Merry Christmas!

Santa came to our house this morning.

The stocking were overflowing.

I guess Santa thought girls were really good this year! Shhhh...I guess he didn't remember they might have been a little naughty.

Merry Christmas!

Little Brother

I wanted to update my bump picture so I quickly snapped these this morning and thought I would include a couple shots of the nursery too. I still can't believe he will be here next month. We are counting down the days and we can't wait to finally meet him. As always, we are still working on  a name!!! Taking a picture of yourself in the mirror is so hard. I forgot how far my belly sticks out and I didn't quite get it all in the picture. lol

 Here is a close up of my huge belly.

I painted the nursery  a light blue and used white and navy as the accent colors. I have a silhouette of Mosley(our dog) on the pillow. 

 I still need to hang the mirror, properly hang the curtains, add picture frames and some art. I want to add a cream  rug to the floor also.

What???

While taking Kristin to school on Friday, we passed a house that was burning leaves. I hear her sniffing in the back seat trying to figure out what the smell was. Kristin said, "Yummm Birthday Cake." lol. I think we use way too many birthday candles in our house.

Happy 10th Birthday Anna!!!

 

My sweet  Anna is 10 today and she is so excited for her double digit birthday!  Happy Birthday Anna!!!

Snake

While Jeremy is traveling in Africa,  we have been enjoying a couple of days in Georgia. The kids are riding horses and we have just been hanging out because I am very pregnant( less than 8 weeks to go). I thought I would share the e-mail I just got from him....Quite interesting. (Anna has a fascination with snakes from the show Swamp People)

What kind of snake does this look like? King snake,
garter snake, tree snake? Not quite, it's a SPITTING COBRA!@!. One of
the guys I'm traveling with didn't know what it was. He tried to catch
it and it spit in his eyes! And I videotaped it spitting on him!

His eyes are swollen up and hurting, but the doctor said he thinks he'll
be ok.

It was in an outside bathroom, not in the bunk house. Still, I think
I'll look under my bed tonight before I go to sleep.

ER

Tonight was our first official trip to the ER for stitches. After several initial threats to the Doctor, Lauren did great. Jeremy had to lay under her on the operating table. He was holding her down along with 5 nurses and 2 Doctors!!! She ended up with 5 stitches. Needless to say, She thinks swinging from the couch is not a great idea!!!

Happy Halloween 2011

Happy Halloween!! The girls had a great time collecting candy this year. Some of the neighborhood kids met in the front of our house to play before trick or treating.

Our rockin 50's girl Kristin!

Spider Countess Lauren!
Groooovy Girl Anna!

27 weeks preggo

Tomorrow I will be 27 weeks so I thought I would post a belly picture. Only 13 weeks to go!

Hippie Day

The girls have homecoming this week and today was Hippie Day! Anna rockin the headband!

Lauren rockin the blue hair feather!!

Happy Hippie Day! I'm off to gaggggg down some glucose. yummm! Let's hope I don't fail this test too!!

Oh my...School pictures!!!

The girls had their school pictures a couple of weeks ago and as usual, it's a story! Lauren is going thru this phase where she wants to pick out her clothes and do her hair a certain way and by the way, she can rock a side ponytail. On picture day, our school usually spreads the pictures out over a couple of days. Lauren had pictures on Tuesday and Anna had pictures on Wednesday. This is nice for me because I get 3 girls ready in the morning and our mornings are crazy. Lauren picked out a super cute outfit with leggings and we put her hair up with a bow and I spent about 20 minutes on her hair. She looked adorable. Well, I get the pictures back this week and I'm looking at them wondering what happened to Lauren. As she was waiting in line to get her picture taken, she decided to put her hair up in a ponytail....herself. Nice.... this is the picture that is going in the YEARBOOK and it will go into thousands of homes!! I think she is the only 1st grader that decided to redo her hair on picture day. Lauren, I love you!!!

