Color Me Mine

My childhood friend Jenny was in town from Arizona with her family and we were able to get together twice, which is always fun! We went to lunch without the kids and then took another day and went to Color Me Mine with the kids. My girls had so much fun working on their little projects and it was fun to see how much her kids have grown up! Wow are we getting old! HAHA! Can't wait til she's in town again!

 The group, taking their work very seriously

 The girls wanted piggy banks, Carlie picked out the piggy and Sadie wanted the elephant. Now to earn money to go in it!

 Cheese!

 Make sure to get his snout!

Sadie's favorite part....blow drying the paint. I think she took her elephant over to the blow dryer 100 times!!!

Back to Work!

I returned to work on Friday July 6th and was a little nervous for Mike. He was going to handle all three girls on his own. Well, I should have known that he would be fine...he always is. I came home to Aubrie fast asleep and the house hadn't burned down. HAHA! Aubrie is now sleeping through the night most nights. Usually from 10:00 to 6:00, can't complain about that!

4th of July 2012

This 4th of July we decided to forget the parade and go to breakfast instead. I can't say I was all that sad about it either. I love watching the girls have fun at the parade, but I hate the stress of finding a spot, getting up early and fighting traffic to get there. This was much more pleasant. So we met up with Grandma, Whitney and Rachelle and her family at Mimi's for breakfast, relaxed the rest of the day and then headed to our usual spot at BYU Bell Tower to watch the fireworks. It was a fun day with family and the girls had a blast!

 So cute in red white and blue!

 Carlie, Michael and Whitney

 Carlie sitting on cousin Chelsey's lap

 Sadie and dad

 Cafe Rio picnic at the Bell Tower

 Relaxing in the heat!

 Playing while waiting for the fireworks

 We had some neighbors join us this year...the girls loved it!

The newlyweds! 

Wow!

Wow! These are pictures of Aubrie and Carlie at approximately the same age in the same outfit. I knew Carlie was chubby....but I didn't realize how chubby until Aubrie came along. Too funny!

 Aubrie (not the best picture but you get the idea)

Carlie! Can you tell she was well fed?

Sadie's Preschool Graduation

Sadie graduated from preschool on May 24th, the day before Aubrie was born. She attended Oak View Preschool which is taught by my cousin Marilyn. She enjoyed every minute of school and is so excited to go again in the fall. This is her FIRST preschool graduation, she will have another next year. Yay for November birthdays. HAHA!

 Sadie and Teacher Marilyn

Her whole class. Her best friend Blake from school is the little girl on the end, her name is Blake. Her favorite boy in the class....the boy in the red striped shirt...his name is James. Boy crazy already!

Catch up time....again!

So with being pregnant and all, my blog was the LAST thing on my mind so here is some catching up over the last few months.

 Christmas Eve on our way to Grandma B.'s party

 Cookies and milk for Santa...Carlie was tired I'm guessing??

 Santa brought the girls a kitchen with all the works! So much fun!

 The one day it snowed enough for a snowman. The perfect little snowman with the help of dad.

 Christmas dresses from Grandma and Grandpa King

 Making Valentine boxes

 So proud of her work

 Hunting Easter eggs with help from Grandma

 Ready for the hunt

 The Easter bunny came!

 So pretty in the morning. HAHA!

Easter dresses

Aubrie Jane King has arrived!

Aubrie Jane King arrived May 25th at 8:15 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 20 inches long. She is the smallest baby we've had and continues to be petite. She was instructed to come after her cousin Russell's wedding and she obeyed...she came the day after! She has been so much fun and the girls love her...almost too much. Sadie can be very helpful when I need her to be and Carlie pretty much stays away but is always saying to me..."Mommy...she is so cute!" Mom and dad are still adjusting to 3 girls under the age of 5...phew...exhausting!

So petite!

Big sister Sadie

Big sister Carlie giving her a kiss

All the girls!

First day home

Russell and Natalie's Wedding Reception

This was my nephew Russell's wedding reception. He and Natalie were married on May 24th and they had dancing at the reception that brought out some interesting moves from all family members...especially Sadie, Carlie and well...Uncle John!!! We had a blast and I think all the excitement put me into labor because the next day Aubrie arrived! Congratulations Russell and Natalie!

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!!