Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Rebekah is SEVEN!!

Our SEVEN year old girl!
Rebekah wanted a "Frozen" cake, so this is what I came up with.





She got a stereo for her birthday!

Modeling her stereo packaging hat while holding Emily
We're so grateful to have Rebekah in our family.  She is helpful, kind, and thoughtful.  She loves to help out with "Mommy jobs".  She just started 2nd grade and is doing very well.
Favorite color is blue.
Favorite food is ice cream.
Favorite show is Wild Kratts
Favorite thing is "Silky" her blanket
She wants to grow up to be like Mom
She wants to be a teacher and a bus driver when she grows up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rebekah!  We sure love you!

Thursday, July 31, 2014

4 months old

Emily is 4 months old!  She's so fun to be around!


 She loves tummy time and is getting strong!
Rebekah loves to hold Emily

Hyrum likes holding Emily and playing ball with her.

Brigham loves Emily and he likes holding her.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

3 months!

Emily is three months old.  In Rebekah's words, "Emily is so cute!"
3 months old

Emily is such a cutie!

She is getting really good at holding up her head.

Hyrum loves his little sister.

Rebekah loves to help take care of her.

Brigham is so sweet with Emily.
She just started being interested in holding toys.

Emily is starting to like her swing.
We sure love this precious little baby! We are so grateful she has joined our family. 

Friday, June 27, 2014

Making Puppets

The kids wanted to show off the puppets they made this evening.  Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

pictures of Emily

hanging out on the couch

1 week old


Easter with siblings

Easter

sleeping on her arm

1 month old

wide eyed

bath time!

all wrapped up in her towel

in her sun hat

first smile caught on camera

blessing day

blessing day
We sure love this little girl. Life sure is busier now that we have her. She is such a wonderful blessing!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful Dad!

Brigham loves you! "Thanks for loving me. Thanks for making muffins, and thanks for making pancakes."



Rebekah loves you! "I like playing monsters with you at the pool."



Hyrum loves you! "I like to play games with you, Dad."



Emily loves you! "Thanks for making me smile." (Mommy put those words in her mouth.)




We all love you! You're an awesome Dad!
Thanks for all you do for us!

Monday, May 5, 2014

Emily Luva

Emily

Emily Luva was born March 31st at 11:35pm

She weighed 6lbs 14oz.  She measured 19.5 inches long.

Everything went well with labor and delivery and both Jessica and Emily are doing well.






We sure love our little Emily.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

It's a Girl!

Our new baby is GIRL!
We're so excited to be adding a little girl to our family in April. 
It's kind of funny, I was so sure the baby was a boy, but we're super excited for a girl and it will make bedroom sharing easier when she's old enough to move out of our room.  Rebekah is very glad to be getting a new sister.  Hyrum is pretty upset it's not a boy.




Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Good-Bye, Ana and Michelle

Our two foster daughters have moved to Mexico to live with their aunt.  We we miss them, they have been such a joy to have around.  The children are just as emotional about them leaving as I am.  I think it's going to be a rough week or two around here until we all adjust to the quieter house. 

Out of the seven children we've fostered we've been able to keep three of them, and for that I will be forever grateful!  I am so glad to have been blessed with Brigham, Rebekah, and Hyrum.  They have been in our home for almost 5 years.  It surely has been a blessing. 

Last night we decided to do some fun family activities to get all our minds off of the sad news that two of our family members were leaving. We went out to dinner (which we haven't done in over 18months) and took the children to a local family fun place and did arcade games.  It was nice to have one last fun memory with Ana and Michelle. 

It's been a hard day with a lot of tears, but we will make it through.  I just hope and pray that these girls are going to a good home and that they will be loved and cared for.  It's hard sending them off to a family in another country that we know nothing about.  We just have to hope and pray that they remember who they are and can stay strong.

I wish I could post pictures of our family with them in it, but confidentiality rules prevent it.  I figured saying their names is fine because they are not their legal names anyway, it's just what they go by.

If you think of it, please pray for them.  Thank you!

Friday, November 8, 2013

Halloween

 We had a good Halloween.  The children enjoyed a ward party the Satruday before Halloween including a trunk-or-treat.  Then on Halloween day they all got to wear their costumes to school.  Daddy took them trick-or-treating in the evening.  They ate a little too much candy and were cranky for a few days, so after Halloween night we took their buckets and have been handing them one or two pieces at a time.  They do so much better eating a little at a time. 
Rebekah was Princess Aruora
Brigham was Cheer Bear from the CareBears

Hyrum wanted to be a pumpkin again.

Timothy and I wore our costumes from the musical our stake did 8 years ago, Brother Joseph.
It sure in nice to reuse costumes.  The only one I had to make was Brigham's CareBear costume.

Hope you all had a great Halloween too!