Yes. We are alive, and yes, I have been a slacker at blogging. I will make no excuses, but enjoy these amazing pictures of our beautiful family! My sister took them. She is great! Here is her website:
http://cristinelson.comI am so in love with my kiddos right now! They are a handful, but each one of them has so much personality, and I am just totally enjoying being with them!!
Bradley has been doing really well in school, and he has been such a big help around the house lately. Now, if only I could get him to comb his hair! He wants to look like Harry Potter, "but with blonde hair!" Ha ha ha . . . He is reading the Harry Potter books for the 2nd time now, and he loves them. He also loves legos and his Dad!
Speaking of Wes - I am currently a single wife and mom again. Wes left last week for training, and he won't even be here for Christmas! It is not a deployment (thank goodness). He got a new job as a federal police officer. We are very excited for this new opportunity for our family, but it's going to be rough without him.
What can I say about this little munchkin? He is an absolutely adorably little terror!! Ha ha ha . . . He is almost 18 months old, and I can barely keep up with him. He loves his brothers and his sister. He loves bubbles and balls. He also likes candy, a lot! He hasn't started walking yet, but he is getting there. He started taking a few steps just a couple days after Wes left. :( His favorite things to do right now are throw anything he can get his hands on, and he also likes to grab anything within his reach - not a good combination when Christmas shopping at Walmart. :)
Halley is our little princess. She is also very good at telling everyone what to do. I backed my chair up into Sydney tonight, and she promptly told me that I needed to watch where my feet are so I don't run into people or dogs. She loves pink and purple. She cannot wait for her birthday - which is not until April . . . For Christmas she asked for "a Dora that can go on the ceiling." For her birthday she wants, "a real horse that she can ride on." We'll see. I love this little girl!
Connor is growing up so fast. He is loving 1st grade! He loves to play pretty much any game with Bradley. He still tells me all the time how much he loves me and that I am beautiful. It just melts my heart. He loves to please people. He has made my bed for me three days in a row! I love his positive attitude and willingness to please!
She's my girl!
The boys!
I am so in love with Wes! I kept telling him before he left that he had to stop being so wonderful or it would be even harder when he's gone. I was right!! He was always helping me do the dishes, put the kids to bed, and he always took out the garbage. (I hate that job!) He also has always been so willing to watch the kids while I go to mutual activities or run errands or just hang out with friends! I love my husband!!!!!
Sorry for the massively long post, but I just wanted to make sure everyone can see how amazing our family is!! We truly are a happy family!!
I had to go out and shovel snow so I thought I'd bundle up the kids and let them play while I worked.
Halley enjoyed watching the snowflakes stick to her hat. He he he . . . 
I'm not sure if Connor was having fun or not. 
Bradley was LOVING it.
I am so glad my kids are all so dang cute!
Halley loves to pester Sydney, but she likes to snuggle her too.
Meet Finn McMissile. He is a Betta fish named after a character from Cars 2. Connor got him for Christmas. We call him Finn for short.
Bradley had his eight year old birthday party a couple days after his birthday. I told him his biggest present was going to be a friend birthday party. We don't usually do those, but I figure this is a pretty big event. He desperately wanted to have a magician at his party. I looked into it online, and they are super pricey. However, we have a guy in our ward who does simple magic tricks, and the boys love him. So, we invited Brother Davis over for a fantastic show!
He even let the kids come up and help and made Bradley feel totally special.
My parents came over to help, and even they loved the show! Every time we see him at church the kids all go crazy!
I was so grateful that he was willing to come over and entertain all these fun boys!!
Here they are enjoying yummy chocolate pudding cake and doing presents. Bradley was so excited about the cake! Wes bought a cake from Smith's for some family party a few months before this, and Bradley kept reminding me that he had to have the chocolate pudding cake for his birthday. It was cute!
He got a lot of legos which is exactly what he wanted!
And here are the little ones enjoying the mess after the party!
Yes. We are alive, and yes, I have been a slacker at blogging. I will make no excuses, but enjoy these amazing pictures of our beautiful family! My sister took them. She is great! Here is her website: http://cristinelson.com
Bradley has been doing really well in school, and he has been such a big help around the house lately. Now, if only I could get him to comb his hair! He wants to look like Harry Potter, "but with blonde hair!" Ha ha ha . . . He is reading the Harry Potter books for the 2nd time now, and he loves them. He also loves legos and his Dad!
Speaking of Wes - I am currently a single wife and mom again. Wes left last week for training, and he won't even be here for Christmas! It is not a deployment (thank goodness). He got a new job as a federal police officer. We are very excited for this new opportunity for our family, but it's going to be rough without him.
What can I say about this little munchkin? He is an absolutely adorably little terror!! Ha ha ha . . . He is almost 18 months old, and I can barely keep up with him. He loves his brothers and his sister. He loves bubbles and balls. He also likes candy, a lot! He hasn't started walking yet, but he is getting there. He started taking a few steps just a couple days after Wes left. :( His favorite things to do right now are throw anything he can get his hands on, and he also likes to grab anything within his reach - not a good combination when Christmas shopping at Walmart. :)
Halley is our little princess. She is also very good at telling everyone what to do. I backed my chair up into Sydney tonight, and she promptly told me that I needed to watch where my feet are so I don't run into people or dogs. She loves pink and purple. She cannot wait for her birthday - which is not until April . . . For Christmas she asked for "a Dora that can go on the ceiling." For her birthday she wants, "a real horse that she can ride on." We'll see. I love this little girl!
Connor is growing up so fast. He is loving 1st grade! He loves to play pretty much any game with Bradley. He still tells me all the time how much he loves me and that I am beautiful. It just melts my heart. He loves to please people. He has made my bed for me three days in a row! I love his positive attitude and willingness to please!
I am so in love with Wes! I kept telling him before he left that he had to stop being so wonderful or it would be even harder when he's gone. I was right!! He was always helping me do the dishes, put the kids to bed, and he always took out the garbage. (I hate that job!) He also has always been so willing to watch the kids while I go to mutual activities or run errands or just hang out with friends! I love my husband!!!!!
Sorry for the massively long post, but I just wanted to make sure everyone can see how amazing our family is!! We truly are a happy family!!
Wes was not here for Christmas so we had an early Christmas celebration with the kids the night before he left. Looking through these pictures today (Mar. 20) was totally fascinating. I cannot believe how much the kids have grown up in the last few months. 
Halley's hair is short now so it's weird to see her with long hair!
He got a broom and dustpan. They are still some of his favorite toys!
We got Wes a little DVD player to take with him. He uses it all the time!
While we were getting everything wrapped, Dallin decided to pack himself in Wes' suitcase. He wanted to go with Daddy to training. :)
I had forgotten that Dallin always had his mouth open when he was this age. It was his way of showing emotion. 
I'm not even going to try to explain these pictures. I think most of them were taken by Bradley on a random day at home in October. Enjoy the craziness of our family!
