Saturday, October 7, 2017

So good to hear from you!!!

Tiffany!!! It was so good to hear from you, I'm sorry I'm such a slacker with this blog. I'm hoping I can update it once a month now with what we have been up to that month. I figured out how to do it on my phone so I can just upload pictures from there so it should be easier for me to update it with all the pictures from my phone.
So let's see, it sounds like you are doing well and that your kiddos are doing good too. I can't believe Denise is 7!! Wow! I would love to see a picture of her and your new little guy, well 1 year old!
We have some fun news, we adopted a little baby sister in August! Paislee has been asking for a little baby sister that looks like her and of course we had to do whatever it took to make her dreams come true. We welcomed Dempsey Denise to our family on August 25th. So now we have a house full of crazy, energetic, cute, fun, smart, sweet, adorable kiddos 4 and under! Life is busy but it is the best kind of busy. I just know that this time in my life is when my kids need me the most and when they are older they won't need me as much so I try to enjoy it as much as I can.
Paislee turned 4 and had a unicorn cake that was gorgeous, she was so excited. We also went to this super fancy hotel in Utah called the Grand America and had a real life tea party my mom (grandma Nie nie), Paislee and mom went. It was so much fun. She kept saying this is the best day of my life!! LOL.
We went to an amusement park in Utah over the summer that the kids LOVED! We are hoping to get to Disneyland in the next couple years so that they can still enjoy the magic of it.
We have a cabin up in the mountains that we LOVE to go and spend time together at. Paislee gets so excited to go to the cabin. The kids can explore, get dirty and just be kids.
We also just bought 35 acres of land outside of town here in Kemmerer. We are so excited to build our dream house and be able to let our kids roam and have fun. We will have some animals as well, chickens, horses, cows, pigs. Paislee cannot wait to get eggs from the chickens! LOL
She is doing so well in school. She is so smart. She can remember EVERYTHING so we have to watch what we say in front of her.
She loves story time and getting to play with her friends. She loves to paint and color and is getting pretty good.
She is THE BEST big sister. She loves her brothers and sister so much. She is my big helper, I'm not sure what I would do without her. She has an amazing imagination. I love to watch the kids play and imagine new fun things.
She has been asking more questions about when she was in my tummy, we have talked about you and how she was in your tummy. She will tell me how much she loves you, Tiffany my birth mom :). We pray for you everyday and hope you are doing so well.

We were actually in Henrico Virginia at the beginning of July to adopt a baby girl (it didn't work out but it was for the best the family was amazing and now we have miss Dempsey who is the perfect fit for our family), we also went to VA Beach, we tried to get a hold of you but there will always be another time to get to see you again. We want you to know that we are open to whatever you are comfortable with. Paislee will always know about you and about your family. We love you all so very much!! Here are some pictures of the last little while I hope you enjoy them! <3
Fishing with Daddy
Eating dutch oven pizza at the cabin
She is always watching out for everyone.
Bringing mom some wild flowers <3
On a ride with the family
Playing games with mom while the boys nap
Fun at the zoo
She loved the elephants
Such a cute little cheeser
At one of our favorite spots, Big Fall Creek
She found mom more wild flowers!
Picking wild raspberries
Pushing her brothers in the stroller :D
Hiking with the fam
Looking at the eclipse
Swimming at a natural hot springs a couple hours from where we live. The kids had a blast!
So much fun swimming!
Fishing all by herself
Her fish, she was so excited she got it all by herself
OtterPops out back

Daddy and his girls
Jumping on the tramp at Nie Nie and grandpa's house
First day of preschool
She wrapped her stuffed moose up to carry him around like mom carries baby sister. LOL
She lost her first and now her second tooth. She was so excited to get treasure from the tooth fairy
Hanging out at the property
Love her sweet smile.
Such a good big sister!! 

We love you and look forward to hearing from you soon! <3

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Christmas 2016

Hey Tiffany! We hope you had an amazing Christmas with your sweet family! We were able to spend Christmas with just our little family, it truly was so wonderful. We did however have each of our family parties the week before Christmas. It was so good to get together with family and make memories.
Paislee was so excited for Christmas. She would ask when Santa was coming for about 1 month before Christmas. She was excited to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what she wanted for Christmas. All she asked for was a candy cane. She is the sweetest little girl, makes my heart so happy!
 Decorating the tree....Paislee thought it was the best thing to decorate our tree. Rickey however wanted to undecorate it at every turn!! LOL
 

 We decorated a gingerbread house for our neighbor who Paislee just loves!! She was so excited to take them her little house :D
 Such a big helper opening presents!
Loving their Christmas loot!!

 More gingerbread house decorating
 I think we will have to make this a tradition, the kids loved it
 Paislee was one of the angels at our family's nativity play! She was the most beautiful little angel!!
 Such cute little actors!
 Cousins
 Loving her doll! :D
 Christmas Eve present :D So excited to FINALLY be able to open a present
 So excited for her Kindle
 She loved it!!
 More presents!
 Helping baby Drew with his presents. She is such a great big sister. She is such a little mom to Drew! I love having a helper!!
 Merry Christmas!! Isn't she the cutest little stocking stuffer ever???? We hope you are doing good! We love you lots and think of you everyday!