New blog look and catching up....

New updated blog look and name :)

And a rundown of recent events....

The week before last, Ben had his first school fundraiser. They got pledges and had a fun run. We all went down to watch him run around the little track. He was so excited and he did such a good job, he ran his little heart out! He did 28 laps! 

The boys had fun watching, and Jon loved putting his hand out so the kids running by would give him high fives.

This past week, my brother Jared (from Utah) surprised me by showing up at my house! He had a last minute business trip to Nashville and called Dave the night before to tell him he would be coming down after his meeting. He was only in town for a day. He got to our house around dinner and had to leave the next morning, but it was so great to have him here. The boys were so excited to see him and loved telling him all about everything! It was fun that someone in my family could come see the baby.

We got some dinner, stayed up way too late, then went to breakfast in the morning before he had to leave to catch his flight home. 

Before the boys went to bed (way too late, on a school night!) they Skyped with Auntie Keli and Brady (Jared's oldest). 

We're excited because he has to come back to Nashville at the end of the month and will hopefully be able to spend a day with us before he goes home! This time I have notice so I can have a clean house.... it's been a little hectic around here!

Here are a few favorite shots of the Little Miss at 4 weeks....

And finally, today was Allie's first time going to church. It was very fun to dress her up. She looked like a little doll.

The big boys had their Primary program today at church. They were so cute. Ben said his part so clearly and confidently. Chris was nervous but he did it! It was fun to watch them. This was both of their first time, since we were on vacation for Ben's first one last year. 

I was happy that I was able to get a picture of all of them when we got home. She is a month old and this is the first picture I have taken of all four of them together! Ridiculous...

Some day soon, I will muster up the patience to get new portraits of all of them to frame....

Four weeks...

Three weeks old!

How fun are little dresses? Allie is still wearing Newborn size, but I tried this little 0-3 dress this week and it didn't fall off :) She still doesn't fit the little bloomer thing for underneath, but it's a start! I can't wait until she can wear her other cute things, especially the other little dresses. So cute.

Sleepy girl and sleepy mama have been fighting colds this week (thanks to Ben and his school germs he shared with all of us!) The first night that she was congested was looong, but we're sleeping better the last couple of nights and hopefully we'll be back to normal soon!

Sleeping baby smiles.... caught one! She smiled at me awake today too. 

I have other things to blog too... when I get some time to actually sit down and think. And maybe after I clean the house...