Hooray, our favorite Brother and Sister came to visit us. The Trevor and Bethany Bell family is here for the weekend to PARTY!!!

Umm, that's about it.

Embers is Three!!!

This year planning what to for Emberlyn's birthday was a little tricky. I wanted to make her 3rd birthday special for her so I tried to think of all the things she likes. She doesn't show a whole lot of emotion these days so it is hard to know what she likes. I had to get creative. Clif and I made her a "Birthday Girl" shirt and I made her some birthday bows. She started her morning off with a massage, then I got her all dressed up and spent extra time on her hair. Then I painted her nails and took some pictures of her. Emberlyn was worn out after her busy morning so she took a nice long nap. When she woke up we drove out to Pizza Hut to meet Daddy for lunch. It probably sounds mean to go to lunch for Emberlyn's birthday when she can't eat anything by mouth (she can't even have a taste since she started the ketogenic diet) but Clif wanted to spend more time with her on her birthday.
Emberlyn has always loved to swing but is now too big for the baby swings at the park so Aunt Kimmy swung with her. She loved being around the other kids and even got to go down the slide (thanks to Kimmy). The weather was perfect. It just happened to be the first nice day we have had in a long time. I am sure it was all for Emberlyn! She definitely deserves it.




We got home from the playground just in time for another nap. As soon as daddy got home we headed to the Community Center to swim. Ember is our little fish. When she was younger she would splash and laugh so hard every time she got near water. She was pretty worn out from her busy day, but she still enjoyed the pool. She fell asleep in my arms while in the water. We changed her into her PJ's before we left and then headed home.

I wish I knew how to make a Ketogenic Cake and No she didn't get to eat the cupcake but I needed to get a picture of her and her 3 candles. Once again I felt horrible that she had food in front of her that she didn't get to eat but Clif didn't like my idea of putting candles in her can of Keto-Cal. ;) So we sang to the birthday girl and Zander helped Emberlyn blow out her candles and make a wish. It was a good day! I really enjoyed having an excuse to forget about everything else and focus on Sweet Embers for a whole day. I thank Heavenly Father every day that Emberlyn is part of our family. I also thank Him for every day we get to spend with her. This was a birthday I never thought we would get. I can only hope and pray that she knows how much we adore her! Happy Birthday Embers!!!

Playing with Photoshop

Shayden is growing up!

Shayden is 11 months old now. I can't believe how fast the last year has gone by. She has been so much fun. Shady learned to crawl about a month ago and has been unstoppable ever since. We had to put up a baby gate to keep her away from the stairs. She darts to the stairs every time the gate is opened. She even tried to go down all by herself. Luckily, Zander caught her just in time! She is so happy all the time now that she has so much freedom. She explores the house all day long and makes messes everywhere she goes. Zander asked me to keep her out of his room while he is at school because she gets into his stuff.

Shayden just learned how to dance. I guess I never realized how natural moving to music is. She was playing with a musical toy and started dancing every time it played music. I was listening to different songs on itunes and she was sitting on my lap. When a song came on she started dancing again. It was so cute to see!

Shayden is such a funny baby. She is always making us laugh. She loves playing with her big brother, and watching her big sister. We are so blessed to have her!

I have been having too much fun with my new camera, and Shady is so easy to practice on. She is actually fairly cooperative. I also got Photoshop Elements for Christmas and have been learning how to use it. It is very complicated,

(for me) but I am slowly learning how to use it. It is a ton of fun!

Emmerson Jayne

This is my niece Emmerson. She is the only other grandkid on my side of the family besides my kiddos. While we were in AZ over Christmas, Jen and Anthony had her blessed. We were so excited to be part of her big day! She looked beautiful in her blessing dress. Her dress is the same style as the one Emberlyn and Shayden were blessed in.
They are such a cute family. We are so glad to have Emmerson in our family!