life these days....





We've already hit 100 degree weather here in AZ!!  It started feeling like summer about a month ago though, hahaha.  I'm still getting used to it :)  We've had a lot of fun the past few weeks though!  Gavin's sister, Stephanie, moved to Arizona a few weeks ago and invited us to come swim in their pool...which the girls LOVED.  Gavin and I love having her family here. 

Gavin and I got to go to our stake "Prom" night about a week ago, which was a blast.  We also went to dinner with quite a few couples from our ward before the dance; it was a really fun night! 

Anyway, here are some recent pictures, I'll explain them as we go down :)  

                   Thanks to the website, Pinterest, I found a really good sidewalk paint recipe, and weve tried it out a few times already.. needless to say it gets messy, but is washable :)

                                             Hallie even got in on the fun :) 

     We've been doing some crafts lately :)  We made little balloon animals (pigs and a mouse).  The girls were so proud of their work :) 

                                              So....we had to hang them up!

Here is our sweet Hallie.  Lately, she loves to play with her big sisters a lot.  She is growing up too fast :( 

Here is a recap of our girls (mostly for my record :)

Abby is such a sweet big sister.  She is so willing to help with her sisters and with chores too!  Today, she folded an entire basket of clothes for me, without me asking her to.  She checks on Hallie every morning as we're waking up and tells me as soon as she hears her wake up from naps too.  A lot of times, she'll help push Hallie on the swing too to help me out :)  She is quite the little artist lately, I think we have hundreds of her drawings all over the house.  And, she LOVES to dance and sing, it is so cute.   We've really been working on getting Abby and Bailey to keep their room clean everyday.  Well one day, after cleaning up really well, she told me, "Mom, I cleaned up my room so you don't have more work to do".  Made me tear up.  She is really growing up and has become a really good helper.  Can't believe she'll start Kindergarten this Fall; I'm going to be an emotional wreck!

Bailey is still our little cuddle bug and is just so sweet.  (Yes, she has her 3 year old tantrum moments, but we're working on those :)  She tells me "I love you Mom" a lot and give me kisses and hugs all throughout the day.  Our girls don't always get along, (go figure), but I love the moments when I see Bailey giving Hallie or Abby a hug.  She has this suttle sense of humor and likes to do things like take my phone and wait until I notice, and then she'll burst out laughing.  She also loves to sing and dance.  Did I mention cuddling?  Can't get enough of her squeezes :)  Oh, and she loves to play with barbies and her doll house and I'll catch her having cute little "pretend" conversations between her dolls :) 

Hallie is 18 months old, and I don't know where the time has gone.  She is so sweet and loves to give us hugs and squeezes.  Yes, she is very attached to her binky (as you can see) and also her blankets....we'll have to work on this one soon :)  She is climbing up stairs really well and loves to run and play outside with her sisters.  She is quite the dare devil at times, kind of make us nervous :)  She has started to say "please", which makes me feel like I've done something right as a Mom, maybe?  Hallie has always been really little (except for her head size, hehe, which is in the 90th percentlie still).  She is still wearing size 4-5 shoes.  Anyway, we love her so much, and wish she would stay little.  Everytime I see this little person running around, it just makes me giggle. 

I've been busy with Etsy orders, and sometimes I wish I didn't have to work almost every night, but I'm glad I can help our family out a little bit financially.  Gavin works so hard in school, and I'm thankful to have such a wonderful husband.

Easter

 Just realized I never posted our Easter pictures!  We made these cupcakes a few days before Easter, but of course, they never made it to Easter :)  They were tasty!  The girls had a good time decorating them with me, and Hallie enjoyed eating them! 

 Easter morning was really fun...the girls were so excited about the Easter bunny coming, and had a fun time with our little egg hunt. 

 And yes, we had them use Target bags for the egg hunt, their baskets won't fit all the goods :)

I love the Easter holiday, such a wonderful time to remember our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We are so blessed to have the knowledge of the gospel and to have the opportunity to return to live with our Heavenly Father and Savior one day through his atonement.  Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Recent Pictures, yes, I'm very behind on blogging!!

 We're loving the weather here in AZ!!!  It is pretty much summer weather already, and the girls have lovd getting outside!  We had a really fun weekend.  We took the girls to a fun splash park in Glendale and then got together with some friends that night.  Conference weekend was just amazing, I feel so uplifted and motivated to improve myself in many ways.  Gavin's sister, Stephanie, moved to Gilbert a few weeks back, which we're so excite for :)  We were able to get together with them today for dinner, and the kids loved playing.  Gavin is still busy with school and I am busy with my little business still.  Here are some recent pictures of our little fam, love these girls!  Oh, Hallie will be going into Nursery in about 2 weeks, which I can't believe!