This may be the reason why it's been 9 months since I last posted. One: we're barely keeping our heads above water trying to keep up with just the basics. Two: We're tired most of the time. Three: baby. Need I say more! :) But we're happy and doing great. Now here's just some of the pictures I took in October. I won't even attempt to catch up (since I don't have the time right now). We did get a new camera this summer and so the picture taking (and the quality) have increased. Yeah for awesome pictures!
Centuries ago, I used to be a young woman and tied this blanket in Young Women's. However, they left it up to me to bind. I never knew how. But I finally 'winged' it and figured it out....16 years later! It turned out fabulous.
8 months old and crawling
Lance's first date with Daddy....
...to feed the ducks....
...and eat icecream. Yummy!
Creativity just explodes with these kids. They are constantly creating something! Lance and Alexa did watercolors while listening to General Conference.
All girls should be jealous of those long eyelashes. I certainly am! Lucky boy!
Standing by herself (and falling a lot too).
Baby. Croc. Shoes. Need I say more. And they even have pink flower gems in them too.
Typical Dallin. This is what he 'spends' his school bucks on during an auction at school! He gets thrills out of being silly (and that includes his new whoopee cushion not pictured). :D The disguise is going to be part of his Halloween costume too.
Alexa resisted going to get her pearly whites cleaned. Stubborn. Finally she made up her mind to go, and she loves it. She also likes the "date" with Mom to the dentist and all of the toys she gets out of the treasure box.
My baby doll. Love her! I'm so grateful for such a fun, adorable, little GIRL!
Now you see her....
now you don't!
Date with Dallin to teach him photography and eat at Mimi's Cafe. Heavenly food.
Finally a date with my sweetheart. Dinner. Frisbee golf. Walk around a lake hand-in-hand. Such a nice break!
After several days, it dawned on me that Lance had an ear infection. However, I figured that out on a Saturday. But it was easy enough to go to Urgent Care and they verified what I thought. He had an infection in his left ear (first one, I think) and a few days later it got better.
This sweet baby is clapping since she has lots of hair (according to my standards).
Both girls, exactly the same age, same outfit, almost 5 1/2 years apart. How much do you think they look alike?
Picnic. Dream come true for these kids.
Dallin. Love that boy!
Alexa's first year of soccer. She loves it but really loves the focus on her. She has a strong need to be the center of attention. So she just loves that all of us come to watch her team. After many games, they still remain undefeated.
Alexa is on the left in front of the ref, 2nd from the left running.
Typical Lance carrying his water bottle and little doggie.
Jared spent hours weeding our backyard flower bed and now it looks beautiful! 
Kiera, nearly 9 months old. My how time flies!
First tooth at 8 months old, just like her three other siblings.
Lance adores Kiera and is always so kind to her.
Alexa is in 1st grade and this is her class shirt. Can you get more photogenic than her?!?
I took Lance on a date to Chuck E Cheese. It was his first date with me. He loved it. What a sweet boy he is!
And my baby boy is now 3 years old! This is probably my favorite age. Lance loves trains, trucks and cars so it was a no brainer for me to make him a train cake.
My first 3D cake. It was fun but scary to make. I was pleased that it turned out great. Lance loved taste testing the frosting as I was making it. He kept saying "Yummy. Mommy this is sooo good!"
Alexa, as mentioned before, always needs lots and lots and lots of attention. So she insisted in taking a picture too.
So we forgot to put candles on the cake until we had eaten some of it. Lance had NO idea how to blow out the candles (check out how his mouth is still closed in the picture). The rest of us ended up helping him out. :)
Check out the birthday gift loot. Lucky boy. He loves his new Plasma car, Thomas the Train set, dumptruck and fire truck.If you made it to the end, congratulations! And thank you to all of those many people who encouraged and asked me to do a blog post. It was about time! Until next time....
12 comments:
On behalf of the entire Western Hemisphere, we thank you for updating the blog! Good stuff!
So many wonderful Pictures! Kiera is getting so big and adorable as ever! I wish I was closer to you all! Thanks for posting! It was great to get an update! Love ya:)
Yay! But SHAME ON YOU Steph for not updating for so long!! Your kids have grown up so much since I last 'saw' them! Especially your sweet baby!
We practiced ALL YEAR with McKay so he would know how to blow out his birthday candles. At his 2 year he struggled but with all the practicing all year, he did great for his third birthday!
My baby Max is 5 months old and got his first two teeth at 4 1/2 months old!! McKay was 7 mo when he got his first two. Crazy.
Your girls look so alike! How fun. It will be interesting to see if they continue to resemble each other as they grow up.
Glad you guys are doing well. You have a beautiful family.
Wow, loved the update and all the great pictures. Seems I was just there when Kiera was born and now she's a little girl. So cute! Thanks for the wonderful update and pictures of your family. I like the things you wrote by each picture too.
It was so fun talking with Lance last night for his birthday and him singing Book of Mormon stories for us--fun!
Welcome back to Bloggersville! I think that your girls look alike but I think Kiera looks even more like Lance did when he was a baby. I can't believe he is 3. James' B-day is right around the corner now. Time flies so fast. Don't take so long to update next time.
Thanks for posting! The pictures were great to see and everyone is growing up! Alexa is definitely photogenic. I think they look the same in those two pictures side by side!!! And I love how you started the blog with a yawn from Jared. :) Kiera is getting so big, so adorable. And love her matching red bracelet!
Stephanie...you don't know me but my husband Ryan was good friends with Jared growing up. We peek in on you guys once in a while! Darling family!
I'm totally curious about how you rotate and make the dates with kids work. It sounds like it's a regular thing in your house. We keep trying to start it up but it never takes on a very regular pattern. How often do you do it? How long are the dates? etc etc.
I know you're super busy but if you ever get a chance to give me a hint on how to make this work we'd love it!My email is messickfamily@verizon.net Thanks!
I agree with Jared---THANK YOU for updating your blog. Your children are adorable and, since we don't see them often enough, we have to see them as they grow---via your blog! Hopefully the next update is not too far away...... :-)
Yea! Nice to see the update. They are all growing up too fast, I think.
And I love that train cake! Way to go! Did you have a pan for that, or did you cut/carve? Fill me in, please. :)
LOVE the update! I thought you had quit the blog. Thanks for sharing all of the great pictures.
@Shally - I was surprised at how many people asked me to update my blog. Some of them I didn't even know read it. I love how many people are interested in our lives so I let the papers pile up in the office and took the time to update it. Hopefully I'll be able to keep updated from here on out (I don't think I will be backtracking).
@Caitlin - I used a Wilton 3D train cake pan. It cooked perfectly and then I just had to decorate it (and that was not so perfect). I saved time by only decorating the side you could see in pictures. How's that for tricky?!? :)
I had been wondering what you guys were up to. Glad to get an update. Such a cute family!
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