Emily's 5 year pictures

We got our pictures taken by our usual photographer, Krista at Vintage Pear Photography. She did an absolutely amazing job as usual! I love the way these came out.

 

The link to where you can order pics from Walmart is down at the bottom. I will be sending out some pictures with our christmas cards, so you may want to wait and see what you get before you order :) Enjoy!

 

 

Here is the full link of photos: http://photos1.walmart.com/walmart/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=8823819003/a=3242809_3242809/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=walmart/

Babysitting, Christmas decorating and Star of the Week

We had Kacey, Tony, Zander and Maddox over for a playdate a few weeks ago. Kacey and I were talking one day and realized that eventhough we live 10 minutes from each other we rarely see each other and the kids never get to play. So we decided to set up some cousin playdates once a month. Yay!

 

Emily was having a blast feeding baby Maddox - who is almost as big as she is :)

 Emily's 5th (yes FIFTH!!!!) birthday party is this coming weekend. Here she is with her list of friends she chose to invite. She did very good. I told her she could pick 15 of her friends and she narrowed it down nicely. It was very hard for her :) Then I helped her spell all her friends names and she hand wrote out each invite and stuffed the envelopes. Such a big little girl!!!

Emily, Daddy and I decorated the house for Christmas a few weeks ago. Emily did soooo good helping. She even put all the ornaments on the tree. Good job bugs!!!!

Emily proud of her tree!

 We got the joy of babysitting little Miss Audrey overnight. Em was loving having a "little sister" for a night. Audrey was so much fun and I can't wait until we have her again...soon hopefully :)

Em explaining Dora to Audrey

Such a sweet girl!

Hi punky!!!!!

 This past weekend I asked if I could have Mikaiya and Braenna for a sleepover. So on Friday night we had a "ladies night" at my house. Not exactly the ladies nights I used to have 5 or so years ago - but it was just as fun :) We played lots of games, played dolls, played house, watched a movie and then in the morning we did tons of arts and craft projects. I hope the girls all had fun! I love having them nearby so we can hang out together.

 

Mikaiya, Braenna and Emily with their art projects

 Emily gets to be the star of the week at school this week! I don't know exactly what it entails but apparently she gets to be the line leader each day which is a BIG DEAL! LOL!

Here is the sign we made for her to hang up at school for the Star of the Week. She was very proud! She picked out all the pictures herself and even traced and cut the letters of her name out :)

Translation: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Grandma's House
What is one new thing you want to try this year? Ice Skating
What is one memory you have from this summer? Played Games
If you could have only one present this year, what would it be? Barbie Doll
What is your favorite food? Mac and Cheese
What is your favorite toy? Doll House
Who is your best friend? Keira
What is your favorite thing to do? Jump on trampoline

As you can see, we've had a fun few weeks! Em has her birthday party this weekend so I'll be sure to post a blog shortly after. Happy Holidays!!!

Happy Halloween 2012

We had a very happy halloween this year! It was a little chilly but we dressed warm and loved watching the kids run from house to house. We trick-or-treat in my sister's neighborhood and have for the last 2 years. It's just easier as we have a whole group to go with and a lot more house plus street lights which are nice :)

 

Emily loves her cousin Mikaiya

Pretty puppy!!!

Mikaiya (cowgirl), Emily (dalmation), and Braenna (Ariel)

Emily and her besite Keira had so much fun trick-or-treating! Glad they were able to join us again too.

Shot of everyone running around

 

Girlies

Bonfire at Cori & Jeff's aftewards

We had so much fun! Thanks to the Stampf's for letting us join you!! Can't wait for next year....

No wonder I feel like we've been busy.....

So I went to look at my pictures since the last time I updated thinking it hasn't been all that long...and it hasn't. So I thought I'd just blog a little bit and be done...no such luck! No wonder I feel like we've been so incredibly busy lately. It's been a hectic (yet wonderful!) few weeks around here. So this blog is a mish mash of all that has been going on....

 

 

Where's Waldo? I mean Emily :)

The people who live across the St from us had some extra gourds so they let Em come and pick from the pile. Then she brought them home and painted them.

Lovely hair do!

Another hair do - she is really into the colored hair these days....

All bathed and in her hand-me-down Halloween jammers!

Madi, Maya and Emily jumping in the FREEZING cold - they had on 6 layers of socks each. Burrr!!!

Madi, Maya and Em playing dress up in MY clothes! Ha!

Making a picture for baby Audrey

Emily went on a field trip with her school and picked a pumpkin to paint

She wanted to paint the entire thing!

Concentrating really hard :)

My sister Casey and brother-in-law Mike welcomed their baby girl into the world on Friday, October 19th. Audrey Mae Breunig was born at 5:09pm. She was 6lbs 15oz and 20" long. A beautiful, healthy baby girl!!!! I was so happy to be able to be there to see her and hold her in my arms.

Me, Emily and Audrey at the hospital

Emily, Cece and Audrey

Precious face - just love her!

Em being goofy!!

Kisses for baby

Proud Auntie!!

 On Saturday this past weekend, Cori, Jeff, girls and my mom came by for a little dinner and bonfire. We had a great time hanging out and enjoying a nice fall day!!

Kory and Jeff bouncing Mikaiya

Love this one of Cori and Mikaiya

Emily and her cousin Braenna - such cutie pies

Otis was getting his Grammy time

Kory thinks Em looks like Grandpa Ralph in this one - check out how she is wearing her hat. LOL!

The girls trying to whistle a piece of grass between their thumbs

 Last night - we brought Casey and Mike some dinner and got in a few snuggles with baby Audrey.

Emily seriously held her the whole time!!!

Grammy with Em and Audrey

Go Bears!!!!

Kisses from her cousin

Em held her rubbing her cheeks, kissing her forehead, and talking to her. She would just stare at her and tell me how much she loved her.

When we left my sister's last night - Emily asked if we could go to Cece's house every day. How cute is that? LOL! I told yea.....probably not a good plan. We would eventually wear out our welcome.

So busy busy busy - but all good things!

To MLOML

To My Loves of My Life~

 

I cannot promise you that

I will not change

I cannot promise you that

I will not have many different moods

I cannot promise you that

I will not hurt your feelings sometimes

I cannot promise you that

I will not be erratic

I cannot promise you that

I will always be strong

I cannot promise you that

my faults will not show

But --

I do promise you that

I will always be supportive of you

I do promise you that

I will share all my thoughts

and feelings with you

I do promise you that

I will give you freedom to be yourself

I do promise you that

I will try to understand everything that you do

I do promise you that

I will be completely honest with you

I do promise you that

I will laugh and cry with you

I do promise you that

I will help you achieve all your goals

But --

most of all

I do promise you that

I will always love you

Welcome Liam Bridger Marquardt!!

Congratulations to Kristen, Parker and big brother Owen on their family's new arrival...sweet little baby Liam! He is adorable and we can't wait to meet him.