Happy Happy Birthday DAD!!!

Happy Happy Birthday to my Daddy!!!Today you would be 52. I miss you more than words can express. I wish we could all give you a BIG birthday hug today. Dad I hope you had a wonderful birthday in heaven. LOVE YOU!!!

Preschool Pictures.

So We were so lucky that not only is Devree in the BEST, CUTEST, FUNNEST preschool ever!!! But her teacher is friends with the talented SKYE Johansen! Yes thats right folks Skye took the preschool pictures and did an AWESOME job!!!
She has the Greatest class ever!

Love em'!

California 2009

We had such an amazing time in California. Dee has already started planning are next trip to go back! YIPEE!!! This is a long post but we jammed packed this vacation full of FUN so enjoy :)

Devree has been saving her "monies" for along time and she was so proud of herself when it was time to turn her pennies into BIG money!
Grinning ear to ear she was so excited!
Taking off. Precious.

DISNEYLAND!!!

All set and ready to go!

I must say Halloween and christmas time are by far my favorite! They have everything decorated and it just makes it that much more MAGICAL!

The first ride.

Seeing the characters in there Halloween costume was Devs favorite.

Taycie was out cold but we just had to get are family picture in front of the giant pumpkin.

I think the highlight of are Disneyland adventure was by far the Princess Lunch. I think Dev really thought she was in heaven. She couldnt believe all the princesses came to see her! Taycie liked them but wasnt so sure of them getting to close. Mayeb next time.

This goofy bugger was the entertainment for everyone. She seriously was drawing a crowd with her dancing and yelling and cheese face!!

Daddys little PRINCESSES

Ariel.

Belle.

Cinderella.

Snow White.

"BEAUTY" Devs favorite princess at the moment.

Later in the day we met up with the cousins. It was so fun to have them there with us.
Gay is SUPER WOMAN! she brought all three boys by herself... you go girl!!!!

Tram ride.

The "Beutiful" castle. Dev wanted to live there!

Just the right size.

Taycie was not a fan of Mickey this trip!!! We are hoping next time will be better.

Feeding the ducks. The weather was more than amazing on this trip. We were so lucky... well actualyl it is California I think it is like this year round!!! Lucky.

She walked aroung the park like this for a good portion of the day. once again drawing crowds!!

CRUMBS cupcakes... seriously are the B.E.S.T BEST!

WE spent a lot of time in the back playing ball. Dallin is quite the ball player.

Cheering on her cousins at there first soccer game.

The boys. They did so stinkin GOOD!!!

Little Deeter bug is so precious. I hate that we dont see them very often. Its hard having family live far away. Although it does make it nice that we have a good excuse to go visit Clai more often now :)

The FAMOUS Brooke White. She is a good friend of my brothers family.

Are Super HEROS!!!

Spiderman.

Wolverine.

Batman... I mean Batwoman! Thats right folks this is my lil Devree. She had her dad fooled for almost 5 minutes! It was so funny.

Best friends.

Susnet. over lookign the ocean.

She is our little poser.

Bye-Bye Cali... until the next trip!

Dev 3 year old pictures

Once again Lindsay Wright did more than an AMAZING job!!! I still cant believe my Devree is 3... seriously where has the time gone?!?! This little girl is such a sweetheart, she makes our heart melt over and over again.

some of her favorite things are...

PRINCESSES

Pink, Pink and more PINK seriously Dev will find anything pink anywhere!! If anyone is missing any game pieces or toys or doll clothes just give me a call!! She tends to stash things in her purse (she is are little theif!)

She loves her family.

She loves reading books, once againthe covers have to have Pink and or purple on the cover in order for to be interested.

She loves her preschool and all her friends.

She absolutely LOVES her dance class. (step kick step kick step kick)

She is very sensitive to everyones feelings around her and will be the first to give you a hug and kiss when thinks your sad.

She loves all her cousins and tells us daily how she misses them ALL!

She LOVES to sing! She is really into barbie movies and most of the songs memorized and let me tell you she is the cutest little singer in town!

She definitely has a sweet tooth like her momma ;)

Her latest thing to do is to tell you your welcome before you have the chance to say Thank you!! It is so funny. ex. when she wakes up she will tell me your welcome mommy I sleep all by myself and didnt cry. or. your welcome mommy I was nice to my Taycie. last night was probably the best ever when she told her cousin Bridger your welcome I buy a present and he didnt answer her so she told him again your welcome Bridger!!!

Dev we love you like crazy and feel so blessed to have you in our family.

These two seriously bring so much JOY into are home. They remind daily of what a blessing parenthood truly is.
Best Friends ever!

So big!

This is her cheese face. it is hilarious. Dee at this same age pulled this exact same face. I guess Like father... Like daughter.

Taycies little "BIG" personality has really come out these last few weeks and let me tell you she is one funny comedian! This lil missy keeps all of us laughing all day long!

Our little Ballerina

So grown up...

STTRRREEECCCCHHHHHHHH...

The Zoo

Nanny wanted to take the girls to the zoo so... we went :)
All the new babies were so dang cute! This little giraffe was following its mommy around everywhere.

The bears were all tuckered out.

The carosoul.

My favorite. This sweet baby elephant was such an entertainer. It was like she knew we were all there to see her. so fun.

Our little monkeys.

