Cousins

We were so blessed to have 2 baby cousins born this month.

My girls were so excited about the arrival of the babies,

but Emma doesn't seem to care much now that they are here.

This is my sister Robin's little girl, Bailey Ann Touchard.

She is so beautiful!!

Bailey with her eyes open.

Both babies together on the day after Thanksgiving.

My brother Mike, or also refer to as Tomestone Jesus.
He wanted to hold Madison at the same time,
but she didn't want anything to do with him.
Madison loves to hold the babies.
This is her with my brother Eric's little girl
Lyndsee Dawn.
She is pointing out the the baby has a binky.
She is so jealous!
Madison loves the babies for a few minutes,
but then shoves them out of her lap like "get her away from me!"

Emma was just so excited to see her cousin Taylor,
nothing else really mattered.
She was happy that she was able to spend the night with Taylor
over at her grandparents.
Will, Reagan, Taylor

Zoo

We took the girls to the Zoo in the first of November to see the baby elephant before it got too cold. We had a great day. It is so much fun to see the zoo through their eyes.

Happy Birthday Emma!!

On October 26 our first born baby turned 5 years old

despite all the times I tell her to quite growing.

She says, "Well God makes me grow!"

The Saturday before we had a huge birthday party at our house,

with 15 little kids.

Her party list was over 20 kids,

and we made her scale it down a bit, since we live in a pretty small house.

We did a Princess Tea Party.

We ate little sandwhiches, chocolate covered pretzels shaped like butterflies,

unicorn horns filled with ice cream,

and this cake that she saw a picture of and had to have.

The kids made crowns, we played some fun games (like pin the kiss on the frog),
ate, and they all eventually ended up outside.

Emma got an Easy Bake Oven for her birthday.
These are the first cookies she made.

She also got this froster.

What a mess!!

But a fun mess.

She loves these heart shaped cookies that her friend Sierra sent her from Colorado.

Family Pictures

Emily Hatch did such an amazing job on our family pictures this year.

Here is a good sample of what she took.

It was SO COLD the morning that we went out to do pictures,

which is why we stayed in our coats the whole time!

Thanks Emily!

To see more of her great work check out...

www.carpediemportfolio.com

www.carpediemphotography.blogspot.com