Preschool Year End Party at Bounce U

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Nathan and Grace's expressions as they go down the slides...hilarious!

Off to Kindergarten next year for the two twinners...here's to a fun summer!

Mother's Day 2012

This was a magical Mother's Day. First, it was the first official Mother's Day with all five kids being mine. It was up there with almost as special as my very first Mother's Day. Second, we spent the day at Disneyland!!! I enjoyed the whole experience so much. We walked in the gates of the park and they had tables set up with corsages for all the mothers...how cool is that??? I mean seriously, they know how to touch a mama's heart. We laughed, played and ran around Disneyland and CA Adventure until we couldn't anymore. I have some awesome memories from this special year!

This is my favorite picture of all time!

I  always love Thunder Mountain as the sun is setting...it makes it gorgeous!

Liebich Wedding

My cousin Melissa had her wedding over the weekend and I helped take pictures. She was a beautiful bride and I enjoyed the time together taking stunning pictures and trying to make everyone laugh. Taking pictures at weddings are certainly interesting and I think requires a lot of practice. I enjoyed cracking jokes to get everyone to relax a little and got some really nice, natural shots. If I didn't have a young family I could totally get into this industry.

Here are a couple of the ones I took. Some of the poses are taken from other wedding photographers I adore!

Mother's Day Tea

One of my favorite traditions in Mrs. Fox's class...The Mother's Day Tea. The kids decorate pots on Father's night in April and then plant flowers to give to us moms. They also make homemade flowers too. You can't see it in the picture but I am wearing corsages with their school pictures on them. Such sweet memories!

Happy Birthday Grace

Sometimes it is hard to believe our youngest is 3, and others times we are doing a happy dance! We have officially left the 'baby' stage and moved right into being a big girl! SO much we love and adore about her. She is funny, strong willed and very determined. She has just started playing pretend and some of my favorite moments are listening her talk to her babies and barbies.

Cake and presents last night...so much fun when you are 3!

And of course and strawberry sprinkles donut for her birthday breakfast!

Grace's 3rd Birthday Cake

I finished up Grace's cake today. I am for the most part happy with it. It is cute but I need to improve getting my icing smooth and making the color more vibrant. She is thrilled and keeps asking when we get to eat it!! She wanted to 'taste' the icing every time she walked into the kitchen. I love it when the kids hit this age because they are so much more aware of what is actually going on they are participating. She also keeping saying "I can't wait for Zoee to come over and play for my birthday!" So cute!

The color of the cake looks better in person... I edited this photo to try and get it what I wanted. She likes Dora and when I found this ribbon to put around the bottom I just know I needed to use it for the cake.

Hair post...(it's been a while)

I haven't been particularly inspired to do my daughters' hair recently. Sometimes I think the amount of time it can take to do a more creative style can seem a bit overwhelming. I have found myself in the last couple months doing something that will take around three hours but will last 4 weeks. And I totally get that I could spend more then 3 hours on hair if I had to do it every day like with my oldest, but our weekends haven't given me the concentrated time. So, enough excuses...Shane was at Men's retreat this past weekend and I did nothing but hang out at home...finally a weekend and although not completely inspired with a creative burst I wanted to do some fun bead colors as summer is approaching. I love the color!!!