Happy Birthday Elsie Rose!!!

Happy #3 to our sweet little baby girl!!!

Who could have known what this little face would do for our family.

There was a definite reason this little angel was sent to our home.

We have a very fun day planned for Elsie Rose...so I will be posting more later!!!

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I LOVE them....

Even though they drive me CRAZY...

no...BONKERS!!!

Especially today....

Church alone with my four kids can drive a girl to the nut house!!!

No, they weren't too bad.

They did play really nice with each other while listening to a CD given to Elsie by her D.T. that has songs all about moving your body parts.

It was fun to watch them on the tramp, going crazy!!!

Elsie just loves to do things like this with her sisters!!!

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I LOVE getting ready for Birthdays!!!

You will have to wait a couple more days to see what this stuff is.

Elsie's birthday is on Monday and I wish I had more time...or wish I would have started earlier...

But I am excited for it...and I think she will be too!!!

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By the way...

I think I am going to do a give-a-way.

Reward those who actually comment.

I mean, I know I do this for myself...but today I ALMOST didn't post...

only because I thought...'Well, no one will notice anyway.'

But I made a goal, and I will stick to it.

But a little encouragement is always nice.

(I am also trying to be a better commenter myself.)

So I think I will do a give-a-way for my 200th day.

So 60 more days.

Look forward to it.

So start practicing your commenting now!

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We LOVE to swim!!!

It is kinda sad that my kids swim better than me!!!

We love going to the pool.

Brent is so great at teaching new techniques to the girls.

This is a picture of them doing turtle dives.

He goes under the water with them, then they come up for air, then back down, then up, then down.

It is pretty fun to watch.

Mostly, I love how much they trust their Daddy!

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We LOVE sleep-overs on the Trampoline!!!

It's that time of year again!!!

Brent is attempting a sleep-over with the girls on the Tramp tonight.

Elsie will sleep with me in the house...

But she had fun hanging out until late.

We also LOVE what the Tramp does to our hair.

Chubba bubba claps!

Well, he's been clapping for a while now, but now he claps when you clap! It makes for some fun times!!!

What a cutie!

It has been a long day of cutting acres of weeds and swimming in the hot hot sun!

Hopefully everyone sleeps soundly!!!

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We LOVE B.F.F.'s!!!

And when I say B.F.F.

I REALLY mean Best Friends FOREVER!!!

I can see these two hanging out when they are Moms...with their own little kids running around.

These two have never known life without each other!!!

Kara and Madi have a great little friendship and I am so happy that she is such a big part of Madi's life!
Aren't they just beautiful little girls!!!

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LOVE Porters new cheesy smile!!! I couldn't get a real cheesy one...

So imagine this picture with more squinty eyes...and a very cheesy smile!

Gosh he is a cutie!!!

With so much personality already!

(Oh, by the way...due to teething...our 4:00 a.m. date has returned!!!)

Okay...I am all caught up...for now anyway.

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We LOVE Independence Day!!!!

We had such a great 4th of July.

We were all SO exhausted...

but it was so much fun.

The day started off early (5:00 a.m. to be exact)

We headed to Provo for the Hot air balloon launch.

I have good memories of doing this as a kid and I couldn't wait for my kiddos to see it too!

They thought it was GREAT!!!

Then we went back to Grandmas house a.k.a. The Homestead

And spent time taking naps and relaxing and just having fun.

Oh and getting DIRTY!!!

Here are the famous Triplets!!!

They only let us get good pictures when they are dirty and grubby!!!

Okay...doesn't matter...they are adorable no matter what!!!

We had planned to go watch the Fireworks by the Stadium of Fire...

But we were so tired...we just went back to the Holdaways house for a few fireworks and then off to bed. We had such a great trip. Thanks to everyone who made it so great!!!

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I LOVE thrift store shopping!!!

I am not much of a thrift store shopper...

But after today...I am going to be!!!

I am looking for a small trampoline for Elsie, with or without a bar...

If it doesn't have a bar, I will have Brent make one.

But a little trampoline would be great for her and therapy.

So that was what I was on the hunt for.

Well...we didn't find a tramp...

But I found some other GREAT stuff!!!

I got all these vintage sheets that will all one day be some part of quilts, bags, or clothes...YAY!!!

I also got some great pillow cases to make some cute jammies for the girls...

I will show those when I get around to it!

Anyway...we had a lot of fun.

Oh yay, and the girls got to get a lot of great books...for very cheap!!!

Can't beat that!!!