Jenna's 2nd Birthday!

I can't believe that my baby is now 2 years old! I feel like it was forever ago that I was pregnant but at the same time I feel like Jenna should still be a baby! She is so adorable and loved having a birthday party with her family, grandparents, and cousins! She was definitely spoiled. She received so many presents and also LOVED it when we all sang, "Happy Birthday" to her. She is one of my 3 miracle babies and we love her so much. She is full of life and is extremely smart and funny! She has been speaking full sentences since she was 13 months and even though she is tiny, she can keep up with her older siblings without any problems. We call her our, "Sweetly Rotten" girl because she is so sweet but boy can she be rotten when she wants to be. She is stubborn, head strong, knows what she wants, won't settle for anything but what she wants, gets into everything, eats crayons, colors on the walls, puts whole toilet paper rolls into the toilet, climbs onto the counters, ruins video tapes.... but she also tells you, "I love you very much", smiles, laughs, makes jokes, plays well with Jaida and Isaac, loves to be held, snuggles, and is just plain wonderful. We love you Jenna Sage! Thanks for letting us be your parents. :)

Christmas Fun!

Its been a really long time since I last posted so I'm going to be posting A LOT of stuff. It's amazing how fast time flies. Its been 2 months since my last post so we will start with Christmas. It was SO much fun this year. My kids were at perfect ages. Isaac woke up first and came into our room at about 4:30am. We made him wait but it was Luke who at 5:15am started to really bug me about getting up and going out to see what Santa left for everyone! :) I have to admit, we were all really spoiled this year.

Luke got a lot of gun gear since he's going to be a police officer. He also got a few clothes, games, and movies.

I was surprised by Santa with a VERY nice camera... a Canon Rebel. I was in desperate need of a new camera but I thought Santa was on a tight budget this year but I guess he found a way to surprise even me! :) I can't post a picture of the camera but it is way nice and I love taking pictures with it!

Isaac wanted a DS and was so happy when he received it. He also got several Pokemon cards, games, and a new Razor scooter.

Jaida wanted a play kitchen, dress-up clothes, and a tea set. She got all of them and was surprised with a robe that she loved!

Jenna got a princess castle, littlest pet shops, games, and a big wheel.
We had an awesome Christmas! :)

Girls Photo Shoot

A few Saturday's ago I decided to take pictures of Jaida, Jenna, and my niece Madison. They all love having their pictures taken and hanging out with each other so it was a perfect time to do it. They all loved the attention and we got some great pictures of them as well.




My two sweet girls. I love them so much.



All three girls. I love this picture too! What pretty girls.




Jaida is as full of life as she has ever been. I love her smile and she is my right hand girl. I can always count on her for a smile. Even if she gets mad, you just have to smile at her and she can't help but grin.



Madison is such a cute girl. Jaida and Jenna love having her come and play. She is so great to share her make up and nail polish with the girls and I love having her come down. She is turning into such an awesome young lady! :)



I LOVE this picture of Jenna. She is so cute and really keeps us smiling. She is by far my busiest kid but she sure can light up a room with her cute little personality!

Bear World!!!

We went to Bear World in Idaho over Labor Day weekend and had so much FUN!!! We stayed in Idaho Falls for 2 nights. We saw the sights of Idaho Falls like the falls and the temple. When we went to Bear World, the kids were so excited to see the bears. I recommend it to everyone. They have an amusement park that is dedicated to kids who are about 8 and younger. Isaac and Jaida were able to go on all the rides and loved every second of it! They also have a petting zoo where the kids were able to just walk around and pet deer, pigs, chickens, and goats. Jenna wasn't afraid of any of the bears we saw there and we even got pretty close to them on the curators tour where we got to feed the bears bread and doughnuts but when we were in the petting zoo, her entire body shook the whole time. She was freaked out by the goats!!!! It was so sad but funny at the same time! :)



Isaac loved this fawn! He spent so much time just sitting by her and letting the fawn lick his hand. It was so cute!


He was able to feed the deer.






We were able to ride in an open truck and feed the bears at the park. It was amazing to get so close to the bears (safely) and see them approach the truck and beg for food. We would throw the food and they would love to catch it in their mouths!







Jenna even got extremely nervous around this little fawn. She wanted to pet it so bad and would but then she would pull away quickly and want you to stand up with her as soon as possible. This surprised us since she is our most courageous child!


These 2 pictures of Jaida are so great! She loved being able to pet the animals and her smile just lights up the pictures! She is gorgeous!




Isaac took this picture of Luke and I. I look like I'm 6 months pregnant so I'm not completely thrilled at the angle of it but he actually is really good at taking pictures!


Our cute kids at the falls in Idaho.

Idaho Falls is actually a really pretty place. The falls are gorgeous and they have a running/biking trail that people can use to go all the way around it!

The temple is so pretty sitting right along the Snake River. The kids wanted to keep going there just so they could look at the temple. We had such a good time! :)

Cabin Fever!

Recently we went to our family's cabin in Fairview. The kids absolutely LOVE it! They had such a great time finding snail shells, throwing rocks in Fairview Lake, hanging out at the cabin, hiking, sleeping in the loft and really just having a great time. It was a short overnight trip for us but Luke and I loved being there with the kids and enjoying their childhood! :)





Jenna riding the "horse" tree and loving it!


Isaac riding the horse tree

Jaida riding the horse tree


Time Flies! I thought Jenna was 18 months old not 16! YIKES






I love this picture of Luke and the kids. He's such a great Dad and I feel very lucky to have him! :)

Celebrating Our Country's Independence!

4th of July was so much fun at our house this year! We hung out most of the day with my family and had a BBQ. Once it got a little later we had all of the cousins throw the poppers and light sparklers. The kids had a great time and then once it got dark we lit the big stuff... yes the fountains, flowers, and smoke bombs that you buy off the shelves here in Utah. :) Good times.... Good times!

This is Jaida and her cousin Madison enjoying the 4th! Jaida loves Maddy and thinks they are the same age! :)




This is Isaac with a look of, "I'm not sure about these sparklers"



Here's Jenna with her sparkler! Take a look at that belly! :) I didn't think I put her in a belly shirt!


My nephew Harrison having a good time with the 4th!


My nephew Hayden was nervous about the fireworks and the sparklers. He was holding a sparkler in this picture but my brother Chris scared him and told him it was going to burn him so he threw it down and refused to touch another one. Poor kid! :)



Here is the poor sparkler on the ground after he threw it!



Family Pictures
Here we are all 5 siblings... we're not getting older are we?



I think the girls have gotten better looking with age! :)





Our beautiful mom and her girls!


Our whole Family! What a good lookin bunch :)