{Sept. 2015: Family Fun & Visits, Kids Soccer, Farm Field Trip}

C & K having fun riding bikes.  Grandma {my mom} having fun, reading stories to our kiddos.

 Baby D Snuggling with Grandpa {my dad} and {my brother}, Uncle Joe; and saying "hello".

 Our son E, and daughters R & K had a blast playing soccer this season.  They had fun scoring lots of goals, dribbling down the field, passing to their team mates and kicking down the field.

Some of the Chandler side of the family, at Mark's little sister Kristy and husband Troy's baby's blessing.  They have 5 kiddos.

Our daughter R baked a cake, for our church party. Little man C going to his first day of Co-op Pre-school.  My friends and I take turns, being the teacher, one week {2 days}, a month. Baby D standing in his crib.  Little Miss H smilin' & stylin'.

Special Family Fun Moments.  Little Miss R, with her volcano project, that she made for school.

Our family having fun together, watching the Supermoon Lunar Eclipse. Our Pre-school group, went to a Farm together, on a day when the kids...

{& Mark}, had the day off, so I took the 5 older kids {and Mark stayed home with the baby}, on the Field Trip.

We had fun: sliding down the hay slides, feeding &

 petting the animals, going through the hay mazes...  

racing rubber ducks, and having fun together with... 

 our Preschool friends, and our family.  We have 4 of our Birthdays in September also.  I will post our fabulous celebrations to my photog blog, very soon.

 

{April 2015: Easter, Baby Blessing, Cat Habitat, Family Visits & Fun}

April 2015 was a lovely month.  We celebrated Easter as a family, and enjoyed the beautiful blossoms budding on the trees in our yard.

 Princess H dressed up like the Easter Bunny.  Our kiddos enjoying their Easter Egg Hunt, in our yard.  Delicious Strawberry Shortcake, for our Easter dessert.

 Our Baby Girl H, with Baby Brother D.  Our Delicious Easter Dinner, that we celebrated with, together.

 Our children had a blast, during our Easter Egg Hunt.

 I love the Spring time, when new life is blossoming.  

Baby Boy D, showing off his buff arms, in his muscle shirt.

We also had Baby Boy D's Baby Blessing in April.  We had a lot of family, travel to come and share in this beautiful day with us.  Uncle Chris & Aunt Mandy holding Baby D.  Little Miss H, styling in her Diva Sunglasses, while she naps.

Baby D * Little Man E with cousins * Auntie Angela holding Baby D * Blossoms from our yard

We were worried about our kittens, outside {we live by a somewhat busy street}, so Mark built them a cat habitat {this is the first stage of this amazing structure} to keep them safe, while they are outside.  We have been adding awesome features ever since {to be continued in posts}.

We love our kittens: Pikachu, Peaches & Apricot.

Fun with Cousins.  K with Cousin R.  Little Miss R celebrated her birthday {cupcakes made by Grandma {my mom}}, with Cousin T, while family was here.  We also had a fabulous party for R, on her actual birthday {I will post a link to that later.  I usually post about our birthday parties on my photo blog}.  Baby H swam in the bathtub, while her 4 older siblings, went with their cousins to swim at their hotel.  So much fun!

Happy Little Baby D.  Styling Little Miss H.

Baby D's Baby Blessing went wonderfully.  Mark gave him a beautiful blessing.  We were blessed to have many members of our family; come to share in this special day with us.  

We had a luncheon afterwards, and enjoyed visiting with our family, in our home.

We had a lovely time together.  We were so happy to have everyone here, who was able to make it.

 Our kiddos had an awesome time, decorating Easter eggs together.

Little Miss H, getting into Mommy's ink, all while wearing her stylin' sunglasses.  Baby D, swinging in his swing.  Our girls H & R reading stories together.

 

R's 7th Bday, H's 4mo pics, Family Visits, Awards {April 2013}

It's So Adorable.  Baby H LOVES to suck her fingers, in the sign language sign of LOVE.

Little Miss R and Little Man E received Academic Awards in their Awards Assembly at School. 

We had a FABULOUS birthday party for Little Miss R when she turned 7.  To read about it, and see more pictures of our sweet, lovely girl's party, go to my photo website here. 

We drove home from our trip to Washington with my sister Angela's family.  We had a lot of fun caravanning with them and then having them stay the night at our house, before they headed off on a vacation.  

Our Gorgeous little princess Baby H is now 4 months old.  I have been enjoying taking her photographs {taken in May}.  To see more from her Adorable 4 months session, click here {my photo blog}.

We were sad to say goodbye to our family Glen and Summer and their 4 kiddos, who moved back east for a job assignment.  We are super excited for their great opportunity, but we'll sure miss them around here!

Mark being silly with Little Man C.  Elizabeth holding Baby H.

