My Girl Scout - My Favorite Brownie

Laurel recently had her Girl Scout Investiture Ceremony. In other words she was officially recognized as a Girl Scout! We were asked to send a picture of Laurel at 1-2 years old for a slide-show, so here's what we found!

Laurel at 23 months...


18 ish months...

January and February Happenings

Aimee, Angie, and Laurel get ready for school after a sleepover while Tama and Dave are away for their 10th Anniversary!
Leah is a momma's girl, she likes her ballerina dress...

We celebrated Laurel's b-day with a trip to the movies to see Puss in Boots 3D!
Laurel turned eight and was old enough to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! That was a very special day!

Snow

It finally snowed. Here they are working on a snowman!

Brown Eyed Girls

Yes, Anika's eyes, I'm sure now, will be brown. No doubt about it. She's doing really well, growing nicely. Angie was happy to receive a new shirt for Christmas that says "Best Friends". So here she is showing it off.

Christmas 2011

Christmas just gets sweeter with each new addition to our family. This year we enjoyed singing together in the car, making gifts, wrapping gifts, and decorating our house for Christmas! The kids always look forward to acting out the nativity on Christmas Eve, Aimee was Mary this year and Angeilinne was an angel.

The Joys of the Christmas Season

The girls are keeping busy by enjoying Christmas stories, gingerbread houses and each other!

More Fall Happenings

Laurel had a school presentation about America. They sang Patriotic songs like "You're a Grand Old Flag" then they danced the Salsa. We also went to visit Katie at her new house. Sarah was there visiting, so we got to see her too! And of course, Halloween was exhausting! Just kidding, it was actually rather low-key especially since the kids wore costumes that we already had. I did make Halloween hairbows, which is actually why I took Leah's picture. And she looked so cute. Laurel was a Queen, then changed to be a pirate. Angelinne was a princess, Leah was a Bee, then a Strawberry, then a Bee. Anika was a pink Leopard, and a giraffe. And I ran around the neighborhood with a ratty old wool jacket and a long fake nose.