Isabel's first day of school 2009. The school is right down the road and I am LOVING that she can walk home all by herself! Nana came to wish our first grader a happy frst day of school.

What a cute first grader huh!. So she really wanted her hair curled for the first day but just our luck, the power went out on the morning of her first day. She is still so beautiful. We are so proud of her and so glad that she is liking school.

The whole gang sitting on the couch together.

Katie and I made our first batch of Turtles for the season. They turned out soooooo great!!! Can't wait to do some more Christmas candy making!!

Yummy pumpkin cookies(thanks to Kellie for the decorating idea). We signed up to sell some crafties and baked goods for the octoberfest this year. Isabel wanted to sell something, so we made these and she sold out of every single one in two hours!!! It was so much fun to see her face and to let her have that opportunity. Her piggy bank is getting so full. She is a saver, we like that.=)

Picture frenzy!!

Look how long Isabel's hair is getting. It's going to be time to donate soon!!

I made this cute little headband with buttons and I needed a model. Look at her adorable dimple!Love it!

The kids just can't seem to get enough of their baby sister.

A few weeks ago it was getting cold and we started our first fire in our new house. I love, love, love fires.

Here is our Evelyn getting those piggy toes. She is entertained for many a minute by those little toes! She is such a joy. She is rolling over and making all sorts of fun sounds. She also cut her first tooth this week. Yes she is only 4 months. Three for three in the early tooth dept for my kiddos. Not fun for mom but what can I do. =)

Spring, Summer and now Fall

Its been forever, I know, but what can I say, I have three kids and a full-time nursing student husband that I never see, so life around these parts is a little crazy most days. I just wanted to catch you up on our life since the littlest Grant arrived here to our family. Evelyn was born in May and has been a Joy ever since.

Two weeks after she was born Charlie and I bought a house in Idaho Falls. It is a wonderful home and we have enjoyed every second that we have been in it(except for the hobo's..dont like spiders one bit!!!). It was a bit crazy moving with a new baby but somehow we managed and we are so glad to have the space. Charlie has the summer off from school so that was so fun to see him and have him around more to help. We are thankful for all of the furniture and things that the McFadden family(previous owners) left for us. It has been fun for me to decorate and put things up that have been in boxes for years!! I even made my first set of curtains(a huge thanks to Aunt Kate) for my bedroom. I started another set for the living room yesterday. I am excited to see how they turn out. We have a fantastic yard that is a lot of work, but I am excited for the challenge. Next summer is my outside projects summer. I need a gardening book for sure!!

At the beginning of August we packed our bags, loaded up the car and started driving to SLC where we had reservation to stay in a hotel and go to Lagoon for a few days. When we got the SLC we decided to keep on going all the way to CALIFORNIA!! It was so spontaneous and crazy but it was so much fun. We had kinda talked about going weeks before and decided against it, but then we just did it. I was a bit grumpy almost the whole way there. Any of you women out there reading this might understand that having a new baby and two other kids to take care of in the car for 15 hours isnt the best of times! The baby and the kids were so great the whole way there. We stayed the week in San Deigo and went to the zoo and Sea World, saw the Braves play the Padres, LegoLand and of course, the beach! I am so glad that we went because now Charlie is back in school with no break until he graduates next Christmas.

In August our Isabel started the First Grade! She is such a great daughter and I love having her around. She was bored and ready to go, but its hard for me to have her gone all day. I just miss her, but I know it is where she need to be. It is so nice to have the school right in our neighborhood and it starts at 9:00. A fabulous time for sure! She has been so brave trying all the school lunches for the first few weeks. She now asks for a cold lunch when certain foods come around again. =) Its been so fun to hear her talk about things and experience all day school. I love her and am so glad that she is part of our family.

Vaughn is my little helper now at home. He is all boy and shows me that everyday. I have never seen so much toy wacking and banging, mess making, yelling, and dirt digging in my entire life, but I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. He is just as sweet as he is crazy and I am so thankful to be able to spend more time with him these past months. I am proud to say that I can build a mean Lego airplane in no time!

