MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES!!!

I know I have been a slacker at keeping up on my blog lately but my life has been out of control busy lately. During the last month alone we had Thanksgiving, moved into a home (yes an actual home!!!!), blessed Kamree, and got everything ready for Christmas. I am at my mom's for Christmas right now so I don't have any pictures to post but once all the craziness is over (if it is ever over =)) I will post pictures. We are so happy to be in a house with 5 bedrooms. It is still a rental but we are so grateful for the space and it is in the same ward and school district so we were so grateful to get it. The blessing was also wonderful. Kamree is now 2 months old. How does time go so fast! We are so excited for Christmas! We are spending it between all of our families houses so we will be everywhere. I would love to see everyone during this time but things are always so busy I probably won't make it everywhere I would like to. I just wanted to give a little update and tell everyone Merry Christmas and we are thinking of all of you this wonderful time of year! I will update more later and add LOTS of pictures! Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!!

-_-HALLOWEEN-_-

Halloween came and went so fast this year! We were so busy that it is almost a blur now. Since it was Bailey and Brinley's year to spend Halloween with Jeff and Annika this year we decided to go and spend Halloween in Logan so Hadlee and Kamree could go trick-or-treating to all their families houses. Kamree was only 10 days old so we were a little brave taking her out but we wanted to show her off to family that hadn't got a chance to meet her yet so we were glad we went. We went to a Halloween Carnival in Wellsville and stayed at my Uncles house so the kids could play with their cousins and we could see my Grandma Archibald. We also went trick-or-treating at the mall, then went to visit some more cousins and trick-or treat at their houses. Then we met up with Grandma Marsha, Kenny and Mindee, and Eric and we all dressed up and went to surprise Bailey and Brinley at their house. They were so excited and were handing out play-doh as their treat. Hadlee was so funny! She didn't care about the candy, she went straight for the play-doh, I think she ended up with about 6 things of it by the time we left. Then we went back to Mindee's to spend the night and Grandma babysat so me and Jeremy could go out to dinner by ourselves! Thanks Grandma!!! So all in all it was a crazy weekend but that is what makes great memories, right??? =)

**Daddy's Little Pumpkin**

The Angel and the Vampire!!! These costumes truly show their personalities! Bailey even got real vampire teeth, that she wouldn't even take out to eat, ha ha. I think she really wanted to stay a vampire forever!!!

My darling bumblebee!!!

My cute little bunny!!!

Grandma C. with Kamree and Me with Kennadi. The babies were a little worn out of Halloween!!!

What a hot devil!!! =) We had to dress up too to go trick-or-treating to Bailey and Brinley's house!!!

A scary Witch showed up trick-or-treating, can you guess who it was??? I can't believe how real she looked, ha ha!

Halloween Carnival in Wellsville

The night before Kamree was born the girls wanted to paint my belly like a pumpkin! They thought it was the funniest thing ever!!!

~-~Kamree Rayne Gunnell~-~

Kamree Rayne Gunnell was welcomed into our family at 1:14 pm on October 21st, weighing 6 lbs 6 oz. Once again we are so blessed with a sweet, well-tempered, little angel. She is very spoiled by all her sisters, I don't think she has been put down one time, and they actually fight over who gets to change the dirty diapers. Hadlee loves her baby Kamree so much but is also having such an adjustment to not being the youngest any more. I can't believe how fast this past week has gone. We have had so many friends and family come to visit our new little one, so thank you to all who made the drive and took the time out of busy schedules to be apart of this wonderful miracle. We can't wait for the rest of you to meet her. She truly has the sweetest spirit and we feel so blessed to have another angel in our home. One week old and already smiling =)

Made with LOVE....

