Friday, March 29, 2013

Kelci's First Birthday!

The most significant event in November was Kelci's first birthday, of course!  (No offense to Thanksgiving or family who had a birthday...but this is our baby girl.)  It was a small but fun gathering.  Here are some of my favorite shots of that awesome night...  

Bayleigh helping Mommy bake the cake.
And, by "helping" I mean, licking the beaters, of course.



Kelci's 1st birthday cake!
Made right at home and with lots of love.

A variety of cupcakes for our guests to enjoy. 
(Momma got creative and used some chopped Halloween candy from
the day before
to top some of the cupcakes.  Yummy!)


Not quite sure what this foreign object was we set before her...
Giving it a try...
Oh yeah, she's hooked!
Lynsey partaking in the celebratory treats!

Bayleigh...in a sugar coma. 
(We had to keep her up past bedtime
for the party,
and it showed.)




Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Halloween 2012

It looks like my last post about the family was back in October -- before Halloween.  So, I figured Halloween would be a good place to start.  If you are on my Facebook page you have probably seen these.  But, please bear with me...not all my family and friends are on Facebook yet and I wanted to make sure they didn't miss these.  

As you all know or can imagine, having three kids (especially with two being two years old and younger) is crazy!  So, we decided to keep it simple this year and just hit up Daddy's work, PacificSource they lay low at home and hand out candy.

Here is Lynsey Jo in her awesome Halloween costume.  She was Abbey Bominable from the Monster High clan.  (For those who don't know, they are part-monster/part-human characters who learn to embrace the things that make them different and celebrate who they are.)  The make-up and wig stayed on the first part of the day, but (as I suspected it would) they started to bother her and ended up coming off.  Either way, make-up and wig or not, she looks so cool!


 

And, here is our adorable Bayleigh.  She was Little Red Riding hood...again.  (Sorry, getting this whole Halloween-with-three-kids left this Momma a bit overwhelmed so she just pulled out her costume from last year and luckily it still fit.)  She wasn't sure about Halloween this year.  She had moments where she enjoyed it, and moment when she didn't.  But, she got through it and got to reap the benefits of being forced to go around begging strangers for candy -- she got to eat it!





Lastly, Kelci was our little princess.  A cute Disney dress, white shoes with stars, and tights...voila, instant princess.  She was still pretty young -- one day shy of being one year -- so she was basically just along for the ride all day.



Biggest lesson learned from last year: start planning for this year's Halloween now!  :)  Love you all so much.  XOXO

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

It's not much...

...but, it's something.  Here's the post I promised you tonight.  I'd do more but it's been a crazy day and one post is all I have in me.  This is just to quickly let you know that I've added a couple new cool links to our blog.

First, is a link to our family YouTube videos.  When you visit our blog you can now check click on the link to our videos and see if anything new is there.  (In case I forget to tell you when I add one.  Oops.)  See, right here (right-hand column of our blog)...


Second, I've added a link so you can subscribe to our blog using your email.  Then, each time I post something new you will automatically get an email.  Here's where you can find that and what you need to do (again, in the right-hand column):


Okay, now that I have my first new post under my belt the rest should be a breeze.  Right?  [biting nails]  

Have a great night all!  We love you all tons.  XOXO!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Ok, let's get this thing started...again.

Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  I'm not going to bore you with any excuses, I've just been busy.  But, I'm committed to *trying* my best to keep this thing up to day.  It is the easiest way to get news, share videos and pictures, and stay in contact with everyone at once.  My goal -- to go back to my last post and try and share everything that has happened since then.  (It's been a while so I'll try not to overwhelm you all, but no guaranty.  Sorry.)  So, let's get this thing started...again.  c: Love you all!