I love to see the temple

It's a fun tradition in our family to go to the Bountiful and Salt lake temple on a special date with their Dad when the girls turn 8. It was especially fun for Hailey because she did it on her birthday!  It is always a special day and one they look forward to for a long time.  I am always so excited when they come home and I can see what beautiful pictures they take.  Eric is turning in to such a great photographer and always gets the best pictures.  Hailey is such a beautiful girl that we love so much.  She was so excited to get baptized and loved having FHE lessons on it to prepare her for the special day.  Hailey is such a great example to all of her friends and family.  She is so sweet and cares so much how other are feeling.  She always tries to make sure everyone is happy.  We love you Hailey!

Hailey turns 8

Hailey had fun celebrating her birthday with her cousins Luke and Tessa!  We had a late night, ate pizza played on the sports court and watched Big Hero 6.  We had lot's of fun.  The next morning was Hailey's birthday.  We decorated her door and made her favorite breakfast waffle's with strawberries!  She opened her presents and was so excited to get her very own set of scriptures with her name engraved on them with a scripture bag to keep them in.  She was also excited to get a revolution cheerleading uniform for her american girl doll that looks just like hers!  The rest of the day she spent taking baptism pictures with her dad and then out to eat at the pizza pie cafe!  I think she had a fun day!

Great to be 8

It's Great to be 8.   Hailey has been waiting to turn 8 for a long time! It is such a special age as she has been preparing to be baptized.  This year for her birthday party she wanted to go to the Lion House. She invited her friends from school and her cousins.  It was fun learning about Brigham Young and learn about how they lived back in the pioneer times.  They played some fun pioneer games, pulled taffy, and ate a yummy dinner.  She loved it when they brought out her super big birthday cake!  It was so yummy!  Then she opened presents and was really excited when she got to pick out a porcelain doll to take home!  I think it will be a birthday to remember! One funny thing that happened at the party was one of her friends thought that the Lion house was really a house full of lions! She was so scared she almost didn't go inside the house!  It took her until the party was almost over to really believe us that this was a party about the pioneers!  We learned they call it the Lion House because of the Lion Statue in the front of the house!  By the end her friend was happy and having fun!

Portland

Brinley was so excited to go to Portland Oregon with her cheer team.  They were competeing in a National cheerleading competition.  Brinley was so excited to be able to fly on a plane!  She hasn't been on an airplane since she was a baby!  She especially had fun because her cousin Bridget and family were with us.  This time it was just mom and Brinley.  Dad was home with the other girls.  I was happy to travel with Kristi's family.  I was a little nervous because I'm used to Eric traveling with me!  We stayed right in Down Town Portland.  It was fun eating out and exploring the city!  We spent a afternoon hiking to some of the waterfalls.  It was so pretty!  Brinley did awesome in her competition.  They were against a lot of really hard teams but they did great.  It was also fun cheering on Jayci.  Her team won 1st place.  We were so happy for her.  It was fun having Jayci's boyfriend Austin with us in portland.  Brinley and Bridget loved bugging him!  He was such a great sport!  

The Sound of Music

Brinley was so excited to be in the school play the Sound of Music.  She was a nun and an Austrian party goer.  She practiced twice a week for a few months.  She loved learning all of the songs and it rubbed off on her sisters too because they were all singing it too!  Addie loves singing the Do a Deer song!  Brinley did a fabulous job and had to perform in three performances!  It was a really impressive school play!

ready for the tooth fairy to come!

It has taken Hailey a long time to lose her teeth!  She was so excited when her top tooth was loose and even more excited when it came out and the tooth fairy came!

Over the Hill!

 We had lots of fun this year reminding Dad that he was turning 40!  We made him a poster with 40 reasons we love him, we got him some over the Hill balloons, and some over the hill pills to take when he needs them!  Addie had fun opening his presents!  He was a trooper and spent the day at a cheerleading competition.  We were so tired after the comp that we just got some take out Chinese food and relaxed at home.  On Sunday we had a little surprise party for him and invited all of the family over.  Sadie and I made him a cute cake and I think he was surprised!  He might have been a little suspicious when the girls started cleaning up on a sunday!  It turned out to be a great birthday!