Valentines Eve and Valentines Day..... 2012

What a sweet Valentines day we had this year. I really do LOVE Valentines day. Baking ALL day is one of my favorites. We made TONS of treats to get ready for Valentines day. The girls loved it too :)

For Macee's we did homemade heart sugar cookies, with large conversation hearts. Macee had lots of fun filling out all her Valentines.

For Kynzlees we did white chocolate dipped marshmallows with sprinkles. Along with little valentines she got to fill out.She was so excited to take valentines.

Trying to get a pic with the 3 babies...... not the easiest thing. I guess it really does help when Macee is there too.

This was the best we could do :)

Valentines night, we had our family dinner. We invited my parents, and it was the best.

The girls plates....
the babies got baby pillow pets to go with their mommies they have,
and Macee got a hello kitty charm bracelet.

Menu:
Teriyaki chicken over brown rice and brocolli
fruit punch
Frosted brownies
dipped marshmallows
ice cream and fudge

We had such a wonderful time. I love my little family, and living close to family.


After, we all watched biggest loser together :)

piano, push-ups, and play

Macee started taking piano lessons, and LOVES it! she "got it" so quickly, and loves to practice (when her sisters aren't banging on it at the same time)

Our little Abigail is 7 months now, and is not crawling, but her favorite position is this- we call it her "push- up"- how does she do it? Not sure, strong little baby! She does scoot around everywhere though :)

Macee got Mighty Wolverine of the month! we are so proud of her!

Joe and I went on our Valentines date, while my parents took the kids to chik fil a for the night. They always LOVE when Grandma and Grandpa Babysit!!

Playing at the mall~

Drinking hot chocolate while I shop at target (so silly )- I love that its still cold here :)

Abigail loves to be the "baby"...

I love this baby :)

And the girls on Valentines Sunday

I know the girls are pretty much wearing the same thing in all the pictures.....some of the events happened in the same day..... But I did want good use of their Valentines attire too of course :)

Girls Valentines photo shoot :)

Valentines daddy daughter date

Last Thursday night on our official "daddy daughter date night" Joe took all the girls on a date for their valentines date. They were so excited and had so much fun! they went to Toledos (girls choice- they love mexican food)- then to the mall for some disney store :)

Of course no pics were taken on the date..... but they had a great time!

Time to play catch up!

Wow we have been BUSY! I can hardly keep up! Well- we've been busy- but its a GOOD busy! Macee is doing Awesome in school! she made the Principals Honor roll list- she will receive her award on Tuesday! she is also a STAR ready! 40 books in a quarter! woo whoo!

And boy does she LOVE basketball like her Daddy! she made 6 baskets her last game! we could not believe it! AWESOME!

Its been fun getting ready for Valentines day! decorationg the house, doing boutiques, and of course, dressing up the girls!

They have enjoyed modeling necklaces for my Sprinklings buisness too :)

We have had the BEST weather! We have had some rain too- which we LOVE!

Abigail has started to eat SOME solids.... she is pretty picky, but LOVES french fries! I know it doesn't seem so in this pic, I think she had had enough, and was wanting to get out :)

Every night the girls wait in line to comb Daddy's "hair"- they Love it.... I mean, Look at all that hair to comb!

I have been in a major "cupcake" mood..... And this was actually the cupcake (and 11 others) that we used for our BIG cupcake shoot that I planned. It was so much fun!

Here is a pic from our shoot- I thought it turned out fabulous! The girls did AWESOME! It has really bumped my sales on my cupcake necklaces! so fun!

Daddy Daughter Dates

We started doing "daddy-daughter dates" every Thursday night, and the girls LOVE it! They take turns, and every Thursday, one of them gets to go out to dinner, and then wherever they want to spend "their own" money (which they have earned for 3 weeks). It is something they REALLY look forward to- and they try and earn as much as they can by doing chores or something nice for someone-

SO BUSY!

Wow- I have been SO busy!! WE have been so busy!!

Joe- doing very well at his job- (and I am LOVING his schedule... a little too much- I kinda use him ALOT! but- he is such a good sport, and takes the kids when needed- and even does house work- I have trained him well :).LOVE him!

Me- LOTS of beading going on around here! LOTS! That pretty much sums it up!

Macee- doing so good in school- as well as basketball! We may have found a favorite sport-(besides swim team)- she has scored every game- and boy is daddy proud!

Kynzlee- loving preschool- and bossing her little sister around-

Broooky- SWEET little girl, does everything her sisters tell her. We love our Brooky.

Abigail- growing WAY too fast :(.... I think I am ready for another?? ......... no- not an announcement, just a thought :) 6 months old- and she LOVES watching her sisters do everything!

Our first Christmas in our own home

This year was so special for our little family- because it was our first Christmas in our own home. We usually are with either my parents, or Joe's parents- both 12 hours away. But not this year (since we finally live by family :)) I was so excited to start our own traditions together.

So with some fun ideas from my amazingly talented sister in law- Lacey, I decided to put together a Christmas morning breakfast.... I mean "Santa" left breakfast for us!!!




It was so much fun to do........

It was so magical when the girls woke up, it made for an absolutely PERFECT Christmas morning :). It will now be a tradition I will continue to do for years to come.

Reindeer heads...

They each had a little gift, new socks! (much needed- they never wore socks in arizona!)