Time, where have you gone?
My little baby is almost 1! If someone wouldn't mind telling me where the past year has gone, that would be great. Little Abby is an absolute joy. She's climbing the stairs like a pro and when I come after her, like the paranoid mother that I am, she squeals and moves faster on her stiff little toes. She usually crawls really fast into a corner. Oh, she makes me laugh.
At my cute little brother's wedding, my dad was a real trooper. He had just finished his 3rd treatment of Chemo and had lost his hair. Doesn't he look dashing in his hat? It was a long night for him, but he did great. Love you Dad. He's now finished his 4th treatment and we're waiting for results.
Could they be any happier? I don't think so. Trev and his new wife, Ashley, are the cutest couple. What a beautiful wedding.
Ethan's face says it all. He was so hot, exhausted and tired of being in his suit, that he climbed onto my lap during the dancing and didn't move. Katelyn was close behind him. It was a beautiful reception.
Katelyn's BFF's. I was laughing so hard because these three "princesses" came down in their dress-ups and let me know that they were the three Musketeers. CUTE.
Snow! Finally. This was our only chance to go sledding, so we took it. (Have I mentioned yet that I was ready to run out the door the other day to go skiing. It's driving me crazy. I need to get into the mountains with some ski's on my feet!)
The kids had SOOOO much fun. We started on the small hills and built up. Katelyn always surprises us and turns out to be the dare devil after her initial timidity. She was going down the hill upside down, on her belly, standing up and a few other ways. That's my girl. Scared of dogs, but loves roller coasters! Abby loved it too and says "EEEeeeee!"
Then we went to the children's Book of Mormon exhibit at the Church History Museum. It was very crowded, but tons of fun. Here they are building a... house? It doesn't matter as long as they can knock it down.
I can't help posting this one. Look at Abby's huge smile. :) They're "planting" veggies.
Just try not to think of the millions of kids that have stuck they're mouths on the windows in Noah's Ark.
You always have to finish off a fun day with ice cream. It's a Hoth rule. :) And clever Katelyn is trying to "drink" her ice cream cone with a straw. Just in case you want to try it... it didn't work very well.
Yeah, I love Daddy! Doesn't she have the cutest scrunched nose? And this isn't even the best picture of her talent. She can wrinkle up her nose like nobody's business.
This is the best thing EVER! I drew cards one day with pictures of the kids' jobs. Get dressed, make bed, dishwasher, etc. Then we turned them over, picked one and did the job until we were done. It was like magic! The kids had a great time and finished their jobs quickly. The next day, Katelyn wanted to draw her own. I helped her spell a couple of them, but she finished the rest by herself. I love the one that says "gitrest" (get dressed) and her (hair).
And another pic of Trev-man and Ashley and the parent's. Don't ask me why I call him Trev-man. I just always do. Isn't he handsome?