Celebrating Four

Today Lucy turned four. Wow! It hardly seems possible that she is growing up so fast.

That cute little dimply smile and teeth that turn in like her mommy's did.

She is small but has grown so much this last few months. I have seen some of her clothes finally become a little short on her. But alas still baggy around that skinny little waist.

Those adorable big brown eyes can melt you in an instant. Then again the next instant can frown you down and put you in your place.

Little girl who loves reading, snuggling, spending time with Grandad outside, cooking with Gram and Spiderman. Kyla is looking down on her smiling.

Happy birthday little girl. I love you!

A Star is Born

I went to Emma's school talent show this week. I am always amazed at these kids. At that age I know I would not have been able to perform before my entire school.  

Emma and her friend waiting patiently. They were 19th in line out of 21 performances so had a bit to wait and be nervous.

She really doesn't look nervous at all to me but I'm sure there were butterflies in her stomach. Waiting, waiting, waiting.

They both worked hard in this little dance routine, choreographing it themselves. Here they are performing.

A Year Old Today

Ayden turns one today. He is the sweetest little snuggle bug who lays his head on my shoulder and gives me loves. He absolutely adores his mama and is so happy when she walks in the room. What a doll.

Where has this year gone? What happened to this tiny little baby boy? Wow!

And those faces! I call him my little rubber face doll.

Just look at those little eyebrows. They just add to his funny faces.

Oh and the dimples! Killer dimples just melt my heart.

Yes. This is the look. You have us all wrapped around that little pinkie finger of yours.

Happy Birthday my little boy! I love you so much.

There Are Some Days

We had everyone here for Easter Sunday and all I can say is there are some days that photos just don't seem to happen. This was one of them. First of all, I was very busy cooking and so I didn't get a lot of photos taken. Then for some reason very few pictures turned out and I missed the egg hunt completely. Most shots consisted of a blur of running children or a few gross shots of nose hairs. I won't go into that issue but let us just say that the name of the nose hair shot photographer began with a "J" and ended with an "ill". Of course I can't play innocent because I took several of my mother in law warming her nose under a blanket asleep.

Yes we are talented.

Emmy's Birthday

Saturday we celebrated Emma's 9th birthday for the family at our house. She will have another birthday party this Saturday with her friends. It is hard to believe she is nine years old. Time surely does pass quickly.

She told me she wanted a vanilla and chocolate swirl cake. She didn't care how it was decorated but just that it was swirled. I decided that I would make cupcakes because I had found this cute little cupcake stand at Walmart. I also found these adorable silicone cupcake holders. Perfect for a spring time birthday.

Waiting patiently while Grandad finishes lighting the one candle that I could not light.

She made her wish and it must come true for she blew out every single candle. See how much smoke nine candles makes?

Byron had a sad day with a buzzed haircut. But when the cake came out he was the first one to raise his hand and all thoughts of missing hair disappeared.

Jed took Emma and Lucy to the Saturday market and they got to have their faces painted. Doesn't Emma look so grown up?

I love the paint job. They look so cute and it washed off very easily that night.

Oh how she has grown.

This is just for you Emma. When daddy lets you read this we thought you would like Grandad's goofy face. I think this was when he was threatening to eat all your cupcakes.

Bread Baking With Byron

Whenever the grandchildren stay with us we usually have a battle over helping to cook or bake. Emma and Lucy made cookies last time and this time I had a lot little help from Byron.

He loves to help put the ingredients in the bowl but that is not his priority.

See that happy little flour covered face? He loves the mixer.

He is the operator of this mixer and we have to be on the lookout for the flour going in all directions (especially down the front of his clothes) when he turns it on. It quickly goes from zero to as high as it can possibly go with this little engineer.

See! You just need to get very close and see just how this thing works. Oh and to make sure it is working properly.

Here is the proud bread dough making boy. I didn't get his picture with his bread. Ran out of hands.

But it sure tasted good. Thanks Byron. You make the best bread.