Catch up...

I thought I had better post about Hadlie's 1st Birthday before Christmas gets here and I miss the opportunity. Bear with me, because it is a Witch Party and I know that as we are about to enter into December, it is a little inappropriate, but better late than never right?

Macie and I made Gourmet Carmel Apples as party favors for Hadi's b-day guests.

They turned out so cute! and yummy!

We had all kinds of "Witchy" treats...

And the Witch's Brew center turned out pretty cute too! This is where we put the soup too!

Paden having a "witchy" old time at the party!

Our guests...

Thanks to Jen and her help! I love it when we get to hang out! She and Mylie are enjoying our Creamy Chicken Noodle soup! YUMMY!

Katelyn came in her darling Witches outfit!

Hadlie wasn't sure how the whole present thing was supposed to work...

...but she caught on pretty quick!

Her 1st birthday cupcake!

Like every other girl I know...she really enjoyed the cake!

Family Pictures

We found this AMAZING Photographer that I had to tell everyone about...the website is http://www.dlphotoart.net/ and you have to go check out their gallery. Here are the pictures they took of our family...

Fall Disneyland Trip!!

That's right, the moment has finally come to blog about are FANTASTIC Disneyland trip! Here are some of the most memorable moments...

Mom and Hadlie enjoying the festivities of the California Adventure's Halloween Party.

Emily bopping out with the pirates...I have an AWESOME video of Em dancing some chicken dance if anyone is interested...

The pirate's dance off...

All the kiddies dressed up in their costumes!

WALL-E!!

Our Little Witch

Our Big Witch

This Mickey inspired our Pumpkin for our Halloween party.

All in favor...say, "Aargh"

Kate, Emily, and I booked it over to Screamin' right before the park closed and these are our beautiful "gleaming" faces after the run.

The "Disneyland Crew" eating at the Rain Forrest Cafe.

Emma and Macie riding Heimlich's ride in Bug's Land.

Macie got her picture taken with the wicked Queen from Snow White and we loved the face that the Queen pulled...Macie has perfected this face (it is hilarious).

The Remington girls and the Chamberlain girls broke from the rest of the crowd and went to the princess/fairy hotspots to get pictures and autographs. Here are Emma, Hannah, and Macie with Fawn and Tinkerbell.

Mom, Macie and Hadlie getting wet on the Dumbo ride.

Hadlie is having a great ole' time dancing to some music!

Paden with his favorite new Woody doll

Dad, Paden, and Hadlie on the Toy Story Mania ride

Woody is always a favorite with my kids

Grandma and Grandpa with the kids in front of Candy Corn Acres

All of the Halloween decorations were so cute, this is at the Entrance to DL

Macie and Paden in front of the Lego store...this is where Paden spent his souvenier money

We got to ride in the back of the Monorail

In front of the Matterhorn and Nemo rides.

This is the ONLY pirate ride that Macie would get on, she freaked everytime we tried to get her on Pirates of the Carribbean.

The Haunted Mansion was all ready for Halloween

This is our Spooky crew waiting in line.

Macie was chosen to be a Jedi trainer and she had a lot of fun doing this...she did have a few Light Saber malfuntions so this Jedi trainer let her use his.

Macie getting trained on how to be a Jedi!

Happy Birthday Macie!

Here is cute little Macie awaiting her presents from all the family. Can you see the look of excitement on her face?

This was Macie's birthday cake and I was so proud of how cute it turned out I had to blog about this too!

Happy Birthday Macie!

We had a Fancy Nancy party for Macie's 6th Birthday.

These are some of the fanciest girls I have ever seen!

Hadlie and Paden were there to help Macie celebrate!

Thanks to the help from my amazing friend, Emily it was decorated so dang cute! Macie woke up to this...

This was the "Parfait Buffet". The kids had strawberry yogurt and all of these toppings!

Macie's Fancy Chair where she opened her presents.

This is the party favor table where the girls decorated purses and then filled them with the most fancy things!


These are the most darling marshmallow cupcakes I have ever seen...Thanks again for doing these Em.

When her friends came, we read Fancy Nancy books, played a "Which is Fancier" game, decorated purses, ate Parfaits, opened presents and balanced books on our heads to learn how to walk "fancy".

I am not quite sure if this party was more fun for me or Macie!

Bear Lake

I know, I know...I thought I would be better and then my life slips away and I can't keep up with blogging! We went over Conference Weekend to a cabin up at Bear Lake. We had so much fun. Here are a few pics from our adventure...

Everyone planned an activity while we were up there; this was mine...we had a jellybean tasting contest to see who could guess the most flavors.

Hadlie and Mylie exploring the cabin.

This is Kristi's Spider Craft that everyone had such a fun time making...

This cabin has such a beautiful view...thanks again Jen for letting us come up!

Macie with her prized tooth. She lost her first tooth on Sunday morning while watching conference...

"Mean" ole' Aunt Kayla yanked Macie's tooth right out!

The Student Becomes the Teacher

Despite my busy day/week, I had to stop and take a moment to tell. Today I went and volunteered at Macie's class. Before we went she told me, "Now Mom, just because I am your daughter it doesn't mean you can't have me come and read to you." I told her that today I would have her come out and read to me along with her other classmates.

When I called her out into the hall to do her reading she did great. I was about to commend her on how well she did when she said, "Mom you did great, that is exactly how you are supposed to help. Now when I go get the next person, do it the exactly the same way."

Thanks Macie, I am glad that I volunteered in your class the right way! She cracks me up!