We went to Mark's parents for a little celebration for Little Miss R's birthday with them.  It was lovely.

I LOVE these pictures of Mark's Dad, {Grandpa} with Baby H.  So precious!

The top right pic is of me holding our new niece Baby H {Mark's brother Scot and wife Laura's baby}.  To view pictures on my photo blog of Niece Baby H, Mark's brother Scot's family, and her Baby Blessing {May 2013}, click here.  The other pictures are of Mark's brother Scot, and his wife {Laura}, and us and our children and Mark's mom {Grandma} with Baby H.

Baby Blessing and Easter. March 2013

Little Man C with his collection of stuffed animals, in his bed.  Little Miss K with Grandma {Mark's mom} and her cousin T.  Little Miss K had her first sleepover {alone} with Cousin T at Grandma and Grandpa's house and they had a blast together.  

My parents and some of my siblings families came over for H's Baby Blessing at church.  It was very nice that they were able to be there for it.  We enjoyed having them visit us.  It also happened to fall on the weekend of Doctor Seuss' Birthday.  So we made Green Eggs and Ham {we colored it with blended up Spinach, instead of food coloring.  So much healthier!} and read "Green Eggs and Ham" together.  We all had a lot of fun together.

Baby H dressed adorably in her Blessing Dress {that my mom made for us and all of my girls have worn for their blessings}; held by her parents {Mark and I}.  Little Man C dressed handsomely for church. 

 Mark gave Baby H a Beautiful, inspired Baby Blessing; at church.  It was lovely to have a lot of our family and friends there to support us, and be there for Baby H's special day.

 My parents holding Baby H; with Little Man C and I.

Most of Mark's side of the family live nearby us, and all of his siblings {and their families} and his parents were able to attend H's Baby Blessing.  Afterwards, we had a luncheon at Mark's parent's house {organized by Mark; with help from his mom and sister}; for both sides of our family.  I was stressed out about doing the Baby Blessing; because of how ill Baby H has been lately.  So Mark took care of the luncheon.  It's so lovely to have such a willing, helpful, husband.  I really appreciate him. 

More pictures of our family; who attended Baby H's blessing.  My Dad rode back with my sister {who's husband was unable to come, due to his Grandfather's passing} so he could go to work; and my Mom could stay a few extra days.  It was wonderful to have all of our family at the blessing; and so lovely that we got to keep my Mom, even longer.

 Baby H happy in her Blessing Dress.  Little Miss K with her new Haircut, with Baby H.  Mark and Little Man C, with Baby H.

Our Sweet, Darling, Baby H, smiling at Grandma {my mom}.  Love her.

Little Miss K practicing to give her First Talk in Primary at church.  She did such an amazing job.  We were so proud of our darling little girl.  Our kiddos having a tea party together, in the backyard.  So sweet.

We love celebrating Holidays in our house.  We had a lot of fun celebrating St. Patrick's day this year.  We got the kids, special Lucky treats {rainbow skittles and gold rolos} and we dressed up in green {we have some fun hats, and other green accessories to use also}.  Mark made a special Irish dinner.  It was so delicious.  YUM.  We have Irish and Scottish roots on both sides of our family; so that makes it extra neat.  We also put on some Irish jigs on Pandora, and danced around together.  It was so much fun to celebrate together.

 Our Beautiful Baby girl, H.

 Little Man C loves his "Baby H", our three girls, all in matching colors.

We celebrated Easter with Mark, before we left to go up to Washington, to visit my side of the family.  The Easter Bunny, brought goody baskets, and the kids went on an Easter hunt in our living room {it was too cold to do it outside}, we read the real Easter story with Easter Eggs, we Colored Eggs, and ate a Delicious Easter Dinner together.  We had a lovely Easter Celebration together.  Baby H's very first Easter.

 Our family spending time together.  Baby H getting her nebulizer treatment.

We traveled up to Washington {where all of my side of the family lives: all of my siblings and their families, and my parents; except for my brother's Tom and Joe, who are on missions currently}.  We celebrated Easter with my side of the family, and had an Easter egg Hunt {at my parent's house}, with all 20 of my parent's grandchildren.  This is a picture of all 20 of them, together.

  We celebrated Easter, with our cousins and had a lovely time.  We bought our children, matching Easter outfits, to wear, {and I was able to find a matching outfit for myself, as well}.  We Loved visiting my cousin Monica and my oldest Friend, Adrienne.  We have been friends, since we were in 2nd grade.  Which is ironic to think about, because, our sons {M and Little Man E, in the above picture} are the exact age, that we were, {right now}, when we first became friends {only they've known each other, even longer.  Since they were born}.

 We visited my sister Celestia, and the kids enjoyed petting her adorable baby goats.  The kids, and I  really enjoyed spending time and playing with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa.  We had a lovely time up in Washington, visiting our family.