Friday, November 30, 2012

Mia being boss

**This video was taken with the old camera so sorry for the poor quality. Also, this post was written a week ago but blogger was being retarded and not letting me post it with the video. Anyway, Enjoy!**

Mia is the little momma of our group. Its hilarious. Yesterday, we were playing outside and she yells to Abbi, "Abbi! Come here!" Abbi looks up at her and runs the opposite way. Mia yells "Not that way!" Bahaha I thought it was hilarious. (Now she knows what it feels like not to have little girls obeying!  JK...) Anyway, its funnier if you can hear Mia say "Abbi, Come here!" I obviously didn't video the incident outside but I did get her on video saying it. Enjoy!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Thanksgiving

To my Friends and Family:

The holiday season is upon us again and I just love this time of year. I love the music and the glittery lights and the activities that there are to do. I love the excitement of packages and family get togethers and yummy food. I espcecially love the age my girls are at now because they are so much more aware of the holiday season now and all the extra things going on. Its very magical and I am so blessed and grateful for my family.

This year unfortunently I wont be able to be with my family for Thanksgiving. Jared's family is staying in Utah and my sister and her kids are driving to Alabama to spend the holiday with my parents. Im so glad that she gets to be with mom and dad this year and I know they will have a wonderful week with them. Its actually the first major holiday like this that I wont be with any other family besides my husband and girls. Its very strange. But also kind of nice and laid back which I am all about.

Thinking about what Im most grateful for this year I started to think about the year that Ive had. Without one shadow of a doubt this has been the worst year Ive ever had to endure due to one unthinkable and unimaginable tragedy. Nathan's loss has impacted my family's life dramatically and has left us all with a horrible painful hole that is mostly unbearable. Especially with the holidays, we feel that loss more and more. Its a cruel world we live in. Its unforgiving and unreliable and ever changing.

Having said that, I can say with one hundred percent certainty that I have never been more grateful for the gospel in my life. The knowledge that I have of where my sweet Nathan is right now and what he is doing and the promise that we will be reunited as a family FOREVER if we live up to our covenants is the greatest thing in my life. Bar none. This world can be a horrid place but the gospel has provided the peace and comfort that my family has needed to at least have something to look forward to and hold on to for dear life.

So that's what I'll be clinging to throughout my life on this earth. Those promises that I believe in with all my soul. I will be doing everything I can to keep the covenants that I have made so that my family can be together forever. And that is what I am most thankful for this year. I miss my precious Nathan so much, more than I can say. And I still havent come to full terms of his loss. But he will be a wonderful motivator for me personally to stay on the straight and narrow path back to my Father in Heaven.

Im thankful for all my friends and family this year. Thankful for all the relationships that I have. They are a lifeline for me. Have a wonderful holiday season loved ones. You are in our prayers and hearts!

Photo Bomb!

Well Jared and I finally shelled out the dough and bought a new camera, a fancy camera. Im totally in love with it. And yet it completely intimidates me. I hope that one day I will be able to use it to its full capacity and pump out some amazing pictures. These are my amatuer photos and I hope they only get better. But I have to say they are already a million times better than the ones I USED to post. Enjoy!
 
 Mia
 
 Charli
 
 Abbi
 
 Charli and Abbi
 
 Charli
 
 Mia
 
 Abbi
 
 Mia
 
 Mia, Abbi, Charli
 
 Abbi
 
 Charli
 
 Mia
 
 Abbi
 
 Mia kissing Charli
 
 Charli
 
 Charli
 
 Abbi
 
 Mia, Charli, Abbi
 
Mia
 
Abbi

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

To Mother with Love

My mother requested AKA insisted that I post cute videos of my girlies today since we are all so depressed that the country decided to reelect a horrible president last night. Good Job America! We are winners! Enjoy videos.

Charli high note

Abbi sings Letter song

Mia's high note

Playing pirate


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

So love these girls


You can see thier own personalities in this picture. Mia, sweet smile. Abbi, little shy face. Charli, goofy girl. Love them so much!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Random

So here are some random videos I took the past two weeks. They are mostly of Charli because she has been such a ham lately.

This is her doing her serious fake laugh. And its seriously hilarious. I love it!

She concentrates so hard when she's coloring. I love how her brow furrows and sometimes sticks out her tongue. So serious.

