Did I have to get chocolate?

Josh and Becca were nice enough to clean this up for us!

Busy Bee Party!

Isn't this cute! After we thought of this little party, I remembered my mom just happened to have all this stuff! Who has bee place settings? My mom. You name it she has it. I am just lucky enough to be her daughter and able to use it.
Isn't that the cutest cake!

My brother and his new GF.
We got Ariah this little rider. It was a hit. She would not get off it nor share this anyone. If you so much as even tried to show her a new feature, she would tense up, scream at you, and use all her strength to pull the toy back into her grasps. Believe me she is very very strong and very very successful at this.

Family Party!

Ariah had just woken from her nap and didn't really want to be wearing a bee costume that mom insisted she wear.
We are so glad Alex and Jill moved back to Utah. We sure missed them. This is thier 4 month old Joshua.
The boys. Adam, Ethan and Alex... and of course Colie.

Our Busy Bee's Birthday Party!!

So Ariah turned ONE! I can't believe it. My baby has a number. Adam and I were brainstorming over her party. What should we do - what defines her. Well she sure is agressive so we thought we could throw her a linebacker party! That isn't all that cute or girly, so we came up with the perfect party. A BUSY BEE party. This girl is the busiest little thing ever! Perfect. This was the invitation I sent.
My friend let me borrow this little costume for our little busy bee. She didn't like that hat to well.
Isn't she beautiful!
So, I love to get the little baby cakes you get for them on their first bday that is all thier own and then let them go to town, well I ordered this from Dan's and it turned out to be huge! Not a baby cake. I was so sad. Oh well she still got her fill.
Look at the little stinger. It swayed back and forth with her little bum as she crawled. It was so cute!

My sensitive little Colie

Every time we drop Adam off at the airport, we both cry. We do this every time and it never gets easier. (I know we're pathetic). Yesterday, Cole says "You sad mom?" "Yes Cole I love daddy and I miss him very much. ""OOOOOHHHH mom, you go home and lay on the couch and I sing you songs and read you stories. That make you happy mom?" What a cutie.

Miss Riah

A woman of many faces!!

Happy Happy V Day

My kids have been asking about Valentines day since January. We saw princess and spider man valentines one day and that was it. Every day I had to tell them how many more nights we had to go to bed before we could give out our Valentines (that I insisted we wait until Feb 1st to fill out). My goodness we have been ready for this day for along time. They spent hours writing their names and thier friends names on the cards. Ambra takes such pride and satisfaction in knowing how to do this and it was a time that I could spend with Cole working on his name and tracing his friends names. ONce those were done, we spent the other 14 days making valentines out of doileys and construction paper. They love to be crafty. When daddy came home we posted them all over the kitchen when you walk in from the garage and gave him a "heart attack". We also made big huge heart cookies that were all decked out with everyones names and of course a disgusting amount of sprinkles and candy hearts.
The kids got sandals this year for thier little Valentine. I hit a killer deal at Shopko payless and got 5 pairs of shoes for 23 bucks. I love to get deals like that.
My mom made these adorable little jackets and hats for the girls. The jackets are matching and the hats match except for Ariahs is green. THey look cute in them.
Colie was a lucky little ducky and got spiderman gear from both is grandmas. My mom sent him this cute little outfit and Adam's mom sent him a spiderman swimsuit. What a spoiled kid. So many people to love him.
I didn't turn this picture. Sorry, I didn't realize it until it was posted. This is the little hat my mom made. She is eating one of the suckers from Sees that Adam had delivered.
The kids got thier Valentine from Grandma Hacker the day before V day. They were thrilled with all the fun stuff inside. Ambra got this extra sparkly jacket (anything sparkly is a hit. She wears it everywhere) and Cole got a swimsuit. Ariah got bibs and everyone got enough candy for a sugar high. Valentines is such a cute holiday. Fun to send thigns to those you love.