I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING!!!

Although I don't have a lot of extra time on my hands right now I still love to scrapbook! Whenever I get a chance I try to work on a little project... Well this morning on Good Things Utah they introduced the most amazing scrapbooking product I have EVER seen a Stampmaker!!! I am so excited I think I am going to be in trouble all day I have been searching the internet trying to see how soon I can order one!  So I thought for now I would just tell all of my fellow scrapbookers about it!!! So here is the link go check it out!http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2010/07/this-is-big-introducing.html#tpe-action-posted-6a00d8344adac153ef0134854d8019970c

All Things MaCee...

MaCee is such an adorable little princess who likes things the way that she likes it (in other words she is spoiled with love little princess!) Here are some of the pics of MaCee doing what she does!

SLEEPING- This is definitely one of her favorite things to do but only if she is just perfectly comfy!

MaCee LOVES to be snuggled if she is being held she is usually happy!

Just being cute, MaCee is such a little cutie even when she has her frown on she is AdOrAbLe!!!

MaCee in her cute glasses, she doesn't like them but I had to at least get one picture!

This is the smile she gives me, she is such a little mommas girl that every time she sees me this is the smile I get!

Beautiful brown eyed girl!

Summer Fun!

We have been spending many of our summer days at the pool since Mike is working EVERYDAY!  This past week we had such a blast Nikki and Cali, and Daisy, Harley, and Haven, and Tiff and Harley came swimming also, the kids had a blast!  Dalyn and Cali are always so cute together even when they are fighting its cute, but on this particular day they happened to be getting along!

These two little cuties had so much fun splashing!

Avery kept trying to help Harley, but everytime he would dunk her under while trying to bring her back to the shallow end.

Daisy and cute little Haven, MaCee and Haven are exactly 1 month apart... I think they will be the cutest little Salt and Pepper!

You can tell how much MaCee enjoyed our swimming adventure she slept the whole time!

Stitches

2010 is our year for stitches... knock on wood!  With three boys it is amazing to be able to say this (especially with Avery) but our first set of stitches was Easter this year!  Well much to my suprise it was just the beginning.  Two months later we were back in the ER, poor little Brax was getting his second set of stitches!!! These are pictures of the first set, the second set we were in Salt Lake and I didn't have my camera but its a great story.  He got into a gun fight... this was not just any gun fight, it was a Nerf gun fight.  Just a warning if you hit a Nerf gun into your lip with force, it will slice your lip open!!!

So proud of his stitches!

Dalyn's 2... MaCee's 1 Month!!!

Ok so I may be slacking a little in the blogging world...  I am the mother of 4 busy little children... don't judge! :)  MaCee will be 2 months old on the 9th, I can't believe it!  Some of you may think I am a little crazy, but I wish that I could just pause life right here! I love it... My husband is the best in the world and would do anything for his family... my boys are amazing, loving, and completely adorable in everyway (even when they are making messes)... and MaCee is everything I never knew I always wanted!  Life couldn't be better, well actually if I had a maid, and I could just spend all of my time loving on my kids that would be better!  For Dalyn's birthday we had pictures taken and since we were already there I had to have more pics of my little PRINCESS, here are just a few I will be adding a slideshow later.

Think it over...

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, give some thought to these ideas... If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

I saw this on our adoption agencies blog and I thought it was so wonderful and true I would repost it for all of my friends to see!!!

3 weeks old...

Wow!!! I can't believe that MaCee is three weeks old... I wanna cry!  I love babies... I think that I am alot like my grandmother on my moms side, she had 12 children.  I don't think I am going to make it to 12, 4 seems pretty perfect to me, but I do love children and I think if my health would allow it I may go for 12!  It has been a wonderful, crazy, sleepless three weeks, and I have loved every second of it.  Everytime I am up with MaCee in the night I just think I am so lucky to be the one who gets to be up with her!  The boys are loving her they can't keep there little hands off of her.  Dalyn has tried to pick her up a hand full of times which doesn't seem like much but two of those handful he almost dropped her on head.  Avery and Braxton would hold her all day if the could, but Im just alittle nervous that they may forget that there holding her and jump up... dropping her on her head!

One loved little girl!

Our first family picture... not professional but cute still!

MaCee's curls! If anyone has any suggestions on what I should be doing with these curls right now I am open!

Super Daddy!

Soooo sweet.

Little Princess!!!

Cute little Dalyn... He has kind of had a hard time getting kicked out of the baby stop, but I think hes finally coming around to the idea of being a big brother!

Well I know that its not much but its alittle bit of an update on the last three weeks!  We are just soaking it all up... I really don't think that it can get any better.  It is such an amazing feeling to finally meet that little girl that you've known in your heart for so long!!!  Oh by the way I forgot to tell everyone MaCee rolled over today... TWICE!  It may be an accident but if she does it again Im gonna think that she is just a little genius... just like her big brothers!