Cakes

Here are a few cakes I've made, but there haven't been many because I just haven't felt well enough to. On a side note; we find out on Wednesday whether we are having a boy or girl. I will let everyone know as soon as I get a chance :)

Super Star

So I tried really hard to turn this video, but I couldn't figure out how. Sorry.
Madelyn loves to sing. She seems to sing more than she talks. She begged me to film her the other day and because she is too cute to say no to I decided to. Enjoy!

St. George!!

A few weekends ago we decided to run away to St. George. I saw that it was going to sunny and 60 degrees down there compared to 40 and rainy/snowy here. We had lots of fun riding scooters, chasing lizards, sitting in the warm sun, going hiking, playing pickle ball, going out to dinner, shopping, bowling, and more eating out. It was so nice that when Monday came no one wanted to go home. Hopefully sometime soon we will have warm weather like that here because I am getting really sick of the COLD! Oh and the bowling was my favorite mostly because I beat Nick. I was behind, but in the 10th frame I got 2 strikes and beat him 105 to 102.

Maddie's Birthday Celebrations!

Madelyn had lots of fun celebrating her 3rd birthday. She was spoiled with lots of princess presents.

*I added some Disney pictures to the Happy Birthday Aubrey post.

Christmas

Christmas didn't seem like Christmas this year. There were no goodies baking, or Christmas music playing, or decorations hung (well not until about a week before Christmas). At first I felt guilty for not doing much this year for Christmas. I felt guilty for feeling so sick and for spending so much time with my pillow. I would read other blogs and see the cute crafts being made and the yummy treats being baked and become jealous. After much sulking I finally realized what Christmas is all about. I realized that we didn't need all the "fluff" (as my husband would call it) to feel the Christmas spirit. During Christmas we spent more time together as a family and focused more on Christ. This made me realize that I need to slow down and take time to be more connected to my kids. It was the first time I felt that being this sick was a blessing.

Aubrey's Baptism

Time to play a little catch-up.
Aubrey was baptized on Saturday, December 5th, 2009 by her Dad. She was so excited and nervous at the same time. We are so proud of Aubrey for choosing to be baptized and for her constant example to her brother and sister. We had lots of family and friends who came to see her that day (we missed those who couldn't be there) and luckily her Mom was feeling well enough to be there also. I really enjoyed being able to see her right before and then right after and I then talking with her while helping her get dried off and dressed. I don't think she stopped smiling at all that whole day.

Here is Aubrey before:
Aubrey after: