Taking Pictures

Every parent knows sometimes getting a picture of your children smiling and looking at the camera can be hard. We were trying to get pictures of our girls to put on Fathers day cards and we thought for sure we had nothing but finally got a great picture of the girls, together, smiling, and looking at the camera it was amazing.

Here are some pictures from our attempted photo shoots.

Want a fruit snack?

Not sure why she was doing this, I guess she was forcing a smile.

Getting good pictures of more than one child is nearly impossible.

Pulling weeds.

I love Abi's face in this one, she had been watching a bird before it flew away.

A beautiful picture of Katie.

A happy picture of Abi.

Yay a picture of both girls, smiling, and looking at the camera. I love my beautiful girlies!

Coloring with Grandma

Feeding the Sheep

There is a sheep in John's parents neighborhood, sometimes we will stop and feed it some vegetables. The girls love the sheep and look for it everytime we drive past it's pasture.

Swimming

Yay for sunny days!!!

A warm sunny day, finally.

It has been a very wet spring around these parts and we were very glad to spend lots of time outside yesterday. We hope to do the same today.

Here's my girls enjoying frozen treats with Papa.

Random Pictures May 2011

The month of May started with us celebrating our friend Asher's 3rd Birthday, he had a rock star party.

Here is his own little cake.

Hitting the pinata.

John and I helping our girls raid the pinata goodies.

Asher opening our gift.

The rest of the month was filled with our girls being very silly.

Abi wearing my shoes and holding my purse.

Abi had climbed up on the toilet then fell off, this is her battle wound. She now has a little scare on her forehead, I'm wondering if it will ever go completely away.

On Mothers day John and I were busy getting stuff together to take to his parents, I went to check on the girls and found Abi asleep in a laundry basket. It didn't look very comfy to me but it was very funny.

Later on mothers day we changed Abi into some spare clothes and she insisted on putting on Katie's extra pair of panties over her diaper.

Abi being a good little mommy to her dolly.

Katie is Glenda the good witch.

Abi saying "Yar!"

Katie being a pirate

Abi under the kitchen table. This has become a favorite place for the girls to play lately.

Mothers day

Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers’ love is because it typifies the love of our Savior.- Bradley D. Foster

I am very blessed to have wonderful mothers in my life. My mother is such a wonderful woman, she was always kind and loving as she raised me. I'm sure she did get upset with me at times but I don't remember being yelled at ever. I loved story time when I was little, mom made the stories and characters come alive as she added voices and was animated while telling stories. She also would often repeat nursery rhymes throughout the day. I truly believe it is because of this that I have a love of reading and learning. My girls love to sing to grandma from their stage (the fireplace hearth) and also to do "ballet" while grandma sings a song. She is loved loved lots, I am very lucky to have her as my mom.

My mom and nephew Spencer

Honestly I am so lucky to have such a wonderful mother-in-law as well as mother. When John and I got married I already had a good relationship with his mother and I'm so glad. She is so kind and sweet, she always makes me feel like I'm beautiful and that I'm a great mother to my own little ones. She is so much fun to be with, I love hearing her tell about when she was raised and when she joined the church. It is also fun to hear about her days as a young mother as well. She is a great grandma, she sings with my girls and if she could she would dance with all the time. My girls love her so much and so do I.
I am so very grateful for the opportunity Heavenly father has given me to be a mother. It is not easy, being a mother is the most difficult role I've ever had but is truly is the most rewarding. I love these little, silly, busy girls, I hope and pray daily that John and I will raise them to be happy, intelligent, kind, strong, and loving women.

I am so very grateful for my Grandma Arlene, she always has made me and my family feel so special to her although she has many grand kids and great grand kids.

John's Grandma Twila also has been so kind to our family and we feel very loved by her. I'm so glad my girls have been able to spend time with these Great Grandmas!