Emma's 1st Birthday

 On August 2nd Emma turned 1 year old! We were so lucky that Grandma flew in to be here. Lea gave Emma this stuffed dog for her birthday. Emma LOVES stuffed animals! This past year has been such a blessing for our family with our little Emma.  Emma is so beautiful! We love her so much! She started to crawl at about 9 months old. She cut her first tooth at 10 months. Her bottom two teeth came in close together and she just cut her two top teeth at the same time earlier this week. Emma took her first steps a few days after her 1st birthday. She still prefers to crawl but she gets better at walking all the time. Emma says "mama", "dada", "tay-too" (thank-you), "kitty", and "cookie". 

 My cousin's baby, Tori, has Emma's same birthday but she is a year older. We piggybacked onto her party on their birthday at a very cool park. Lea, Jonah, and Micah loved playing there - we will have to go back there sometime!

 Emma loved the balls but she wasn't too sure about the party hat. These balls were Tori's but Emma is going to get some from her Nana soon - thanks Nana!

 Jonah and Lea climbed to the top of this 3 story jungle gym - it was high!

 I made two cakes. One for us, and one for Emma! Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting - YUM!

 Emma got BYU outfits from Grandma and Daniel and I. She is all set for BYU football games.

 And time for the cake!!! At first after we sang to her, Emma was timid because she was waiting for me to break off small pieces of cake for her to eat like I usually do with her food. So I broke off a piece and she took it from me and ate. Then she quickly caught on and she dug right in!

Happy Birthday Emma!!!

Bishop's BBQ

 We had a lot of fun at the Bishop's BBQ this year. The kids loved the all-you-can-eat cotton candy! We had good food with good friends from church and it was a lot of fun!

 They had giant bubbles that Micah had fun with. See him concentrating? :)

 Of course there was face painting.

 Jonah took the face painting to the extreme :)

 Lea had her hands painted.

More body painting for Jonah. I love my kids!

Beauty and the Beast

 My friend Laura and I ran a theater camp this summer. The idea was to do a "play-in-a-week". We had auditions on a Monday, started rehearsals the next Monday and put on a performance that Friday night. It was quite the whirlwind of a week but the results were really good. It was overall a great experience. The play was Beauty and the Beast. Lea was Belle, Jonah was Lumiere, and Micah was Cogsworth. They were fantastic! Everyone did an amazing job. We got several compliments from people saying they couldn't believe we put on this play in just a week. I am so glad my children were able to be a part of a play and have a theater experience. Great job kiddos!

My little Emma

Emma eating corn on the cob. She is a good little eater and she was just getting her first teeth - the bottom two. She was 10 months old. :)

 Here's my baby cruising on the furniture. She wasn't in the mood to get her picture taken but she was so cute in her new little outfit that I had to take a couple of pictures with her.

I love this baby!!!

Homemade Goodness

 Delicious Homemade Chicken Pot Pie! Thanks Roxanna for teaching me how to make this!!!

July was the month of raspberries!!! We LOVED having fresh berries from the raspberry bushes in the yard!

 We enjoyed raspberry shakes, raspberry pie, raspberry bars, and raspberry jam! Yum!