Going private

The time has come.We are going private. Send me your email if you want an invite. :)

Siblings.

It never ceases to amaze me the things they can get each other to do. This particular day below, Ella did Carter's hair. The gel didn't come out for days. :)

 And she is just a sweet little thing isn't she? If only she was all the time!

 We like ipad time over here. And sometimes we get creative in how we watch it. :)

 Brady is way more fun than I am. I will admit. Ever since I started my pilates stuff I come home to the most random things. He is so much more willing to play their game sometimes. I am glad for that fact. They get to do a lot of things they wouldn't do otherwise. 10 points for dad! Below they are displaying their elephant costumes they made. I still have no idea why!

 How does she manage to get him to do such girly things sometimes is beyond me!

Yep, sparkly make-up. He's gonna love that one when he gets older. Almost as much as when he wanted us to dress him up in her dance clothes. He already hates that one. Gets mad when I pull it up. Oh well!

Easter time

Well we made it to Easter. I feel like this year has flown by! The kids even look younger in these pictures. Easter is a blur in my mind. It happened so fast. Brady got home the night before from the UK. We hurried and dyed eggs since we still hadn't gotten around to it yet. Kids didn't seem to be affected at least. 

 We tried tie dye coloring this year. Not worth it let me tell you!

 The loot. 

Do you think he liked it? :)

My Valentines.

We spent our Valentines doing fun things. Making everything we could, pink and red. Or hearts. Or anything that remotely fell under the general rule of Valentines. Valentines is so much more fun with kids. (Not that I don't love you Brady!) :)

 Weird I know, but my kids had been playing the Incredible's for quite a while around this time. I got them each their own mask.

 This picture of El cracks me up!

 We each wrote a heart that said one thing we loved for each family member. I think we will keep this tradition, the kids loved to write them and also to read what was loved about them. :)

I love these kids. 

Normal Days...

Lately I have really been trying to make sure I stop and pay attention to the special daily moments I have with my kids. Brady actually took this while I was out. I'm so glad he did. Only Ella could convince her brother (at least he is a superhero I guess!) and her dad to set this up and have a tea party. I was gone so much this year doing my pilates training that I feel like I missed out on so many day to day things. I sure don't take them for granted any more! Love these sweet kids of mine. :)

Idaho...in January. Sue me!

I am going to attempt to get caught up on this here blog. Here are pictures of our trip to Idaho over the holidays. I didn't take a lot of pictures it turns out. I seem to remember my camera died and I had forgotten a cord. It's been so long now I don't know if it's true, but I am going to stick to that story!

Grandpa took the older set of grandkids skiing! Kids had a blast! Some more cautious than others. It was funny to watch them all with their different personalities. :)

Afterward, Nana had a tea party planned. Kearis was roped in to be the queen (thanks Kearis, the kids loved it!). Here they are, all dressed up. The boys were a little more creative in their costuming. :)

 Carter had his own sort of tea party. In between Mimi and Grandpa. He was in heaven!

This was before all of the puking started. Meh.