Sister Friends

I love seeing my girls getting along and playing with each other. They tend to fight a good amount and Abby doesn't seem to understand that Sophie is only two. There are rare moments, though, when things go just right and they seem like the best of friends.

Alice's Blessing

Alice was blessed on this last Sunday! She did so wonderful and was quiet the entire time. She looked so cute in her blessing dress and I don't think she spit up on it once! Lots of family came and we (along with another baby's family) filled up the chapel nearly to capacity. Nearly to capacity means the 2nd overflow wasn't *quite* all the way full. All the men filed up to the front of the chapel and barely fit into a circle around our little Alice. Her daddy gave her a wonderful blessing and now she's officially on the roll at church.

I really appreciated getting to sit and listen to the testimonies being born on Sunday. Abby and Sophie didn't really want to have much to do with their parents once they saw their fun grandparents and cousins. I even got to hand Alice off to her Grandma - so I was childless for a few peaceful minutes!

We're lucky to have three beautiful and healthy daughters in our family and I am SO grateful to be sealed to them for eternity. I love my family and I'm glad that we can be together forever.


I attempted to take some pictures of the girls together. The attempt didn't last long, so the pictures didn't turn out that well. I also need someone to remind me to NOT take pictures in front of the window. They turned out pretty badly. I'm also hoping my mom has a good picture of Tom and I with Alice on their camera. We'll see!

(I got this picture from my mom and thought I'd add it to my post.)

Spring Snow

I thought for sure it was springtime, but I don't think anybody told the weather that. I don't know how many inches of snow we got, but it sure looks like a lot! It will probably all melt today, so that helps me stay out of the doldrums. (Can I get a "woot woot" for The Phantom Tollbooth?)

Here are some pictures I took. At least the snow makes things look beautiful!

The poor lilac bush! It's pretty much folded in half because of all the leaves.

Baby acne makes me sad

I know every mother thinks their baby is the most adorable of all the babies. I'm no exception. I certainly think my little roly poly Alice is pretty darned cute. But she started getting baby acne all over her head this last week. It seemed a little less red today, so maybe it's clearing up. It just makes me sad when her perfectly smooth and soft skin is spotty and bumpy and angry looking. My other kids had it, so I know it won't last too long - but I want it to go away now! Sorry to whine.



We went on a "field trip" to BYU today. I, of course, forgot my camera. Hopefully I can get some pics from other sources and write a real entry on that.

Alice at 6 weeks

(Look at that fun little belly and double chin!)

Alice is getting bigger and bigger every minute! She actually gave me about 4 real big smiles today. I'll get them on camera eventually, but it made me pretty happy to see her grin for me. Here are a couple of pictures so you can see what she looks like this week.

(Yeah, I took this myself)

(Somebody got a little tired of all the pictures.)

Jumpin' for Joy

(We're growing out Sophie's bangs, but it usually ends up like this!)

Tom decided to go buy a trampoline on Monday evening. Who knew it would be SO difficult to get the springs onto that thing? Sometimes it's good to read the instructions on these sorts of things - after attaching several springs and finding it to be WAY too hard, we looked at the instructions and found out the real way to do it. We took off a bunch we had put on and did it the right way. Much Better! The girls absolutely adore the trampoline. Abby wants to jump on it all the time. I lay down on it yesterday and soaked in the sunshine. It was great!


Sophie has only fallen off of it once - so that's good, right?? It actually came with an enclosure, but remember nobody read the instructions until the springs were going on. So, the poles with the holes for the enclosure to bolt into are not in the right spots. The only way to put the enclosure on is to take the legs off and re-position them. Yuck. Should we just wait for another person to fall off to decide if the enclosure is worth the hassle? (Typing that out makes it sound like a bad idea . . . )


Anyway, the trampoline is lots of fun and will be good exercise for these little girls. At least it seems to help them fall asleep faster at night!

1 Month Old

Alice just hit her big one month mark on Monday. It's strange how time goes so quickly - and yet SO slowly as well. I keep waiting for Alice to start giving me real smiles. Every so often she'll smile at me, but I can't tell if they are real smiles since I can never get her to do it again. It'll be fun when she starts those real smiles!