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Saturday, September 29, 2012

To the Temple We Go...Brigham City Temple Open House



Jade has been waiting for this day for a long, long time...the Brigham City Temple open house!  She is so excited she can finally go inside the Temple!  
We started out by meeting up with my sister and her husband. Jade had to wear all of Aunt Kae's jewelry and get all prettied up...


Twinners!!  Ever wonder where Jade gets her curly hair...well now you know!

One of Jade's favorite things from the whole day was that she got to ride on a bus!  She calls it a "blus" and she was jumping up and down and laughing that she actually got to ride on one.  Her favorite song right now is Wheels on the Bus...she could hardly contain herself!


When we got to Brigham City, we met up with the rest of my family...and Jade found her Maddi! These two were inseparable for the rest of the day.

Sitting with Uncle Mitch watching the movie before we went inside.

Checking out their white cloud shoes...

After the open house tour, we grabbed some cookies and the girls had a rest by Grandma.

Cute little Marly Sue!


A shot of the whole clan that went...

 It was raining pretty much the whole time we were there...but all the girls wanted to do was play in the fountain in front of the Temple.



Maddi and Jade and "their Temple."

Afterwards, every time Jade sees a Temple, she says to me, "We have to be quiet and not talk in Temples because Jesus is sleeping in there."  What a thought!


Cute girls...having a blast!



I know I am such a nerd, but I had to get a shot of the fun water bottles they made just for the open house event.  I thought it was clever!

Pretty Pretty Princess

 Jade Rapunzel--that is what she has been calling herself!  She loves having long hair like Rapunzel and is obsessed with combing hair.  She said to me, "Mama, I want long hair."  I could only smile and nod, poor girl she will probably never have long straight hair! 

Pretty Princess Jade all ready for the ball!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A Day with Aiden

 Back in August we were able to watch Aiden for a day while his new baby sister and Mommy got some rest!  He had tons of fun with his cousins.  As you can see below, Jade took over the role of being in charge and divvying up the snacks!
 

Lots of fun playing in the water...

Especially for this little water baby! Look how proud she is!



Cute boy!

And no water activity at our house would be complete without the girls drinking the water...seriously!




Jade even got to hold her newest little cousin, Ellie!  Jade was so gentle and wanted to hold her forever.  She was super interested in the baby--so different from 18 months ago when her baby sister was born!

Monday, September 24, 2012

A 3rd Birthday to Remember

 We had a pink princess birthday party at Jade's request.  Everything was pink or princess or both for our 3 year old little princess!  Here is a shot of some of the yummy treats!



Jade loved her princess cake and just stood and stared at it for a long time.

A shot with some of her friends and cousins...

 Cousin Maddi with the princess cake.

Daddy, Uncle Cole and Uncle Troy making the cotton candy.

Enjoying that cotton candy!

I am not sure how many rolls of cotton candy Jade had that day, but let's just say every time we turned around, her mouth was full!


Almost all the kiddos...They had so much fun!

This was Kiera's favorite spot, lounging in the pool.

 Jadee got Bullseye from Uncle Tommy, Aunt Ang and Aiden.  She was super excited to get a horse for Woody!

My favorite shot of the birthday princess...this is what she was decked out in all day! Super cute girl!

Time to light the cake.

Hit that pinata!  I attempted to make our own pinata this year with a cereal box and paper meche.  It was easy enough and I thought it looked great!  But it was super hard to break through, almost indestructible.  All the kids took a whack at it and then Uncle Cole got the honor of finishing it off. In the end, candy flew everywhere and the pink bat was toast!

Birthday girl with Great Grandpa & Grandma Revelli

The girls with Great Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

Princess Jade with Grandma Wilson. She was so excited that they both had pretty necklaces!

Believe it or not, after the party, we had to eat dinner...so where better to take the girls...oh yes...Chuck E. Cheese!  I think we completely wore them all out!

Kiera had fun driving the car with Chuck E.

Riding the bike with Maddi

This was Jade's favorite ride...she must have ridden it like 10 times in a row!

The next day she had some time to enjoy and play with her new toys.  What a happy girl she was!



And such a pretty, pretty princess!