A little close in my opinion!

Apparently this is okay when daddy is in charge!!!!

My baby boy is growing up!! It amazes me that I have a 5 year old! It is definately bitter sweet. I am so excited for all the fun things we have to look forward to do with older children. Although it is so sad that his baby years are far over!! I love Braden so much. He is the perfect mix of sweetness and wildness! He always wants to please his mom and dad, but bugs his sisters just enough to drive us crazy at the same time. I am so lucky to have him as my son and I know that his dad adores him more than anything in this world (yea, that used to be me!!) I will always be so proud of Braden. He is one of the most talented little boys and I am so grateful for him and can't wait for the years to come!!

Yea, this was my attempt to make a cake that I found a picture of on the internet. The kids helped with it so it was pretty fun. Braden kept saying "it is so cute!" so that made me happy.

Happy Halloween!

My scary vampire, red headed Raggedy Ann, and cute little giraffe are all about Trick or Treating. It only took Hailie a house or two until she realized that this is totally something that she would like. They had so much fun collecting candy. When we got home, we turned on the porch lights and the Trick or Treaters started to ring the doorbell. The kids thought this was a new concept and were so excited. So I gave them all the candy they collected and told them to put handfuls in the kids' baskets. And they did!! We got rid of almost all the candy they got. I just had to set aside the Snickers for their dad and a few other treats. Other than that.... I don't have to deal with a huge sugar overload!! I almost felt bad that they didn't realize they were giving away their own candy....but not bad enough to stop them!!

I love the fall colors!!

Can you tell how much I love these girls!! I was trying to capture the beautiful fall colors outside our window and these two are standing in the window sill rocking out in their sunglasses. Honestly, I think they are by far the beauty of the picture!! I just love them so much!!

What a pretty Girl!

So, for the longest time my sister in law Holly and I have been talking about getting our girls' ears pierced. I was always the one that was putting it off and she kept on talking about it. So today, we all went down to the Homecoming parade in Pocatello and came back for lunch and of course, Holly suggested it again. I really had no other obligation or great reason to say no. So off we went. Of course there was a huge wait at Claires so I had to distract Karlie from all the other little girls that were crying after the fact.

All of a sudden it was getting so hot in the mall and I was getting sick to my stomach. Okay, I really don't think today is a good day to do this. But no, it was to late to turn back. Karlie was just fine it was just her mother that couldn't handle it.

Finally, once Karlie got into the chair and picked her earings...1....2....3. She did it. The poor little look on her face. She had no idea what was coming. She only cried a few times until Holly came in with a sucker. Well, in the long run...we made it! Karlie was so good! I just don't know if I can handle it again to get Hailie's done!!!

Just a few random pictures. Braden went to his first day of preschool which was awesome!! Because my mom works for the school district, we were able to get Braden in a preschool that follows the same schedule as the afternoon kindergarten. He eats lunch at school and even is picked up at our doorstop by the bus! He loves it and so do I!! It gives me a nice little break everyday!! Now if I can just get Karlie into the same program next year....

Hailie had her first haircut, nothing drastic but she did so good. Karlie of course had hers cut too and she thinks she is just so cute! I just had to post the picture of her sleeping on the floor. This particular night she just did not want to go to sleep. So when I went up to check on them, this is how I found her.