Mia's big day

We had a wonderful day yesterday. It was filled with family and lots of love. Mia was blessed. Grant said a wonderful blessing. He is getting more and more emotional with each child of ours. Bryan and his family came along with my brother and his family, my parents and grandpa. It rained all morning so we moved the get together after church inside which worked out great. We put the kids out in the garage with tables set up. My mom and I made a assortment of soups, salads, rolls and lots of deserts. I love my family and I am so thankful for the gospel!

I love this picture of mom and Mia

Liz (my sister in law)

Mia's photo opp for her blessing day

My awesome friend Libby came over again to take pictures of Mia in her blessing dress. These pictures were taken November 3 and her blessing will be this Sunday the 7th.

Halloween

I love Halloween!
Thanks to my wonderful mom and all of her help. This year Taylor was a body parts sells man (he won a prize at the school parade for best costume), Ellie was a barbie doll, Matthew a lion and Mia was a beautiful flower who hated her hat.

Manzanita's Halloween Parade

Tradition-Making cookings at G-ma and Gpa's house

We love going over to Grandma and Grandpa Fife's house every year to make Halloween sugar cookies. We actually stepped up a notch this year and had a decorating contest. I believe Matthew won. YEA

Our Fabulous looking cookies

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Halloween Party with Friends

My dear friend Tiffiani and her family had a wonderful Halloween party. The kids had a great time, food was excellent, company was entertaining and most of all creating awesome memories.

Courtney, Ellie, Katherine and Lorenza

Carving humungous pumpkins (home grown and smelled like cucumbers).

My Boys

Taylor is concentrating

Matthew is so proud of his pumpkin. He worked on it all night, and chiseled the pumpkin away practically!

Bobbing for apples. Taylor and Ellie both were able to bob their apple and earned a dollar (thanks menths). We believe Matthew did also, so he says.

The kids went outside in the garage for about in hour and made a haunted house for the adults. It was awesome, they were so creative and scary.

September 27, 2010 Mia is 3 weeks old

My dear friend Libby Tolman took these awesome pictures of Mia on September 27, 2010 (Mia is almost 3 weeks old). Libby was here all morning and Mia was good for about 5 minutes of it. I love the pictures she was able to take while she wasn't crying or peeing all over Libby's props. I am so lucky to have such a great friend and even more luckier to have a beautiful healthy baby girl.

This is how Mia was through most of the photo shoot.

Mia..one week old

My little Mia.....what a sweetie. She sleeps a lot. I have had to wake her up and feed her because she doesn't wake up. Today Matthew said to me...Mommy she smiled at me. We had a doctor's appointment today and Mia weighed 7 lbs 11oz. Not quite up to her birth weight but we are working on it. We have to go back in a few days to check her weight. She is so fragile and we all love her so much.

Mia barely fits into her new born clothes. They are swimming on her.