Fishing

I picked up Anna from school Thursday and casually told her she was leaving in 45 minutes for Florida. We resisted telling her in the morning so school would not drag by and she was beyond excited. We rushed home and packed then off to the airport. I think Jeremy is getting a little spoiled using the private jet. lol

This is the catch. Jeremy took the video camera which he left in the hotel and the camera, which he left in the car. He is definitely there for the fish and not to take pictures(such a guy).

Anna had a great time and I'm glad she was able to experience such a wonderful trip.

Fishing in Florida

Anna just boarded a private jet and she is en route to The Mollie. She is skipping school Friday and deep sea fishing with Jeremy. I hope she has a great time.

It's a.......

We had our ultrasound and the girls are to excited to say.....




IT'S





A















BOY!!!!

Baby Tolbert will be here in January!!! We are so excited!

Happy 3rd Birthday Kristin!!!!

My sweet baby girl turned 3 this weekend.

Seems like yesterday, I was snuggling with you as a baby and now you are 3.

This is a picture from your first day of preschool. You were so excited about your backpack and going to school like the big girls.


Happy Birthday Kristin!!!!! I love you.

Kristin

Kristin had the cutest shirt on, so I thought I would share.........

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to the guy that has put up with me for 15 years! Or would that be the other way around. Love ya!

Hi

OK, I have been such a slacker on blogging this summer. We have enjoyed just playing with the kiddos. We are taking a trip to the mountains tomorrow and then I will update all the trips we have taken this summer. Can't believe we are starting school in under 2 weeks.

Happy Fathers Day

Happy Father's Day to the best Dad and Coach in the world. We got to hang out at the ball fields today and we are STATE BOUND. Not your typical Father's Day, but it was awesome. Way to go Springville Tigers. Woo Hoo.......

2011 All Stars

Lauren started All-Stars softball this summer. After spring softball, the top girls from the teams are picked for a summer team. She has been playing in 100 degree weather and she loves it. Warming up before the game.

Praying before the game.
Lauren's favorite coach checking in on her.

They are discussing their strategy.

This just melts my heart. She has the best coach in the world.

Lets go # 12.

Way to go Lauren.

Home Run

Lauren hit her 1st home run in All-Stars today. Way to go Lauren!!!!

This summer I want to....

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Hey Summer!

Summer is finally here for us! I'm so glad we can finally slow down and relax a little. Jeremy took off a little early on Friday to Officially kick off the Memorial weekend.
Kristin has had so much fun playing with the girls this weekend.

When did these girls grow up? Lauren loves the side ponytail now.

Lauren was chosen for the All-Stars softball team.They combine the best players from the spring teams for one All-stars team. We asked her if she wanted to play and she said,"I will, but I'm not practicing because I'm already good." She's so sassy. Her team won the state tournaments and they played amazing. Go Springville Fire!!!!

Honors Day

Today was Anna's Honors Day. I took Kristin and she had so much fun with the auditorium seats. She had one that was particularly noisy and she loved it. Anna was on the A Honor roll and Kristin had to get a picture with her sis. Kristin is rockin the ballpark tan.

Anna and Robin. I checked the girls out and took them to lunch. I can't believe the school year is almost over. Only 2 more days.

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing my Wonderful Mother, Happy Mother's Day! We spent 12 hours at the ball fields yesterday and came in 3rd in the tournament.I'm so proud of my girls and I'm so glad to be their mother.

Playing in the Sprinklers

This weekend we decided to test out our lawn sprinkler system. We weren't sure where all the underground heads were and it was kinda hot and the girls had some friends over to play, so why not. I remember as a kid loving the sprinkler and begging to get in it often.



Each part of the yard is set to a zone system and when we hit the buttons in the garage, the girls would rush to find the sprinklers.

Lauren wanted the full effect of the water. Haha This was her 2nd change of clothes.

I have to say, I think the kids had a blast it. Now to convince them it's for the grass.