An old flame...

Yes, I have recently been reunited with an old love. Digital Scrapbooking. And I think I am more in love than ever before!

The Cheese Mystery...

Open refrigerator...
Open cheese container...
Hiding child holding something orange...
Brinlee trying to smile her way out of trouble...
Brinlee saying "cheese"...literally!

Valentines 2009

Valentine's Day this year was the best yet. Nate made heart shaped waffles for breakfast, and had fresh strawberries to go with it. A beautiful rose was also awaiting me in the morning. I gave a massage to a neighbor, and then when I got home we hung out as a family. The kids got a care package from Michigan, with cards, festive socks, and some heart hair pretties :). We also dipped strawberries and bananas in chocolate that night. YUM! Nate gave me my gift...a brand new camera! I love it, but not near as much as I love him! Thank you Nathan for being the best father, the best husband, and the best friend that I could ask for.

The Evolution of Brinlee's Hair

Brinlee is such a wonderful spirit. So full of life (very full!), and taking every opportunity to grow. Too bad that her hair has not taken the same approach. Recently, I have taken steps to fix this, and I wanted to share them with you. The pictures come in chronological order.

In this first picture, you are able to see what I wanted to fix. It was a little unruly.
Then we did the bangs. It was very cute, but one day I noticed that Brinlee was looking a little "mullet-ish", so we followed with what we have today...
The bob! The picture is blurry, but it was the only one with her looking at the picture. I also added one of just the girls, in our new polka dot dresses. These are there new spring dresses that I had to let them wear because they didn't understand why it wasn't spring. And I got a new dress because I taught a lesson and gave a talk back to back weeks, and I needed a little encouragement! I also had a cute set of earrings and a necklace, but Sam took care of that for me only moments after it's debut. Nice.

We're alive...

I just read a friend's blog, and she apologized for being gone...since the middle of January! So, I guess I should say sorry too. The only problem is, I don't think that there are many out there waiting for me to blog :), so maybe an apology from me is a bit egotistical.

Life has picked up a bit here. After my last post (yes, November), we went to Michigan for a family trip. So much fun. I love my family. Then the holidays hit us, and left just barely after we had decorated for them. Recently we were put back to work in our new ward, callings for both of us :). I love it, but it really does make time fly!

Nothing new and exciting, but I felt that I should make contact with the outside world again. Hope all is well with all of you!

Thoughts?

Let's just say, it was time.

New Pictures

I snuck away from my children to create the new header for the blog. Hopefully no disaster occurs.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Angie for taking my kids pictures! Once again she has confirmed that they are absolutely beautiful! Oh, and I guess this is sort of a spoiler for all of those who will be getting a Christmas card this year. I am sure it will be a picture from this bunch.

Now back to motherhood...