Laundry Anyone?

This is what happens when I let my laundry slide for a day, or two. It is amazing how fast dirty clothes pile up (with five kids) when you don't stay on top of it. I even went through each piece of clothing to make sure it was dirty. My kids find it easier to throw their still clean/rewearable clothes in their laundry basket instead of folding it and putting it back in their drawer. Well, I got it done...but I may need some more Tide....

Rather than doing my laundry, I found myself snuggling with this sweet, adorable, ever-growing baby. I guess in life, there are things that can wait...like laundry...I'm glad I let my laundry slide.

January Birthdays

We were able to celebrate lots of birthdays in the month of January. Hunter and Bridger are both "one year older and wiser, too"! Hunter had his party at a fun place where you can jump on big blow-up things. It was a great place for a bunch of 6 year old boys to go and expend some energy. I can't believe Hunter is already 6. He is my tender-hearted little boy. He is always striving to do what's right. He is the first one to anything that I ask. He makes friends easily and is super sweet. Happy Birthday, little man!

What?! Bridger is already 2?! Crazy how fast time goes. Bridger is lucky to share the same birthday with his aunt Kristen. I don't know if it's because they share the same birthday, but he LOVES his aunt "Dis". He would go to her over me anyday. Bridger is such a sweet, cute little red-head. He has the sweetest smile and has a spunky personality. He loves to go anything his big brothers do, and keeps up with them quite well. I can't wait to see what this next year brings!

Christmas Update

What a fun-filled Christmas we had. We kicked it off with decorating the Christmas tree. We had lots of little helpers to help decorate.

Tah-dah! It turned out quite nice.... I just love the smell of a real Christmas trees!

It was so nice to have aunt Lauren out to help with baby Bronson. She did everything! From making meals, cleaning house, running errands, and everything else in between...

The kids have been having a lot of fun playing in the snow. And boy do we have snow! Aunt Marty and cousin Micah came to visit and she took the kids sledding and built a snowman. It was fun having them here.

Hailey had her 2nd grade Christmas program. She did such a great job with singing and memorizing her lines.

Tate also had a Christmas program. He is quite the little singer. His favorite song was "Somebody Snitched On Me". It goes well with his little personality. He even helped Mrs. Wall with remembering the lines.

We had cousins up for Christmas Eve. They did a great job acting out the nativity scene. We had a kangaroo, a bunny, and a sheep as part of our animals. Baby Bronson played a perfect role as baby Jesus.

It was so fun to watch the kids open their gifts Christmas morning. I love the excitement they have.

Hailey got her American Girl doll, Chrissa, for Christmas. She was very happy.

Tate got what he wanted, a BYU football uniform. He has not taken in off since he opened it.

Santa had the #19 put on the back of his uniform....to help remind him the age of when he gets to go on a mission. :)

Happy Turkey Day

I know, Thanksgiving was a few weeks...and I am finally getting around to post our Thanksgiving picture. One might ask, "What did you do for Thanksgiving, with a 2 week old baby?". We certainly didn't travel anywhere, and I wasn't about to make a huge turkey dinner for our little family...well, not little, but made up of picky kids. Sooo...we headed over to Chuck-A-Rama. And, I'll have you know, there was a line out the door. So, we weren't the only ones that had the same idea. It was nice to not have to cook or clean....and the kids loved it! Tate still talks about the all-you-can eat ice cream!

1 Month Old...Already?!?

WOW! Where does time go? I can't believe Bronson is now one month old! He is such a sweet baby. It is so fun to have him in our family.

Baby Bronson Eric

Rhett and the kids had fun drawing a beautiful portrait of our baby boy on my big belly. It's a good thing our baby came out cuter.

The hospital called at 5:45 in the morning, letting me know that a room was available to be induced. I was soo excited to finally meet our new little addition...and to be done being pregnant! Here I am, ready to head out the door...

Little Baby Bronson Eric was born at 10:40 a.m. weighing in at 8 pounds exactly 20 inches long. He was my smallest baby.

Bronson had a little rough start getting here...once he figured out how to take that first breath, he was a beautiful, healthy baby.

Don't ask me why I am posting this picture...I mean, I look so glamourous in that beautiful blue robe, but I figured, this is what we looked like for 2 days in the hospital.

Tate was the first one to meet this sweet baby. He was so excited to hold him.

Hailey and Hunter ran home from the bus stop and made a mad dash right to their new baby brother. The kids were unable to come to the hospital because of the swine flu, and everything else that is going around. Hailey is such a big help.

Hunter just loves his baby brother. I didn't get a good picture of Bridger holding Bronson because Bridger wanted to hold the camera instead.

This little guy is going to be one loved, held, and spoiled baby. We are all doing great. Good thing Nana is here to help!

Happy Halloween!

This year, the kids all wanted to be Scooby-Doo characters for Halloween. So, Tate was Shaggy, Bridger was Scooby (he didn't want to wear the cute Scooby headband), Hailey was Daphne, and Hunter was Fred.

Rhett even dressed up as Shaggy! So, we had the Twinners. Originally, Rhett was supposed to be the Villain, but there were no masks allowed at the Halloween party, so he got to be Shaggy. I was supposed to be Velma, but I couldn't quite pull together a 9 month pregnant Velma costume....so I went as a pregnant mom of 5.