Sharing a little Sunshine!

Lila finally fits into this cute outfit her daddy picked out for her before she was even born. Scott calls it her "sour apple outift." It is a newborn size but seems to be bigger than others. Most of the newborn stuff she is finally growing out of, this one she is barely growing into. When she was in for her two month check she was only 8 pounds 7 ounces, 3% on the charts. She is definately going to be a petite little thing. All the ages are fun to watch a baby grow but we are really enjoying her right now because she is easy to get to smile and loves to coo and make noises like she is talking to you. We all think she is just adorable. In fact the other day the boys were talking about how cute she is and daddy asked them if they know what her middle name Belle means and told them it meant beautiful and Brig said yeah that is cuz she is a princess like Belle on Beauty and the beast. She is a princess for sure, and definatley she is our "sunshine"!!!

Grandpa Brad

My kids are very lucky to have two amazing grandpa's they love and adore both of them. My dad however wants to make sure that his children get payback for all the crazy things we did as kids. Plus he just loves having a good time with the grandkids. Grandpa Brad is always teaching the kids how to do stuff that mom and dad would normally not approve of, somehow, though, when grandpa is around they just don't get in trouble for it. At our latest family dinner hosted at our house, grandpa got the kids dessert. All you need is a spoon and a chair so you can reach. Now if they were not all cousins I would be even more disgusted than if they were perfect strangers but family germs just aren't as bad as other people's germs I guess. The kids thought it was great. When are they ever able to eat ice cream straight out of the container. Notice Brig with the ice cream scoop though, I have taught someone well at least.

Like always Grandpa Brad was the life of the party at our monthly family dinner. The kids all had a blast being lifted onto the plant shelves. All of the grandkids got a turn even the little one year old babies (Lila excluded of course). Can you tell who the dare devil is?

Creeped Out!!

My sister has me all creeped out about crazy people that do crazy things with pictures people post of their kids on their blogs and stuff. So, while in the past I never thought it was necessary to have an invite only blog, she has definately changed my mind. With that being said I would love to send you an invite to my blog if you are intersted just leave me a note.
Thanks!

Bob Cat

Alden earned his Bobcat award last night at his Cub Scout Pack Meeting. This was his first award and he was so excited. He was a little confused at trying to pin my "mothers pin" on me having never done such a thing before. They had the boys who recieved their "bob"cat "bob" for apples. Not an easy task when you are toothless. Poor Alden also got stuck with the tallest bowl (he is by far the shortest by at least a head). He was a good sport about it though and with a little lift to reach the bowl finally got his apple. He has great friends in our ward and school that cheered him on the whole time (for me being an over protective mother it is nice that he is never teased about his size). They also had a watermelon eating contest. Alden was not happy that it had seeds in it. Who's ever heard of a watermelon with seeds anyway?? He has very particular parents that are always saying to not be messy and he wanted to know why everything has to be a contest to be the fastest and get messy. I thought that was pretty funny. Alden did have fun with the water balloon launcher though and even caught one. Good thing Scott takes better pictures than I do. Luckily we have a good group of scout leaders and they always bring extra of whatever they are doing/eating for the other kids, so Dallin and Brig had fun as well.

Amazing Mom!

In the scriptures, the Lord talks about blessings He can bestow upon us that are "beyond our comprehension." Well, this captures a portion of what He meant! I imagined having an amazing, beatiful companion, and a loving, special mother for my children, but the Lord upheld His word because Jaime is more than I ever could have imagined or hoped for. Love you Jaime!

Smiles!

So my camera is really really slow when you push the button to actually take a picture but these were a few attempts of me getting Lila's smile on camera. Scott can get her to smile all the time. She doesn't smile as easily for me but she does make both of our day when she does smile. She is just so sweet!