Valentines Day 2009

I know I am posting way too much all at once, but when I get the chance/energy to do this I feel like I have to get everything done! I bought the girls these huge heart shaped lollipops forever ago and intended to have a photo shoot done WAY before Valentines day...yeah right. I should know myself better than that! But I am so proud of myself for finally getting it done! Here are a few of my favorite shots I got but there are plenty more in the slide show before this post. Enjoy!

Happy Valentines Day!

Tutu party!

Eva's two year tutu birthday party

So I had this crazy vision while planning Eva's birthday party. There were going to be 6 girls at the party (as well as two more baby girls) and I kept envisioning them running around in tutu's. My mom is always up for fun girlie, princess-y type of things so when I told her my idea she really ran with it. Oh my goodness was it kind of insane figuring out how to make tutu's! I got some instructions online and the first night we tried it my sister Jenny and I painstakingly cut each strip while mom trimmed up our jagged edges. We put together Eva's tutu and honestly we all wanted to be done with just that one! I did a little more reading online and discovered a MUCH easier way to cut the strips and we were done preparing the other 5 in no time. The night of the party was interesting to say the least. I was late getting to our apartment's office so we were locked out of the party room (grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!) but we carried on outside. Each girl had someone helping them make their tutu (well, Malleri and Merissa who are 8 are really the only one's who helped make theirs!) but it went pretty fast and everyone said they really had a good time. The cutest thing I think was watching all of the girls walk through our apartments to get to our house for a potty break. Watching all of them walk with their tutu's on was priceless! Even though it was kind of insane organizing things and figuring out the best way to make the tutu's it was definitely worth it :) Here are some pictures from the party, enjoy!

The birthday girl :)



Mallina's tutu'ed bum :)



The girls

Happy, happy birthday.....

EVA dear!!! My baby is two today! Daddy is here and so is grandma! We ate at Olive Garden...and they brought ice cream and sang to a very scared looking two year old! We are having a party on Saturday so I will post some pictures from that later. Here is a small trip down Evangeline's memory lane.

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Oh the wonderful things you can do...

...when you've got an active imagination and a large drawer or empty plastic box. :)

An oldie but a goodie

This summer while we were in Utah Eva was learning how to sleep in a toddler bed-she had been in her crib since then. There were a few nights she fell out of the bed that were quite traumatizing for her, but she did learn how to stay in the bed eventually. However during the learning process one night I found her like this:


She was completely asleep, she hadn't cried or anything, she was just peacefully sleeping while halfway standing on the floor! Of course it was way too good of a picture to pass up. I've been wanting to share this picture for a while but for some reason never got around to it.

Also this week my dad was here in AZ for work so we got to go to breakfast with him yesterday. Mallina had me laughing because she kept referring to him as "grandfather" she sounded so formal. Like when she is pretending to be Cinderella and calls me "mother" The girls love Grandpa Paul...here is another picture from this summer. Eva was throwing a fit right before bedtime so he took her outside for a little walk and Mallina joined them. I found them hanging out on the porch a little while later. He is the best grandpa!



And one last thing my niece Madison turned in her mission papers and she got her call yesterday! She is going to Washington DC/Nauvoo tours French speaking! I am so so so excited for her. What a great opportunity to share the gospel, learn a language and see some amazing places. She is the first person in our family to go on a mission (including my siblings) so we are all REALLY excited to have a missionary! Congrats Maddie!