Gabriella's Preschool program

Gabriella had her preschool program last week. She sang all the songs they have been learning over the year. It was so cute to watch. She is such a funny girl. She has been going around the house singing about being a scary pirate, and now I know why. The songs were all fun.

I love these girls. They are fun.

Our trip to St George and Tuacan Theater

We had so much fun in Tuacan last weekend. Our first day, we set out and had the girls in the back, thought we had it all, got to bountiful for gas and had to turn back for some things. So we ended up an hour behind schedule. But, then we got off on the road. We had Allie finally turned around facing forward, although they are recommending now leaving them rear facing until two years. We made it at least to fourteen months. But really she is so small we really could leave her rear facing. Any who.. we drove with a few stops, Aaron forgot the diaper change at one stop, so we had to make another. Your asking yourselves why it was Aaron's job to change the baby, well, he volunteered. So don't think I was just trying to pass blame:)

Well we got down to St. George with enough time to stop at the Hotel, and head out to dinner before the show. So, we went to good old Cracker Barrel, and the girls liked it. We also shopped in their shop which I loved:) Then on to the Little Mermaid.

After dropping off Allie with the Grandparents. We headed to Tuacan, and we were so excited. Well, let me tell you, it was better than I was expecting. It was so fun. The staging and effects were so good. We are for sure heading there for Aladdin next year. The girls got a few pictures with the characters that night, but we missed getting Ariel and Eric, so I secretly decided we would go back on Friday before it was over to get them, but that was another night. Anyway, we left, got back to the hotel, put the fam to bed and that was it.

Day Two was fun as well, although I have to say at this point, that Allie our little one year old, is having now a phase. It is called the 'Daddy you can not put me down or leave me with anyone else, including mom' phase. It made the trip difficult, but as long as Aaron had her or he was gone long enough for her to get interested in something else, we were ok. We went and bought the girls their Princess Gowns from Cracker Barrel, that morning, then went on to look around at a dance wear place, then headed to lunch with the Biesingers and a game for Herb. The biggest reason all the Biesingers go down at this time of year is the Senior Games, which Papa Herb plays Soft Ball in. So, we watched several of his games while down there.

Well, after we watched a game I took the girls back to the room for a nap, and Allie cried almost the whole time, which was not great, then we slept a little. After that we met up with the girls Great Grandpa Don and Great Grandma Carol at some buffet I can't remember the name of, not Chuck O'rama, but something like it. Then we went back to swim at the hotel. That was a cold but somewhat fun time. The girls loved it, but it was hard keeping them out of the hot tub. Then sleep.

Day three was good, we swam I think first, then went to lots of Papa's Games, then tried naps, then Aaron and I and the girls went to the olive garden for dinner. Which we all loved. Allie loved eating there. The macaroni, just for note, is really decent there. The girls all loved it. Then it was off to Tuacan to get the pics of Ariel and Eric. We got there while the show was still going, and so Aaron had Allie watching it from the back, while I shopped. I think the girls got to watch a little more of it as well. And I bought a necklace and earings, that I love. Then we were first in line to get pictures and then left. It was late so we went to bed. SNNOORRREE

Day Four we decided not to leave to go back home, but stay an extra night. So I went shopping with the girls, picked up a cute costume for Allie at Old Navy. Then hurried back for more of Papas games. Oh I cannot forget that at this point Aaron had an appointment for me to get a Massage! Mmmmm Hmmmmm. Yep. He loves me. Well, then we finished Herbs games. He ended up placing second with one of his teams and then we all had dinner at some Mexican restaurant I can't remember the name of and then went back, then swam some more, I actually think this was the second time that day we swam. I think we swam in the morning with the kiddos and then at night with all the Biesinger's. Then we finally went to bed.

Our trip was good. The drive home was better than the drive down. I did some shopping, got a massage, we saw a great show, had fun swimming, got time with the Biesinger clan, it was a successful trip!

Happy Halloween

I am enjoying Halloween this year. The decorations, the weather, the anticipation... I have had fun picking out costumes with my girls, and planning parties.... I will be playing the movie Worst Witch again for my girls. They love that old 80's movie. But I have to say I am not a scary Halloween person. I like the fun playful part of it, but I really don't like the scary gross stuff. Sorry all of you that enjoy that, but I don't. That may be in part of the fact that I scare easy. In fact, I even get a little anxious during cartoon shows that would be too embarrassing for me to list on this blog.

