10.13.2015

Olivia turns 11

Olivia is now 11 years old.  
I checked her out for lunch and took her to Pizza Studio.
We chatted about nothing for almost 30 minutes. 
She makes being a mom so fun.

She woke up to a balloon avalanche.
Dru bought all the supplies and set this up.


Olivia requested grapefruit for breakfast.

She also wanted a PARIS PARTY!

 She invited 10 darling friends.
All but one are in the French immersion program at school.  
The one who isn't has actually been to France so all the girls loved the theme.

They started by decorating bags that they would use later for a game.

 They painted a canvas with a vinyl of the Eiffel Tower on it.

 They all turned out pretty awesome!

I forgot to take a picture of the finished products.  
Here is what Liv's looked like.
They all thought it was magical when I pulled off the vinyl.

We ate a typical French lunch. 
The menu was a sandwich, fruit and yogurt.


We then played the dice game for prizes and candy.

They also made masquerade masks.






We came back in for dessert.

Olivia did not want anyone to sing so we yelled Happy Birthday 
on the count of 3 and she blew out her candle.


We opened her presents.  
She got a lot of cool notebooks and fun pens which was exactly what she wanted.



They buillt an Eiffel Tower with plastic cups and also played a French memory game.

 A thank you for coming to the party.
It had a Paris hand sanitizer and lipstick pen inside.

I love Olivia so much.
She is such a sweet girl.
11(or so) words that describe this cute girl...
1. smartie pants 2. super responsible with school 3. plays "teacher" almost every day 4. loves fashion 
5. begs to wear make up 6. wants to wear high heels 7.  loves to hang with her sisters 8. would do anything for Owen 8. enjoys any kind of shopping 9. loves the scriptures 10. chooses the right 
11. has an amazing French accent 

My mom helped me with the party.  She made it so easy with set up 
and clean up and everything in between.  
She's the best!











10.05.2015

Girl's weekend

My mom took us to go see 42nd Street at the Capital Theater.  It was incredible!
We loved the amazing dancing, detailed costumes and fun songs.



I love my family!
All these ladies are kind, creative, loving and fun.

It makes me so happy that my girls have such great cousins that are true friends.


The next night we met at women's conference.
This was Rylie's first time.
It was a treat to all be together.


9.21.2015

Rylie's baptism

Rylie made the decision to be baptized.  
We love Rylie and are so proud of her.
She was baptized and confirmed by her dad on Saturday, September 5th.
This girl was ready and excited.



 She looked beautiful in a dress given to her by her Grandma Kathy.





Look at all the people who love Rylie!



Aunt Adrienne came all the way from New York.  
It meant a lot to have her there.

We celebrated with a brunch at my parents home after the baptism.

Aunt Kristen made these amazing cookies.

We ate bagels and cream cheese, yogurt with granola and fruit toppings, blueberry cake, poppyseed muffins, grapes and orange juice and apple juice to drink.



















Everyone was so kind to sit and watch a 17 minute dvd I made of Rylie's first 8 years.

It was such a special day and one I hope Rylie will never forget.






T Swift





These 3 lucky girls got to go to the Taylor Swift concert.
Liv cried when she found out she was going.
We are all huge fans.




They were bursting with excitement. 


The concert did not disappoint!
They waited 45 minutes in a mob to get $35.00 t-shirts.
It was the best night ever.