I've been kind of busy

I've been wanting to sit down to type up a new post for a while now, but haven't been able to find a spare moment. So, for those of you that have been waiting, I hope you enjoy this one.

I came out the other morning to grab some clothes for Levi. All he had on was a diaper. Jamie said, "Look at Levi's little man-boobs." Lily attempted to correct her dad by saying, "Dad...they're called nibbles." I thought that was so funny. I corrected her, but Rosalie apparently didn't hear me, and started singing, "I see Levi's nickles...nickles...nickles..." I love those funny little moments.

I've been in the process of taking pictures for our Christmas card to send out this season. The past few years, I've actually been able to get one taken with everyone looking at the camera. I figured that would be near impossible to do this year. So, I decided that it would be easier to design our card to include 3 pictures. I'm posting some of the ones that won't be in the card, but I liked them too much to delete them. I love the outfits that I found for the kids!

This past Saturday, my sister Ashley had a formal that she was attending. I got to do her hair for that. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out since I was winging it. I'm assuming that her hair survived the night because she hasn't called me to tell me otherwise. I had fun doing it. I also had done her hair for a choir banquet that she went to when she was in high school. I scared her that time because I was half-way done with her hair, and didn't like the way it was turning out, so I took it all out. I think when I did that, she had an hour left before the banquet started. But once I got started on her hair again, it looked great, and went really fast with my second attempt. That all said, I'm surprised she let me do her hair for this formal.

Jamie and I celebrated our seventh anniversery on the 17th of this month. I grow more and more in love with him each year. Jamie is a wonderful husband and dad. Our marriage still feels so new to me. I continue to look forward to many, many more years together. God blessed me with more than I could hope for or imagine in a husband. He is my best friend and partner. I love him very much. We didn't have a traditional start, and a lot of people said we'd never make it. All I can say is we're still going stong, and our marriage only grows stronger as time passes.

Ninja!

First, let me start out by saying that I did not pose my children. We were about to load up in the suburban to go to the party when I said, "Hey girls, let me get a picture of you first...stand together over here." I made sure they were close enough to all make it in the picture, and I told them to smile, but they instead decided to really get into character, thus resulting in what you see. Iris is so funny. She likes to make "chopping" motions with her hands, and say, "Hit!...Hit!...Hit!" Levi got to dress up, too. I love his outfit with his little hat. Since they are so young, and I don't give them much say in the decision, I have fun dressing them with a theme in mind. I had a lot of different themes that I was trying to find enough costumes in the right sizes...clowns, super heroes, wizard of oz, and star wars. I'm glad the ninja theme won. Seeing all of them in their costumes, and watching them run around & play was so much fun for Jamie and I.

The night before the party, we went to see The Promise with some friends of ours. All the kids did so well, and really enjoyed it. Lily was on the edge of her seat for most of the performance. It was definitely a far better treat for them than a bag full of candy for Halloween.

Speaking of treats, I can't forget to mention that Jamie took it upon himself to make caramel apples for the girls. He didn't do the whole production of dipping the apples...he took the short cut of buying those caramel disks to wrap around the apples. That's not the point, though. The point is that he made his girls a treat, and I thought it was really sweet.