Sunday Pics and Taking a LEAP!!

Happy March!! Can you believe it??? This year is going to go by even faster than last....I no likey!! Saige is finishing up basketball this week and we have had so much fun going to all of her games...that girl is all heart! I'm so proud of her and her will to keep trying....she's going to try out for track too....so, in other words....life will not be slowing down for us any time soon! Kyle also got his very first job at Carl's Jr. and so adding his work schedule into our mix should make for a very busy life....but, somehow we get it all in! Bodie, of course keeps us on our toes EVERY.SINGLE.DAY! ha. He's kind of going through a whiny stage lately....REALLY hoping that passes soon! But, otherwise life is good, our family, church callings and everything else really makes us the most happy and I'm so grateful that I have such a great little family!


Our "Basketball Star"!
Bodie nudging his way into the picture....ha ha! I guess if we don't act like we want him to be in it, he'll happily pose for the picture!

Little stinker! (Bodie, not Joel....wait, who am I kidding...Joel too!!!)

Saige and I.

She's so sweet on Sunday picture days....(the other children aren't so chipper)

Example.....ha! He's a stinker too.

But, the next shot looked a lot better...especially when I threatened him....ha ha!

Here are some pictures from our New Beginnings program....everything came together really well and I'm happy with the results....we got the idea to have New Beginnings on Leap Year...Feb. 29th and found lots of good ideas on the web!

In the weeks leading up to our program, we had the girls jump for pictures! And we hung them on our back drop with the lily pads! Then each girl got up and told us what makes them jump for joy and they added their individual picture on the lily pad. Very cute!

The favors.....the personal progress leader put together the little frog handouts and my second counselor and I did the plaques....I love how they turned out....Arise and Shine Forth is this year's theme and we did this trendy cute saying for all the girls.

So cute!

Love these too!

The program.

The personal progress and leader and I made these cute frog cupcakes. (I had a last minute hand mixer tragedy, but I managed to whip out the butter cream frosting....ha ha!)

The refreshment table....I am obsessed with these little water bottles and wrapping them with labels!

Sweet Young Women. Love them! Jessie, Cara, and Saige

Mikayla and Madison!

Rosie girl!

The sisters!

Katie and Rebecca.

It was a fun night....I have such sweet girls and I'm so happy to have this calling....it definitely keeps me busy, but I love it!

Sunday Pics and Forcing Spring in Feb.!

Bet you can't believe it's time for Sunday pics again? right? ha ha! I've really been in a blogging slump...I can't for the life of me remember to take out the camera when something worthwhile is going on...but, I hope I can do better this year! I have a lot of plans for the house, so hopefully I can blog about those projects as I get them done! I'm also planning on a big Birthday for little Bodie Bug, so that is always fun! In the meantime....here are the latest Sunday pics of the familia!!!

Me and my girl!
The kiddos!! See little Bodie creeping in the picture??? ha ha

Love this picture! We succeeded in getting Kyle to tame that wild do....it's a little less wild....a little! (this was before the haircut!)

Bodie behaving just a little bit!

Mom and Pop!

I love how we color coordinate....ha ha!

A little Sunday cheesy sugar!

Loved this pic, but turned it to B/W because we both could use some teeth whiteners...bahhaha!

Our teens!

For some reason, I have been obsessed with the color green lately.....and while it is STILL technically winter....I decided to force a little spring in our house and what better color to do it with than bright apple green!! I love the change, I always feel a little blah in January and February and these little changes did me a world of good!!


My obsession started with these bright green eucalyptus branches that I found at Marshalls....loved them so much that I went to another Marshalls store to find more!!

Another inexpensive score at Marshalls....green and springy!

This little beaut was a TJMAXX score in their clearance pile.....I love it and I think it looks a little more modern than those old silk plant trees!

Pops of green in the dining room.....mostly with stuff I already had. I spray painted the basket in the dough bowl today! Loved how it turned out.

Love me some spring birds....HATE, HATE, HATE the pigeons that live on top of our house that poo all over our drive way....we MUST get rid of those things.....JOEL!!!

Spring piano-scape! I so should have bought more of these huge wine bottles when we were in Europe....they are so pricey over here and I think I scored on this huge thing....darn.

Some more green eucalyptus goodness!!

Anyway....that is spring in our house! Now, ready for the real thing to come!

Sunday Pictures.....

Howdy! Life has been buzzin along, same-o thing, different day! However, Bodie bug is growing like a weed and getting spunkier every day! He is such a mess, but we love him to pieces around here! He likes having the camera all to himself....ha ha! At least we've noticed he does better when he's not being forced into a family picture! He loves to say cheese and we can usually coax him into taking a picture just by reminding him about the cheese! He's a ham!

Daddy got him ready for church and he's ready to go NOW!

Come on everybody! (I could smooch that little neck all day long!)

Cutest.boy.ever!

Dark picture...sigh!

I hate when the picture is good of the rest of the people and I'm forced to put it on the blog...ha ha!

Ahh...sweet!

Note to self....hate your hair...do something different!!!

Anyway....there you have it...another riveting round of Sunday pictures! Hope you enjoy!

Kyle's Christmas and Sunday Pics!

Kyle couldn't wait to open up Christmas gifts when he got home from Alabama! He didn't have a ton to open up because he wanted to go shopping with Christmas money....but, he did enjoy the gifts he received! (he didn't mind little brother helping him open either!)

All my kiddos get Christmas jammies! He's been wearing these ever since!

Papa Hoss and Nana hooked him up!! His favorite....cash!!!

Uncle Quinton shares his love of music and sent an I-tunes card!

And Saul and Jade decided to help him cultivate his natural musical talent with a........NEW UKULELE!! He's already jamming out new tunes! (some he's made up....which is way cool)

Whooooo----hoooo!

Very cute!

He looks good with that thing! He's been having fun spending all the Christmas money on clothes at the mall and he's picking very cute stuff....the boy's got some taste! Grammy and Grampy sent the kids gift cards and they ALL had fun spending the money! Thanks everyone....we love you all!

The only Sunday Pic of Bodie....and yes, he refused to take the hat off....(even at church...I'm sure people were judging us left and right....ha ha! But hey, you gotta do what works when your church time falls during nappy time!)

I cropped myself right out of these pics....but I sure do have some handsome boys!

Kyle is not a huge fan of Sunday pics....actually neither is his dad!!!

Everyone decided to hate on Sunday pics this week.....the turkeys!

I'll make them be sweet next week!

This one isn't bad....but Saige looks like she's in pain....grrrr!

Silly, fake smiles!! Oh well....I'll take it!