a few family updates

Jonas: Has mastered rolling over. It's becoming a good and bad thing...Good, because he is learning new things...Bad, because I can't just lay him anywhere now. He HATES to be on his belly so that is fun!! And it makes me realize that he isn't just a teeny baby anymore. He is in fact getting bigger and that makes me a little sad. Jonas also LOVES LOVES LOVES to spit and blow bubbles. That is why he is always soaked with slobber. He now will have to wear a bib at all times!!

Emma: Emma will sing the "tommorow song" from Annie at the top of her lungs and sooo beautifully. We love it!! She is constantly making us laugh and is sooo happy. However we have learned from a recent trip to Utah that any adjustment to her sleep does not make for a happy Emma:)

Abby: Abby is learning to spell and will always have me help her spell things so that she can write notes for her friends at school. She loves to go to school and is doing much better. No more recent notes from the teacher about playing dead on the playground because she doesn't want to go in in awhile now. Abby loves to cook and is always begging to help in the kitchen.

Aaron: Aaron is awesome!! what can I say other than my husband is the BEST!! He just had two really big tests at work and did VERY well on both of them. I'm not surprised he always does well:) He will keep his same bonus pay for the scores on his DLPT and because he passed his other test (his CDC or something like that...I cant keep them all straight) he is now a level 7 (not sure exactly what that means other than he is really really awesome) At home he is just as awesome. He treats me like a queen and I am so lucky to have him! He is so thoughtful and helps so much around the house...THANKS AARON!!!

Me: I have come to the conclusion that I say "awesome" way too much so hopefully I can work on that. I have been staying very busy with my calling at church and well mostly just being a mom to three crazy kids who constantly keep me moving (who needs a gym...seriously) I put up the Christmas tree all by myself (I think that is something to be proud of..okay Aaron might have helped a little...but I put it together and that is the hard part)

THE END

utah

Our trip to Utah was short, but we still had a lot of fun. The kids and I flew there last Tuesday and Aaron met up with us Friday....ummm don't ever try to fly with 3 kids by yourself, not very fun!!!
My parents sold their house so it was sad not to be there this time, but the lady who bought it made it into a photography studio so we had our family pictures taken at the house while we were all together.
We took the kids to the dinosaur museum and got to see the temples (two new ones for me to see). Abby was sooo excited to see snow and would tell me the whole way to Utah how she was going to make a snow-angel and for the first time NO SNOW!! The only place was at the very top of the mountains. I think she got over it and was just as happy to see the temple!!
I also was able to go see my grandparents since my grandpa hasn't been doing very well and that really meant a lot to me.
We also got to eat at Buona Vita (my parents restaurant) which was FABULOUS!! Best Italian I have ever had and so pretty inside (and I am not just saying that to make you happy mom!!) So for those of you who are able to...I would HIGHLY recommend going!! SOOO YUMMY!! Thanks again for treating us mom and dad!!
Twilight was sooo fun too. I had to take Jonas, but he slept the whole time. I wasn't happy with the movie, but I think it was so fun because of how into the "party" everyone was. My aunts friend rented out the whole theater so they had a bunch of contests like best costume and who read the books the most. We also got some chapstick that makes your lips cold (so its like you just kissed Edward) and I got a little charm bracelet. So it was fun!!
So Overall a fun trip and the girls are already begging to see grandma lisa and papa again!! So start planning your trip to Georgia:)

p.s. Thanks for everything mom and dad and thanks grandma for letting us crowd your house just a little bit more!!!

beautiful abby

The girls love to get into my make-up and put it on. Aaron and I were getting ready to go out and just as I was on my way out to pick up the babysitter I went to find Abby to see if she wanted to come with me and this is how I found her. Isn't she just GORGEOUS?! I must say that other than her color choices...she is getting better at her make-up skills:)

random...

Catching up...

Sorry for the lack of updated "family" posting. We have been busy lately and so haven't had much time for anything really!!! So here is a quick update of some of what has been going on in the last month....

two witches and a.....horse (of course)

I didn't get very good pictures of the girls in the costumes this year. We are most likely going to be getting dressed up again as soon as we find time (probably next week) and take better pictures. But they were witches (not that you can tell in these pictures) and Jonas was a horse!

soccer season

Abby had a fun time playing soccer for the first time this year. She ended her season with only one loss!! By the end she was getting really good and getting right in there with all the big boys. oh and I just had to add the picture of Aaron when he went to sit and fell through the chair because we had left it outside all summer!!

The girls have been really into having their fingernails painted lately. Well Emma decided one day she wasn't going to wait for me to do it and painted them herself. I was actually very surprised that she got it all on herself and not on everything else (like the carpet she was painting over) too.

haircuts

A few weeks ago the girls got their hair cut. Emma just had hers evened out a little, but Abby's was more of a drastic haircut!! I was a little sad to see Abby's hair chopped just because it was sooo long, but soon after I ended up loving it and she does too. She had been begging to have her hair "like mommy's" for awhile.Sorry, but I don't have a good after (or a before really) of Emma. Jonas also got a hair cut, but that was daddy's doing...I didn't like the idea and wanted to let someone who knew what they were doing cut his hair (he really really needed it) but he did it anyway...and well of course jonas moved a few times and it didn't turn out very even.

we love to see the temple...

Abby had been begging to see a temple for a long time now and so we finally drove the hour and half to Columbia, SC to show her a temple.