August Birthdays

Angela and Ashley's birthdays are one day apart, so we celebrated together. Angela got breakfast in bed on her birthday. Emily got it ready all by herself, including buying the candy bar ahead of time and wrapping it up. What a lucky girl!

Clip on earrings!

Angela turned 8 this year, so she got her own scriptures in preparation for her baptism.

Yummy chocolate mousse cake! She has my love of chocolate!

I took some pictures of her outside.

Emily helped Ashley open her presents.

She got a pretend make up kit and she knew exactly what to do with everything.

My sister-in-law Ashley helped me make this cute flower out of fondant for my Ashley's cupcake. That way I didn't have to make two cakes. It worked perfectly.

Blowing out the candles.

When I told someone the other day that I have 4 girls, they smiled and said exclaimed, "You are so blessed!" and I thought, yes I am. I am so blessed to have 4 wonderful girls!

Can I Just Freeze Time?

I think these pictures say it all.

How will I choose?

More family pictures to come, but just had to share these. Thank you Megan!

Children's Museum

We got a children's museum membership last January and I haven't used it very much, so we're trying to go more before it expires. Ashley hadn't been in a few months when she was more of a baby and as we entered the play area, she let out a squeal of delight. It was the cutest thing ever. I was surprised how much Ashley was into the shopping. Even though she wasn't walking yet, she would walk along everything and do what all the other kids were doing. Hopefully we'll get there a few more times before the membership expires. For my Portland friends, let me know if you want someone to go with!

Angela's 7th and Ashley's 1st Birthdays

Angela and Ashley's birthdays are one day apart, so we had a fun celebration together with family.Emily's present was very special. She worked constantly for a few days making this book from a kit she received for her birthday. She spent a lot of time writing the story and then rewriting it into this book and adding pictures.

She was sure excited about presents!

Presents are fun to crawl over!

I made them each their own cakes. I borrowed the large cupcake pan from a friend and I thought it turned out so cute. Angela wanted our family favorite ice cream cake.

I love watching them have their cake on their first birthday. I think it's the only time I really let them make a mess of it. (Since Ashley is the 4th child, this was unfortunately not her first time to have cake or ice cream!) We let her try both cakes and she loved it!

Favorite Photo of Ashley

My sister-in-law took this photo while she was here and I just love it!

Ashley Photo Shoot

A good friend of mine wanted to take some pictures of Ashley a couple of months ago and I said SURE! These were taken in her living room, she did a great job! Here's some of my favorites.

Tulips

I have always wanted to go down to the Woodburn Tulip Festival and every year it just doesn't work out with my schedule, so when the weather was nice and I had an open morning this week, I decided I had to go and found a friend to go with me. I'm so glad I went even though it's quite a drive down there and Nicole wasn't too excited about walking around in the mud. I just couldn't convince her that it can be fun! Pictures just don't do it justice, it is really stunning.

My Nicole took the next 3 pictures. I had 2 cameras with me, so I let her carry one and she took about 50 pictures. Some of them turned out great!

Nicole wanted me to hold a flower for this picture.

Ashley was so content, she loves to be carried in the Ergo.

She was all excited about a spider inside the tulip and when I looked inside I realized it was just the black filaments inside.

Thanks to my friend Nicole for going with me and taking some beautiful pictures of us.

They had lots of activities for the kids too. The ducky races were fun!