Thanksgiving Point Barnyard BOO.

We went with our best friends for a day at the barnyard boo. It was so much fun and the kids had a fabulous time!
Last year we tried this with Dev and she freaked out!!! This year was completely opposite, all she wanted to do is ride the "horsies". She was in heaven and had a smile from ear to ear the whole time.

riding on the wagon.

We love fall at are house.

Family Pictures

Our favorite photograhper Lindsay Wright once again did an AMAZING job!!! We were so thrilled with all the pictures she got. Dees serious side :)

My little Devree. (who isnt so little anymore!)

All the girls!

My gorgeous sisters!

All the siblings. I think this picture made my mom cry!

The whole clan.

This little one was a bit of a pill to say the least but we cant help but love her anyways!!

Sisters. Melt my heart.

These little girls have become BEST fRIENDS lately!!! and I love it. Miss Taycie wants to be just like her big sister, she copys everything she does!! It is so precious.

This girl loves the camera!

Devree turned 3!!!

Devree turned 3~ I cant believe our little girl is growing up so fast! I wish I could just STOP time and keep her like this forever! She is such a sweetheart and is bursting with personality. She is such a girly girl and loves everything pink and or princess. She has already caught on to the whole "boys are nasty!" haha except she always says "but... I still love my daddy but not the other boys". Dev we love you TOO much and hope you had a FABULOUS day!!!

She just wanted tot THANK everyone for making her day so very SPEACIAL!!!
posing in her birthday outfit her auntie Ash made for her.

Showing off her treats she made for her preschool class. She was so excited to share with all her friends :)

Here is the cake.... that kept me up all night!

When we asked Dev what she wanted to do she immeadiately said BOWLING. so that is exactly what we did. It was so much fun. They even gave her a bowling pin to have all her party guests sign.

SO BIG!

Ali and baby Ev.

Taycie really enjoyed the pizza!

BIG SQUEEZERS!!! These girls are best friends and it is so much fun watching them together!

Taycies 1 st time bowling. I think she even got a STRIKE on this one. way to go Tayc!

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She was so excited when it was finally time for cake and presents!

She LOVED LOVED LOVED all her gifts.

our little monkey

First Day...

PRESCHOOL!!!

I cant believe my little girl started preschool! I am not going to lie tears were shed. It just seems like she grew up overnight! Devree has been asking about every five minutes for the past few weeks to go to school! She loves learning and of course enjoys the social aspect. Today she told me she was going to give all her friends "loves" and that she would be so nice to them! I cant wait to see everything she learns over the next year.
Waving bye!!! so grown up...

SISTERS. Lately these two have been playing so well together. It is so nice to know they will always have a buddy with eachother. Taycie didnt want her sister to leave. I think she had a harder time with it than me.

Labor Day weekend... ANNIVERSARY!!!

This past Saturday Derek and I celebrated are 6 year anniversary!!! i cant believe how time has flown by. We have accomplished so many wonderful things together and cant wait for what next hundred years have in store for us! Dee is such a wonderful husband and I LOVE TOO MUCH!!!

We spent the weekend in Midway with my family so my mom watched the girls so we could go out to eat just the two of us. Sometimes I forget what it is like to go to dinner without kids!
What a nice treat it was.

We ate at Schneiters at the Zermott resort. It was AMAZING!!!
Thanks babe!!

Before we left Devs was teaching her daddy the "booty" walk she learned at dance last week.

Me and my two BEAUTIFUL little girls!

Shaking it

Here is my little rascal! This little monkey is into everything! She is so crazy at times but I just love her to much. She can always put a smile on mommys face! I promise one day she may grow hair but for now she pulls off the bald head great!! dont you think?!?!

cousins baptism.

This past weekend our nephew Jaden was baptized. Devree was in awe of the whole event. She kept asking Dee and I if she could please have a turn!!!

Here are the girls watching their cousin

Taycie Rae

Devree Ann was the entertainment while we waited for them to come back.

She was so serious when she got up in front of everyone and started dancing I think she literally was in her own world for a moment!! It was so sweet :)

DANCE. DANCE. DANCE

This is the day I have been waiting for since I first found out I was having a girl! Devree pretty much was born a dancer, she wants to dance all day long. Oh I just LOVE it!

Of course we had a photo shoot before class. And she was loving it. She kept striking a new pose and saying mom take this one oh and take this one it was to dang cute!

Seriously where did my child learn this from!!! She was born a poser I guess.

"cheese"

Taycie was a little disappointed she couldnt join in on dance class... but soon enough baby girl I will be dropping you off to your first dance class! YIPEE :)

Dev and Brooklyn.

Her little class has the cutest little girls ever!!! I can tell they are going to have so much fun together!

Totally watching herself in the mirror! She couldnt take her eyes off herself! She has already asked me like 100 times when she gets to go back to dance class. Seriously I love having girls!!!

2 going 16...

seriously my little girl is growing up way to fast!!!

da beach.

wow where did summer go?!? I feel like it just flew by! this summer we actually spent alot of time playing outside and it was so nice.
Devree could have stayed at the beach all day everyday!

Taycie wasnt so into the water and she was her sandy goldfish... mmm good!

Her BAYWATCH run.

OUr best buddy Kapono

These two went non stop the whole time we were there.

Enjoying more sand.

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