Graham's 3rd birthday

For Graham's birthday party this year we had a Mickey and Friends party. Graham loves Minnie Mouse (he thinks she's his girlfriend) so I decided to do a Minnie cake for him. He loved it!

We had some friends and cousins come over for the party

Bridger enjoying his lunch

Amber was the cutest little Minnie

Skyler, Brooke, and Graham

Mommy and Graham

 



The Minnie cake

All I did was rent a bounce house and the kids thought it was the greatest!

Best buds

Opening presents

Uncles are the best because they give toys that mommy won't buy (like Legos)!

After the party we got to play on the bounce house for a few more hours and then have dinner and open more presents. Graham got a Minnie mouse and lots of super heros. He's the cutest little guy around and we couldn't be happier to have him in our family! We love you, Grahamy!

Kiddos

We had Jenny do some more pictures of our kids since Graham is now 3 years old, Amber is 18 months, and Bridger is 4 1/2. Why can't they stay this little forever? I sure love these little munchkins!

 

 

 My little angels. Wouldn't it be nice if the kids were always sweet and smiley like this?

But this is more like our real life

New house

 We bought a house!! We closed on it Aug. 22nd right after I got home from Brazil. It's in Sandy, not far from our old townhouse in Cottonwood Heights and only 15-18 minutes from my parents' house (I timed it).

 The back yard has a nice deck and a hot tub which I never thought I wanted but will be fun to have.

This is a little room off the kitchen. We'll take that wall that Jake is pointing at down so it'll be open to the family room and we'll redo the ugly fireplace.

                                                                            

Here's the kitchen. Not a ton of work needs to be done in there but we want to add a nice backsplash, new floor, new paint, new lights, new faucet, new cabinet knobs and new appliances. Okay, so maybe it does sound like a lot of work.

 The basement just needs new carpet and paint.

 Another view of the kitchen

 Master bedroom

 Laundry room/mudroom

 Grandma Donna came over one day with us and we had a picnic on the floor

 Ty and Kathy were in town too so they came over to see the house

 

 Downstairs room. Luckily it's the only room with wallpaper that will have to come down.

 This is the dining room but I don't want a formal dining room so I'll use it as a living room/music room

Backyard

Amber exploring the kitchen

Another view from the front

 Cookie and Zach and Rob and Ali came by one night to see it and of course Zach had a wrestling match with the kids.

 The night we closed on the house we went and got slurpees to celebrate. (We go all out around here!)

 Cheers!

We're so excited to have our own place to fix up and move into! I'll post more pictures of the house when it's fixed up.

Amber's 1 year pictures

How can my little baby girl be a year already?! It seems like we were just taking her newborn pictures. My cousin, Jenny, took her pictures again for me. Amber is the sweetest baby that has ever exisited! She always has a smile on her face, is so easy to please, and is the most cuddly little thing. She is a gem and we are so grateful to have her in our family!

 

Oh, I'll eat this little girl up for dinner!