Charity's Birthday (August 22)

Charity turns 15!

15 things about our lovely Charity!

1.  She has a fabulous singing voice...that she likes to not share!

2.  She is really into politics.

3.  She loves to read.

4.  She loves music.

5.  She plays the piano

6.  and the organ at church!

7.  She has gorgeous, thick brown hair.

8.  She enjoys a good argument!

9.  She is an amazing big sister...and a fabulous babysitter.

10.  She loves SIMS.

11.  She is very aware of those around her, which makes her very sensitive to the needs of those around her.  She is really good at making sure people aren't being left out.

12.  She loves a youtube show called Good Mythical Morning...it is really funny!

13.  She loves Studio C

14.  She love learning.

15.  She is really close with her younger brother Christian!

We are blessed to have this amazing daughter...we love her tons!

Tyler's 3rd Birthday (August 2)

3 things about Tyler

1.  He has a fabulous smile!

2.  He is a very picky eater.

3.  He is a very loving big brother!!

Tyler is a sweet yet ornery little boy...he keeps us on our toes!

We sure love having him in our family!

Grace's 10th Birthday (August 1)

10 things about Grace...

1.   Grace is super creative!

2.  Grace is a fabulous big sister

3.  She has a beautiful singing voice

4.  She is sensitive.

5.  She loooooves to wear leggings!!!

6.  She loves animals, especially cats.

7.  She loves the outdoors.

8.  She is a tomboy.

9.  She love stuffed animals.

10.  Grace loves to ride anything with wheels...bike, skateboard, ripstik and now her new flikr carver!

We love having this sweet girl in our home, she adds excitement and has taught this mom a lot about patience! She truly is a joy and I am so grateful to be her mom!!

Pictures of Noel in her baptism dress!

So I am totally going out of order...I am totally behind on posting stuff and I was only going to post the things I am behind on like the birth of our 8th baby and the 2 birthdays we had this summer, BUT I decided to go ahead and post pictures of Noel in her baptism dress. She was so fun to take pictures of and she added her little spunky personality to them which made them even more lovely!  I just love this sweet little girl of ours!  

Easter 2014

Trying to get pics of my crew is TOUGH!  

There is either a jokester in the crowd...

 Or someone gets mad...

 or someone keeps trying to walk off (that would be Tyler we kept having to bring back)...

 I made my 2 younger girls' dresses.  I especially loved Noels!

 Tyler would only somewhat cooperate if we let him play with the cat toy! He is one strong willed kiddo, but we'll keep him! :)

Our Family!

I thought we would try and take some pics before Austin left for his mission and this is what we ended up with...

 These pics were hilarious because it was the middle of the day and the sun was shining down on them...not the best idea but it made for a good laugh!

Bringing Austin to the Temple

Words cannot describe the feelings in my soul the day we brought our oldest son through the temple. 

 It was absolutely amazing.  I am so grateful for the blessings that Heavenly Father 

continues to pour out upon our family!

 Horrible picture of me because it was windy...but whatever!!! It was an amazing day!

My closet organization reveal!!

I really wish I had a before pic. but I don't.  I took everything out of the closet and then painted it.  It was a clean slate!  I bought bins at the dollar store and used a few I already had on hand.  I labeled all the bins with chalkboard labels that I cut on my Silhouette.  I just have to label them still.  

 These metal hook thingys I found at the dollar store they were perfect to hang jewelry, belts and hats on!

 I made the chandelier from wax paper...tutorials are on pinterest on how to do it! I love how it turned out!!!

I am loving my organized closet and it has been 5 months since I organized it and it is still organized!

Boy or Girl???

This is how we did our gender reveal...

 We took a vote and it was pretty much down the middle!

 ...and it's a boy!! (of course we already knew this since baby boy is here)