Pictures are fun!

We tried to take pictures of the kiddos last Thursday. Let me tell you, it was A LOT of fun. The girls would not cooperate. Boston grinned like crazy, Brielle smiled maybe twice and Lily didn't smile at all. This was the best group picture we could get of the three of them. What little stinkers.

At least she still looked cute.

Brielle and her serious face.

Boston smiling away.

One of Brielle's only smiles of the photo shoot and Lily at least isn't scowling in this picture.

The two girls playing tea party.

This is the only pic we could get of Brielle and Boss.

Maybe we will try another photo session next year. :)

Christmas Crazy!

December was soooo crazy for me. I did a video of all of the Great Grandchildren for our Christmas Eve party. It turned out really cute and I'm glad that I did it. I also made a digital scrapbook of Brielle, Lily and Boston for my Mom for Christmas. It really turned out nice. It is so great to have a record of their lives so far in one book. I bought Lily a little Christmas dress this year. She looked soooo cute on Christmas Eve.

I actually took these pictures before I put my tree away. It took a lot of effort and the payoff wasn't that great. She was kind of a stinker and wouldn't look at the camera. This is my tree, the first in 6 years.

 

I thought I would take a quick shot of Lily with her gingerbread house. She pretty much ripped it apart after this.

 Brielle and Lily on Christmas Eve.

 Trever and Boston on Christmas Eve.

The holidays were so great this year. I'm so upset that they are over. We had a lot of fun in Nephi this year with all of the kiddos. On Christmas night me, Nate and Trever actually went and saw Sherlock Holmes with Danielle, Carl, Dustin and Duane. I hope we make movie night a new tradition now that Nephi finally has a theater.

Birthday & Halloween

Well Lily bug turned 1 year old on Friday, October 23rd. It is really hard to believe. This year has gone faster than I ever could have imagined. We had a party for her at my Mom & Dad's on the 25th. It was a lot of fun. She really loved the cake eating part. Everyone bought her clothes (as I requested). She got so many cute things, even Kara thought so. :)

Lily and Brielle got in the tub after the cake eating was over. I'm not sure why....hmmm.

Lily loves her Grandparents. Check out the super cute monkey pjs they got her for her B-Day.

Before the Birthday party started Lily and Brielle played in the leaves. Brielle liked it more than Lily. Brandon actually buried Brielle completely and she just laid there. We just kept laughing at her.

Lily was a super scary witch for Halloween. It's technically her second Halloween, but last year she couldn't go out so we didn't dress her up. My Aunt Denise made the skirt and the cape for her. It looked so cute. We couldn't believe that she kept the hat on, but she did.

This picture is so you can see her stockings and broom. You can't really tell, but the black thing on her broom is a little black cat. Halloween was a lot of fun.

Two steps forward...

Lily is officially a walker. She has actually been walking for over a month now. Nate says that next week we're starting her on long division. She will turn 1 year old next Friday and I just can't believe it. This year has been the fastest and best of my life. Nate and I don't know how we ever lived without her.

Lily and her Daddy getting ready for our daily walk.

Me and Lily.

Brielle always watches out for Lily. She is such a sweetie.

Grandma and Boston. Poor little guy has had some health problems and has to be on oxygen. We hope that he will be off it by the holidays.

Grandpa and Boston.

This is Lily on the swing in my parents backyard. My Dad was pushing her in it on Saturday.

I couldn't resist putting this picture up. Teeny is wearing on old dress of Kara's. We all laughed our heads off. It was even funnier when Kara put it on. :)

The Boss

We welcomed a new addition to our family today. Boston Richard Gadd was born at about 3:35 pm today, September 16th. He is super cute and just check out all of that hair. It is unreal. Linzee did awesome and is feeling good. Brandon is a proud papa and Brielle thinks he's "oh cute." Brielle actually liked the Oreo cookies a little better than Boston, but I'm sure she'll warm up to him. Congrats to Brandon and Linzee. My parents are of course thrilled. We all LOVE the little guy already.