Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Last night, during Chases prayer, he asked...

*please bless I'll have fun at preschool*
*please bless dad will have fun at work*
*please bless Ariel will have fun in her ocean*

{my prayer is that he will always be as sweet as he is right now}

all I want for Christmas...

So, we were going through all the adds on black friday, letting the boys cut out pictures of their top holiday items, when all of a sudden, Chase lights up and says,
"I want the Princess Deluxe Talking Kitchen!!!"

After a closer examination, he pauses for a minute and says,
"but not the dress, because that's lame, huh?"

ya, the DRESS is lame!

can you feel it?

Chase gave his first talk in Primary today!
He worked hard on in it
(well, as hard as you can work when your mom writes it the morning of...)
and could do most of it by himself.

here is his talk...
I can feel the Saviors love when I am
-saying my prayers
-reading the scriptures
-taking the sacrament
I can feel the Saviors love when I keep the commandments

I can feel the Saviors love everytime I look at him :)

where did June, July and August go??

lets see if I can remember how to do this...
so, I have obviously missed posting some things...

like, Reagan and Wesley's bday's, last day of school, first day of school, summer vacation, 4th of July, camping, etc...
not sure if I will ever catch up on that stuff, but last Saturday Carin and I did a kid swap (highly recommend it) and we got to have sweet Sophie. After non-stop running for 8 hours, I asked them if they wanted to go to the park (with the promise to actually let them play on the playground AFTER a few pictures)...




don't worry, they were handsomely rewarded!

my baby turned 4...

I can't believe Chase is already 4!!!

His birthday was a busy day!
We started the day off at Wheeler Farm for his preschool field trip!

He loved that he got to go on a picnic for his birthday!
He loved being with his friends!

In fact, he loved all of it, EXCEPT the smell...

When we got home, we watched his favorite movie and then it was on to t-ball...


after t-ball we came home for some cake ("pink with sparkles") and ice cream with a few of his favorite girlfriends (no boys allowed :)

How lucky I am to have this kid!!