Mimi got the girls these leapfrog bears and the girls love them. They call them their "talking books." Charlotte usually plays this song over and over singing it word for word. But as soon as I grabbed the camera she said Nope. Its still funny enough to post cause she is so determined NOT to perform. 

"Tick o Teat? Tank Chu!"

The girls have been super excited about going to their "Costume Party" (Trunk or Treat) all week! They were happy to be Minnie Mouse but Mia was not sure about painting her nose black. HA!

Getting the girls ready! Hair is done, now its time to put on the dress!

 Checking out how gorgeous we look!
 Mia says Ï am soo adorable!"And shes right!

 Charli giving me her happy face!
 Charlotte loved her black nose! I waited until we got to the church to paint them because I assumed the girls would be messing with them the whole time. But Charlotte didn't even touch hers once.
 Mia sitting so still so momma can paint her nose black. I thought she would fight me about the nose but she was excited about it by this point and did great!
 Look at my nose daddy!
Abbi on the other hand completely wigged out. She did NOT want me to paint her nose. She kept saying It will hurt! Poor thing!
 I did the best I could but she wiped most of it off and I didn't want to put her through any more torture! haha
 Poor girl! Crying so hard!
 Mia found a friend from nursery (Charlotte) and a FUN game for her. They hung donuts on a line and you were supposed to eat it with no hands. But these two just grabbed it and shared it. HA!

 Most of the games were for older kids and it was pretty crazy inside, so we were all too ready to head outside for the trunk or treat part. The girls LOVED it! They said "Tick o Teat!"And then "Tank Chu"when they were given candy. So sweet my girls are!! SO polite!
 Momma wanted to get a picture with her Minnie MICE! HA! Here's Mia
 Momma and Charlotte (the flash is really bright so she squinted)
 Abbi not wanting a picture with me. She wants to check out her candy.
 Mia checking out her loot!
 This was the best picture we could get of all of them together. Mia is so ready for the camera every time. Those other two have other things on their minds. HA!
 I had to post this picture because in an attempt to get everyone to look at the camera I shouted "Pooh! Where's Pooh?!"(as in Whinnie the Pooh). Charlotte froze wide eyed, Mia looked behind her and Abbi was outta there! HAHAHA I just thought it was hilarious!
 And these pictures are so funny too. On the way home we let them hold their bags of candy. By the time we got home they had eaten through one sucker, one butterfinger, one box of Nerds, one reeces cup and one crunch bar. Without one peep or wrapper crackle (because they ate through the wrapper of course). I had no idea what was going on because Jared and I were chatting. I never dreamed they would start eating through the candy like mice (how appropriate for their costumes!).

I looked back there once and they were swapping candy with each other. It was so funny. Abbi would hand Charli a butterfinger and Charli would give her a sucker. No words were exchanged, just candy. Seriously, they didnt speak the entire way home. Now I know why!






Anyway, we had a great time and I know the girls had so much fun. Unfortuntely, their cheaply made costumes were completely shredded and unwearable so we wont be trick or treating this year on Halloween. All well. We had fun and have plenty of candy anyway. Next year though I hope I can just learn to sew a costume so I dont want 20 bucks a pop! AGH! Happy Halloween Everyone!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Grandparents and Pumpkin Patches

We had a wonderful week full of fun! My grandparents were able to come into town for a few days and we took advantage of the extra help. We went to the park and the bounce house and even hit up the pumpkin patch for FHE (family home evening). I adore my grandparents so much, they are such troopers. I tell you what, they can keep up with these girls as well as the best of them! My girls just love these two so much. We are so blessed to have them in our family.
 
 Mamaw trying to get mia's attention. HA!
 
 The best group shot I could get.HA! (Abbi-green, Mia-orange, Charli-purple)
 
 Charli ridin that horse
 
 Mia checking out Jessie the Cowgirl
 
 Abbi wasnt so sure about some of the displays. HA! She kept her distance.
 
 Abbi loved on Papa skip so much this trip. He's the best Papa ever! Even puts balloons on his head!
 
 Abbi looking for the best pumpkin
 
 Momma trying to get a shot with her girls
 
 Had to grab Abbi to get this one!
 
 Charli says "Two Baby Punkins"
 
 Whoa! Daddy found a big pumpkin
 
 Abbi found her pumpkin.
 
 The grandparents enjoying our little angels
 
 We made it a group activity and went along with the Hoopers and their two adorable boys. Here's Hudson Man! Such a cutie!
 
And here's Boston, he found a big pumpkin!