Ally's 2nd white dress :)

So Ally was baptised last weekend and Lot's of Family got to come it really was wonderful :) We missed everyone who was not there and my apologies to those who I did not let know about this in advance it's all very new to me and snuck up on me all to quickly... as has everything lately. This one is a great shot of all those who were able to attend again thank you so much it means so much to us that you were so willing to go out of your way to be here for this special event. :) Here's a couple great shots of our sweet little 8 year old :) And here are my favorites of her with her Mom or Dad... Thank you mom (Grandma Jenny) for remembering these shots and getting them on camera so well :) Then we have the cake and some fun shots with cousins! I have to go we also went hiking in the canyon and have some great shots of that but it's already 11:00 and I still have to get Livvy and clean and decorate... Atleast I'm done making cake:) for now :) I have to say these are the things that happened that day but even looking back on it, It's all a little sureal. I can't believe that my little girl is that big... I know lot's of you have been there but being there myself is so strange. I sat there at the baptism next to my beautiful daughter all dressed in her beautiful white dress next to her daddy all in his white clothes we prepared everything and talked about this and talked about lots of other things but I can still hardly believe it is my little girl going into those waters of baptism. She is so sweet and so wonderful and so innocent and pure. I love her so dearly and I carry a prayer with me always that I will have the ability to teach her what she needs to know so that someday she will grow to be worthy of wearing that 3rd white dress and that I will be there to see it. My other prayer as I look at this beautiful girl is that her road will be only bumpy enough for her to learn to be able to follow the smoothest parts of that road.

Not the Baptism yet

Ok so the baptism files are still saving so we are going to post some fabulous pics of Allyson decorating her Birthday cake from September the 18th. I helped... just a little :)

I'm sorry.... So Sorry!

So there's lots to blog about I've just been in stress out mode and I think my brain has begun to shut down which is not good because tonight is Ally's birthday with all her school friends and 11 days from now is Phoebe's 1st Birthday (it doesn't help that all the other mother's with babies turning 1 right now are asking what we're doing for her party:])and 10 days after that will be Livvy's birthday/party. And then there's a couple dental and doctor visit's thrown in here and there for good measure. And I'm not feeling the greatest... I guess that's to bad for me cause it's gonna be like this every year. What was I thinking? (said in that whiny voice we all know) So back up and here are some baptism pictures will you all quit griping know Geez! :)

I'm trying to paint

Well all I still don't know which picture I'm going to get printed (probably several:) ) but I do know I love this picture and I'm going to paint it! Crazy huh! I'll try to take a picture of it when I'm done but who knows when I'll even get a chance to start it:) I'll probably paint it in all creams and tans and such... I think. Again we'll have to see what happens :) but here goes:)
Oh by the way this is a sketch that will be projected onto the canvas so that I can just trace it out and then I'll try to paint in what I want :) It's not really cheating. As my artist friend says's it's whatever gets the job done :)

Breaking in Dad :)

So Last night Alex got home and I finished making everyone dinner and about 6:30 I went to work and about 8:00 Alex (knowing that my schedule is somewhat flexible) called me and frantically started begging me to come home soon that NOW would be a good time... (hehehe) apparently Layna had started throwing up and at the same time Phoebe... well let's just say she needed a diaper change... Badly! (HAHAHA) well by the time I got home(after finishing up and hurrying out) about 8:30 Layna was still in the tub, the kitchen smelled like bleach, and Phoebe was naked.. she got a bath too as while cleaning up Layna Alex asked Ally and Livvy to watch her and that didn't work out so good.... she crawled through Layna's mess (nasty), and so while I felt bad for Alex he handled things pretty well and I helped everyone into bed helped finish the clean up and got a good laugh in my head to see Alex so exhausted. He did great :) Aside from the momentary panic... but who hasn't done that :)