Emma's 4th Birthday

Emma turned 4 LAST year and wanted to have a Sweet Dreams Strawberry Shortcake birthday party. We had all her friend come in their pj's and we watched "Sweet Dreams" and then opened presents and ate cake.


Emma's current obsession is Littlest Pet shop animals and pretty much any stuffed animal dog! She loves pets and one day we will get her a puppy but I think I will give her a baby sister first and THEN we will move on to pets later so I don't loose my mind!
Here are all the girls eating popcorn and watching the movie in their pj's. They had a blast!
Here is the amazing cake my Aunt Lee Ann made for her! She loved it! Emma has always been my little cuddle buddy and I'm glad she hasn't grown out of it and hope she never does! She is always so concerned with others feeling and just wants everyone to be happy. She is the sweetest little girl and I know will be the best big sister ever!

Halloween (yeah I know!)

So I never got around to Halloween but there were some pictures that were so cute I have to show them! Tristan wanted to be Batman and Emma wanted to be Strawberry Shortcake. I love that the character's that I was obsessed with when I was little are all coming back! Although, I saw a NEW version of a Rainbow Bright doll at Target and she looked like a Bratz doll dressed up like Rainbow Bright! It looked nothing like her! A little disappointed I must say! I made these witches for Emma's preschool class. It was my 1st attempt at a cute treat so they didnt turn out exactly like I had hopes but cute nonetheless:)

Emma and Grandma Belnap after my parent's trunk or treat. It was SUPER cold and windy so we went back to their house for some hot chocolate after:)
My Pretty Strawberry Shortcake! I thought she looked SO cute! I loved it!
Tristan originally had a fabric mask that came with the costume and then we found this one and it was SO much better! He loved being Batman, he still wears the costume around the house!

"Let Me Out Now!"

So Tristan got sent to his room and we had flipped the locks so we could lock them in when necessary. After a while I went back to check on him and this is what I found outside his door! He had taken his soccer shorts and written "Let me out now!" and stuffed them under his door! It was one of those moments where you know you should be mad that he ruined his shorts on TOP of being a total brat but I couldn't stop laughing! Needless to say he did not get in trouble and I am saving these shorts in a plastic bag so we can keep the memory alive:)

Tristan Graduation and 6th Birthday

I decided I am not going to go back forever and try to catch up but I will go over some important days:) Tristan graduated from kindergarten in May! I can't believe he is starting 1st grade next week! Time fly's too fast! Kindergarten still made him seem so young and then he was reading and writing, and now 1st grade! I am excited and sad at the same time!





They did a musical number and it was so funny and cute! It was a rapping version of 3 little pigs. He kept saying " I made you laugh really hard with my sunglasses and thumbs up huh mom!"














Handsome boy!















Tristan also turned 6 in May and wanted a Mario birthday party. We just had a family party this year at the park and it was fun! I used my giant cupcake pan and made it into a Super Mario Mushroom. It turned out really cute! I love this little boy! He is so smart and sweet and loves to help with anything he can. At this point in time he is obsessed with playing video games whether it's on the Wii or Ds! Hopefully starting school again will spark the creativity again!

Some catching up to do....

So over the next few days I will get you all updated on what has been going on in our lives the past like 9 months:)

My baby bookworm...

Emma was playing with my glasses the other day and I took this picture and did a little editing and it is SO cute so I had to show everyone! She is my little baby bookworm now! She started preschool yesterday and already loves her teacher and class friends!






I am so excited for her to start this new chapter in her life and the fact that I have 2 days a week where I have NO kids for 2 1/2 hrs isn't too shabby :) Love you Princess!

The Rawlins

Some of our good friends Gwen and Pace Rawlins came in town last week and we got to spend some time with them. It's always so good seeing them! We went out to dinner with them one night and went swimming with the mom's and kids. Sydney is so big now and gets so excited when she gets to play with Tristan and Emma! They love when she come to visit! Sydney is kind of Emma's little best friend and she has missed her! This is this a picture that took a few trys for Emma to cooperate but it ended up cute!
This was the 1st take and Emmas just kept making goofy faces instead of smiling so i scolded her.....
and this is what I was getting after that! Sydney was all smiles as you can see from the 1st picture :)
Emma wanted to float and get a tan like me so I gave her my raft for a minute:)
This is the only picture I got of Gwen and Drew! This is one of the many faces this cute chubby little boy has!
Gwen's sister Ashleigh and her baby Roman came too and thier cousin Michelle with her two adorable boys! It was so fun but of course they had to go home and we wont see them til Christmas so let's start planning the next date night now and we will plan to go to a resaurant that is open this time k guys!