Santa visit for Christmas 2011

We went and visited Santa on Friday where the girls got to talk with Santa, get their picture taken with him, and share their wish list which we know for sure included a Rapunzel for Carlie and a Snow White doll for Sadie. Sound's like they wanted to keep it simple this year.....to bad "Santa" couldn't.

Easter Dresses!

I remember the days when I could just place my children where I wanted them, tell them to smile and ta-dah....cute pictures. That isn't the case anymore, they like to move...imagine that? Anyway, here are what pictures we got of their Easter dresses. None of them turned out very good between them moving, dancing and the shadows of the morning so...it is what it is! At least we took pictures right?

Cheese!
Cute picture, dang shadows!!

Easter 2011

We had a really nice Easter this year. It was really low key and rather relaxing...well...it was for me, I had minor surgery on my leg the Friday before and was pretty lazy all weekend. A big thanks to Mike for holding down the household while I recovered. On Saturday we had our traditional "picnic" and egg hunt. The weather ruined our picnic so we ended up inside at Tami's house, but still had a lot of fun eating good food and enjoying each other's company. The girls were in heaven! After the egg hunt, they had fun going through their eggs and seeing what treasures were in store for them.
On Sunday, it was Stake Conference so we stayed home since I was still on light duty. I cooked a ham and had my mom over for dinner. We enjoyed good food again followed by a lovely tea party with the girls. It was a lot of fun, despite the girls being sick, I think they had a pretty good day!

The Easter Bunny made it!
Our lovely tea party! (Don't mind me....I cringe that I put this on here but it was too cute seeing the girls having a tea party with grandma so I made the sacrifice)

I think she found one! (Carlie and Chelsey)

Got it!

What did I get!

Poo Poo Fairy!

You've heard of the Tooth Fairy....but have you ever heard of the Poo Poo Fairy? Probably not. I think HE only made an appearance at our house. You see, potty training was no small task at our house. I literally started last June and we JUST accomplished it last month after trying and trying and trying! Sadie got the pee thing down rather quickly but after trying every tactic in the book we couldn't get her to poop on the potty so Mike decided to invent the Poo Poo fairy. If Sadie could consistently go poo poo on the potty the Poo Poo Fairy would bring her the coveted Princess Bike! Well it worked! So after writing the Poo Poo Fairy a letter and leaving him his favorite treat (Pepsi and cookies) he came! What a grand event this was....no one is more happy about this accomplishment than mom - this was hands down, the hardest thing she has ever done.

All decked out! Now on to even more tasks...learning how to pedal and brake. The fun never ends!
The Poo Poo Fairy thought Carlie might feel left out so she got a bike of her own. Sadie didn't really like this idea! Carlie seems to benefit from all of her accomplishments. The joys of being the youngest I guess.

Coloring!

My girls LOVE to color! I think they get it from me because I loved to color when I was little. Nothing was better than getting a new coloring book and a new box of crayons. Sadie is becoming quite good at it too - and it's fun to see how her pictures progress as she gets older. Carlie just loves mimicking her sister so as long as she's coloring...Carlie will be too.

If you look closely you can see a rainbow and REALLY big flowers under it.

Taking it very seriously!

Cookies with Mom

One Sunday we found ourselves spending the afternoon making cookies. The girls got to wear the cute aprons our babysitter Courtney made for them! Although mommy prefers making cookies alone, they were a lot of "help" and we had a lot of fun....especially enjoying them after!

Oh the anticipation!!

Girls Day Out!!!

My niece Whitney wanted all the girls to go to "Good Things Utah" for her birthday and then out to lunch. We had such a good time together, and it was free - so if you're looking for something fun and different this is definitely a good time.
During the show that day they were promoting a new movie called "Midway to Heaven" which is a LDS type film which has Kirby Heyboure, Curt Doussett, and Michelle Money in it. For those of you that are watching this season's "The Bachelor" you'll know Michelle as the not so nice girl from SLC. HAHA! I was a little shocked when she walked in!
I think Marti Skold and Nicea (not sure if I spelled her name right) were by far the nicest of the bunch. Marti was very down to earth and talkative, they made being there really fun for all of us.

All of us with the "Good Things Utah" Girls....Nicea, Angie, Marti and Reagan
Curt Doussett

Whitney, Chelsey, and Jessica with Michelle Money and Kirby Heybourne

Misc. Catch Up

I just downloaded over 200 pictures from my camera so I quickly chose a few favorites and I'm now playing catch up. So this is just a mix of cute pictures I liked.

Carlie's new dress. She wasn't very happy that day....9:00 church was killing her. But she still looked cute despite the sad face.
Princess Sleeping Beauty....she makes regular appearances at our house. Today she was about to go to the store to get some "ingredients"

Princess Carlie. Another sad face....but still cute. I guess we shouldn't interrupt her reading.

She loves her snow hat!

What sister does....Carlie does!

Sadie reading to Carlie

We have popcorn and movie night at least once a week. These girls LOVE their popcorn. Like mother like daughters.

So cute!

My dad got my girls GIANT teddy bears for Christmas this year. They have quickly become bean bags to watch television on. They have so much fun with them.

Sadie even tries to sleep with hers sometimes.

Christmas Eve 2010

I love Christmas Eve. I think it is all the excitement and anticipation that is in the air with all the kids around.....its so contagious. This year we celebrated Christmas Eve at my mom's house like always. She has a way of making Christmas magical and it is always a favorite memory of mine. We had delicious food, we watched a movie called "Small One" and then opened presents. We all had a great time and are so thankful to my mom for putting in all that work to make our Christmas extra special!

We open presents youngest to oldest so Carlie was first! Somehow my girls lost their shirts by this time....I'm not sure how that happened.
She got a new Sunday dress from Grandma!

Sadie's turn

This was BY FAR the biggest hit of Christmas. She had been eyeing this vanity since the JCPenney toy catalog came to our house in October! She carried that thing everywhere and just stared at this vanity non-stop. I think she thought Santa was bringing it to her so she was a bit surprised that Grandma knew she wanted it. To say she LOVED it is an understatement.

Christmas Jammie's from mom and dad...ready to put out the cookies for Santa!

Christmas 2010

Christmas Day was so nice this year. It was fun having the excitement of the girls in the house, and it was fun seeing Sadie more aware of the festivities and Carlie just following along. Santa did make it this year and I think he dropped every princess thing he owns at our house...it was a princess explosion at our house, but we had a ton of fun. It was also the most relaxing Christmas Day I've had in a long time.....I loved it!

Santa made it!

New Doll

Another new doll....

Making "music"

All the goods!

Playing nicely...I had to get a picture because it might not happen again.

She's watched her mom one too many times