Moriah's Birthday...

The Masterpiece!

Jordan is brilliant!

Of course, it was my idea to put it on wrapping paper!!! 

Gideon getting in the way!

Birthday girl!

Talking about her night out with mom and dad. 

Smiling

The inspiration for the cake

"Bless You on Your Special Day" aka the Special Day Plate has been used for so long!  That is birthday tradition #1

Princess 5 and Princess 4

Gideon being silly, like always! :)

Waiting for the cake

We like to surprise people on their birthdays, so we make the cake while they are out eating with mom and dad. We just started that this year :)

"Cool"

Insert her blowing!

She blew them out in one blow!  I guess she's only 8!!!

She does not know how to smile!!  But I guess, it makes her!

Guessing

This is only Part 1 one of my 3 presents I have for her!

Hershey's!

Opening mom and dad's present

A Lamplighter! Those are our FAVORITE to listen to on the way somewhere.  My FAVORITE one is Sir Malcolm and the Missing Prince.

Presents from mom...plus mine

*excited*

Tradition #2

We write our names

Dad measures us.

"I am taller than Gideon when he was 8!!!!"

It's fun to look back on all the heights.   So far, Moriah has beaten EVERY kid, so mom speculates, that she will be her tallest kid!!  Maybe she'll even pass up my 5'7!!

To a Dear Girl... On Her Birthday...

Happy Birthday Moriah!!

Love you girl!!

Your sister,

Emily

(I am planning a "treasure" hunt for her to find my present for her.  I decided to have more than 8 clues, (It would be a little more fun that way if I had 11 instead!)  so on her 8th clue she will find 8 Reese's candy bars.  She hasn't had it yet, so don't tell her!!!)

Recent Adventures...

Jo-Jo!!

I recently went to Rapid City with some friends to witness the marriage of our friend's sister.  It was very fun.  Josh and Annie have some of the cutest kids ever (That is baby Joanna on the left) and it was a real joy and a blessing to be with them all weekend!  We left Thursday, and Jordan and I got back home Monday of this week.

Nick

The whole family with the dinosaur

He is almost 2 and really cute.  I have several more pictures of him, but didn't want to wait for them all to download.

Lexi

Chris-splashing up a storm

Grant-man

William

That blur at the end of the slide is William

My buddy!

Jordan reading to Nick right before the wedding.

The bride and groom

 

*kiss*

 

We then went skiing at Terry Peak the next day (Sunday).  It was a little more difficult than Andes Mountain, but it was still fun!



Emma Lou

This happened Valentine's Day. We were eating supper and Rebekah spilled her water and it formed a heart right before our eyes!!