Leslie Lu at 18 months

This time around it only took 10 minutes to get these pictures! I think being inside really helped with the distractions. She is such a sweet heart! I sure do love her! I will be forever grateful that Don and I decided to have another child.

My Sweet Girls

I have been wanting a picture of just my girls for a while now. I decided it was time to try. To get this shot I had to put a car on my head while taking their picture. I hope when the new baby comes to get one with just my little boys. I am looking forward to that one also! This is definitely my new favorite photo.

I tried I Really Did

The sun was so pretty one morning I decided that today was the day to get Leslie's 18 month photos done. I dropped of the kids at school and then got Lulu ready. We proceeded to a spot I have been wanting to try out. I coaxed her, feed her treats, played with her and did everything I could think of to get her to just get one good photo. She was so SILLY! These were the only ones I could get. But this was how she was in that moment and it does show her personality. So here we are.This was the face she thought was HILARIOUS!
She is such a cute little stinker!

Girl's Night

Well it wasn't really night, but it was with some girls and we had a GREAT time. We went to lunch and then to a movie "The Help". I don't really get all done up lately so I wanted to document this special occasion! ;)

Leslie & I Home Alone

It has been weird to have just the two of us home alone. But we are adjusting well. If I was not pregnant it would be different. These are just some random pictures of my little girl.

This little girl LOVES the bathtub. I have caught her in the tub with her clothes on and the water running. We have since then taken precautions and took all the stoppers out of the bathrooms.



She just melts my heart!

New School Year 2011

I can't believe I have THREE kids now in school!! Hyrum was not really excited to start of course. That is just so him. I don't know how it is going to be with just Leslie and I at home. Alright to be honest I am really looking forward to it! HEHE! At least for a short while it will be great but I am sure the novelty of it will wear off fast. I always have a hard time when school starts. With that said here they are on the way to school.As we were walking to the school I decided to take a picture of them.
Here is Adelyn with her teacher.

Elena and her teacher.

Now for Hyrum's turn.


You can't tell from the photo's but Hyrum wouldn't smile for me. He was being a stinker that day. He didn't know I was going to take a picture and Don told him a joke. That is how we got him to smile like this.
Leslie and I wanted a picture of us too. Here we are on the way out of the school.
After a short time Hyrum got a new and better teacher. Here he is with his new teacher. I am so happy about it. He was having a harder time with the other and this one is just awesome. So problems what so ever!! I guess experience does really count with teachers. His first one, it was her first year teaching. This one has been teaching for over a decade. I really like her.

One Last Swimming Lesson Session

This was on the last day of swimming lessons. We did a couple of sessions this summer. Elena and Adelyn are pretty good swimmers now. In fact, they are better then me. The stuff they learned is way above what I learned and can do. But in a free for all swim time you wouldn't know it!

At the beginning of the summer Leslie didn't like the water. But now she loves it. You can't tell from this photo but she was having fun. She was putting her head in the water and kicking for this girl.


This is where I learned that a little "dum dum" sucker would keep her happy for about 20 minutes. That was a great lesson for my plane trip this summer.

John's Wedding

I have definitely been camera shy lately. These are the only ones I took during John's wedding weekend. Here are all the cousins but 2. Trying to get them all to seat and smile was asking TOO MUCH! They sure are cute though.Emmalyn stayed by Leslie and played with her. It was cute to see them together.
As for these four!! It was heaven for them! They had a lot of fun!

My Secret to a Happy Airplane Ride

We came home and while I was unpacking this little girl found her suckers! She did have 3 in her mouth but by the time I put her in her chair and got the camera one had fallen. They really did do the trick on the airplane though.