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OUR YEAR AT A GLANCE 2016

Sadie (8) “Once when I played basketball, I got a home run!”  

 Sadie is in 3^rd grade and dances on a competition team at Infinity Dance Studio. She plays piano and has a really cute Christmas duet with her sister Emmy, playing Oh Holy Night. I was in charge of filling musical numbers for a community Christmas event this year and these girls got to play their one religious Christmas song on repeat for about twenty minutes. Sadie has been caught many a night up late reading Harry Potter in bed. Those books should have a warning label. They seem to be quite addictive. She loves math and science and making potions in the kitchen. 

Emmy (6) “The Wizard of Oz is a baby show. It’s like Dorothy has brain damage!”

Emmy is in 1^st grade and has become quite the artist. She is constantly drawing pictures and turning them into books. Her specialty is drawing cupcakes and “black and white extreme closeups”. She is also a wonderful piano player and is on her sister’s heels catching up to where she is in her piano books. Emmy is about to start her second year of basketball (her true love) and Brian gets to help coach her team.

Bree (4) “Bells on pop tarts ring, making spirits cry.” (Singing Jingle Bells)

Bree is attending preschool where she is a peer model for children that have special needs. I hear the cutest stories about how the “little guys” give Bree hugs and how she helps the kids get their backpacks on. Bree has been learning sign language and a little Spanish. She is trying out her first year of dance and just had her first recital last night where she was bouncing off the walls excited. 

Rosie (18 months) is the family's little shadow. She loves to mimic everything we do. She insists on having her own little backpack lined up by her sisters so when they leave in the morning she can have hers on too. She has learning a few dance moves and when she hears Bree’s dance song come on she really rocks out. Her best move a grand plie.  She takes a very solid afternoon nap everyday and is growing as fast as she can….everything but hair that is! She is the baby with many nicknames some of them being Rozzie, Belle and Squishy.  

Brian is a saint for putting up with all the girliness going on in this household. He takes it upon himself to introduce them to some of his loves such as youtube outdoor survival videos and pain inflicting hobbies  Brian’s new love is mountain biking and I know he is going to have four mini-me’s that will love his hobby as well. Brian works for Intel Security and he is the executive secretary at church.

Kelly is so grateful that I have four little girls that have so many unique different talents that I can take advantage of. I have learned to delegate as much as I can to them because the really enjoy the organizing and artistic things I have on my to do list. They also have become pretty proficient in folding laundry and dishes. I have been continuing with my photography business because I just love having an excuse to binge watch Netflix series while I edit at night. I teach the 4-5 year olds in primary and can’t think of a better calling for me. I love being in there. 

This blog isn’t the most updated, but it is a nice dropping zone for when I get ambitious and want to document our lives. I hope everyone is finding ways to spread joy and cheer this Christmas season and that we can all carry it on throughout the year!

Merry Christmas from our crazy crew! 

Family Pictures at BYU-I Gardens

We ventured to BYU-I Gardens one HOT night in July (I'm talking mid 90's) and did a photoswap with The Snedaker's. We learned that night that although we all think the world of each other... especially the children, it would be better to take each family out individually because it turned into one big play date! I'm still happy with how it they turned out though. Bree is usually the easiest one and smiles big smiles for the camera. She was so mad when we held her for pictures because she just wanted to explore around the gardens and run around. Natalie Snedaker from Excursion Photography took the family and couples pictures and I took the kids pictures and did all of the editing.

A Day of Love

It's been a great Valentine's Day, and an even greater Valentine's month for that fact. I just love these three girls and their amazing Daddy. I am blessed!

My friend Natalie came over and we did a little trade of secret pictures of us with the kids for Valentine gifts for our hubby's to have at work or wherever. It is amazing how great of smiles she got out of all of my girls, but especially Emmy. Thank you Natalie, these pictures really are priceless to me!

 

Bree does exist!

Editing this picture took a huge chunk of my Sunday night, but it was all worth it. I am printing a 16"x20" at Sams Club tomorrow and there will finally be a picture in our house proving that Bree really does exist. It's about time!

 And I am posting this one because I really hope it ends up in the 2013 Stewart Calendar (hint hint Nikki :)

Love these girls!

 

Family Pictures

This last Friday night we did a family picture swap with the Snedaker and I am so happy to have a picture with Bree in it that I can't print big for my living room. I think it is just amazing that Natalie and Chris got Bree to smile so big. I wish I would have been looking to see what Chris was doing, but I was just cheesing it up for the camera and never looked. It turned out to be a really fun night because the girls were acting really good (for the most part) and we had prepared for a lot of fits.  

Bree's sad face cracks me up in this one. She was definitely done for the night!

All Five of Us!

I promised Brian this would be the last family photoswap we did until after Baby #3 comes... Yep that is right. I haven't posted it yet (even though a lot of you already know), but we are PREGNANT! And due May 15th. I have an apointment tomorrow and I am going to beg for an ultrasound, so I can have a picture of my cute little baby. The first apt. I was seven weeks along, so my baby looked like a dot. Not the most exciting picture to share. 

I just started to feel little kicks when I am lying down and I have officially popped out within the last few days. I can still suck it in for pictures (like this one), but this bump is here to stay for awhile and we couldn't be happier!

More of US!

But that is why you come here right?!?

 

 

 Sadie and her buddy Brooklyn. She names all of her baby dolls Brook, Brooklyn or Kally (I feel so special too).