a first.

I love to document the "firsts" in our lives...my kids get such a thrill out of flipping through our blog book and remembering all of their special "firsts"...

i was greeted with a VERY excited little 5 year old after school yesterday! She was holding onto a little white plastic tooth holder with her FIRST tooth inside! She wouldn't wiggle it much at home, because she knew that if it fell out at school she would get to go to the office and they would give her this cute little tooth holder necklace!!! I guess when you have 2 older siblings, you KNOW your stuff!!!:)
You would think i would past getting sad when the first tooth is gone...but it still stings me a bit. She is my last baby girl, and she is growing up way too fast for me!

so proud

this little stink is so proud of herself...he relfection poster won regionals and is on it's way to state!:)
daddy and i got to go with ther to her awards night and she was just beaming! Her teacher even took the time to come watch her - LOVE THAT! She felt so special and that is what i loved most about the evening.

SO AWESOME!

 My little etsy shop is featured today on www.modernkiddo.com!!!! It was featured last Monday too and my shop went CRAAAZY busy!!! I knew I wasn't the only weirdo that likes to dress my kiddos in vintage goodies!

onto other news....there just really isn't any. I am about ready to shoot myself due to lack of sleep. We can't figure out why Sawyer doesn't sleep. You would think he would be EXHAUSTED - i know his mommy is! He is eating baby food, working on his army crawl, jabbers, giggles...everything baby, except sleeping!!!!  GOOD THING HE'S CUTE!

                                                              i LOVE my boys!

Christmasing about....

First off...let's just pretend that we are on your front porch, singing you a Christmas carol and hand delivering you this card along with a tasty treat... :)  Okay, so some of the treats have been made and delivered, but not the cards! I worry about getting all my clients pictures done and ready for their cards, so mine always take a back seat. oh, well! There is always next year, right?

  oh, i also HAD to post a couple of pictures of the sweetest Christmas Pageant ever!!!! The kids had fun... and daddy, grandma, grandpa and i looooved every second of it! i love this special season! It really did seem to fly by this year, so i will enjoy the rest of what is left of it....hope you all do the same! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family!

our grandpa.

A few weeks ago we lost our sweet grandpa Mark. He was one of the funniest people i know. My kids refer to him as the "swearing grandpa" because he said "hell" all the time! I don't ever remember him being anything but spunky, active and full of life! When they'd come visit us when i was a kid, he'd go on early morning walks and talk to every single person that he passed on his way...then he'd come back and tell me all about them! He was a chatter box, and i like to think i got that little gift from him! I was also told my whole life that i got my blue eyes from him, because nobody else in our family has them! I am so glad i got them, cause now all my babies have the most AMAZING blue eyes ever! THANKS GRANDPA!:)
 I am so glad that we were able to see him a few months ago! As soon as we pulled up to his house the kids said, "there's grandpa!" Sure enough, there he was smiling ear to ear and waving to us from his carport -  he was just sitting out there waiting for us to come! He gave me a big hug and later offered me a look at his false teeth...gross! anyway, we sure love him and wish that we would have been able to visit him more often, but i know that someday we will all have a grand reunion on the other side!
  a friend of mine shared this little video, and i love it! This  video is why i love the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so blessed to belong to such a wonderful church, that gives us hope and peace in times of sorrow. Grandpa wasn't a member of the church, but my cousin asked him if he would like to have his Temple work done, and he said, "sure, i might as well have all my bases covered!" i love him!!!http://youtu.be/wy41VCbdt0I  (i can't get the video to load here, but click on the link to the left!)

can you believe it????

Can you believe that 6 months ago today....this bundle of pure adorableness (not a word, i know!) joined the bolton clan?  I think having a big family is a TON of work, but lots o' fun too!!!! I think after 6 months, we have decided he is a keeper for sure!

 things about sawyer:
 loves his mommy
 adores emily
 not a fan of sam
hates baby food
full of smiles and giggles
sleeps like CRAP
weighs in at 15.4lbs
looooves rachel's lala loopsie doll

                                                     his first love...miss lala loopsie herself!

our little winner!

Rachel is the newest reflections winner of our family! (zach won in 2nd grade too!) Her cute picture will go onto the regionals and she is BEYOND proud of herself! I wish i would have taken a picture of her project before she took it to school - it turned out so cute!

in case you are wondering about her poor face...she got in a fight with the treadmill...she lost.  I have NEVER let me kids on that stupid thing because i have always heard how dangerous they are. The ONE time i let her try it...her face ends up like this! She lost her balance and hit face first and it slid her right off. I felt so bad! The sad thing is, is that it looks worse and worse each day. Today it is all scabbed up and sore looking. Just as she left for school this morning she asked, "Is there anything on my face?" I couldn't help but laugh out loud...she was not amused and started crying! Apparently she was meaning any food on her face!:)
The morning after this happened she made a sign to put on her shirt that said..
      I FELL ON THE TREADMILL.
                DON'T ASK!!!!

silly girl!