Give Thanks for Family!!

Great Grandpa McCurry makes the most beautiful doll houses for my girls! I like them just as much as Cyprus likes hers... here is Mercedes with her green house. Grandpa loves his great granddaughters, and they love him! The Washington crew came down for Thanks Giving. Cameron, Tim, Harrison, and little Kendra, Dave and Vicki.

Mercedes and Landon... TUMMY TIME!

Cyprus loves Great Grandpa!

Getting to know each other better
Harrison and Cyprus have a love-hate relationship! They love to play and chase, but then it gets a bit rough and Cyprus ends up crying and fighting back! They love each other though!
Babies everywhere!!!!

Halloween Costumes

Happy Halloween... I am an "Ugly witch" according to Cyprus. Actually I am Morticia Adams. I love wearing dark wigs. It is fun to look totally different than I do normally. At the ward party, people would look at me funny, or just walk past, like they didn't know me, then the dawning of recognition... What do you think, blonde or black?

It is funny that unless your baby has fairy wings and bows, most people assume they are male. I had this costume from Ginger and it fit her pretty well and was warm.
I found a pattern online for a hat and I adjusted it a bit... our little jack-o-lantern (Cyprus calls her a "jack-a-liner").
Isaac is always scrambling at the end for a costume... Here he is with his brother... kind of freaky, but very funny. Isaac as a blonde. Just give guys eyeliner and see what they come up with. OK, really freaky.

Playing catch-up

Cyprus turned 3 on Oct 5th... I didn't do bday cards this year! I was a bit overwhelmed with life!

My friend Ellie sadly moved to the Eastern US! We still chat a lot. We've been friends since 9th grade and our kids are almost the same ages. Samantha and Jonny.
Great grandma Grammy came to visit. We love her! I am so thankful she gets to see my girls on occasion. She loves gettng more great grand babies!
This is my favorite... ELF EARS! Not sure where she got them. Isaac says it is because I look part elf. Her left ear is pointier than her right.
Mercedes is nearly 3 months old and she is doing well. Cyprus was a sweet baby and got really feisty, Mercedes is pretty laid-back still. She sleeps well. I had Cyprus in my room until she was 7 months old... she never slept very well. I didn't want to do that again, so I put Mercedes in Cyprus' room last month and they really have done well. Sometimes both are crying right when I put them to bed, but as long as both are ready, they fall asleep pretty quick. Cyprus will yell, "Mommy, Mercedes is crying! Come get her!" But they usually don't keep each other up too long. Mercedes cry is quiet enough that it usually doesn't wake Cyprus up when she wants to eat at 4 or 5 am. There have been quite a few nights in the last 2 weeks she has gone til 6:30. I love those nights!

baby blessing, sept 13th

Our new little family! I love my 2 baby girls.

Mercedes wore the same dress Cyprus and cousin Avalon did. Ginger made baby booties again and I opted for a little head band that I made over the bonnet.

I love this shot. I used a wide angle lens for the look. She looks like an angel to me.