Our two apples we got off our tree this year

So, we had a hard year with fruit this year. Our peach tree didn't produce any fruit. Our Pair trees gave us very little. But, we got TWO apples from our tree. WooooooHooooo!

Freaking out about cavities

So, I have been working pretty hard to keep the girls from getting cavities, right. Well, Aaron mentions to me the other night that they have cavities, and I saw them as well. NOT COOL! I was so upset and discouraged. I don't think I would be near this upset if we had had dental insurance. We are going to be paying on this years dental work for another eight months, and now add to that. I don't think we will ever get caught up. I am just so overwhelmed.

And now, that they put us on a fluoride regimen with ACT rinse for the girls every night, we are still having issues. Well, we have been doing this now since spring, before Belles two front teeth came in. And guess what?! Her teeth came in all bumpy. Like her teeth had a bad case of acne that left pock marks. What the Heck! How did that happen. I am barely able to breath I am so upset! These are her permanent teeth. HELLO! Am I the worst mother in the whole world? I don't even know what it is I did wrong to ruin my babies permanent front teeth. I am going to get an ulcer over this one.

I love Fall

I think Fall has to be my favorite time of year. I love the weather, for the most part, I love the colors and the smells, and the decorations, and everything. There have been a few years where the fall has just slide away with out me noticing it. But this year I have been so excited to decorate and get the smells of baking in my house and I have just enjoyed the cool mornings and evenings with the warm days. I love it. The only thing that is wrong is that I wish I were spending more time outside. I feel like my days are wasted because I am not outside enjoying this.

The whole damper on my Fall, and decorating, and enjoying the outside is that there is just not enough time or energy left over for me to get my yard and house cleaned up and looking great and organized, and it is slightly disheartening. No matter how much I feel I accomplished it is still never enough for the house to be passable enough for me to have people over and feel comfortable with it. But, I can't just stop living because of this huge set back, I need to figure out a way to keep going with out getting depressed about it.

I love the Fall and that is all there is to it!!

Back online

OK, so I may actually be back online. My computer has been so bogged down, that I haven't been able to load most web sites. And the ones that will load take so much time, I get nothing done. Well, if it is working now, I need to go back and do most of the summer blogging. Well, bear with me, I hope to get it done soon.

Gabriella's 4th Birthday

Ella's Birthday was fun and successfull!

So for some reason I am unable to upload pictures to my blog. This has been a problem for a little bit, and I am starting to really get annoyed. I have all these posts of this summer that I need to do, and I am stuck unable to post all my pics. I am so done with this computer, it is so messed up, thanks superior computers:(

Getting all her teeth at the same time

Here she is, happy, but I tell you what. How painful would it be to have all your front 8 teeth coming in at about the same time. The poor thing has at least the first seven of them and she is only 13 months old. She is so fun, though, and tiny. She is only about the 17th percentile of height for her age, and because she has so much hair and so many teeth, she looks like a doll because she is so little. I love to snuggle her. She is so light and small. What a precious addition to our family.

This is the picture of before the teeth all grew in. I think she does have two on the bottom in this though.

Ahhhhhhhh, so behind, so behind. I am working on it I promise!

Thank Heaven for little Girls

Today I was in the car with my kids, feeding Allie, before we could go in to Target. And as I was feeding her, Gabriella starts massaging my neck, and Isabelle started to serenade me with a cute little song. I was actually getting so relaxed I wanted to sleep.
Now I won't say either of them are pro. Ella has small soft hands and the word massage is a stretch, but it felt good anyway. And Belle can sing cute, but I won't put her on America's got Talent or anything anytime soon. Again though, it was so nice and relaxing to hear. I felt so pampered today. My kids are the best. I love, love, love them and have a lot of fun being a mom. Not that it is all roses and sunshine, but it has some special moments.

