Kaley's 4 year photo shoot

So, I decided in an effort to save money, I would attempt to take Kaley's 4 year pictures myself. I took her over to the path by our house this week. I "edited" some of the pictures, (meaning I cropped them), and I think they look pretty good!

Is she not the cutest girl?! I am hoping that ONE of these can work for my "wall" and one for the piano. What do you think? I did just as good as Target, right?!

Some of Bella...

None of Bella's pictures were edited! She is just this adorable! I love her big, blue eyes! Such a sweetheart!

Thomas too!

I did a little bit to this one...

This one is untouched! Isn't he adorable?!

So most of Thomas' I didn't edit or crop. He is just too cute for life! He LOVED tromping around in the snow! What a good activity for him! I'm going to have to remember this when I take winter pictures!

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The ideas is that you highlight in bold the ones you've done.

1. Started your own blog.

2.Slept under the stars.

3. Played in a band.

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower.

6.Given more than you can afford to charity.

7. Been to Disney land.

8. Climbed a mountain.

9. Held a praying mantis - ew, those gross me out! Does in a jar count?

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched an amazing lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort - not a fancy one...

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinning dipping

27. Run a marathon - When I was five! And I won for my age division!

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birth place of your ancestors - not too far back, but a couple generations

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David in person

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud - I've ruined many clothes this way!

54. Gone to a drive in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business - Piano lessons

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia - I will someday!

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching - It was a field trip when I lived in California!

63. Got flowers for no reason - I do have the best husband!

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check - When I do, it makes me cry, and Josh just laughs a me!

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - Baby Michelle, and it scares Josh!

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - My Mom would STILL kill me :)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - Felton Spencer of the Utah Jazz! I even have his autograph!

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Visited Italy

Yikes! I have alot on my bucket list! Most of these are things I want to do! I tag: Staci, Lacie, Steph E., and Amy A - Just because I want to know the fun things you've done! :)

Happy Birthday Josh!

Today is Josh's 29th birthday! Hooray! (Am I old enough to be married to a 29 year old?!) :)
Our "real" celebration of his birthday will be Friday though. We are dropping off the kids at Grandma's and having a night away! So, today is just chill. We will have Cafe Rio for dinner, and the kids drew Josh pictures.
The 29 greatest things about Josh: (not in any particular order)

1. His patience!
2. His Daddy skills
3. Those handsome blue eyes - I wish we could pass that gene onto all our kids!
4. Working hard every day to provide for our family
5. His wit
6. His wisdom :)
7. Dedication to the Church and our Savior
8. Amazing ability to figure things out! He built shelves in the garage, closets and a organizer for me in the pantry.
9. His red hair! I can only dream of having a little red-head of my own. Josh doesn't think it could happen though.
10. His addiction to all things gadgets. He is passing it on to his kids! Kaley loves his iPod as much as he does! She really knows how to work it!
11. His love for reading.
12. His love for music. I didn't think I could find anyone who appreciated a wide variety of music like I do. He still doesn't enjoy my punk music, but we are working on it!
13. How he plays ball with Thomas.
14. How he helps out in the middle of the night with the kids!
15. How he makes dinner! The other day, Josh made meatloaf, potatoes, and carrots from his Mom's recipe! I was so impressed!
16. How he knows just what I need - whether it's to cry, laugh or just be quiet.
17. His ability to serve.
18. His golf skills. We haven't been together in a while, but I hear he's pretty good! :)
19. How he jumps in scary movies! He jumps more than I do!
20. How he plays in the snow with the kids. They just LOVE sledding with him!
21. His love of all things sweet! It is fun to have a buddy to indulge in sweets with! Although, this next year, we are going to be better at not having so many! :)
22. How he puts up with me! He does so good with my many short comings!
23. I love how Josh gets a little queasy around needles! :) I just laugh when I think about how he has to leave the room when I get epidurals! :)
24. He LOVE for organizing! He cracks me up at how he organizes things!
25. His motivation - when he has it. He started a CD organizing kick, and it kills me how motivated he is to do it!
26. His love for his family. Not just our little family, but his parents and siblings. He cares so much for each one of them. They are thought about and prayed for often!
27. His not-caring about what I want to do for house decor! I love having the freedom to make our house a home without worrying that Josh will not like it. We have such similar tastes, that he trusts me!
28. How Thomas looks up to him, Kaley adores him, and Bella snuggles him! What a good Daddy!
29. How Josh proposed. I know this is cheesy, but he is a romantic! I love that he still will "woo" me! He is my Prince!

There you have it! I am married to the greatest "old man" there is! :) I love you, Babe! Happy Birthday!

Primary Meet Your Teacher Breakfast

We had a Primary Activity today! It was our Meet Your Teacher Breakfast! I think we had a pretty good turnout! I completely overshot the amount of cereal and milk needed, but at least we didn't run out! (We had an ice cream party last month, and we ran out of ice cream! So at least we didn't have a repeat of that!) We served a variety of cold cereal, bananas and orange juice! I am still learning how all this works, but I think this one went really well! Can you find my kids in these pictures? One of my secretaries took these pictures. Oh, and it was a pajama party, so everyone is in pjs!

My Girls

I love this girl's blue eyes!

Bella is starting to let go while she is standing up! She is just getting more and more sturdy! (I forgot to do a little 11 month post for her! I just realized that! Oh well, expect a BIG one year post in less than a month!)

My girl, Kaley - what a sweetie.

LOVE these matching outfits for the girls from my Mom. They look so cute on the girls! Kaley just loves to help with Bella - sometimes too much, but she does good. You can tell they love each other! Sweet girls!

Thomas' Room

We started painting Thomas' room this week! The kids even got to help!

Thomas did really get it. He didn't understand that if he touched the color, it would get on his hands. Here he is showing me the paint on his hands.

Getting a little creative! Josh told them to paint where it was white, so they kept finding white places! :)

Note the shiner above and below his left eye. He fell down the stairs this week as well! All the way down!

Thomas LOVES his "new room"

(I don't know why there are little blurry dots on these pictures. Josh and I both tried to gently clean off the lens. Any suggestions?)

So there you have it! The finished product! I still have a few things to put on the walls, but the paint is done!