The 4th 2011

Ben and Mommy. He had kind of a hard day. He ended up getting pneumonia a few days later:(

My sweet faced little girl.

She loved the ice cream......

and you better believe Grandpa gave her a lot of it!

Lily loves her grandpa:)

Jack enjoying some ice cream.

Hahaha! Kirsten (baby boy that she loves (hearts!)) and Brendan.

Lily and gorgeous Ashton. I'm so glad Lily has such great girl cousins that are the best examples.

Ben sat on the table the whole time he ate his ice cream, and of course Grandma let him, he's Ben:)

Grandma Elggren and Benner. He was having a tough day:(

Daddy and Lily. So very cute!

It's not the 4th without the slip'n'slide. Jack would just run down it instead of sliding. I thought that was more scary.

Jack getting a good run in before the slide/run.

Lily walking around with Brennan after the parade.

She loves her cousin Brennan.

My kids at the Kaysville parade. It was so hot, before the rain, they just wanted to go home.Benner ALWAYS has his sunglasses on. Inside or out!

Ben and Lil at the parade.

My little family before the festivities began.

Our attempt at getting a cute pic of all three of them. They looked so gosh darn cute:)

We came down the day before for our nieces blessing. Lily at Grandma Done's in the doll stroller.

Grandma Done always has something fun up her sleeve. Madison, Ben and Jack. Cute little pirates.

My handsome, not so little, Jack.

The Saturday before the 4th we did fireworks outside with some neighbors. Ben on his Big Wheel.

Ben, Jack, Will, Aubrey and Brock. We love these friends.

Ben just looking cute. Don't mind the outfit, this is what he loves to wear to bed.

Ben running away from the sparklers. In th end he did hold some and loved it. His favorite were the pops.

Jack with a sparkler. We had a wonderful 4th. I love this holiday. There is so much to do and we are very tired by the end, but we have a lot of fun. We (I) start the day off with the k-town 5k then we are off to the parade followed by a swim day at Elggren's. We end the day with a bbq at the Done's and then off to the fireworks in K-town. I'm am so grateful for this country and the amazing people who fight so hard to defend it. What a blessing our Father in Heaven has given us!

Girl's Weekend!

All of us girls were able to take a weekend off of being moms and get away. We were able to stay in Mesquitte in Tiff's family home. We had such a blast, and can't wait to do it again. This is from our Photo shoot in Filmore on the way home. Celeste and Amber were really bringing it!

Amber looking so deep in thought.

Eat your heart out Tyra!

Celeste is amazing with the camera, but she did have a great model:)

What's on your mind Kirst?

I'm over here Lestie!

Tommy and Ber. So Cute!

One of the houses has a pool. On day two we just swam all day. I'm telling you, every mom needs this at some point. It was so relaxing.

The two babies. Max and Tommy. They were perfect angels.

April, I just thought you looked hot in this picture. Hahahaha!

Celeste has still got it! She did my hair 80's style and I now know where "rather, rinse REPEAT" came from!

Jayme hiding in the flowers. Ha, I love it!

April's Bridal/engagment picture.

Max and Tommy were the best babies, and we loved having them there.

Me and Mom.

The whole gang hanging out. Minus me and Staci. I was taking the picture and Staci was in NH. We missed you so much. Maybe next time?!

Mom inthe back seat. She said, "What?" a lot!

Tiff and I are pretty much AWESOME!

April's sleep mask. Oh, we had such a good time. We ate a ton. Lauged a ton. Didn't sleep a ton. We had such a great time. Can't wait to do it again.

She's 1!

My little Lily turned one on May 29th. I can't believe it, I really can't. We had a party for her complete with an all pink cake. It took her a minute, but she got it.

She cried when everyone sang to her, but she soon got the hang of it:)

You have to have a first birthday dress (and you better believe I had fun looking for it.) She looked so cute in it, especially when she crawled.

Mommy and Lily at her party. I have loved having a little girl. She is so very special!

So stinkin cute!

I am so grateful that we were given this little girl. We love her so much. I can't believe how well she has fit into out family. What a little light she is in our lives. She has always been the best baby, though a little attitude is peaking through:) Her brother's absolutely adore her. When she cries they both run to her rescue. Jack loves to tell her that she is his pretty girl. He told me tonight, "Lily's eyes are brighter than all the stars in the sky!" Kind of crazy, but he really loves her;) He always talks about how happy he is that Heavenly Father sent her to us, and I am too. Ben loves to go in and get her when she wakes up. He says, "G-mooring!" and then has to give her a big hug. Lily loves to wrestle with her brothers and dad. It worries me a little, but she makes up for it when she tries to feed her doll her bottle. She loves to be sung to and rocked at night. She just looks at me, and I know she knows so much more than I do. She is such a funny little thing! She loves to raise her hands high in the air and then fall on her face laughing. We all laugh back and that makes her do it over and over again. She is gorgeous! I can't tell you how many people comment on her. Now, I know I'm biased, but she takes my breath away:) We love you you little Lillian, Lillian Grace, Lily Bean, Lily, Lil, Pretty Girl, Yee Yee, Miss Lily, Miss Thing, and Girlfriend!