Daddy Daughter Date

The girls had a daddy daughter date at the school a while back. They were so cute about it and had a great time! (It was a sock hop theme, in case you were wondering.)

A few miscellaneous pictures:

Lia's favorite new pose.

I finally gave in to the pillow pets craze and it was totally worth it. They love them!!

Making cupcakes.
Making snowmen.

And feeding Elmo. Megan had tubes put it last month and got this Elmo from my mom after the surgery. She loves it! So far the tubes haven't helped the infections, but I'm hoping the further away from winter we get, the less infections we'll get. And it could be worse. If that's my only complaint right now, things are looking pretty good.

Amelia's Baptism

Lia's baptism was a couple weeks ago and everything went really well. She was so excited and so sweet. I wish we could do it all again because it was one of the greatest days I've had as a mother, next to the days our kids were born. I worried about pretty much anything I could worry about in the weeks before, but the day of everything went perfect! We are so grateful for Lia. I am grateful for her enthusiasm about the gospel and her testimony, which before her baptism I knew she had but hadn't ever heard her share. She bore her testimony after she was confirmed and it was simple and sweet and heartfelt. I am grateful for Nate for being the dad and person he is. I'm grateful he was able to conduct the baptism, Lia's will probably be the only one he'll have the opportunity to do that at. And finally I'm grateful for our family and friends who were there to share the special day with us, and for the ones who wanted to be but couldn't. We feel so blessed to have all of you in our lives.

Lia wanted to get her picture taken in her baptism dress at the temple. They turned out to be my favorite pictures. 

Amelia's Birthday

Our not-so-little-anymore Lia turned eight a couple weeks ago. We've been looking forward to this birthday for a long time. She had a birthday party with her friends the night before and then celebrated the day of by getting her ears pierced and having family over for dinner and a party. She was so cute about getting her ears pierced, and was so brave. I'm pretty sure she wanted to cry, but she held it in. We are so grateful for Lia. She is such a blessing in our family. Laura and Josh and Megan love her and she is a great example to them. I sorted through hundreds of pictures of Lia for a DVD we made for her baptism and I couldn't believe how much she's changed in what seems like such a short amount of time. We love you Lia. Next I'll post the pictures from her baptism.