HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

27 years ago today, I became a mother to a beautiful little girl. Logan Marie.

She is one of the most thoughtful and giving people I know. She is always thinking of others.

Logan has always been there to help out whenever needed. sometimes when i didn't even know I was needing her, she was and still is there. jumping in and filling in for me.

I mean, just look at here isn't she beautiful? inside and out. here are a few pictures.

Just last summer

She graduated last may (with her dad)

Me and her at a temple open house

Aunt Logan and Mia

Skyler adores her!

Happy Birthday Logan...I Love Ya!

I stand corrected

Ok, I really know how old my kids are. Nicole is really only 26. I can blame the incorrect age on blogging when it is late, and I should be asleep, or maybe I'm getting older and my memory is starting to go, or I was thinking of Logan's upcoming b-day and she will be 27. Or all of the above.

Happy Birthday to Nicole

This post is dedicated to my Nicole. She turned 27 today. Life has definitely never been dull with her in our family. Even from the start of her life. She came 3 weeks early (thank you!) and labor was 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. (Thank you again, and I am sorry I didn't pass the fast labor gene on to you.)

Here are a few pictures...

She was blessed with an amazing husband.

She is very creative and designs and creates their costumes each halloween, and fills their home with creativeness ( if that is a word).

She is always supportive of her sibs.

And she has given us the cutest grand daughter ever.

Happy Birthday Nicole, I love you!

Look what I got for Valentine's

We have been test driving cars for a month or so, had it narrowed down to a few. The pilot was always my first choice, but we needed to make sure, so we drove about every make of car out there that was in the cross-over type of car. Once Mark drove the pilot, he was convinced this was the vehicle for us. Yay, for new cars. Actually it is used a 2009 with really low miles.

Happy Valentines to me (and Mark)since it really is for the family but since he put that heart on the window, don't you think it's mine?

Christmas 2010

I have found through the years, my whole perspective of Christmas has changed. As a child, the gifts were always such a huge part, not only getting stuff, but the giving, I remember shopping for my brothers and sisters, and how excited I was to give them what i had found, just for them. In high school, i remember a family of a good friend of mine that really needed help, especially at Christmas, so we as a girls cross-country team would make ornaments, and sell them to raise money to buy gifts for that family. I remember going with my dad to take a Christmas tree to them and seeing how excited they were. Nothing felt so good as it did to take them Christmas leave it on their porch, ring and run, then hide in some bushes across the street and see the looks on their faces, and the tears coming from their mom.

Now as a mom and grandma, I love to see the joy on the faces of my family as they open their gifts, but even more than that, the fun they have drawing names, and finding that perfect gift for each other.

I love being with myfamily. both my own little family, and my extended family. That is now, what brings me the most joy.

I love the Christmas spirit, that the celebration of our Savior Jesus Christ brings.

Here are a few pictures of this most wonderful day!

Our ward does a Christmas Eve breakfast every year.

This year, Santa dropped in for a brief visit

Mia loved Skyler's harry potter glasses, and opening gifts

All the guys got nerf guns. It was full on war at our house. Bullets were flying everywhere.

Who would have thought these "grown" men would have so much fun?

The girls in their reindeer jama pants

Logan made a cloak for Skyler, and got him some harry potter glasses.

The Addis Family

The Mauchs

Logan finally found the pickle... every year, one of he sibs would find it, She was determined to find it this year, and her determination paid off.

Santa came to our house...and stuff to each other.

Christmas crafting

I have always wanted to decorate the outside of our house. So this year, I decided to start a major craft project... we made these giant ornaments to hang on our porch.

Mark cut all the ornaments out of masonite

Nicole and Kelsey painted...

and glittered...

I painted and glittered some more...

Until we had made 12-15" , and 18-10"

ornaments. I am still finding glitter throughout my house.

Thank you to my wonderful husband, who hung all these

while I was at work one night. He is such a trooper to put up with all my seasonal decorating.

9 years ago today....

...Our sweet little Skyler was born. He has been such a blessing to our family.

He makes us laugh. He makes us cry (happy tears), he is very sensitive to the spirit, smart, loves to make voice impressions, loves harry potter books and movies, loves legos, being with his family, and playing with friends. The past 9 years have been tons of fun. Love ya Sky!

Skyler at our family party, yay for Harry Potter legos!

We went bowling for his friends party, They had a blast.

I tried to get a serious picture, not one! I didn't even ask them

to pose goofy, this is just how they were the entire time!

Then back to our house for cupcakes and ice cream.

We missed you Aiden and Kyler!