Par-tay!

One of Mallina's friends had the coolest birthday party ever. There were 8 little girls who all arrived in tights and leotards and they had to do different things to earn different parts of their fairy costumes. There was a fairy godmother there and everything! The girls had so much fun, I just had to share some pictures :)

All the cute little fairies

Mallina, AKA Jade Fairy

Eva and the Fairy Godmother. Her fairy name was Trinket.

AAANNNDDD...Vama is a citizen! His dad was here for a few days and got to attend the swearing in ceremony, which was very cool. No more money spent on immigration fees, woohoo!

Pictures like this should inspire me to make some life changes.
And seriously, why can't my girls look at the camera?

Happy Halloween!!

Oh heavens, it has been an embarrassingly long time since I've updated this thing...but here are some Halloween pictures. Some day I may get around to updating more, I've got some nice fall pictures of the leaves changing colors! But for now, here are my beautiful princesses.

Hey battah battah battah battah....

saaawing battah! (Ferris Bueller anyone?)

Mallina did T-Ball this summer, and it was pretty hilarious. She ended up on a team that only had one boy and 10 girls. Most of the girls were from her primary class and it was a lot of fun. They spent a lot of time playing choochoo train in the field, and running up and down the hill while waiting to bat. My little southpaw did pretty well out on the field and up to bat. Baseball is a slow game by nature so at times she said she was kinda bored. Soccer starts next week, I don't think she'll get bored with that :) Poor Eva was dying to play too, we even bought her a mitt to play with, she will have her chance next year. Here are some pictures from her last game.

Eva getting in on the action

Manning first base...I love the kid next to her

Trying to snap...she's finally got it down

So serious!

Hopefully she will like soccer too...I have a feeling that will be just as entertaining as T-Ball was.

Neener neener noo noo

My little neener noo, a.k.a. Mallina, is FIVE years old! This past year has been pretty eventful.

She went to school for the first time and graduated,

the she went to another school and graduated, again

We went to the zoo,
Where she became part of the groundhog exhibit then she was on her first t-ball team!

She sure was a cute babybut she couldn't be any cuter than she is now, missing SIX teeth,
that all came out before she was five!
Yesterday was her actual birthday, but she was confused about her party being on Saturday, and she told me that she still feels like she is four. She got a few presents yesterday, and we took her out for a fancy cupcake, but I will be posting more pictures after her party, if I survive. We've never done a friend party before. I'm kinda nervous!


Happy 5th Birthday Mallina Kay!

My kids are AWESOME

There are just too many hilarious things about this video to make a list...trust me, watch it and you will LAUGH. From the clothing, to the dancing, to the music...ah...good times.

Happy Birthday to Me!

It's my birthday...I don't like my birthday, it just means I'm getting old and getting closer and closer to being completely grey. But to cheer myself up I decided to post some cute pictures of myself. Most of my pictures are in storage, but I found a few gems here in mom's house...I especially love the one's with my grandmas! And Julie and Aly are lucky enough to also be featured :)

Aly holding me in our backyard in Pleasant Grove

Grandma "Pete" my mom's mom and me, also in Pleasant Grove.

We still have those chairs!

My dad's mom, Grandma Allen, my sister Julie and me. I got that coat for Christmas and literally wouldn't take it off. I think I even slept in the thing. Can you blame me? It's pretty fabulous, although not quite as fabulous as Grandma's, hers is awesome.

Me and Aly with our morning soda...? This picture cracks me up.

My hair is awesome and we both have crooked little smiles going on. :)

Although our taste in drinks has drastically improved.

We are getting ready to head out to the zoo...the weather looks like it is going to be perfect, and we get to see some baby animals! Woot! I will actually have some more pictures to update the blog!

Preschool Graduation

Mallina graduated from preschool! Again :) They had a program for us to go to tonight where all of the kids sang songs and recited some poems. They were all adorable in their little graduation hats. Vama decided Mallina needed a new outfit so I finally went into this new store in the mall called Crazy 8. It's affiliated with Gymboree, but not as expensive, and they have WAY cute stuff. I should have NEVER gone in there. Here are some shots from the night, I actually got some cute ones of Mallina without her goofy modeling poses :) And just in case you are sad you missed it, yes, we did record it.

The Graduate

The Family (Eva got new threads too...she picked that one out herself!)

This picture made me realize that I REALLY need to color my hair. I'm just glad the grey isn't too noticeable. And if any of you disagree on the grey part, I will disown you.

And the rest are of the program (and I realize there may be too many. If it's too much cuteness for you, refrain from looking.) Mallina had this weird look on her face the whole time, kind of like she was nervous or wanted to throw up. I asked her about it later and she said "I just had a waiting feeling until everyone else was ready." With the personality that she has, I really am surprised at how she acts in a group setting like this, she is so not a ham! I think Eva will eventually adopt that role.

I thought it was funny that her hat curled up like this, like the roof of a Japanese house, and her good old elf ears that she inherited from me were in the spotlight :)

With Miss Heidi and Miss Holly

These last two were poses she insisted on doing.