The little things

I love being a mom. I love making them happy, I love making their rooms cute, I love taking them for random surprises... I truly love being a mom to my amazing 4 girls.

Jaylee packed up all her stuffed animals and told me

 she was ready to go to grandpa's house 

 Got stuffed animal nets for Brylee and AJ. And hung up their baptism pictures! That is no my most favorite wall in the house! I absolutely love those pictures!

 top is Brylee's bottom AJ's. We may have a stuffed animal hoarding problem in our house! 

 The Mehls were so sweet to send Brylee and McKenna a birthday present! 

no one owned up to this one, but my guess is Jaylee is the Oreo cream snitch!

 walked in to see Brylee reading to her monkey, I thought that was so cute! 

Jaylee was sitting on my lap and crossing her cute little feet in mismatched socks and for some reason I had to capture that moment. She is the baby and she is getting so big! We still snuggle her and carry her because she is the last one we can do that with! I need her to stay little just a little while longer! I am not ready for my baby to be so grown up! Love her! 

 Dairy Queen had free ice cream cones for National Hat Day if you wore a hat. So of course we grabbed some friends and hats and went for ice cream! 

McKenna is 6!

Mckenna is 6!
Daddy made McKenna a Monster cake! It is my favorite cake he has made yet! It turned out so good! She loved the little Frizzy Beanie toy that came with it. The Malm's came a celebrated with us with cake and ice cream. On her birthday she chose pizza for her lunch and mashed potatoes and peas for dinner. AJ and Jaylee made her a cute surprise in her room with balloons and glow sticks and she loved that. She was so happy all day.

  Birthday outfit from grandma & grandpa Bailey. 

Birthday balloons!

 Brylee made a rice pack for her and Jaylee got her beads! 

 AJ went with a green theme. Even green glasses 

 Boogie Board from Grandma and Grandpa!

 Mom and dad did a funny present. It looked like toilet paper but underneath was an Ipod! 

At age 6 McKenna:
loves the color green
LOVES frozen peas, cooked peas and garden peas
favorite meal is mashed potatoes
has decided chicken in general is not her favorite but we are consistently trying to change her mind by making her eat it anyway...
loves playing with her sisters and friends
loves being outdoors
loves doing crafts and puzzles
is in Mrs. Rudds kindergarten class and is doing really well with reading
does not like to do chores or basically be told what to do at all. She is very independent. Have to make it seem like her idea and then she is happy to help, ha ha.
has lost 2 teeth
shares a room with Jaylee and sleeps on the top bunk
has a million stuffed animals and they are all "super special" to her. She has a hard time parting with them like for D.I. they are all special to her
loves to play pretend
can count well over 100
knows her letters and sounds really well
enjoys primary
like TaVaci and performing
loves her gymnastics class
is very sensitive
loves attention
loves to be funny and is constantly saying stuff that makes us laugh
loves to be with her family.
is a natural drummer, she is really quite good
likes to "collect" things, dolls, toys, rocks.... anything

McKenna is such a spunky girl. She can be so sweet and crazy hyper all at the same time, She keeps us laughing and guessing as to what she will say/do next!  We love having her as part of our eternal family! She is so much fun! Happy 6th McKenna! We love you!

making faces!

Funny Faces!

 I never post pictures of myself, but Glenn likes this one. 

 Fun with mom and Jaylee May 

Crafty me! I love it! And I love my silhouette! 

Brylee's 8th birthday

Dad made a horse coral cake for Brylee's birthday. The Malms came and celebrated with us. We did a white horse to represent her baptism year. She loved her cake and all her presents. On her birthday we went to Burger King for lunch. She also chose dad's homemade pizza for her birthday dinner at home.

 A couple presents she got were a horse pillow kit and a homemade gum kit. I got her started on the horse pillow and then she really took off and loved making it herself. 

The gum kit I left to dad. It had way more steps then I cared to do. Vivi and Aspen came and made some too. It turned out ok but we threw the rest away! 

 Tasting straight citric acid! 

 

 Then she wanted us to have Tacos.... 8 year old spelling. Too cute! 

At age 8 Brylee:
is excited to be baptized
has a great teacher, Mrs. Sturm that she adores
has a lot of friends.
loves TaVaci
enjoys gymnastics and is getting pretty good!
LOVES crafts! Really LOVES them!
Is a good reader and is starting to enjoy it more
keeps her side of the room clean! Makes her bed, straightens her animals etc...
is a very sweet sister
is a very good helper
enjoys church
likes to snuggle still
loves to wear her long hair up in a bun
says she going to grow her hair out always and never cut it short
made omelets for all of us for lunch on her own! Her very own!
favorite color is turquoise
favorite movie Flicka
favorite book Helen Keller
Wants to be a mom when she grows up
favorite school subject is reading
favorite scripture story is When Jesus was born
favorite holiday is Mothers Day and Fathers Day
favorite food is fresh peaches and strawberries
least favorite food broccoli
Plays piano

We love Brylee so much. She is such a sweet heart. I love to hear her play so well with her sisters. She is an animal lover for sure! We are so glad she is part of our eternal family!
Happy 8th birthday Brylee!

New Years weekend 2016

Jaylee really wanted pie.....

 Frozen winter wonderland 

 Look at my picture mom! 

 New Years we made a last minute trip to Utah. We spent New Years at Raylenes. We played agame with a huge saran wrap ball and prizes inside. It was funny. 

 We spent Saturday cleaning and playing with Grandpa, Grandma and Joy. 

Grandpa's band of Granddaughters 

 Look how clean! Mom and I worked very hard getting this room clean. It looks so great. Glenn built shelves in that closet for all her stuff. It is so organized! 

 On the way home we made it to Samantha's baptism. It was great!