Gwen Speak

I have figured out why it is that I can never understand Gwen when she speaks. Her brain is moving way too fast for her lips to keep up. She will tell me whole stories and they go by so fast that I have no idea what she is talking about. The thing is when I slow her down and pull each word out of her she really can say each word properly. Its just that she gets so excited or has so much to say that it comes out too fast. I have to admit that I often find myself tuning her out because it is seriously so much work to step by step translate her Gwenspeak. She doesn't have a slow button. I bet she will be that peppy happy girl who talks a million miles a minute.

Naomis school picture

From 2010

Who takes that nice of a school picture?

Snow fight

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

And Thanksgiving. I did it all! We did our turkey in the crockpot and it was delicious

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

Million faces of Bia

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

One from Halloween

From 2010

What Gwen does to Bianca

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

Reminds me of that Dr Seuss book!
Then she reads the safety warning on her car seat.

From 2010

From 2010

I love the almost exasperated look in Bianca's eyes!

From 2010

I want, I want, I want!

Finding My Aloha
Show And Tell

These two people have the coolest laundry risers ever! I really want one! I don't know that I have the skills to build something like that though - but someday!

Baby blessing

From 2010

We blessed Bianca on Sunday. Brian gave her a sweet blessing. Then we had some friends and family over for sandwiches. We had brian's brothers Tim and Tracy and cousin Natalie. Our friends Beth, Claysons, Uzelacs, Shroeders, Rob, Nicole, and Carrie and her family. Oh Not me Carrie, a Carrie from Brians work. Bianca was sweet all day! She wore the blessing dress that my mother-in-law made when Naomi was born from leftover material from my wedding dress.

Gwen was not having a good day that day. She was just kinda sullen. And she needed to show that in the picture.

Super Baby

From 2010

She cracks me up! When we put her up in the air like this she puts her arms straight back like she's flying.

From 2010

So Serious!

Halloween Decor

I am usually so on top of Halloween decorating, but I just could not catch up with stuff this year. We had so much going on. I haven't even had Naomi's birthday party yet...shhh, don't tell her! Anyway, I finally got to decorating!

From 2010

I made the googly eye wreath, thanks to Sarah Berry's link.

From 2010

From 2010

The Trick or Treat blocks and Witch Boot were some of our Freaky Friday crafts.

From 2010

Woohoo for more sewing projects!

Some Sillies

One night we didn't put the girls to bed. I think it was after the trunk or treat, actually. Brian has been falling asleep really early lately so everyone was asleep on the couch except for me and Bianca. We stayed up really late, as usual.

From 2010

From 2010

And why wouldn't Gwen fall asleep sitting up while playing the bongos?

I don't even know about this one! haha

From 2010

I just thought this looked funny! Bianca is so short!

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

The many (crying) faces of Bianca

This is gonna sound weird. I love when Bianca cries! I think it is the cutest thing ever! She doesn't cry much so it doesn't get to my brain and drive me crazy like Naomi's crying used to! It makes me feel sad for her but also like I just want to cuddle her all up and keep her safe forever! And its just adorable! So here are some of the many crying faces of Bianca.

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

I know I'm mean, but she mostly just talks loudly at first to make herself known and then breaks out into the real crying.

Trunk or Treat

Our ward had a really fun Halloween party that started out with Trunk or Treat for all the kids. Gwen was Strawberry shortcake, Naomi was Orange Blossom (one of the strawberry shortcake characters), and Bianca was Blueberry Muffin (also a character from Stawberry shortcake.)

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

From 2010

I did Naomi's hair and I forgot to get a close up of it! We had a Freaky Friday craft night at the church the night before and there was a class on doing little girls' hair. I did one of the styles they taught us. It was awesome! It looked like a flower. Maybe when we go trick or treating I will remember.

I also made the tutus, the aprons, and each of their flower clips/bow clips, oh and Bianca's blueberry muffin shirt. I didn't have a pattern for the aprons. I just found something I liked on the internet and started cutting and sewing and I wound up with aprons! Whew! It was a scary process, but now that I have made a type of garment I feel like I would like to try some other things. Maybe I will actually get a pattern this time!