Sophie's been tagged!

Sophie was tagged by her friend Jackson. So here is some info on our Sophie Alexis:

chocolate face!!

* She loves to draw things. She is often looking at objects and drawing them in one of her many notebooks.
* She is very good at making up songs. I love to listen to her do sing, but if she knows I'm listening she will stop!
* She gets embarrassed in front of people easily.
* She is very strong-willed. If she wants to do something then she will do EVERYTHING in her power to do it.
* She has always seemed older. I remember a specific moment when she was 10 months old looking into her eyes and thinking that my baby was grown up!
* She is usually very honest.
* She is a natural caretaker. She loves feeling responsible for Nora and Miles.
* She is very affectionate. Even when she is grouchy or I've just gotten after her and sent her to her room she always wants to be held and snuggled.
* She loves all kinds of bugs, worms, caterpillars, etc... and will pick them up and play with them and want to keep them.
* She always worries about the people she knows well.
* She loves to plan things (parties, bbq's, holidays, etc.)
* She has an incredible memory. She will start talking about something that happened so long ago that I didn't even remember it until she brought it up!
* Her new favorite show is 30 minute meals with Rachael Ray. We now enjoy watching it together! Although she has a hard time understanding why Rachael is talking to us. She always asks, "Does she know we're watching?" or "How does she know we're here?" It is so funny!
* She has a love/hate relationship with her curly hair!

Sophie wants to tag: Tucker, Indie, Corey, Nora, Ellie A., Charli, Tayson and Jannika

Almost TWO months!

Our little Miles is growing so fast. He is such a good baby! He loves his sisters, eating, sleeping and smiling! He weighs about 11 pounds now. I think he looks adorable in this little plaid shirt! I had fun playing with the settings on my camera today and took about a million pictures of him - he's so dang cute it was hard not to post them all!

Of course this one turned out blurry because it was his best smile -

Such cute little feet!

He has this weird line in the middle of his big toe!

I think this one's my favorite!

I LOVE having a child that will sit still while I take pictures of them!! Tomorrow's project is to get some good ones of Sophie and Nora - wish me luck because I'll need it!

The latest....

We've been pretty busy around here lately. Brian's got finals coming up and it seems like every time I sit down at the computer one of the kids needs me.... so here's an update on what we've been doing....

Miles chilling with daddy while he studies
Now Brian does a lot to help out around the house, but one thing he does NOT do is cook! Imagine my surprise when I woke up to the smell of omelette's on Conference Sunday - they were SO yummy!
A close-up of the masterpiece!
After seeing our nephew Truman's swing we had to get one for ourselves!
Nora needed a little help at first - but caught on pretty quick on how to balance herself

Daddy giving Sophie a push

Sophie LOVES our new swing and wants to be out on it most of the day!

Mama and the kids!

We have been having warm/rainy weather here which makes for lots of laundry because the kids still want to be outside a lot- but every time they go out they get muddy and every time they come in they change into clean clothes..... and then want back out again! I usually enjoy rainy days but I am now ready for DRY weather so I can give my washing machine a break!
We are all very excited to go to Utah for a visit in a few months, we are planning on taking the train the whole way! Sophie has all kinds of plans for our trip out - I think someday she'll be an event planner because she loves planning parties, trips, holidays, etc.... It's pretty cute. Nora's newest phrase is "Well, it is ____ to me!" For example the other day she wanted her purple jacket on and she kept saying it was her pink jacket. When I corrected her she said, "Well, it is pink to me!" Or she was dipping her popcorn in milk before eating it and I said that was yucky and she said, "Well, it is yummy to me!" She uses this phrase all the time and it always leaves me with nothing to say! Silly girl.

Congratulations JoAnna and Chad!!

Brian's youngest sister is getting married on June 26th! We have yet to meet the lucky man but if JoAnna approves I'm sure we will as well. Congratulations JoAnna and Chad - we can't wait for the big day! 

Happy Birthday!

Today is my sweet mother-in-law's birthday! She is such an amazing, wonderful person. She has always been such an example to me and has so many qualities I hope to possess someday. She is an awesome grandma and is so patient and always has so many fun ideas for the kids. My girls adore her and especially love when she does ballet with them! We love and miss her so much and wish we could be with her today. Happy Birthday!!

Sophie and grandma
Reading books together
Performing a dance grandma taught them when they came out for a visit!
Brian and his mama - I think they look so much alike!!
Grandma with Miles
The night before we moved - all the girls (minus Emily Ann) :(
Grandma and Nora

April Fools!!

I love April Fools Day. We never really do much for it, so this year I decided to make an April Fools Dinner! I found a recipe for these yummy "cupcakes" and thought they were perfect! They didn't turn out exactly like the picture (do things ever?) but they were good enough to fool the kids (and Brian for a few seconds!) At first the girls were thrilled that we were having cupcakes for dinner and could hardly believe their good luck. One taste of the "frosting" and they were concerned I had done something wrong and messed them up. Once they discovered the cupcakes were actually meatloaf and potatoes they were less than thrilled! I got a good laugh out of it and Brian and I thought they were quite tasty, but the girls had a hard time getting over the fact that they'd been duped into believing we would really have cupcakes for dinner! Ha ha! I'm already thinking of what to make next year!!






I have to add that I even tricked Brian a couple of times yesterday; first by telling him our car was acting up and the engine light had come on again (not very funny after just spending close to 5 grand on a new engine!) He jumped right up to go and check before I burst out laughing. And that night I called him into the laundry room and told him I thought we had a mouse in the house because there was mouse poop all over (it was actually chocolate sprinkles Nora had gotten in to earlier!) He was about to break out the disinfectant and broom before I started laughing again. It was a pretty successful April Fools Day (on my part!) but I definitely need to learn to not start laughing so soon and let the jokes last just a bit longer!! :)

Little Artist

Sophie LOVES to draw. Yesterday she said to me, "Mom - do you wish you were a great artist like me, grandpa corey and uncle bug?"(my dad and brother - both amazing artists) And yes, I do wish I was! The other day she made a book for Brian of all the characters from Winnie the Pooh - so I thought I'd post them. She asked me how to spell all the names and wrote them down on each picture. And she added Brian in there as well because it was a book for him.
I think they are pretty cute!! I have to add that she drew all of these without looking at any pictures of them - I am her mama so I do have bragging rights! :)