Friday, November 23, 2007

It's a ('nother) Girl!



It's a girl!
Monday after laboring all day Clara Evelyn Elton was born at 5:41 pm. She weighed in as my biggest baby at 7lbs 1oz. I was shocked when the nurses and the doctor said "Look at all that hair!" She is a beautiful addition to our family of girls. I am home now and adjusting well to the sleepless nights.

Friday, October 26, 2007

The Mini-Boo


I took Moriah and Brooke to our local YMCA's "mini-boo" today. They had
a blast as I waddled around 9 months pregnant.

Tired Anyone?


My parents came to visit over general conference weekend. Brooke would not go to sleep or stay in her room the night they came into town. The adults wanted to watch a movie so the rule was she had to stay upstairs. During a break in the movie, Aaron found Brooke dead asleep on the stairs. We were all laughing.

FHE Pumpkin Decorating

For Family Home Evening we decorated our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. After Moriah was done painting and glueing on feathers, she wanted to carve it. That we will save for another day!

The Pumpkin Patch

The girls and I visited a nearby pumpkin patch with Moriah's pre-school class. We enjoyed a hayride, a muddy pumpkin patch, and games.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Graduation from BYU





I finally graduated from BYU and it only took 1o years to finish. Better late than never! I had a wonderful day with my little family, my parents and Aaron's parents. The ceremonly lasted less than an hour, which we were all grateful for. Here are a few pics from Graduation day at BYU August 17, 2007.

First Day of School


Yesterday was the first day of school. The day started off stressful because I sent Emery and the neighbor boy on the wrong bus. The bus was on route to the middle school, but I did not realize it until it drove away with my child. My neighbor Tina and I waited until another bus stopped to tell them we sent our children on the wrong bus. As we were talking to the bus driver, Emery's name and Jeremy's name came over the radio. We got all excited and screamed, "That's our children!" The bus driver of the middle school bus said she would take them to middleton after her route was done. We were relieved. As the bus drove away, another bus comes by to pick-up at our stop. Wow, three buses stopped to take our children to school. We were confused. Why was it not so confusing last year? I called transportation to figure out which bus we were to take in the morning and afternoon. We found the right one this morning.
It was Moriah and Brooke's first day of pre-school yesterday as well. I signed them up at a pre-school run by the Lutheran church in Sherwood. It was convenient for me because they go on the same day, same time, but have different teachers. A nice break for me.
I took Brooke to class first, situated her, said good-bye, then took Moriah to her class. After saying good-bye to Moriah, I peeked my head into Brooke's class. I saw her crying, so I decided to wait behind the door until she stopped. The next thing I see is the teacher taking Brooke out of the class room heading to the bathroom. I said, "Oh no! Is something wrong?" The teacher asked if she was mine and I nodded. Then she explained that Brooke had thrown-up. I rushed in the bathroom, where she continued to throw-up. Poor child. I took her home and had a nice quiet afternoon together.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Every Mom's Nightmare





Brooke came down stairs and said "I got a hair cut!" I looked at her and saw that both sides of her long hair were chopped. At the time I was on the phone with Aaron and I started to bawl. I told him that Brooke now had a mullet! Moriah came down shortly with a smile on her face and I asked her if she cut Brooke's hair. She said yes. Of course they couldn't understand why I was crying and so upset. They were proud of the hair cut. I cleaned up the kids and headed out to find a place open to fix Brooke's hair. All the salons in town were closed, of course, so Aaron suggested we go to the Mall. What an adventure. Hope you enjoy a glimpse into my life with three girls.


Wednesday, May 23, 2007