Avalina’s Birthday Cupcakes

On Friday, the girls and I made cupcakes for Avalina’s party. They helped make the two cake mixes and had fun, as always when baking. Adeliza loves to get to crack the eggs and she’s getting pretty good at it. (We even chose 3 different color eggs to use since we had a dozen from […]

Gearing Up for Avalina’s Birthday

I love to take time to enjoy birthdays and celebrate! I love spreading out the fun over time too. So, in the week leading up to Avalina’s birthday, we got party supplies out for them to use with their play food/kitchen; put up reusable birthday window stickers, etc. The girls loved playing with the party […]

2012 Haydon Family Reunion

The girls and I just went to our Haydon family reunion camping trip last weekend, Friday, July 27 through Monday, July 30. As always, it was great to see my sis, brother, sister-in-law, niece, & parents! It was also great to have time with extended family. It was a smaller group this year, but that […]

Painting This Afternoon

For literally months I have been dreading the thought of letting my girls paint on their easels. The thought of my middle girl painting EVERYWHERE just couldn’t escape my mind. However, for some reason, I decided I would let the girls paint after nap today – in the garage. Well, Avalina slept half an hour […]

Fresh Local Produce to Our Door

As Trev left for work this morning, he noticed we had our first delivery of fresh organic local(ish) produce. We finally decided to try it. We were quite excited, especially me and Avalina. Avalina tried taking the stem off the radish, but decided not to taste it. Then she bit right into the center of […]

Ended Up Being a Fun Day

Yesterday started out a bit crazy, so while the big girls were in time-out, I took a couple minutes to breathe and ask God for wisdom. Once the girls and I talked, the rest of the day went very well! We did quite a bit and here are a few pictures from our day. I […]

Amabella Can’t Wait to Help With Baby Brother!

Amabella has been so excited about the new baby coming. She is practicing a lot with Avalina. She helps change her diaper, tries to hold and carry her, reads her books, and tries soothing her when she’s upset. It’s quite sweet. 🙂 Here she is holding Avalina in the playroom the other day.

Just Before Nap

Since I needed to put the clean sheets back on their beds, I let the girls settle with a little Winnie the Pooh before nap. They all cuddled close together and I couldn’t help but take a picture. I knew that, once I came out ready to tuck them in, I would surely find one […]

Adeliza Builds Rapunzel’s Tower

While I was getting breakfast dishes done, Adeliza decided to build with blocks. She called me in to see her tower. We decided it was Rapunzel’s tower. 🙂

Avalina Chews Gum Successfully

So, I got home from work Monday to the big girls asking me for gum. I told them yes and said they could get a piece each. Then Avalina was calling to me from the living room to tell me she had gum. It was hilarious to watch her chewing it and then spitting it […]

Happy Birthday Papa (Haydon)

We wanted to make a cute video wishing Papa a happy birthday. So here are takes 1 through 5. You might find something cute in them. My kids are a bit crazy, so I tried. Happy Birthday Dad (& Papa)! We love you and wish we were spending the day with you. See you soon. […]

Time with Uncle Nathan

This evening, we had the privilege of seeing my little brother. The girls were so excited when they got up from their nap to head he was coming. Amabella got dressed up for Uncle Nathan. She wanted to look fancy, so she put on a fluffy tutu, ballet slippers, a fancy shirt, and a bow […]

Story Before Nap

We always love to read together before nap and bedtime. Unless I choose what we read, we tend to read three books (or excerpts); one chosen by each of the girls. We also sit closely together, often with one or two girls on my lap. 🙂 I’ve always enjoyed reading with the girls. Today, Adeliza […]

Avalina Says “I Love You”

After dropping the big girls off at VBS today, I asked Avalina to say “I love you” for me to video. I just thought the video clip was cute. 🙂 Your browser does not support the video tag

“Top Pop” Father’s Day Survey

Yesterday at church, the girls came home with a “Top Pop” Father’s Day survey about their dad. It was both cute and hilarious to read Amabella and Adeliza’s responses. Below are the pictures of their surveys. * Chippeys is what the girls refer to poker chips as. Trevor also thought Adeliza was talking about Grandad […]

Recent Family Time

This past week, we’ve had the privilege of getting to visit with lots of relatives. Trevor’s Great-Aunt & Great-Uncle from England were in the area and we got to visit with them on two occasions. It was so nice to spend time with them since it’s been 7 years ago since we visited them and […]

Helping Make Pancakes/Eating Butter

This morning, Avalina wanted to help make pancakes. She helped pour the mix and stir in the milk and egg. Then, as I was melting the butter, she took a big bite of the butter. I had to take a pic, then she took another bite. I put it away. Enough butter for the day. […]

Visiting with Cousins

We just had a fun weekend camping for my cousin’s wedding, then spent an additional day at my parents’ house in Ukiah. The girls had a great time getting to know their cousins Ian and Kaitlyn. Other rode bikes, played at playgrounds, played in the playhouse, took a walk, played with Auntie Tiff and my […]

The Big Girls at the Doctor

Last Wednesday, June 6, the big girls had their yearly check-ups at the doctor. They did a great job and had such fun. It started with their vision and hearing check, followed by their weight & height measurements, then they got to put on the special gowns, and lastly they had the check up with […]

We Voted

After dinner, I took my oldest with me to our polling station with me to vote. On the way there, we talked about what voting is and ways she already gets to vote. Then we talked about what I’d be voting about and why a four year old isn’t quite ready to vote about these […]