Amy and the Temple..

 Amy went through the temple last week and it was such an awesome night. It was so nice to be in the temple with all of Trav's family. We are so happy for Amy and Kyle! It really made me think about when I went through the temple for the first time a little over 8 years ago, it was such a special day to me and It was nice to be reminded of it. a couple days later a few of us went down to St. George and were able to do a session down there with Amy too, I loved it. I don't usually get to go twice in a week, but it felt good and it was something I really needed.

 Heather and I had the exact same outfits on so we had to get a picture, pretty funny huh? It's not the first time this has happened, we like to shop together..

Family Pictures 2010...

The amazing Elisha Snow has done it again! I really don't know how she does it either, I think it is impossible to capture a photo of our little family of 5 but she seems to pull it off every time, and if you are interested, I think she is filling up fast for fall photo shoots so book with her! She really is awesome to work with!

And this is how Ella was most of the night, that is why I am amazed that Elisha got the ones she did!

Thanks Elisha! We love our pictures.

Ella at 18 months...

Ella's Stats at 18 months:

Weight: 23 lbs 5 oz. 35%

Height: 32 inches 61%

Head: 47  cm. 64%

Wow.. I can't believe Ella is 18 months already it seems weird not to have another baby right now because I always had one with my other kids by the time they turned 18 months. but it is nice to be able to enjoy Ella and her fun little stage in life right now. I don't ever want to forget this stage so I thought I would write down a few things that we love about Ella at 18!

How she absolutely loves her brothers and everyone around her for that matter. My dad plays a little game with her on skype and says who loves grandpa, she will raise both hands up high in the air, so now the boys will play it with her and go through everyone in the family, she loves it!

How she loves her baby and plays so cute with it! Oh and how she still loves her binky and her blanket and her bottle and how she calls them both blah..

How her hair looks in the morning and how she is the funnest person to get out of bed, always so happy, and she loves to eat breakfast!

Her favorite treat of the summer has been yogurts and popscicles, and she is little miss independant and has to feed her self!

How she is so girly and I think her most favorite thing to do is paint her fingers and toes, she will come into my bathroom and get into the cupboard and gets the box of fingernail polish out and brings it to me and says pretties...I love how she calls anything that is jewelry or hair bow or anything girly "pretties".. and how she loves to just sit and let me do her hair and when she is done stands up and looks in the mirror and says pretty!

How thrilled she is when Travis gets home from work, she will hear the garage door open and runs to the door yelling Daddy! I am pretty sure he enjoys it too... How when she can't find something or someone she says their names and says "Daddy, are you?..."

How curious her little mind is...

Oh miss Ella you have been such a joy to have in our family!! We love you!

A BEAR Birthday For Briggy...

From this... to this...

I cannot believe that our little Brigham is 3 years old. He is the sweetest little boy and is always so concerned for others. It has been a challenging year for little Brigham as he was diagnosed with Celiac disease, but he has handled it like a champ and has done awesome! I have been so amazed by him and his knowledge of things he can and can't eat and how he will tell people if offered something he can't have that it hurts his tummy! The specialist that he goes too always talks about what a Stud Brigham is and I have to agree, we love our little Stud Muffin!! Happy Birthday Briggy! we had 2 parties for Brig, one with my family and one with the Shupe's, and his Birthday landed on Labor day this year so we had a whole day to celebrate, we took him to lunch at Rumbi's and then to see Despicable Me, which was so cute! It was a fun day!My favorite thing about Brigham at this age would have to be his laugh, it is the cutest thing and very catching, plus he is so ticklish so you can get him to laugh very easily. You are a sweetheart Brig!

Ever since we have been home from the cabin Brig has had his mind set on a BEAR birthday, so that is what we did, and his favorite book is "We're going on a Bear hunt" so that was the theme of Brig's Birthday.

Thanks to Heather for taking these Bear pictures for me!

He loved his bear (gluten free) cake and I have to admit, this has been one of my favorites to make, probably because it was so easy!

He loved all of his presents but this Camera is by far his favorite, he takes pictures of everything, he loves it!

Travis read the bear hunt book to all the kids and then took them on a little bear hunt of their own, they loved it!

Thanks to everyone who helped make Brig feel so special on his special day!