Monday, November 24, 2008

Family Pictures

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU HANNA!
I am so excited to finally have new family pictures! (It's been over 2 years) My friend Hanna took our pictures then edited them- there were so many good ones, I can't even decide my favorite! My new year's resolution is definantly going to be to learn photoshop, it can totally change the look of a picture. I especially love the sepia and the b&w with the red hightlights. Thanks again Hanna :)


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A day in the life of Janessa......

Our sweet Janessa has a hard time waking up in the morning, she is always the last up and usually gets herself to the couch and that's about it! She is such a cuddle-bug and LOVES her blankie! After getting ready for the day (which sometimes isn't until 10 or 11...) Ness loves to play and color. She has a HUGE imagination and can play (& talk!) by herself for hours.
Lunch- Jaxon (the little neighbor boy we watch a couple mornings a week), Tyson, and Ness. She almost always wants sandwich & chips!-
Nessa LOVES anything girly! Her and Hallie each have their section of the medicine cabinet with thier own "precious" things. Ness loves to put on lotion, chapstick, etc. before going to school. I have to mention that she loves boys and boys love her- not a good thing if you ask me :) ! I only hope this isn't the real reason she gets dolled up before school - Janessa and Chandler off to school! Nessa loves going to kindergarten. She has lots of friends in her class and feels so big that she can read now- After school is snack time, play time, dinner, then bath time! She usually prefers a shower, but it looks like this night was a bath- look at that smile :)

We usually let the kids have a snack before bed. This night was cookies and milk, yum! (don't mind the Halloween napkins, these pictures are a few weeks old). Good night Janessa! We love you!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Girl's Weekend!!!

Every year my Grandma Lords (Gramsy) takes all the girls to Park City for a fun shopping weekend! I look forward to it every year, we always have so much fun! This year my mom, sister, neice, and my girls and I went Fri. morning to get some extra shopping time in SLC. First we went to a mall and grandma got each of the girls a Build-A-Bear before we met with my grandma, aunts, cousins, and all the girls in my grandma's sister's side for dinner- (probably about 30-40 of us!) Then we went to the motel and did tattoos and painted finger/toe nails- a yearly tradition :)Usually we go in Oct. for Witch's Night Out in Gardner Village but this year we went a couple weeks later to go to my cousin, Ashley's, baby shower. Here's the group of us ready to hit the outlet malls!! For lunch we went back to my aunt & uncle's condo for the shower. Here's baby Jackson, he's SO adorable!
Here's some of the things Hallie & Nessa got, among several toys, sunglasses, etc.... Fun times!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween!!

This year was definantly one of our best Halloween's ever! Earlier in the day I took a bunch of pictures then took the kids to see grandparents, which is always fun (something we need to be better at). Then that night Andrew got home early and my brother, Lynn, wanted to come hand out our candy so we all could trick-or-treat together. It was such a warm peaceful night and we had a great time with just our little family.

Hallie decided to be an angel, Janessa was a witch, and Tyson was a UPS man. My mom took one of Andrew's shirts and made it smaller, so cute! The Sunday before, we carved pumpkins (that my parents grew in their garden) at my Grandma & Grandpa Lords. My grandma even had the kids make a witch's brew with different things like spider legs, skeleton bones, etc. There would have been some great pictures and of course I didn't have my camera :( -but their pumpkins turned out great and they were very proud of them!Here's Drew & mini-Drew, I waited all day for this picture :)