Straight from HEAVEN!!!

~~~Hadlee's 2-yr photos~~~

My Sweet Little Two-Year-Old! I always try to do pictures each year for their birthdays, but this one was quite the adventure! I had Jeremy, Bailey, and Brinley all come for support because with Hadlee I knew I would need it. I promised them it would only be an hour, or two at the most, and then we would go eat at Chili's after. 5 hours later everyone was in tears (including me) and this is the end result. I haven't spent much time editing them but I wanted to post them before she turned 3. She has so much energy I can't keep up with her half the time, but honestly I don't know what we would do without her to make us laugh everyday!

~~A Day in the Sun and the Sand~~

Near our home in Idaho Falls there are some smaller sand dunes that we discovered last year but then it got cold and we kind of forgot about them. Then the night of Hadlees birthday party we decided to take my mom, sister, and brothers to see them. You would have thought it was Christmas morning the way they got so excited and were acting. They lived their childhoods allover again. I also love it. It was such a beautiful peaceful night and the sand is amazingly soft so just to sit in it and relax is heaven to me. I think this is our new favorite spot here!

Flashback!!! This was taken this time last year but has always remained one of my favorites!

All my girls having fun in the sand

Bailey loves being in the sand so much!

She just laid down right on it and just relaxed in the beautiful sun!

~Brinley making sand angels~

Hadlee enjoying every second being there!

She had so much room to run noone had to chase her!

Here I am, 35 weeks pregnant!!!

Kenny and Mindee.....Oh young love!

Jeremy and Melanie..... Not as young, but still in love!!!

Ready...Set...

GO................And the winner is???? Noone, they are all too old to make it ha ha!
(Eric, Kenny, and Jeremy)

Boys having way too much fun in the sand!

I'm "2"!!!!!!!

On September 23th Hadlee turned 2 years old! She has been so excited for her birthday for weeks so we were all glad it was finally here. She had such a fun day! We decorated the whole house in tons of balloons hanging from the ceiling and when she woke up and saw them she ran around the house like crazy singing "Happy Birthday to you Hadlee" for hours! She then got to go to school and eat lunch with her sisters, which they loved. Then me and Jeremy took her to Toys R Us to spend her birthday money from her Grandmas. We were there two hours just letting her run around and have fun. She finally settled on one thing and it was time to go get the girls from school. We picked them up and headed right to the zoo. It was such a beautiful day so we stayed until closing. Then we finally made it home about 7:00 and she FINALLY got to open her presents. She was so patient all day! We also had a little cake and icecream for her. Then on Saturday we did a family party so everyone could come, so she thought it was her birthday the whole week long! Saturday all her family came to play with her and we went to the park for a luncheon and more cake and icecream. She also got to do a pinata! It was such a fun week for everyone because she was so happy. It has been hard trying to get her to realize her birthday is over so she sings her Happy Birthday song everyday, but now we are trying to tell her it will be the new baby's birthday soon so maybe once she is born that will change! We love our little terror of a "2" year old! Happy Birthday Hadlee!!!

"Happy Birthday to Hadlee!!!"

Fun day at the Zoo!

My very own icecream!!!

Presents, presents, and more presents!!!

Eating my own little cake on my real birthday! Make a wish..........

Hitting the pinata.....this could've taken all day without a little help from older kids!

Opening some of my many presents~ Thanks everyone!!!

It was also uncle Eric's birthday so we suprised him with his own "pink" cake!

Welcome Baby Kennadi!!!

Congratulations to Jeff and Annika on the birth of Kennadi Anne Chatterton, born September 18th. She weighed 7 lb 9 oz and is beautiful. The girls were so excited to meet their new sister. The whole way to meet her they fought over who got to hold her first. She is such a sweetie and makes me so excited to have my new little girl soon. Hadlee was so excited that she even got to hold baby Kennadi. She has Bailey's curly hair, the look of Brin when she was born, and alot of her mom. Congratulations again!!!!!

Kennadi is finally welcomed into the world!

~Big eyes, just like her sisters~

Isn't she a doll!!!

Bailey is a big sister again....

Brinley and her baby sister....

Even Hadlee got to hold baby Kennadi!