My Babies!

Where have my babies gone? At least I am left with these 3 adorable little beings. They constantly amaze me!

Moments of the week:

"Mom, I have the wake ups," said Rachel as she hiccuped.

"I think if you can do something only once and another thing anytime, you should choose the thing you can only do once," said Jacob as he chose to go to a baptism over a movie.

"I made you breakfast in bed so you'd have a really good day today," said Jacob as he brought me waffles and Diet Coke in bed.

"I love you Mommy. I hope thut (her spelling) you feel betr" read my card from sweet Anna outside my door this morning.

I must admit I'm kinda feeling like the primary lessons and our family home evening lessons about service may have sunk in. Thank goodness for these kids!

And then there's this handsome fellow that I simply adore:

And love all around as we finished our Thanksgiving Dinner.

I love my little family!

JOY

I hate to skip around in my blogging-I want it all to be chronological. Yet, I am so far behind and don't want to forget how I feel. I also think I try not to be cheesy, but well, this post is dripping with cheese, you have been warned.

The title of this post is "JOY" for a reason. Well, several reasons:
1. Joy that my son chose to be baptized.
2. Joy from having family there to share it with me.
3. Joy that it went so smoothly and the tears weren't nearly as bad as anticipated.
4. Joy that my son chose to be baptized when it wasn't easy for him to make that choice and watching him learn how to make hard choices and teaching him how to really pray.
5. Joy that my husband has the priesthood to perform the ordinances of the gospel.
6. Joy that I have the gospel in my life.
7. Joy that through the gospel and the ordinances therein I can have an eternal family.
8. Joy that I know my Savior and that my son does too.
9. Joy that Jacob is my son.
10. Joy in watching my son become closer to being a man.

This day, May 1, 2010 was a day full of JOY. No other word can describe it.

So I'll leave it at that.

Anna turned 5! (awhile ago, oops)

My sweet Anna Kathleen turned 5 (on March 22nd) and we partied like crazy!

Her festivities lasted several days! We started with her party the Saturday before her birthday, moved on to our small family party on Sunday, and then class treats on her actual day. What a special girl to celebrate. She has made us smile since the day she was born.

A few fun facts about this girl.

Her favorites are: song-Big Girls Don't Cry (Kidzbop version), color-blue (formally pink), food-cupcakes, ice-cream-Mint Oreo, shoes-pink plaid tennis shoes from grandpa, activity-color things.

My favorite thing about her is her spunky, loving, hilarious personality. Man, I love this girl. Here are lots of pictures of this big girl!
Awaiting the arrival of her guests

The decorations are up and we are ready to party!

All the kids were so excited.

Thanks Nana for the matching Hello Kitty dresses for the girls.

The craft: make bracelets.
The problem: tying knots on those
The solution: Thanks Bart for always having krazy glue around!
The finished products!

We played some games and then had a treasure hunt.

Here they are with their treasures!

Anna's cake!

This was my most favorite to make for her. I didn't have a pan, just free hand.

It was so fun and I love how it turned out. We thought she needed a smile so we added one!

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

Moving on to our family party on Sunday:

Her gift from Jake and Rach (play doh ice cream shop)

They couldn't even wait to change from church clothes, but they at least look nice for once!

THE BIG SURPRISE:

A NEW BIKE FROM MOM AND DAD!

And lastly, the cupcake for school with pink frosting (it was her favorite color at the time)

Happy Birthday, Anna!

We hope it was a good one!

Rachel turns 2!

HOW on earth did this happen to me?

My baby just turned 2!

I can't believe it. We are so lucky to have Rachel in our family. She definitely is turning out to be a spitfire. She keeps us cracking up all the time. We love her so much. Rachel is currently obssessed with TinkerBell, so below you shall see the cake, wrapping paper, and jammies to make sure she is a happy girl. And on a very proud side note, the night before her birthday she decided she wanted to use the potty! This kid is potty training herself! We pretty much have days down, working on the nights. Way to go, Rachel.

Man, we are so blessed by Rachel!

The Tinker Bell cake (about 2 hrs to frost)

Rachel, Aunt Sissy, and Anna admire her crown

Rachel opening her presents. She REALLY got into this time. She knows what to do now.
Who wants cake?
ME!

Can I eat this now?

Our family

Blowing out the candles

Yes, this is so good! I FINALLY can eat it!

It's a lot of work being this cute, I'm ready for bed and still so stylish!

Thanks everyone for my fun family party!

(okay folks, I updated, so get off my back for a little bit! Hope to be more regular again!)