Batter Up!!!

Jillian and Maddie are playing softball. Caden's playing baseball. Eden's not wanting to be left out. Anytime she sees a helmet lying around she puts it on and it's always backwards. She loves to grab bats and carry them around. I swear I'm gonna end up with a broken window one of these days, but she just loves feeling like a big kid! Love this girl!

I love my crazy, adorable kids!

My kids are so much fun! I've always loved them and thought they were amazing, but lately I'm watching them interact, talking with them, and realizing they really are hilarious! They joke around, play silly games and really are each other's best friends. I'm so lucky to be around these amazing kids every day!

We love Santa, well some of us do at least

Every year we take pictures of the kids with Santa. Usually this is at the ward Christmas party because we never have time or energy to go to the mall. Here are our sweet children with everyone's favorite friend.

Caden liked him and told him all the things he wanted.

Jillian has always loved Santa. She'd sit on his lap forever if he let her.

"Maddie, where are you?" She said she'd go if Bryan went with her. They started walking together and then he turned around and she was hiding behind me in the back.

Eden couldn't get away from him fast enough.

Family Pictures

We tried really hard to take some cute family pictures for Christmas cards. After an exhausting time and a lot of silly faces these were the best we came up with.

Eden refused to let me leave her side. I tried to get one of just the kids, but she was having none of that.

Bryan tried to get her to let me go, but she wasn't too happy with that either.

We went inside where it was warmer and this is what the crazies did when I said, "Smile!"

My beautiful girls.

Caden wanted to try out his photography skills by taking one of us.

Go GIANTS!!!

We are huge Giants fans and were so blessed to receive free tickets for our family to go to a game! We had so much fun being there as a family. The kids played baseball on the kiddie field, went down the big slides and loved sitting in their seats. Caden was SO excited to get his orange panda hat and the Giants won to make it such an awesome night! Wahoo!

Happy Lala Party Eden!

Eden's 2nd birthday was such a blast! My girls love Lalaloopsy dolls so having a "Lala" party was just what Eden wanted. We had different stations for the kids to make Lalaloopsy pencil toppers, color Lalaloopsy pages, make Lalaloopsy bottlecap necklaces, play Lalaloopsy Memory game, decorate pots & plant flower seeds and to decorate sugar cookies. It was so fun!







Making pencil toppers


Decorating sugar cookies


Eden did so good by herself!


Katharine & Jillian eating their cookies


Grandma proud of her decorated cookie


Playing a Lalaloopsy Memory game I made


Decorating flower pots and then planting flower seeds


Eden taking a break to swing!


Playing with the Lalaloopsy dolls


Unwrapping her GIANT Lalaloopsy! She loves her!


Nicole's beautiful coloring page!


Caden & Aunt Jeanine were great helpers with all the stations!

Words can not describe this girl...

Jillian Marie is my oldest daughter. She is the sweetest, funniest, most caring and compassionate girl. She is so loving, is sensitive to everyone's feelings and is always helping/mothering her siblings. She is also such a beautiful girl. When I came across these while downloading pictures I was just blown away with how grown up she is! I miss my little baby girl, but am so lucky she's still my sweetheart. I love you Jillian!