~~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!

It's a..........................VAN!!!

I guess after 4 kids I knew the day would come

when I would have to grow up and be

a real mom and get a van! Actually I LOVE it!!!

**ALL ABOUT HADLEE **

The Joys of being a ONE year old!!!

Summer Swimming

The summer was filled with lots of time in the water!

While in Logan the girls took swimming lessons. They had so much fun and did awesome!!!!

Disneyland!!!!!

***Bailey and Brinley were lucky and got to go to Disneyland this summer!

Their favorite parts were the rides, the princesses, and staying at a hotel***