And last but not least our little baby girl is now 4 month on the 27th of this month. Evelyn is such a joyful and sweet addition to our family. She is all smiles and drools these days, and will put just about anything she can get her chubby paws on, in her mouth. She just found her feet this week and its so adorable to watch her stare at those toes of her and grab them and try to eat them. Its priceless and I love it! She has been rolling over for weeks now and is finally starting to enjoy actually being on her tummy. Hooray for mom not to have to rescue everytime she rolls over. She is getting so big and I am loving to squeeze and kiss her as much as I can.

Charlie is back in school and learing so much. He started his first rotation at the hospital this week and it has been so fun to hear all that he is learning. He looks so cute in his scrubs. i love it! I would love to go to nursing school someday and we are going to travel with Doctors without borders and help people around the world. I have to get him through school and then its my turn again. I sure miss having him around, but I know this is where his profession needs to be and it will be so worth the efforts. I have to remind myself A LOT that I am a lucky to be a mom that has beautiful, healthy children and that I get to stay at home and clean up messes and wipe poopy bums all day. I really am greatful for all that I have.

That is all for this post. I have to get to bed! Duty calls in the morning ready and rested or not!!I will post some pictures of the summer and the baby soon. Goodnight!

It's funny how big the other kids look when there is a new baby around. It was fun to take pics like this and let them see how they look next to each other.

Our sweet baby girl

I'm sorry that it has taken so long to post pictures of my little princess, but "I have three kids now" =) That is my excuse for everything these days. We are all actually adjusting really well and for that I am very thankful. This is Evelyn Rae Grant, born May 27th 7' 8 oz and 21 in long. She is such a good baby and has a very sweet voice. We love her so much and are glad that Heavenly Father let her come to our family. (she is 3 weeks in this pic)

Baby scheduled for tomorrow!!

I am going in to the hospital at 5am tomorrow to be induced!! Finally we are going to see what baby number three looks like! I can't wait to not be pregnant anymore. I can however, wait to be sleep deprived and spread a little more thin, but what are mom's for right!We dont need sleep do we ladies?! I sure have a lot of exclamation marks on this post. I guess I am excited!!!
I am just so thankful to have the opportunity to have another little angel in our home. We will keep you posted as soon as we can. Loves to you all.

What is it about dirt that kids just can't get enough of?!!! We have a dirt hill across from our house and its the first thing on their mind from the second they awake each and everyday!

Up top is Vaugh riding on the back of his trike while his cousin Clay tries to pump him along. Classic picture and I just think its adorable.

Well I did it..... I updated a bit, so now I will be a slacker for the next year or so. Kidding!! you will want to see pic's of this baby about to come into this world because she is going to be adorable!! See you soon. Love you all!

Isabel doing projects. She loves to draw, color create just about anything. It's fun to see all her imagination come to life! And she loves to be a ham on camera, obvioulsy.

Vaughn and his Papa at the Ammon Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Ammon fire dept.

Easter egg hunt with Nana and Papa 2009

What a sweet little boy....just had to post this one. I love it!

This winter Aunt Kate and Abby came over to build a snowman with us. I would like you to meet Frozone and Popcicle. I helped build too but someone had to photo the masterpieces!

Last fall my sister Kate and I started making hair bows, so this is what we had made so far and Isabel wanted to wear them all at the same time. Silly girl!

Vaughn tries so hard to do what sister is doing. He loves bikes,scooters and for sure motorbikes(pretty much anything that you can ride!) I love it that he is all boy. We never have a quiet or dull moment around our house, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Someday I know I will miss the messes and noise and all the broken and colored on things from my little man. Someday......

My pretty little green eyed girl riding her bike before school. I can't believe how much her hair has grown this year. I do admit I love to curl her hair and make a fuss over her. Its fun!!

Isa and her daddy. She has always been a daddy's girl!! Daddy has never complained. =)

Isabel and her Nana on her first day of school.