Then when the girls were helping me push the stroller through target, Allie sat in the stroller eating her snacks, bumping on the tray with her hand (that means she is happy with something) and looking like a little queen bee. It was adorable, everyone smiled and said how cute she was, I just thought, 'How lucky am I'

Alexandria is officially crawling and standing

Well our tiny baby is crawling now. Not just the worm crawl where she would move her legs then flop on her belly to move forward. Nope.. its the real deal. And in the same day or even sooner than the crawl, she is pulling herself to standing. I can't believe how fast they grow and develop at this age. It is like she is doing something new every day. I love how sweet and tiny she is. I love her raspy cry, and her coo's. She is beautiful and fun and happy, and even though she can be a diva, I love having her. Every day I am thankful for so many blessings.

Soooooo Tiny

It is so crazy to me to see how tiny Alexandria is.

Alexandria's loves

It is so sweet to have a little one's love. Allie just took Aaron by the face and pulled him to her and loved on him. Then did it a gain and rubed noses. That is when your heart wants to burst with love and the sweetness of the moment is almost overwhelming. I am so blessed.

I love to hold Allie and sing to her. She loves the upbeat cute little songs. They make her giggle. I feel like I am holding and loving on a real cabbage patch doll. She is so small and beautiful.

I have enjoyed my little girls so much. Each one. My precious babies. Life is Beautiful.

Funniest grin

I love this little one's smile.

And her cheesy grin is so adorable.

Play dough

Growing up isn't easy

We have been having a rough time right now especially with Ella, and behavior problems. Ella has slept through the night since she was about 2 months old, but since having Allie, she wakes up at least once a night. She loves to push her limits and it is driving me insane! I need advice. How do you deal with kids and their bad behavior issues?

Sick in January

I hate getting sicknesses. Every winter I think Oh boy here we go again. I hate hate hate hate...all the sicknesses that go around. I think it might be in my best interest to look into moving somewhere that had less sicknesses passing around.

Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Aaron and I went to see the Movie Voyage of the dawn treader. It was a really good flick. I liked the books, but it was really cool to see the movie. Plus it was fun to go on a date with my very handsome, very amazing husband.

Back to the Usual

Back to school and lessons and life as usual. I somehow hate to go back to all the busy, everyday stuff. I liked having Aaron home a lot. I enjoy his company. Novel I know, enjoying ones husband. No, but I really am glad Aaron has a job that doesn't require him to travel.

Christmas time with the Campbells

Kristin and Kents family came into town two days after Christmas, and we had a full week of activity.

New Years

We had a new years party with the Campbell Clan and it was crazy. We played Craig's Wii, and had a blast. The kids blew on their new years horns and played all over the place. We drank Non-alcoholic drinks. Aaron fixed us Korean Ribs that were amazing. What a fun night!

Colds and Snotty noses for Christmas

We all got little colds for Christmas. Mine was the worst, but I get sinus infections from colds. But I have to say, one of my pet peeves is the snotty, runny nose thing. I can't stand it when people just let there kids drip snot everywhere, and don't care. My husbands niece even stood over me licking the snot off her nose. (shiver) Just the thought gives me the willies.
Don't get me wrong, I love these kids, but I can't even handle my own kids having snot hanging everywhere, there is no way I am handling that from anyone else's.

Christmas Day

Christmas morning was so fun. I woke up to feed Alexandria at about 6 am. So I was kind of waiting for everyone to wake up. I was watching the tree thinking how beautiful the lights are. They make Christmas so magical. When I was little we would wake up at 3 am. Craig would wake me up then we would wake up my parents. So the Christmas tree lights and opening presents for me was always more magical when it was still dark outside. So....I woke up Aaron and the girls at 6:30. Aaron could tell his own version of those events. But, I will say when I sat and looked at him sleeping and called his name, he was freaked out enough he woke up with a "Good Night!" I think that was the exclamation he used. I couldn't stop laughing at that.

After we opened our gifts we went over to Grandma and Papa's house and had the Biesinger Christmas. The girls enjoyed themselves and it was a nice day.

Can you see that look that Allie has. That is the Gimme Gimme look. I think she liked her wrapping paper more than her actual gifts.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at the Little America hotel with Grandma Bunny.

They had a magician/comedian there to entertain.

I love doing the girls hair. My princesses, looked adorable.