Mike's dad's wedding, part 4 - April 2012

 So I am behind, but I am making a valiant effort in the next few days to catch up, since my work load has been light this week.  Mike's dad got married the first part of April and Mike was able to attend the ceremony, but due to lack of communication, I was not, which was sad.  We did a few pictures outside of the temple and then had a wonderful luncheon in the Joseph Smith Memorial building. 

 Man those are some precious beautiful girls I have!

 I don't know why, but I love to get pictures of my girls smelling flowers.  Does anyone else do this?

 Here is the Gulbrandsen family - Doug and Linda got married.  Then Rachel and Phil on the left - Mike in the top middle and Thomas on the right.  What a great looking bunch!

 I tried for 10 minutes to get pictures of them looking at me and smiling with the temple in the background and this was the best one.  Sad story..

Happy 10-year anniversary to Mike and I yesterday!  Wow - how did that go by so fast.  I can't believe we have been married that long.  It seems crazy.  I love you Mike!

Also happy 43 year anniversary to my incredible parents!  Sure love you mom and dad!

Happy birthday Brooklyn, no wait me, no wait Brooklyn..Happy birthday to both of us!

 Happy birthday to my little girl!  I cannot believe she is 2 already.  I have had a lot of people say oh that is so great to be able to share your birthday with your daughter and I bet when she is older I will love it but right now, I feel kind of cheated.  I feel like I should be doing all these things for her when I just want to relax and be pampered myself but I'll tell you what, it was a great day!  We started our birthdays by my mom and sister taking me to IHOP.  It was awesome!

 Then since Mike had taken the day off, we then went as a family to Kangaroo Zoo.  The kids had a great time!  Mike and I got to have a good time just relaxing and watching them have fun.  I love Brooklyn's faces in these pictures. 

 I also was very lenient with her binky so she was a happy camper that day.

 My two styling girls.

 I love this pictures of Brooklyn and her presents.  She is such a cutie!

 Here is her sunshine cake I made.

 Shell and Ryan just got back from Disneyland and they brought these cute ears back.

 My cute friend Amy always takes pictures of her kids with their balloons on their birthdays and I love it so I tried it and it didn't quite work out as well because the sun was really bright but I still love it.

 Mike's family couldn't make it to the party earlier so they had another one for us and we had a blast. 

Happy birthday sweet girl!

Snow

Yay we finally got a little snow! The girls and I had a great time building it. Then of course we had to make snow angels! I love the snow and have really missed it this winter.
Here is the snowman that Bryce helped the girls build

Friends

This post is a long one in coming. We love friends!! We have had so much fun spending time with friends the last few months. Left to right we have Jaron, Brooklyn, Brielle, Ariah, Gavin and Macy. Many times I have had 6 kids total at our house and we have had a blast! My friend Michelle and I both work from home so we switch kids a lot and it has saved my life!
I'm so sad this picture is blurry because I love it!

We spent a few days going to the playground and I remembered my camera this time!

Look at those cute friends!

My friend Kasha and I also love to trade and this is Brooklyn, Brielle and Eli. We sure love her too!

Here is another picture of them eating Popsicles. Ariah, Brooklyn, Gavin, Lia, Brielle and Macy.

Cute Halloween picture.

More leave pictures with Brielle and Lia. Lia and Brielle get along so well! They play for hours without hardly a fight or argument. It is amazing.

What a great summer and fall we had with friends!

November Leaves

I love getting pictures of my kids with the leaves but the sun was just not right which created a lot of shadows.


I love getting shots of them throwing the leaves in the air as well.

Lia came over to play and we all had a ball raking and throwing leaves.

The temperature is about the same as it was then and it is now January. Definitely pros and cons to the warm weather. Unfortunately there is no snow which could hinder our economy quite a bit. Hopefully it will come soon!

October Leaves/Bridal Veil Falls

Look at that beautiful girl with that beautiful background!
This one is pretty cute too!

We wanted a good picture of the girls together but that didn't happen. Oh well.

Me and my girls against some beautiful trees.

Me and my honey. I love fall (too bad I'm posting these in January). Oh well. I am confident this year I will be better with my blog!