Maddie May!

I love my cute baby. She is getting so big. She learns new cute and funny things every day. When we say "Where is Cute Maddie?" she tilts her head to the side and smiles. She does not like to be far enough away from me for me to take her picture so I was very lucky to get get a couple of cute shots before she reminded me that she is in charge.

Valentines Day

Valentines Day seemed to last for several days this year. The kids had fun parties at school and had a great time making Valentines.


The girls and I had a girls day out. We went to a Mother-Daughter activity then went shopping for the rest of the afternoon on Saturday.


(Jairo is very handy with the camera, he waits till your not looking then cuts half the picture off. Thanks for trying sweetie!)
Then on Sunday we had the traditional "candle light dinner" as a family. We were too busy enjoying the evening to get out the camera but had a wonderful time. This last picture is Maddie and Grace in their matching heart shirts. They actually have a lot of matching clothes by accident. Sandy and I have the same taste.

Hillary Weeks Concert

Over the summer Hillary Weeks put a private Christmas concert up for bid on E-Bay for charity (to benefit a family that lost their daughter to cancer.) Along with some friends we bid and won so on December 5th we were able to attend the private Christmas concert and it was wonderful. The girls and I had a great time. Hillary is the number one selling female LDS artist and it shows on stage. She is so comfortable and sang so beautiful. She came around and introduced herself to everyone before the concert and signed pictures and CD's after. It was great to get out with my girls and kick off the holiday season with some great music among friends!
P.S. I had to add in a picture of Ryan so we could remember what he and his dad were doing while we were away at the concert. I think they had a great evening as well.

Fall Pictures

Her are a couple of pictures that I took of the kids this fall. The picture of the whole family is kind of a funny story. We went to the park to have Sandy take a quick family picture of us and a Photographer (Daren Jensen) and his wife were walking by and asked if he could take our picture. It turned out pretty good for being free although Maddie looks upset it will do. I still have to edit the ones Sandy took but haven't had time. She did a great job. Darren printed a picture of us onto a "tile" which would make a great Christmas present. He can print any image on a tile for a great price with this new fancy printer he bought.



Jairo took this one of me and Maddie.

Happy Halloween!

This is Maddie when she is 7 weeks old in her Halloween outfit. She is starting to get such a cute personality. Happy Halloween from Maddie!

This is a picture that I took of Maddie when she was 2 weeks old. She is doing very good. I can't believe how big she is getting. The kids are in love with her! Ryan said to me yesterday "mom, I love my baby, I just love her, I just love her so so much." He is such a great big brother. Katie and Allie are such big helpers. The joy of having so much help around the house makes the 4th child so much easier.

My Baby Girls!

Katelyn

Allison

Allison

Madelyn



Here are some pictures of Maddie I took When she was 4 days old. We have a tradition in our family that started with Katelyn to take a picture of the little girl babies when they are 4 days old in this little white dress. Grace actually looked a lot like my girls but Alyssa was born very beautiful, but a lot lighter then the others. I think Maddie looks like Allison but mostly she just has her own look. In the other pictures Maddie is in an old hat box I had in the top of my closet. I love how they turned out. The pictures I have posted on the blog have been looking very digital, they look much better in person.