Pretty Nails

Anastyn has discovered fingernail polish! She loves it. I found this barbie polish that is washable and she insists on doing it herself. She puts a million coats and uses all the colors but she loves it! 

Doesn't she do a great job!  I do have to say that Taeya did great on her nails also.

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Window Well Fun

Brynn is always coming up with something fun for all these crazy girls to do - this crisp spring afternoon was definitely a first - who would've thought to take all the pillows and blankets in Alysons house and make a comfy bed in the window well - only Brynn! The girls loved it. And they were nice and cozy warm.

Rachel Ashby, Kira, Taeya, Brynn, Anastyn and Alayna

Binki Party

Anastyn has really loved her binki, she only has is at night but she loves it.  I have really been procrastinated the end of the binki!  I knew that I wanted to have a binki party just like Heather had for McCoy, but I kept putting it off. Finally I decided we just needed to do it and get it over with! So just like Heater, we got balloons, and purple cupcakes, and a present for Anastyn and we had a little party. Of course the Bailey's had to attend. Unfortunately Heather failed to mention that each Binki would take 2 balloons, so Gordon stashed a few in his pocket that we threw away later. Overall it was a success. The first night she went to bed fairly well - considering. She doesnt' go to bed as quickly as she did before and most of the time we have to lay with her to settle her down, but she doesn't wake up sad in the middle of the night like I was afraid she might. Thanks Heather for the great idea! 

One last picture of my Anastyn with the binki.

Here's the party girls - I put Brynn in charge of holding the balloons.  (Don't remember why Alayna and Anastyn are in underwear, but I'm sure I had a great reason!)

One last suck - I love the bad of binkis she's holding.  This attempt was unsuccessful.  Anastyn release the binki but it was too heavy to float up and away!

The next attempt got stuck in the tree!

Finally success!

After all the binki's were gone we had purple cupcakes. In case anyone is wondering, yes, she does have blue eyeshadow on.  Anastyn loves makeup!

And she opened a new present - a Dora Microphone.  She was more involved with the cupcake though!

After a few cupcakes she decided the microphone was pretty fun after all.  Look at my big girl!

YW Sleepover

Since the beginning of January us Young Women leaders were really trying to encourage the girls to read the Book of Mormon. They had to read at least 5 times a week and do a little journal entry on something they learned from their reading. If they completed the task we took them on an overnighter in downtown salt lake. One of the leaders has some rental property that was vacant for a few weeks so we stayed in her condo and did some shopping at City Creek. What a fun overnighter! I think the girls really enjoyed it too. 

Brianna, Brynn and Michelle

Julia, Laurel, Emma, Mckenna, Noelle, Kira, Savannah, Gretel, Brianna, Brynn and Michelle

Arizona for Spring Break

Kelly and I decided it would be fun to visit the Whitmer's this year for Spring Break  We left after church on Easter and stopped in Moab that night. We had breakfast in Blanding Monday morning, it was so great to see Heather - she was a saint for making us a yummy breakfast (even if I did invite myself!). We made it to Arizona in great time and had a blast with the Whitmer's. Arizona was nice and hot the first day we were there, but the weather got a little cooler the other days - I packed wrong! I was planning on heat and it was only around 75ish. I will tell you all about the trip through the following pictures: 

The girls were great in the car - at least as good as they could be.  They were so excited to get there!

Karsten, Anastyn, and Jayne - These 3 were little buddies - bath time together is always fun and wet!

Sadly Kierra had school during the day - Taeya was a little sad that she didn't get to spend 24/7 with her "best cousin."

We went and got pedicures one evening. Taeya loved it - Anastyn wanted one but I painted her nails when we got home instead. 

Kenzly, Kelly, and Jayne also got manicures and pedicures.  (Kimberly did to but I didn't end up with a picture of her).

Jayne held so still - I was impressed. 

Karsten was a great little chaufeur.  Thank goodness Anastyn had no desire to drive and Karsten was happy to be the driver!

Taeya and Kierra - One night we went to "Organ Stop Pizza." It's this massive organ that plays popular toons, it's loud and fun.  The girls really enjoyed it.

Jayne thought it was a little loud.

Anastyn was very intrigued.

Jayne, Anastyn, Taeya, and Karsten - We went to the pool one afternoon while we waited for the kids to get home from school.

