Update....FINALLY!

Our 4 kiddos!  So grateful for them!!

Chris and I have now been married for 12 years:)
And I still REALLY like him!

 My little sister Mindy did our family pics back in November!  I really like how they turned out!  She's amazing! 

Brindy turned 10 in December and
can babysit for us a bit!!

Tate is 8 and is really great;) Ha ha!  He was baptized in July!

Hanley is  5 and started kindergarten this year!

The whole family:)

Paislee will be 4 on Saturday!
She is my big helper!

Baby dinosaur look alike!

Doesn't she bear a striking resemblance to the baby dinosaur from the 1980's sitcom "Dinosaurs"?   My Dad pointed this out and it is so true!!  Love this chubby big eyed girl!!

Tate

 Tate is such a handsome little man!!  He gives the best hugs ever!!! He is my snuggle bunny and believe me I am taking advantage now because I know someday he will decide he is to cool for that!   He loves kindergarten and is doing really well!  He is always saying the funniest things and making us laugh!  He also tends to sleep walk when he goes to bed with a full bladder which can be very entertaining as long as we get him to the toilet quickly!   He loves his daddy and they are best buddies! 

 We had a lot of fun up at Mueller Park building a camfire and roasting hot dogs and making smores!

                            "Look at me Mom!  I can cross my eyes and lick my nose!"  Silly kid!

                                        He loves his baby sister and is a wonderful big brother!!

Brindy

 Brindy will be 7 in just a few short weeks!!!  I can hardly believe it!!!  She is such a big helper and a sweetheart when she wants to be :)!  She likes to play with Paislee, as you can see, and loves being a big sister!

 She insisted on being a "Vampire Queen" for Halloween and her favorite part (besides all the candy of course!) was having teeth and fake blood painted on her face!  I had fun dressing her up and doing her hair, this is one of the few times she was happy to let me do her hair!

                        She is very creative and finds ways to enjoy herself even when she is doing her chores!  We really love our Nin Nin!!

Paislee is now 8 months old!!

" Just look at those eyes!!!"  Is pretty much the first thing anyone says when they see our little Paisers!  She is so much fun and has a really sweet little personality!!  She is just a chubby little round ball and Chris has taken to calling her "Chubba the Hut"!  I think someone knew she would need some extra padding to survive Hanley!  She jabbers a lot now and sleeps through the night!!!  She is a really happy and playful little thing!  She loves to splash in the bathtub and giggle at herself in the mirror.  Just today she started shaking her head back at me when I would do it to her, she thought that was pretty funny!  I absolutely adore this big eyed little bug!!

                                                              Whatcha doin' Paislee? :)

                                                                       Happy girl!!

Hanley is potty training!!!

 So despite the fact that Hanley has been quite the little terror the past few months she is making up for it by potty training herself!!!  She is really doing awesome and I am starting to see a day beyond diapers!!!  What a great belated birthday present from my little "Handfully"!  :) (The above is a picture of her trying to put one of Tate's stuffed animal's costumes!  She was really frustrated! LOL!)



 The other day I had just finished giving Hanley a bath and getting her all ready for the day when she came out of the bathroom with shampoo all over her hair!  Guess she didn't think I washed it well enough!



My Birthday

Chris made my birthday absolutely wonderful this year!  He took me up to Snowbird for a couple nights (he had to go to a military conference up there anyway but he still gets credit for taking me!).  It snowed all day Saturday and was absolutely gorgeous!  It was really nice to get away, thanks to both of our parents for watching our little monsters :)!