December Days

Here we are workin' the ugly Christmas sweaters. My vest lit-up. Sad that the picture doesn't do it justice.

Here's Ethan workin' the Patriotic hat for his second grade performance.

Here's Juliette workin' her charm (and her big hairbow). ;)

Here's Hayley workin' her ballet ensemble at her performance. She's pretty flexible. ;)

Here's Mariah workin' her tutu at her little ballet show.

H-A-Double L-O, Double U-Double E- N.

Trick or Treat? Juliette hanging out in the candy bowl. Lots of little jack-o-lanterns. Before the Trunk-or-Treat

Super Baby

The only costume I made this year. (Mental note for next year: it's so worth it to just buy/borrow a costume!)

This ship has sailed

First Annual Sailboat Race.
Participants:

Sugar and Spice

The Hayley May Flower

The Golden Eagle

The Launch

When the cat's away, the mice play.

I left the kiddos at home with Brandon while I went to get school supplies. This is what they did while I was gone.

When I left she had a onesie on. Where are her clothes? Target practice on the baby? Oh my! ha ha ;)

No wonder why when I offered to have a nerf gun war with Ethan he declined and said, "it's more fun with dad."

School's back in session...

The first day of school was Wednesday. Here's Ethan before his first day of second grade.

Hayley started Kindergarten (sniff, sniff). Atleast she's in half-day, so she's not gone for too much of the day! ;)

May Days

In May she did a lot of this:

Mariah took some baths. I love this pic. of my little boy (I mean girl... is it just me or does she have a boyish look in this picture?) ha ha.


Hayley had her tumbling performance and preschool graduation.

Ethan finished up with 1st Grade and his amazing teacher, Mrs. Hyde, made a scrapbook for each student in the class! Here he is checking his out.

More baby pics....

I was waiting to post these newborn pics. of Juliette until I had the birth announcements out. Needless to say, it's been awhile since these were taken, but my friend Lindsey did such a good job, I had to post them.

Trip to Cali....

Brandon had some vacay days, so we headed to CA to visit family and friends. We had lots of fun at the beach.

Finding sand crabs.

Riding the boogie board.

Catchin' the wave.

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Birth Announcements

So, I've got tons to catch up on. For forever it seems I was working on sending out birth announcements. I had an idea to make the birth announcement like a driver's license. My friend, Brooke, used her graphic design skills and made it look beautiful! Here's Juliette's "driver's license"

Then I wanted to make a card to put it in to send it, so I made a wallet and put in a two wallet sized photos (one of her and one of our family, minus her).

Here's some of the stack......

more announcements. *I only send out birth announcements to family (aunts, uncles, grandparents... so, don't feel bad if you didn't get one. We are still friends, right? That's why I thought I'd post them on here so everyone could see.

The pictures for the announcements were taken by my friend Lindsay Bennett. They deserve a post all of their own, because she did such a good job.

First White Dress.....

Last weekend was Juliette's baby blessing. It was so nice to have our family here for it (thanks for making the long drive, everyone!) ;) Here she is in her first white dress:

*these are actually re-takes, the actual day of she wasn't workin' it for the camera! ;)

This is the best doll ever!!!

Hayley and Mariah are still working on the concept that their new baby sister is, in fact, a human being, and not a doll waiting to be posed, accessorized, serenaded and generally manhandled at every opportunity.

Week 1

Juliette's first photo shoot.