Isabel and Vaughn. This was Isabel's first day of school Fall 2008.

Isabel and Vaughn getting ready to watch a 3-D movie!!

Just found a memory card in another camera of ours with some great pictures on it and had to share.

No baby news yet but I am measuring 39 plus weeks and so Dr said anytime after Sunday! Hooray for me and my pregnant self!!

We made an offer on a house here in Idaho Falls so maybe if everyone get excited for us then they will accept our offer and we can finally park somewhere for a few years. Seriously....I feel like a gypsie sometimes!!

Charlie just finished his first semester of Nursing school at ISU and is getting so excited to learn more. We are excited to have him home this summer, and we are going to PLAY PLAY PLAY. The kids are expecting a tree house/club house and lots of swimming and camping. I am not so sure about all the camping with our new little one, but you know me...I am up for just about anything. =)

will keep you posted with baby news!!! Love to you all

Baseball Season!!

I had to change my picture and backround for my hubby. He is a huge baseball fan(go Braves!!) and the season just started. We love you honey and I hope the Braves have a great year.

Spring please hurry, hurry, hurry......

I am ready for some outside play time. This is what happens to my kitchen when I have bored little munchkins that want to "bake". There was flour EVERYWHERE! They had so much fun so that made it all worth it! (dad just happened to come home during their mess making and as soon as the fun was over, he gave them a bath while I cleaned up). Thank the Heaven above for husbands!!

Happy Birthday to Vaughn. The big number 2! I attempted to make him a car cake and it turned out pretty darn cute. He loved it and that is all that matters right. These pictures posted backwards but I started out taking a picture of him all dressed up. He looked so handsome and I love the cheese face he gives. Then He blew out the one candle and then we stripped him down to get dirty! It was a great party and we are so glad to have our bubba! Happy birthday little man. We love you so much.

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree.........
This day turned out to be the most freezing day of the year thus far, but when the window of opportunity presented itself we braved the weather and headed to the tree lot(we aren't brave enough to go up into the woods to find the perfect tree). Maybe someday we will venture out like the good old days.... anyway this is the tree that we strapped to the roof of the van and the kids just had to get up there and help dad get it down. I love this picture because it captures Vaughn in his true character. He always, and I really mean always has one shoe on and one off. That is just how he rolls! Its funny most of the time but when I am really in a hurry and just want to jump out of the car and go I have to re-shoe more that I really feel is necessary. He must be a summer boy at heart. Anyway we had a good time getting our tree and once again we had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you all did too. Love ya-

Happy Thanksgiving. These are all I have for pictures of Thanksgiving time. I dont know what I was thinking but I never got pic of the feast. Makes it easy to catch up I guess. Oops. Isabel had a feast at school and she learned so much about the first Thanksgiving. She wanted to braid her hair to look like an Indian girl. Its so much fun to see her get excited about new things. We have so much to be thankful for each day of our lives. Loves to you all!

Good times....

This is the entertainment that we have resorted to because of the freezing Idaho weather. I would like to thank Keisha for the idea but I am pretty sure that I don't rmember rice being all over "her" house.=) My kids are just crazy I guess! Its really funny to watch them play. What is one more mess to clean up right!

Here are some Halloween pictures that I just had to share. We went trick-or-treating in Oliver and Keisha's neighborhood this year and the kids got a workout! The weather was fantastic and we had a blast. Olivia and Vaughn got to "take breaks" and ride the 4-wheeler with Uncle Ollie. Vaughn(who is not light by any means!) was carried by mom and dad more than we had expected. He was just plum tuckered after just a few houses, but remainded in good spirits, which I was thankful for.

CATCHING UP AGAIN.....

I have some catching up to do for the last few months.......
This is a picture of Isabel's Halloween party at school. They set a place for Vaughn to come and enjoy the games and treats! Isabel was so excited and of course Vaugh was elated to be there with big sister. By this time he had shed the chicken costume to focus on eating the goodies. It was a fun first school party for the whole family.