Christmas Dresses

The more children you get the harder it is to get a decent photo. One member is always looking the wrong way or not smiling but they are always so dang cute that I love each photo!

December Get away

So in December we went up to SLC and stayed at the Little America. We visited my sweetest Grandma who is 97 and brought yummy Chinese take-out to eat together. Then we hit Temple Square and saw the lights. Later we went back and did some swimming and then just hung out. We did brunch the next morning at Grand America. I love Downtown Salt Lake City especially at Chirstmas time and it was a great weekend and so nice to just get away.

My Girls

Erik with his girls

More Claire

I love the smell of Claire and her slobbery kisses, toothless smiles, and those soft little hands. She is our little angel!

Little Claire

Claire is seriously the sweetest little thing. She is so full of smiles and she loves laughing. She talks or jabbers all the time, especially to her sisters-who she absolutely adores. She copies our sounds, and we just think she is so brilliant. She is so plesant she makes me want to have another baby and she's only 6 months now ( but we very likely could be done)!

More Elizabeth

Here are some more incredible shots!

Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth is soooo cute. She is the most fun kid in the world. She comes up with the greatest things and keeps us all laughing. She has a super kind heart and is so willing to give a hug, share a toy or blanket with those in need. She has a inquisitive mind and wants to discover everything for herself. Once she has something in her head she must accomplish it. She is so much fun and I love spending the day with her.

More McCall

Here are some more cute shots -- she also has some amazing dance pictures coming.

McCall -- My Favorite Pics

Of coarse, McCall is so beautiful and we just think she is amazing. She is reading way above her grade level, she gets all her spelling words right and most importantly, she is a very kind person. She loves playing the violin and loves her competition dance team. I wasn't big on the competing team but she really wanted to do it. She is so graceful and really has a special talent for dancing - which she does all the time. Her teacher said that most the girls hate days when they work on ballet -- but not McCall. She just loves ballet. She is also really into science. She is always wanting to do experiments and she loves learning about astronomy. She has such an amazing mind to grasp things!

The One who makes me laugh!

I really have the best husband in the world. Erik is a great Dad and so good to the girls and to me. He takes McCall golfing and took her to the symphony the other night so she could hear a Violinist. He plays and reads to Elizabeth and has such patience for her 2-year-old ways and Erik loves holding and talking to Claire. He is quick to jump in and help out at home (He is great at getting stains out of the kids clothes). He is so good with the girls and takes time to teach them. He is an awesome cook. He is great to me and is my very best friend and helps me to be a better person. He is so honest in all things and would never take advantage of anyone. He works super hard so I can be a stay-at-home mom. And he puts up with all the girls at home and still wears an awesome smile. I know I'm biased but he is the best!

More Family Shots

This is so us!!!

Favorite Family Shots

With Three kids our odds for a good family shot are definately going down but here are a few of my favorites.

What happened to November? Seriously?

Somewhere between October and December we missed a whole month! I can't believe it. I know we are a bit busy...

Monday- Dance, FHE
Tuesday - Sculpting, Music & Movement
Wednesday - Violin, Dance Again
Thursday - Sculpting, Music & Movement Again
Friday - Is our night to do something fun with the kids (We rotate a game night or movie night ...and always pizza or going out so I don't have to cook!)
Saturday - Morning (Erik) Golf, Golf, Golf and did I say he likes to Golf?

Along with all the other stuff in between I can hardly keep my head on straight (Erik would debate the straight part - I'm sure).

I'm sorry it's been so long since I posted, but we did get some new pictures of the family taken by Camilla (http://www.camillabinks.com/) She does awsome work so ENJOY her site!!!

FALLING LEAVES

My girls are such good friends and I couldn't ask for anything more! They have lots of fun together as you can see. McCall seems to have a little shadow that follows her around and does/says everything she does. I hope that is always a GOOD thing -- no pressure McCall!!!