Happy 5th Birthday Ashlyn

We just wanted to tell Ashlyn how much we all love her and how happy and proud she makes all of us. We hope you have a Great Day! Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of Ashlyn in the last five years!

Easter

I know I am late with Easter postings but our computer got a virus and it was down for a while. So now its back up and here is some pictures of Easter. I actually tried to get away with not doing Easter baskets again this year but Late Saturday Ashlyn got really excited that the Easter Bunny was going to leave them some thing in the morning, So I, Along with a billion other people went to walmart for last minute treasures. I just picked whatever was left and made do. we had a small egg hunt with cousin Megan after a very good Easter dinner by Grandma Hetty. The bast part of the whole day was, our stake conference ended up being that day and I am NOT Super Mom and just can't seem to get my self up to taking them to a two hour meeting and making them be quiet because sacrament is hard enough, so i dressed them up just to take pictures!!

Kimber Lexi Ashlyn Cater

This is the best Picture I could get of all 4! And yes i re-did my hair again!

Ashlyn showing me a smushed egg! Lexi and her never ending funny faces

Kimber was really good! Carter started picking whatever he found on the ground and yes he put it in his mouth to try it!

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My crazy girls

Our March Madness!!

Well to start out this Blog, I want to wish Jesse another very happy birthday. his Birthday is March 17 which you all know as St. Patricks Day. I had every intention of making it a big deal but of course like always I waited till the last minute so it was not the big production I wanted. The kids and I went to the Taxidermist to get his dear head mounted. It is a very long process so he wont get it back untill december. Then we went to the store and picked out and outfit. We actually got a babysitter and Jesse and I went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse our new favorite place! after dinner we just drove and took time to be out. If there was a store we wanted to check out we did! it was nice to not have to unload and reload kids all night! So like I said not much to it but just a nice pleasent night. The kids and I also got Jesse a Cookie Cake in Stead of a real one because we all know what a cookie monster he is!

Carter's First Birthday

Well, my baby boy is 1 today. It's crazy to see him grow and really see him learning. It was like one day something snapped in his mind and he realized he could do so much more damage then he already was doing. He has been a little hard to keep up with. I am so happy to have him in our family. He is so much fun when he is being silly and makes the cutest schrunchy faces ever. He is my little lover boy and I love his kisses. I am going to enjoy it now cause it probably wont last long!!! Carter also shares this day with Jesse's Dad (papa Bill) so here is a picture of them for their b-day dinner.
Your Dad and I love you carter and I know your sisters do too. We hope you had a great First Birthday!

The Cake Grandma Sue Made

Snow

So i have not updated in a while because really we have not done a single thing in weeks. I think I am just so busy doing our everyday stuff like laundry and cleaning up and cooking and baths and just STUFF that we really dont do any thing.
I have however started on the process of a new schedule(hopefully) I have registered Ashlyn and Lexi for a Tiger Tots program at the local High School so 4 days a week from 11:15 to 1:50 I will be down to just two kids! In that time I am hopeing to get to the gym and get in a good workout. or do shopping and that kind of stuff! then in August Ashlyn starts real school!!
But in the mean time...we had a real good snow a few weeks ago. My first mistake was letting the kids go out and play. It was a mistake because we were not fully prepared with snow gear. We have some stuff but it was not enough so the next day we went and bought everything we needed for the kids and Jesse and I, but it was too late. the kids were already sick. I really dont think much of it, just thought it was a normal cold but Lexi had a fever of 103.5 so we took her to urgent care and found out she had pneumonia. The next morning I took the other 3 kids in to be check because they had all had the same symptoms. so the results were Ashlyn has pneumonia and and ear infection and carter has an ear infection and Kimber is just fine. Kimber is sleeping alot b ut I think that has to do with other stuff like growth spurts and such. So we have added dubble time of doing nothing. Ashlyn and lexi sleep alot and just watch movies allllll day long. All I can say is thank goodness for my books on my ipod or I would have to listen to all the barbie movies all day!! so here are a few pictures of our snow and the girls sleeping since that is all I have to show for the past little while.

Christmas picture (almost)

This Christmas Jesse's aunt Angie bought the kids there outfits as there presents which I was so greatful for. I hate having to choose because they are all so pretty. This will be the only picture you will see of me on this blog untill I get the baby weight off so enjoy!! I love the picture of Jesse and Carter. He is such a little man I love it. Thanks again Angie the girls loved the dresses!

Just Carter

Juat a quick video for Grandma and Grandpa!

Earings

OK so I thought that Lexi would be a little older before she would want or be able to handle getting her ears pierced, once again she suprised me. For the last few weeks she has been talking about getting earings. So I talked to her about it for a while and she decided that it was ok if it hurt for a while and as long as we got Ice Cream after she was good with it. So yesterday we took a trip to the mall and here is how it went.

The Happy Before

Getting the placement right

Happily waiting still
Get Ready

SHOOT!!!