Happy Birthday Hadley!

Hadley's birthday finally came! It is so hard for her to have to wait until the end of the month. Lexi asked her if it was her birthday and she said "yes, it's my favorite day ever!" Hadley is such a sweetheart. I cannot believe how mature she is getting. I am having a hard time believing that my baby is 5 years old! She literally thinks she is so big. She loves helping out around the house, her favorite thing is doing the dishes. She loves teaching her sister new things and can't wait to help me with the new baby. She told me once that 3 kids will be a lot of work so she better just be in charge of the baby and I should be in charge of Lexi. She loves having responsibility. I love having conversations with her about her life, she is so observant and learns so much every day. She cannot wait for Kindergarten which starts next week. I cannot believe it is coming so soon. I am really having a hard time with letting her go out into the big world, this is a huge step. I know she is ready, but I definitely am not. We are so blessed to have this beautiful girl in our home. We love her very much and would be lost without her. She has a very strong personality and can be very stubborn at times but we wouldn't have it any other way. She is just as sweet and loving as she is stubborn! We have learned so much from her. I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast. I depend on her for a lot of things and she is a great helper. She takes on the oldest child role very well. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have it any other way! Here are some pictures of her big birthday bash! She was so excited about her party, afterwards we went out to dinner with the Barfuss family and they sang to her and she got some ice cream. She thought that was pretty cool. She was really excited that her birthday kept going after the party and that Maddy went with us, they are best friends! Oh yeah, she has finally decided to start changing her earings. On the way home from dinner she said "mom and dad, how about you start teaching me to change my earings by myself cause I'm 5 now and I think I'm ready." It is all down hill from here, she's going to think she's ready for a lot more things than I want her to be!

My beautiful 5 year old...she is so big!

All the girls eating cupcakes!

More presents!

Another pinata!

Hadley had to have pin the tail on the donkey this year. It was a huge hit!

I did get pictures of all the girls playing but I thought I would stick with just my girls

for the sake of not having to upload so many pictures!

My cute girls! Happy Birthday Hadley, we love you!

Other Random Things We've Been Doing

We went to the Days Of 47 Youth Parade to see Kayla and Kresta






We went to see fireworks on the 24th. The girls were excited, we are never home on the
holidays to go see fireworks.


My mom and my cute little sisters

Ty and the girls

My girls love to finger paint!

Finishing Up Swimming Lessons

We finished up our swimming lessons last week. I am so proud of both my girls. They have come so far. Lexi was always very afraid of getting her eyes wet, which meant she hated jumping in the pool and off the diving board. I guess her dad had a couple of talks with her that I didn't know about and on her last day she jumped right in the pool with a big smile on her face and even jumped off the diving board by herself twice, smiling the whole time. She was so excited about it, I think she was even more excited that her daddy was there to watch. We were definitely proud parents, it was a great day. I cannot believe how proud of her I was, she is getting so big and brave. It's kind of bitter sweet. Now she thinks she is big time and all she wants to do is jump in the pool by herself and get her eyes wet. It is actually kind of funny because sometimes it literally takes her 10 minutes to jump in. She stands there saying "I'm going to do it by myself.....I'm going to get my eyes wet.....here I go.....123 go" and she gets so excited she tenses up and shakes. It is so funny, but after a while you seriously just want her to jump in already!
Then there's my Haddy. She has always loved the water. She was so excited to take swimming lessons. She was very receptive to everything that was taught. She loved jumping off the diving board from day 1, she always tried to be the first in line. Now she thinks she is really cool because she does not have to have floaties on in Grandma and Grandpa's pool. She can touch the bottom on her toes but we always made her wear them until now. She loves diving for things and is now even doing flips under the water. I am so proud of her. I love seeing the confidence she has. It is so fun to watch these girls grow and discover new things. I forgot my camera the last day of their lessons and I was real bummed about it so I don't have any pictures of the proud moments. I wasn't smart enough to realize that I could have taken pictures on my phone either. But here are a few more I took before they ended.


Lexi waiting patiently for her lessons to start

The girls jumping off the diving board. They always had to put Lexi

in.....until the last day!

