It’s almost here!

Christmas is almost here and I still have pictures I have not posted from summer. It’s just too hard to find the time to do all of the things I want to do. my goal for the holidays this year, is to get caught up on the kids’ scrapbooks. I am so far behind! I also need to get my blog all caught up so I can get it printed!  Here are a few pictures from when we went to the zoo a few months ago.. Looking at these makes me miss the warm weather!

and here are some pictures from the girls’ Christmas dance performance- which was also Avery’s very first experience of being on stage. She was so excited. Mostly just because she had been dying to wear her costume! She looked adorable in her little pink tutu (especially when paired with her boots lol!).Avery danced with her teddy bear and Mackenzie actually smiled a little bit while on stage- first time ever! She usually looks like she is bored to death while dancing.She was so proud of herself!Avery and her friend Camryn. Cam did not want her picture taken!

Mackenzie and her best friend Jaydee.

The kids got an early Christmas surprise this year… His name is Chester and he is a Welsh Corgi. Dallas has wanted one forever and I finally caved. 2 weeks later, and I am already regretting it though. I guess I had forgotten how big of a pain puppies are. The kids love him though and Tucker- Dallas’s other dog- is thrilled to have a friend.

From old to new!

After Avery broke the glass in my coffee table, I didn’t know what to do with it! I priced a new piece of glass but I didn’t want to spend over $200 on a piece of glass that would probably just get broken again so I came up with another idea!

I turned it into an ottoman! I cut a piece of plywood and put it in where the glass went, then I covered it in several layers of batting (6 I believe).

I then had Dallas cut about 3 inches off the legs, then covered it in a leather-like fabric.

Finally, I covered some buttons in the fabric and put the buttons in and voila! Our old coffee table is now a new ottoman!

School Pictures

We all got school pictures taken this year. On picture day, I did not realize that I would be getting my picture taken along with the kids. Even Avery got her pictures taken at day-care. Thanksgiving was last week and we spent the weekend in Utah. We had lots of fun but I neglected to take any pictures. We spent Thanksgiving with my family then me, Sherin and my mom hit the black friday sales at midnight. It was crazy! We found a few things but nothing to make going shopping at midnight worth it. Then on Saturday, Mackenzie and I went to the Ballet West nutcracker. Trey had a part in it and he was adorable! I also finished up my Christmas shopping while we were there. Yay for getting it done early!  

Happy Halloween!!

Carving pumpkins!

Eyeballs and Mummies for dinner!

The kids had a great time dressing-up and trick-or-treating this year. They even convinced me to dress up with them!

My baby girl

I am so far behind on my blog and I will get caught up… some day! I just had to put up some pictures I took of Avery tonight. Avery has NEVER been a thumb sucker. None of my kids have. This past week though, she has suddenly started sucking her thumb. I would have never thought a three year old would just suddenly start sucking their thumb for no reason. I think there must be someone at Day Care that does it or something and she is just copying them.  I just hope it does not become a habit. She has never wanted to grow up and she still just wants to be a baby. She gets mad if you call her a big girl and she still wants to be carried everywhere we go. I think she is adorable! We are trying to put a stop to the thumb-sucking so it doesn’t become a problem but this is how she fell asleep on the couch tonight. I thought I’d better take a picture before I yank the thumb out of her mouth.