b-day at the ward R.S. social.

Beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea with my book group in April

Don't ask cuz I'm not sure, but I think its a Viking and an Arab

and soldier and Scotsman and the Scottish games in Woodland.

SOME HAPPENINGS......

This is last month- Lizzie & Abby were both sick (vomiting and all- oh, it was SO fun), and Haley wasn't...but, of course, she has to be doing whatever her big sisters are doing. If that meant sitting on the couch with books, crackers, and soda- so be it. =)

Haley got a black eye on Wednesday.  She was outside, trying to get down from a chair, and flung herself forward and straight into a raised wooden planter bed. Ouch. 

So I'm old and I still love birds. Some things just stay the same, no matter how old you get! Anyway, Caitlin and Lizzie had big long reading lists and chores and other things to do to "earn" their birds (but secretly, they're mine =). This is an armoire/shelf thing I got at a yard sale last summer, and it's been serving as a bookself.  We took out the shelves and converted it into an aviary, and it works great! This is the first piece of furniture I completely refinished (not painted).  It was this red mahogany stain, and I really wanted that barn feel, so I stripped it all and restained it. I like how it turned out. 

 

Unbeknown to anyone, Abby was "playing" with Lizzie's bird and accidentally killed it- it was really sad! So....Rod had to put a lock on it so the kids can't just open it up whenever. 
(And we got Lizzie another bird).

I've been trying to organize and get printed into albums the 13 years' worth of pictures I have on our computer.  I'm chipping away at it.  Anyway, found these old gems that I just had to share....

When you gotta go, you gotta go!

 And this pic just cracked me up!

Queen Elsa

I made Abby this fun Elsa dress. I got the idea from a blog, then made a few changes to make it easier.  I started with a white long-sleeved T-shirt from Savers (that already had sparkly sequins on it!), then added the blue skirt, then the fancy bodice and cape.  It wasn't hard and Abby LOVES it! It's gotten filthy, been washed, and gotten filthy again...

hApPy BiRtHdaY EmiLY!!!!!

So I realized while searching for silly Emily pictures, I noticed I'm also inadvertently posting silly Kate pictures! (sorry, Kate!) 

I love Emily! I love her because she is creative, a great cook, an awesome mom, stylish, beautiful, funny, and makes everything more fun. Add a little Emily to the mix, and she always makes it better! 

Why do YOU love Emily????