Moms and muffins

I got to go and have muffins with my two big girls on Friday. My mom watched the three little ones while we went. It was really nice since I haven't been able to spend much time at school this year.

2 month check-up

Hazel had her two month check-up this week and I am amazed at how much she has grown! She now weighs 13 pounds and is 24 3/4 inches long. She smiles all the time and actually sleeps 9-10 hours a night! It makes me a little sad that she's getting big so fast, but she's such an angel and I'm just trying to enjoy every minute!

Pumpkin Painting Party!

Last weekend, while Ben was running in Vegas we attended the annual Barfus pumpkin painting party. As always, we had a great time and enjoyed being with Ben's family even though he wasn't there!

We had a heck of a time trying to get a decent picture of all the cousins. It was difficult, to say the least!
Here is Eliza's very colorful pumpkin creation. True to form, she spent a lot of time on it, and was the very last one to finish.
Emma's pumpkin was a cute witch with green hair.
Ben's brother, Josh, and his wife, Cheli, made this awesome pinataand the kids each got a chance to take a whack at it!

Random pictures!

Hazel has started smiling and it's so cute! We are constantly trying to make her smile because we just can't get enough of it!
Eliza is losing teeth like crazy! She has lost all four of her front teeth and only one has grown in so she may be singing "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" this year!Here is another cute picture I took of Hazel a few weeks ago. She will be two months old tomorrow so you can expect lots more pictures of this little sweetheart!
This picture got lost somewhere on my camera and I was finally able to retrieve it. The girls went to a "cooking party" for one of our favorite neighborhood friends' birthday. They had a great time!

Fun times!

On Labor Day, we went to this fun little park in Ogden with my parents and grandma. It has a pond with a walking path that goes all the way around it and lots of ducks that love to be fed. The kids had such a blast when we went earlier this summer, but I forgot to take my camera so I took lots of pictures this time. They especially love this cute little stream that is perfect for wading and is full of acorns, rocks and other interesting treasures that the kids have fun collecting.

Isn't this picture precious?
It was a fun day and it was nice to spend it with grandma, grandpa and great grandma. I hope people don't get too sick of all the pictures I post of my kids. I can't help it, I just think they're so darn cute!

More pictures!

After all that work I did on Emma's dress, I couldn't resist another opportunity to take pictures. So we got out the camera again on Sunday morning and got some cute pictures of all the kids. Here are some of my favorites:

A Baptism and a blessing

Emma has been looking forward to her baptism day for a long time and it just happened to work out that we were able to bless Hazel the same day! Thanks to all our friends and family who were able to share this special day with us!

Since Emma was the only child being baptized in our ward this month, we got to plan the whole program. I did a special spotlight all about Emma, each of her grandpas gave a talk, and she chose to sing "When I Am Baptized" with some of her friends from the neighborhood. Ben was feeling very proud and a little emotional as he baptized his little girl. Emma was so cute after she was confirmed. She said, "I was just crying the whole time because I was so happy!" I am so proud of her and I can hardly believe that she's growing up so fast!
Hazel Jane was blessed by her daddy immediately following the baptism. He did a great job!

We had lunch at our house after the baptism and the girls got a chance to hang out with their cousins, Sammy and Celeste.All in all, a great day!