Friday Favorites

Cooking is one of our favorite activities that we do as a family. My kids love to help cook and I really feel like they are actually helping. It's not like when they "help" me mop the floor or fold clothes. They actually do a great job with cooking and they never seem to get tired of it. But my favorite from this post is the super cool aprons that my talented SNL Joy made for Emmy and Ally's birthdays in July. When I grow up I so want to learn how to sew. Charles-Allen doesn't have one, but he so wants one. Can't you see him in a cutie pie apron?

The aprons even have their names embroidered on them. How cool is that? I love me some monogrammed stuff. Some would say I'm a little obsessed with it, combine that with my kids names, something else I totally love, and you have a win win.

I wish I had a better shot of Emmy's. It's so pretty. I had a hard time getting her to wear hers because she didn't want to mess it up. Aunt Joy totally scored on the favorite birthday present. Thanks a ton! We love them.

So You Think You Can Dance

Ally loves to dance. She reminds me of an old episode of Seinfeld where Elaine thinks she can dance and she's all elbows and kicks. Ally dances just like that. I love it. This kid cracks me up all the time. Please pay no attention to her diaper. It's barely hanging on, probably because it's had to be put on about 5 times because she loves to take it off.

Ten Things I Love About This Collage

10. The fact that it's a collage.

In case you haven't noticed I'm loving the collage maker on Picasa.

9. Green grass

8. Watermelon

7. Water games

6. Bathing suits

5. Summertime

4. Kids laughing

3. My shinny new deck.

2. Stealing kisses from babies

1. COUSINS-they're the best!

Friday Favorites

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT ALLY'S FAVORITE THING IS?

It could also be my favorite thing because this is a good sleeping baby. So is Parker, she sucks the same fingers just on a different hand.

Orlando

We took a trip to Orlando last week for five days. Neal had to work the whole time so the kids and I hung out at the resort. We were right beside Sea World and just a few minutes ride from Disney World, but I have no desire to go there with small children. That will have to wait until they're older. The resort had an awesome 17,000 sq. ft. pool with two water slides and a kiddie pool play area. Not to mention an indoor/outdoor pool with a movie screen and water volleyball court. We had a good time, well as much fun as you can have with four kids at an enormous pool and one adult. But it was much better than sitting at home. The only problem was there were bad thunderstorms everyday that came out of no where and one day we got caught in one. As you know, Charles Allen is very afraid of "tormados" so he freaks out and I had a really tough time getting packed up, making sure Ally didn't get back in the pool, and trying to calm Charles Allen down. By the time we got back to the room three of my four children were crying because the thunder and lightning were so bad. Did I say it was better than sitting at home? Maybe not so much:)

Emmy's Baptism

We had a great time last night. Emmy was baptised by her Dad at the Garner Ward. We had tons of family and friends attend. Emmy's Aunt Kristie and Aunt Melissa gave wonderful talks and sang Emmy's and Neal's favorite song, "Walk Tall You're A Daughter", and her Aunt Kristen played the music. Afterwards we went home to have a dinner that my dad cooked for everyone. He so rocks. We feel really so blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive family that loves us. Thanks you guys for all you do.