Happy Birthday Sophie!!!

My little one is 3. It is hard to believe that she is growing as fast as she is, time has just flown by since she was born. We celebrated her birthday on Saturday with a princess theme. Sophie is in love with the Disney Princesses. Not a day goes by when she doesn't play with one of the doll she has. All month I have heard how she wants a Belle cake. She got the idea into her head after she say her cousin Josie's Cinderella cake. So finally on Saturday she got her wish, and man did her eyes light up!
Here is the cake:

Sophie and her cake after blowing out the candles.

Don't you just love how she lined all her new princesses up:

And yet another princess...

and a gift certificate to the Purple Cow...thanks Uncle Jared, she was so excited!!!

Sophie received so many nice presents from family and she was so grateful for all of them. Thanks everyone!!

Happy Birthday Sophers!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of Monday's ago we ventured out the the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. Sophie had a blast running through the field and she probably would have brought home every last pumpkin if we would have let her. Here is the one she finally decided on:

Daddy and Zoe examining her pumpkin to make sure it's the right one!

I don't know if that face means the pumpkins approved or not, but we got it for her anyway.

After we got home I busted out the paints and let Sophie go wild, it was a lot more fun for Sophie than carving because she could get her hands dirty, and I wasn't consistently telling her to get her hands away from the knives.
Me subjecting my baby to a hand print sample on her pumpkin....messy business!

Sophie having an artistic flare...I think she used every color we sat out. In the end her pumpkin was brown and gray because of all the colors she mixed together, but hey, she had a blast painting.

Loving fall, and a new purchase

First off, Tyler and I made a purchase that I never dreamed I would make, mainly because I was morally opposed to vans. I vowed that I would never be the mom that needed a van to get around. I thought that they were too typical of a stay at home mom, and if you know me, I don't like to be typical. However, a couple of weeks ago the girls and I got rear ended in Clearfield when we went to visit my sister in the hospital (she had an adorable baby girl.). The rental car they gave us, much to my dismay, was a mini van. Well let's just say I fell in love!!! They rest as they say is history, and here is my purchase to prove it!


Now onto fall. I absolutely love the change of seasons that we are experiencing, not so much the cold weather but the start of all the fabulous holidays! Sophie is especially excited for Halloween, she has already decided to be Minnie Mouse and now everyday I hear, "It's Halloween time...can we go to the Halloween store...can I be Minnie yet?" It is all very cute and a little unnerving that she doesn't understand time yet, but she is almost three, I can't expect too much, right!

A couple of days ago we made cupcakes to usher in the start of the season. Sophie loves to bake with me and the cupcakes were no exception. It was an all day event and she never let me forget that the cupcakes still needed to be frosted. So here they are:

Here is Sophie devouring the much anticipated cupcake, mind you she only licked the frosting off and crumbled the cupcake. Gotta love three year olds!

What happens at Girl Party, stays at Girl Party

Except for these super cute skirts we made!

Zoe is so GQ!!

Sophie posing, I can never get this kid to just smile and look pretty, she is always having to look goofy, just like her daddy.

One of our many male party crashers! Look at that face...like he deserves to be fed just because he dropped Sophie off.


Three days of sewing, mod podging, and endless girl fun, Zoe just couldn't take anymore!

Don't you wish your family had a girl party??

98th Birthday Party

So this happened last month and I have finally got around to blogging about it.
Tyler's great grandma had her 98th birthday party and we traveled down to Chester (down my Manti, for those of you who don't know), for it. We had a really good time visiting with family, eating good food and Sophie had a blast playing with cousins by the dozens. While most of us visited and took pictures the kids and some of the adult males gathered up frogs. Sophie thought they were awesome, others weren't too fond of them, and some screamed and ran the other way.
Here are some pictures from the day:

Zoe finally decided to take a much needed nap.

All the great-great grandkids with Grandma Jessie.

The whole family (well from Grandma Jessie's daughter Wilma, which is Tyler's grandma).


Sophie eating her yummy lunch on my chair.

Grandma Jessie and Zoe.