The Combined Birthday Party

Every year the girls have a combined family birthday party. Lexi loved it because her birthday wasn't really over yet and Hadley loves it because she gets to have a party (and presents) before her actual birthday. The whole month of July is about birthdays in our house! Here are some pictures from the big event.

My cute girls with their birthday cakes!

Opening presents!

Taylor and Hadley doing their nails

Swimming fun

Lexi showing off her pink bracelets

she got at the party!

Happy Birthday Lexi!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Lexi! I cannot believe she is 3 years old. I remember the day I had her like it was yesterday. She has been such a wonderful blessing in our lives. She is honestly our little angel. This little girl can be such a spit fire with her little attitude sometimes, but she really is sweet. She is our peacemaker in our home. She hates it when somebody is upset, she always has to get in the middle of everything and make sure everyone is being nice. She always says "don't be mad with me okay?" and lately she adds " I love you" She tells me she loves me all the time out of no where, I love it. She idolizes her sister and loves playing with her and sharing a room with her. Her favorite thing lately is swimming, she thinks she is so big now that she has had swimming lessons. Her favorite color is of course pink, she is definitely a girly girl. She cannot wait to start preschool and is so excited to start dance again in August. She loves her dance recitals, she was definitely born to dance and she loves everyone to watch her, this girl does not know the meaning of stage fright. We love her so much and are so thankful to have her in our family. For her birthday, we went to my parents house to go swimming and did a pinata with my sisters and Mya to give her a little party of her own. She was so excited about her birthday, this was the first year that she really understood.

My beautiful Lexi after putting on the make up she got for her birthday!

Taking a wak at the pinata!

The race for the candy!

Opening presents...of course Grandma gave her candy!

Mya and Lexi, best friends and worst enemies, luckily they were best friends

on Lexi's birthday.

Lexi was so excited to wake up to balloons on her birthday. She ran into my bedroom

and said "are those balloons out there for me?"

What We've Been Up To

Here is our life in pictures......I know it may look like I put every picture I took on this post, but I promise I didn't!

The girls love to play babies! Hadley was over playing babies for a

while but now with the new baby on the way I think she's getting in

all the practice she can!

We hung out at Taylor and Addie's house and went swimming

Addie is one sexy babe!

We've been swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's house! Lexi finally decided to be brave and

get in! She thinks she's pretty cool now.

We went to the cabin over the 4th of July and did

some Rhino riding. Another fear Lexi has overcome!

We went to the Paris Idaho 4th of July parade! This is the only parade my kids have ever been

to...kind of sad, but at least they don't have high expectations! We went last year too, as long as

there is candy, it's all good!



Cute Grand kids with Grandma and Grandpa!

Anxiously waiting for the parade to start!

Taylor and Hadley waiting for candy! Lexi was content to just sit there with her hands full of

candy! She is our sugar baby!

We played at the cold beach! I wish I could say we built this sand car, but we just snuck the picture!

Cute Lexi and Addie playing in the lake! Lexi was "freaking cold!!"

Lexi even decided to brave the Jet Ski is! Only once though, she didn't realize it would be so cold and she would get splashed in the face!

Playing in the "sand box" as Lexi calls it is always the best part!

Lexi played twister with Addie and Carter

You can't forget the sparklers! I think I have the same pictures every year, the kids just are older!

More sparkler fun! I opted out of pictures this year considering I am due in 5 weeks!

We started swimming lessons! I was amazed at how well the girls did for their first time, especially Lexi, she's not as used to the water as Hadley is.

The girls learning to float on their backs

Hadley learning to dive!

Lexi jumping in! Hadley is always good about smiling for pictures

And last but not least, Hadley and her friend Brooklyn

built "the best house ever" today when they were playing.

Of course Hadley asked me to take a picture, she loves

pictures as much as I do!

We did go play at the Herriman Reservoir a couple weeks ago with Hadley's friend Ryan. The girls loved it! Lexi kept calling it "The Bear Lake". I forgot my camera so surprisingly, no pictures.

That's pretty much what we've been doing with a whole lot of nothing in between. Now we are gearing up for the girls birthdays and a new baby! July is always a busy month for us.