Anastyn was making the life guards a little nervous - I don't think they are as confident in her swimming abilities as I am!

Karsten, Taeya, Jayne, and Anastyn - it was only 78 degrees so it was a little chilly when the kids got out of the water.

We went to Kimball's baseball game one night.  Jayne and Anastyn had twinner hair and they were great little friends that night as well.

Kenzly was very into her book - she spent the whole evening reading. 

Anastyn, Taeya, and Kierra - we went to dinner at a Mexican Restaurant after the game.

Silly girls.

Kelly, Me, and Kimberly (somehow I didn't get any pictures of Kimball).

Some of the things I didn't capture on camera - yummy meals, shopping at the San Tan Mall, Dress-ups with Kenzly, a few runs, lots and lots of chatting late at night, matching skirts I made for Taeya and Kierra, so much fun!  Thanks so much Kimberly for being such a great hostess.  We had a great time.  Hopefully we will be back again real soon.

Easter

Easter was so much fun this year. We had a busy week before Easter since Lawni and the kids were visiting so it came upon us so quickly! The girls were so excited. On Saturday afternoon (before easter) we had a fun hunt at Papa and Nana's house. My mom and dad always surprise us with something fun. We had a yummy dinner and then had a fun hunt. Easter Sunday was a nice day. We just went to sacrament meeting and afterwards we headed off to Arizona. 

A few days before Easter we went to Nana's house.  The girls love all of the stuffed bunnies, thought we'd take a picture with them.

Anastyn loved the hunt - I probably helped her find too many eggs!:)

Of course Taeya loved it too.  As you can see in Anastyn's hand Nana had a little present wrapped and hidden for each of the grandkids. 

She also had a few random things hidden  - Taeya happened to find this cute basket and loved it!

All the Grandkids at the hunt - Skyler, Asilia, Taeya, Zach, Daylen, Gage, Anastyn, and Jayne

Love these 2 cute girls!

Our Family

Easter morning - this is how they bunny wrapped up the girls "baskets" this year.  Anastyn's purple (of course) and Taeya's is the pink one. 

The easter bunny always brings a swimsuit and this year the bunny brought a lot of stuff for the girls to do in the car on the way to Arizona. This is all of Taeya's loot.

This is all of the stuff Anastyn got.

Of course they have to start opening everything immediately.

While Taeya was coloring Anastyn got up and found all of the eggs around the house, after Taeya realized that she was a little upset - Anastyn shared the candy!

I made the girls Easter dresses this year - they were a big pain but I bought the fabric last summer, I figured I better use it.  They did turn out super cute in my opinion.  Dresses are a lot more work than skirts! 

Skiing One More Time For The Season

Gordon decided that he really wanted to take Taeya skiing one more time before the season was over. If I remember right, it was the last day Brighton was actually open. Taeya and Gordon had a great time skiing, Taeya requested IKEA for dinner afterwards. Kindof a weird request but definitely inexpensive! Taeya is becoming a great little skiier! Maybe next year all 4 of us can go together..... 

California's Spring Break

We were counting down the days for Lawni, Brielle, and Bryce to come for a visit. The girls were in heaven! And so was I!:) Taeya had school during the week so we had to try hard to get her to bed early. Thankfully we didn't do much in the morning so she didn't miss out on much. We had so much fun talking til late at night, going to jump on it and swim lessons, shopping (with no kids!), eating ice cream (of course), and just being together. I miss this little family so much, come back soon!

Taeya and Brielle - I can't believe how much taller Taeya is!

They wanted twinner hair everyday!

Brielle, Taeya, Rachel, Alayna, and Anastyn - The girls had a little fun tea party outside.

We signed up the kids for a few swim lessons together, they always love swimming together.  They get so creative, they were mermaids with the diving rings around their legs.

Another day of swim lessons.

Who doesn't love a sleepover with your best friend!

Unfortunately the sleeping in the same room didn't last since Taeya hates to go to sleep at night.

We love going to jump on it!

Anastyn, Brielle, Taeya, and Bryce

They were getting very adventurous.

Mary made us delicious waffles for breakfast, we even had a little surprise shower for Lawni.

The kiddos had a great time just being at home playing.

Bryce needed a little dressing up - with all these girls around he needed a dress!

Anastyn and Bryce were the cutest little cowboys (even in underwear!)