Labor Day

Over Labor day my parents got a house in Park City for the weekend and had us all come to stay.  It was Dawson's birthday that weekend so we were able to celebrate with the whole family.  We had a fun and relaxing weekend.  On Sat. we took the kiddos to Olympic park and  watch the ski jumpers and rode on the alpine slide.  It was a fun way to end the summer!

For dinner we had lasagna...Dawson's favorite meal at the time!

Dawson had so much fun in St. George jumping off of the diving board that when it came time for his cake I knew it needed to be a swimming pool!

 

 

 

 

 

Dawson got some new toys for the sand box.  The big kids came up with this pulley system off of the deck using their new supplies and played for hours.  Kind of funny.

 

 

Look at the pure enjoyment on Carter's face.  Priceless!

 

 

Myah was pretty nervous about the alpine slide.  She didn't have to many smiles on the way up!

Lesli and Grady

 

Fun times!

Myah dancing, starting school and playing soccer!

Myah went to the Caprielle dance camp last fall. She looked cute, but didn't have as much fun as in the past.  She is getting a little more hesitant of getting in front of a lot of people as she gets older.

 

 As you can see she didn't want to pose for a picture!

 I did get a little smile with Papa:)

 Here she is sporting her bike with no training wheels. I was going to upload a video but blogger was loving me so this is all I've got.

 This little man got a four wheeler for his birthday and was loving his new found freedom!

 

 Here is Myah playing soccer for the first time.  She hated it!  If you look closely you can see me holding her hand out on the field.  That was the only way we could get her to play.  For now the soccer cleats and shin guards are in retirement.  Maybe when she is older we can convince her to play again!

 

 She did look pretty cute in that uniform though!

 And last but not least this was the picture we had to take with her favorite animal for her first day of preschool....apparently I forgot my camera when we actually got there so this is all I've got.  She is a fun little lady to have around!

When Dawson turned 2

A Long long time ago...8 1/2 months to be exact, this little nugget turned two and we did a little photo shoot.  I'm pretty fond of this little guy and love him more than he will ever know!

 

 

 Myah came along as well and had so much fun picking up little tiny acorn shells.  She was sure Tinkerbell and all of her friends would love them!!

Happy Birthday little lady

Today I am baffled to think that our little lady has gone from this...

 

to this...

A beautiful five year old sassy, sweet and full of life little lady. I'm so very behind on blogging and I was hopeful to get all caught up by now, but I just have so many thoughts today as I look at my leading lady that I just needed to send a warm Happy Birthday her way!  12 years ago as I thought about what kind of life Darin and I might have, I envisioned a house full of little ladies.  I grew up with mostly sisters and only one brother so that was normal for me.  When we found out Camden was a boy, I thought for sure the rest would be girls.  When we went to Carter's ultrasound I was a little shocked to find out another boy was on the way.  2 Boys!!! What was I going to do with 2 boys! Well Carter came and I realized the Lord had given me what I never knew I always wanted.  When it was time for Myah's ultrasound I was certain it was my destiny to have all boys.  When they told me it was a girl I could hardly believe my ears!  I was so excited to finally have a little baby girl!  After she came I figured if we had anymore children only girls would follow.  I just had to get my sweet boys here first! I wanted her to have a sister so when we went to Dawson's ultrasound I knew a sister was on her way.  I was wrong:) And while I wouldn't trade my sweet little Dawsy boy for a million girls, I wondered how I ended up with 3 boys and only one little lady.  Well, I knew if I would be willing to try one more time Myah would get her sister. While this news is a post for another day....baby number 5 is on its way! However....it is not a sister for Myah but another little brother. 4 boys!!!!  For the girl who thought her life would be full of girl stuff, just the opposite is coming true.  Lots of boys with lots of boy stuff.  As I have thought about this for the past several weeks all of a sudden I have realized something.  Heavenly Father has taught me to be so thankful for what I have been given.  He knows me and what our family needs and what our family was suppose to be.  And with that...can I tell you how absolutely grateful I am for this sweet little 5 year old girl!!!!!  All of a sudden I don't take the fact that I was blessed with a daughter for granted.  It is a huge blessing for me and Darin and I think I needed to realize that. She is always going to have a special place in our hearts because she is just a little bit different from the rest!  So here are some of the reason's that today I am so thankful for this sweet little lady of mine....

1. Because of Myah I can refer to my children as my "kids" and not just my boys:)

2. Because of Myah I get invited to the neighborhood bow parties:)

3. Because of Myah I got to throw a Rainbow princess party yesterday.  Nothing like a house full of little girls dressed as princesses!

4. Because of Myah I get to whip out the old sewing machine and make as many ruffles as I would like!

5. Because of Myah I get to buy pink!

6. Because of Myah I have been able to buy girl toys and movies.

7. Because of Myah I will one day get to go prom dress shopping!

8. Because of Myah I get to go to dance reviews!

9. Because of Myah I get to do fancy hair do's....oh how I love to play with her hair.

10. Because of Myah I get to have one child that relates a little bit more to me than their dad:)

 

Those are just kind of my superficial reasons for why I love having a girl, but truth be told, I cannot imagine my life without her.  Some woman would be fine with all boys, but she filled a part of my heart that was always missing and for that I am grateful! She will be one protected little lady with so many brothers how lucky is that!  She loves her brothers and I am so thankful she will be able to teach them to be a little softer and a little sweeter so that they know how to treat girls a little better.  I do worry about all of her brothers friends though;) I might be in trouble! Now that you know why I love little miss Myah.  Here are some things she loves these days.

1.The color purple

2.Skirts and dresses.  Still can't get her to wear a pair of jeans! She is the girliest girl I know!

3. She loves to play with her friends.

4. She loves Fancy Nancy, Pinkalicious, primary songs, Lalaloopsy, Horseland and Bob the Builder (what do you expect with all of those brothers!)

5. She loves jumping on the tramp, riding her bike and scooter and loves to swim.

6. She loves to shop for shoes, jewelry and dresses:)

7. Lately she loves to whine about everything!

8. She loves to dance and is constantly twirling around the house.

9. She LOVES rice krispies:)

10. She loves to be snuggled to bed at night!

 

Well Happy Birthday Myah! We all love you and are sooooo glad to have you in our family...especially me!



 

first day of school

Now that school is coming close to being over, I thought a first day of school picture was due!  Carter started 2nd grade this year with Mrs. Greene and Camden started 4th grade with Mrs. Anderson.  Both have had fun and learned a lot.  Here they are being their goofy selves!  I can't believe they are getting so old!

 

 

 

 

 

The boat

My parents were done with all of the fun....now we have much to look forward to! We bought ourselves a boat.

 

Here is just one of our adventures with Allison and her crew...we missed Dan!

Myah and Saylor saying a prayer.  The boat broke down for a minute and we needed all the help we could get.  I thought this was pretty priceless!