Pictures

Time is going by so quickly.

I really wanted to freeze and capture this moment in our family.

Porter just turned 12, Sidney is about to get her braces on, Rylee is a happy carefree 5 year old, and my baby is one.

Our good friend Ashley http://ashleyswappphotography.blogspot.com/2013/03/w-family.html took these pictures for us.

They are everything I was hoping for.

They capture each of their personalities right now and the love and closeness that they have with each other.

I am so glad that we forever captured this moment in time.

Love these four.

Thanks Ashley Swapp

Porter's 12th Birthday!

I can't believe this boy is 12!  

Twelve is a big Birthday.

He has been counting down to this one for awhile.  We do friend parties on even Birthdays and family parties on odd.  Porter wanted to go to Jump Street.  So we partied with all of these boys!

I love that my kids have such great friends :)

They all loved the mechanical bull.

Allen and the girls having fun.

A little dodgeball :)

Love these good boys!

Happy Birthday Porter!  Man, we love ya.

We are so proud of you!

Sledding…and burying the kids in the snow!

It was a cold and snowy day!  Sidney wanted her stuffed animal to stay warm!

Allen took Porter, Sidney, and Rylee to the hill behind our house to sled.

The girls had fun being buried in the snow.

Porter snowboarding down the hill.

This picture totally freaked me out.  Allen told me it was a picture of Rylee buried in the snow!

Then he showed me this one and assured me that her head was not covered, just taking the picture at the right angle.  Oh good :)

Silly kids…and Dad!

Allen's Birthday!

Allen's Birthday is on a Sunday this year.  So he was looking extra nice for his Birthday picture!

Love this picture!

I think he had a good Birthday.  After a busy Sunday we had a yummy dinner, opened presents, talked to friends and loved one on the phone, and enjoyed spending time with the Birthday boy.

Happy Birthday Allen!

We love you.

Braces!

Sidney did really well with her expander and now it is time for her braces.

She was so excited.  We really should have told her this was her Christmas present ;)

Before

After

I hope that she enjoys them as much tomorrow!

Ice skating

We took the kids iceskating.  It ended up being pretty cold, so Jax and I hung out in the stores around and came out to check on everyone periodically!

They all loved it.

Thank goodness for this stack of buckets for Rylee to push around.

She loved being able to "skate" by herself :)

Build a bear

We went to Build a bear with my Mom and Sister and all the kids.

This was Jaxon's first time getting to make one. He thought it was pretty fun.

Love all of the kids with their boxes!

100 year old Rylee!

Today was Rylee's 100th day of Kindergarten.  So they asked the kids to dress up like they are 100 years old.

I thought we did pretty good!

She was so excited.

She will make a very cute 100 year old one day :)

I was volunteering in her class so I got to see all of the cute old geezers.

They stacked 100 cups!

Cute friends.  I hope they are still friends when they are 100.  

They can go to lunch and knit together ;)

Happy 100 days of school Rylee!