Party!!!

A couple of weeks ago, Sophie came home from school and told Logan that there was a girl in her class that she wanted to make friends with. Logan suggested that we have a tea party and invite her over. Sophie thought that was a great idea. We put it on the calendar and she began the planning! She thought of everything ... invitations, pink lemonade for the tea, lots of yummy candy {specifically laffy taffy!}, bagels with strawberry cream cheese, and of course decorations! Unfortunately that little girl didn't come, but it was still a fun little party with great friends!!

the girls had a great time reading the jokes on the laffy taffy wrappers and then making up their own!

even Ruby and some stuffed friends got to participate!

And because Sophie got to have a party with her friends, Collin wanted to have one too! He decided on a racing party {his true love right now!} He said he wanted a starting line and then later changed his mind and said he wanted a starting gate instead! Silly boy! His party although thrown together last minute was so fun! Logan {who is completely awesome by the way ... but that really could be a whole post of its own} put together a race track in the church parking lot and the boys raced around and played other games. They made number plates for their bikes and chugged down some gatorade. Collin was in heaven!

the cute boys lined up at the starting line

On your mark,

Get set,

GO!

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the simple things

She's Tinkerbelle from sun up to down down!

Makes both her and I smile!

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embrace the camera: october 13

This sweet boy has been a challenge for me lately.

I would love to say that it is because both he and I are adjusting to life with a new baby,

but it's not.

He has a temper.

And teaching him to express himself in developmentally appropriate ways is hard.

More often than not we don't see eye to eye.

And there is a lot of screaming and stomping among other things going on around our house lately.

But I LOVE him like crazy!

And there are those moments when we have the best time together.

Moments where we both laugh

and smile

and are silly!

Yesterday was one of those moments.

We colored with sidewalk chalk {pumpkins + ghosts + bats + witches + skeletons}

and we played

and took pictures

and made silly, scary, spooky faces!

It was great!

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A blessing

On Sunday, October 8th Lyla Kate was given a name and a blessing. It was an amazing day to say the least.

Some highlights of the blessing:

lyla being blessed with curiosity and a love for learning

that she would gain her own testimony and a love for the word of God

that she would be blessed with healthy body

that she would one day attend the temple with her chosen mate

her sweet baby cries through the microphone

a peaceful sleeping baby throughout the rest of the meeting

being surrounded by loving + supportive family and friends

daddy and his baby girl

After the blessing we came back to our house for some breakfast.

We had bagels + muffins

make your own yogurt parfaits with the yummiest granola

cinnamon rolls

sausage and egg breakfast casserole +

chocolate milk and orange juice.

It was all delicious!

grandma "sheep" and lyla :: grandma "polar bear" and lyla

daddy, mommy,and baby girl

mommy and her little lady

beautiful girl ... this is the same dress that both sophie and ruby were blessed in

We are so grateful for Lyla and her sweet spirit that she has brought into our home.

BMX

My boys have started a new sport together ... BMX racing! They are having a great time together. I have never seen Collin have so much passion about something. He absolutely loves it. He would ride around the track all day if he could. Even when he crashes {which gives me a heart attack every. single. time.} he gets up crying that he wants to go again.

he looks so little out there on the track with his new racing bike

logan practicing before the race

Last Friday I had the opportunity go watch them race. Both of them did awesome and I had a blast cheering them on from the bleachers. Logan took 3rd place in his class. Collin unfortunately didn't place this time around but last time he won a trophy which has now become his prized possession. I love my boys and I am so glad that they get to share this together!

such handsome boys