Fairy House

We watched Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue recently.

After we watched it, Emmy just had to make herself a fairy house so that she could catch her own fairy!

So we got a box, some construction paper and crayons/markers and got to work!

Emmy colored the door, windows and a fairy on the house.  She wanted to add a flower on the roof.  I think it turned out so cute!

Emmy also wanted to add a pond and bridge to the front of the fairy house, so we made it happen!

On the back of the house, it says "Silvermist," "Fairies," "Tinkerbell," and "Fawn."

Inside the house, there are cotton balls for a bed, she drew a clock on the wall, and she left some smarties in case any fairies get hungry :)

Emmy really wants to catch a fairy.  Her fairy house is outside our front door, on our front porch.  I think it's a little cold outside for fairies this time of the year . . . we haven't caught any yet!

Dance Recital

Emmy has been taking a combo dance class this year.  She's been learning tap, ballet, jazz and tumbling.  And she loves it!

The recital was in December at one of the high schools in town.

McKinley, Emmy's friend, takes dance at the same studio.

Emmy was so excited to wear make-up!

And she looked beautiful!

Strike a pose!

Emmy did SO GOOD at the recital!!!  We were so proud of her!

Look at that little double chin :)

Emmy felt so special the night of her recital.  She loved getting make-up on and dressing up into a fun and frilly dress!  She is such a girly girl, like her momma.

Emmy loves to dance, sing and draw.  I can't wait to see how her talents develop!

Summer Fun

Here's what we've been up to this summer:

{Hiking with friends}

(Check out that waterfall!)

{Playing in the sprinklers & eating popsicles}

{Having tea parties}

{Swimming & swim lessons}

{And taking lots of fun pics!}

What have you been up to?

Doh!

Emmy likes to type her name into the computer.

I'll open a blank Word document and let her go.

A few weeks ago, she was typing her name and I looked at the computer.  

This is what I found:

Hahaha!  Jake and I were totally laughing.  At least it's all in innocence, right?

Sisters, Sisters . . .

I had a little {photo shoot} with the girls back in January.

I love it when they play together and are nice to each other!

It makes a mother happy :)

I absolutely LOVE this picture!
Oh how I love Kate's little double chin :)

 Kisses!

 Hugs!

So precious

Katers!

 

Emmy!

What beautiful girls we have!

Bath time at our house . . .

Kate LOVES baths!  

Here she is, excitedly waiting for the tub to fill up:

This picture makes me SO happy!  I smile every time I look at it!  How come baby bums are so cute?!

And I swear, Kate has pooped in the tub more times than I can count.  What's up with that???  Emmy has NEVER pooped in the tub!

And here is Emmy after her bath, tap shoe and all.  She doesn't care that it's way too big for her :)

She is our singing and dancing fool!

She will often tell me to stop singing because she wants to sing.  And I have to often remind her that whoever wants to sing is allowed to sing.  The little stinker!

The Little Photographer

Emmy has loved taking pictures with my camera lately.

Here are some of my favorites:

Aww, so cute :)

So artistic!  I love that she put the camera on the floor to take the picture.

This one totally freaks me out - the flash wasn't up so it blurred the picture, making Kate look like a weird child with drawn-in eyebrows . . .

I'm in my work-out clothes, post work-out.  Beautiful.

Work-out clothes again.  

Maybe we should try having her take a pic of me when I'm not nasty . . .

She wanted me to growl and reach for the camera :)

My girls

These two girls are becoming good friends . . . what more could a mother ask for?

{How cute are they in these matching "Tangled" pj's?}

December Fun!

We've had a busy, busy, BUSY December this year!

We've had lots of fun things to do and see.

Let's see if we can wrap most of it up in one post, shall we?


Emmy had her recital for the performing group she's in, Platinum Performing Arts.
She did such a great job!

{Emmy and Max - they might get married someday . . . Max was trying to kiss her on the lips the other night, but Emmy was not having it.  Let's just hope she keeps that up as a teenager!}

Emmy also had a Christmas program at her preschool.  Her teacher put her front and center, and after they started, we knew why - she was the loudest one and knew all of the songs!

It was so cute!
It was so fun to go to her school and see her in that environment.


Jake and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary by going to Vegas for a few days.  It was MUCH needed and was seriously one of the best vacations we've been on!  We got one pic on our trip . . .

Then my friend, CC, and I threw an Ugly Christmas Sweater/White Elephant party.  It was SO much fun!
I decided to go all out.  I figured my clothes were ugly, why not match the hair and make-up to the occasion?

I was so hideous!  I had to pull out my '80's hairstyling skills.  I knew doing my hair like that in the '80's would pay off one day!

{CC and I in all of our ugly Christmas sweater glory!}

And Jake wore one of my grandpa's old suits.  My grandma was getting rid of a bunch of stuff so my mom brought some of it home for Jake.  I think this suit is from the '70's!  Jake looked like Fez from That '70's Show and our friend, Colt, looked like Kelso . . . what a perfect pair :)

 Oh, and our friend, Brooke, let us have the party at her house.  She lives in her grandma's old house, which has not been redecorated since the '60's or '70's!  It was PERFECT!

More fun things . . .
Emmy and I made Gingerbread houses out of graham crackers.
I didn't go all out and actually make the gingerbread like I did last year.  I didn't have the time or energy to do it!  Her best friend, Skye, came over and made some with her mom, too (who is CC from the pic above).

{Emmy being silly}

These girls are so silly together!
They both threw their hands up at the exact same time in the pic below.  They march to the beat of the same drum . . .
And Emmy makes sure to let me know that Skye is her best friend :)

And here's a pic of Kate since she's not in ANY of the other pics in this post - oops!  She was eating a granola bar and somehow a couple pieces got stuck to her hair and were just dangling there . . .

Along with all of these things,
my sister and I sang at the Dickens Festival, I sang at a benefit concert with West Coast Jazz Players (an amazing Jazz band located in St. George), I had a Christmas recital for my private vocal students, we had work Christmas parties and I sang with a woman's choir and also sang a duet for a Christmas fireside.  Oh, and we had a special Christmas activity for the YW.  I'm not kidding when I say we've been BUSY!  It's already been so nice for things to slow down a little.  Hopefully that's a sign of how next year will be, nice and relaxed!