Cute Serena-isms

Serena has done the cutest things lately, it seems like every day she does something new and cute and silly. She is definitely full of personality. Here are just a few cute things she has said/done in the last little while,

1- Whenever we are looking for something she says "hmmm, where is it?"

2- Once we've found it she squeals "there it is!"

3- When we play Hide and Seek she sometimes finds really good places to hide so if we say "where is serena?" she replies "Hmmmm, where is she" and we are able to find her.

4- Everything is a hat... especially food.

5- Today she was trying to get me to eat an apple left over from her breakfast, after multiple times of me telling her I didn't want to she says " It's nummie" and continued to try to force me to eat it.

6- Westin picked her up today and she got a sly, mischievous look in her eye and she said "I gonna eat you"

7- Sometimes when I randomly walk in to the room she squeals with delight and runs up to me and gives me hugs and kisses

8- She loves to show off her toys, especially right after her nap. For example I will go in there to get her and she will show me her puppy and then pretend the puppy licks her face. After which she giggles and giggles and giggles. If she has already thrown all her toys from the bed she will show me her "jammies" (all clothes are jammies to her)

I think I could keep going for pages and pages about how smart and pretty and fun she is but for now that should do. I don't have any super recent pictures that are on my computer so enjoy this one from the zoo a month or two ago.

Enjoy! Post a comment. Please, Please PLEASE!!!

My Husband is the Coolest!

So I just have to take a minute to brag about how stinking cool my husband is. Over the summer Westin took 14 credits for school. He now has his Associates Degree (no he is not done with school but it is a great step to have done) Today we were able to see what his final grades were and what not. He recieved 4 A's and 1 B+. AND he raised he GPA from a 2.79 all the way up to a 3.40!!!

I am so proud of him! This has been a big summer as far as school goes and I definitely feel like Heavenly Father is helping us go toward the direction we are aiming for (BYU animation program)!

Also, he is learning to play the Bagpipes! He has a teacher and everything... Yep, eat your heart out girls, I am married to a red headed Bagpiper....

July-Birthday Month!!!!

Well, July has come and gone! It is always such a crazy month for us, with all 3 birthdays being in there and the 4th, and the 24th. It seems like it was one big party after another. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked but here are some of the Birthday pictures that I did manage to either take, steal from other people who took pictures. (Note, these are NOT in chronological order)

My birthday was great! We just chilled at home and Westin made me and AWESOME balloon bouquet (see the oversized picture below)! The next day we headed down to the Smith's and partied there the whole weekend. It was lovely and a muchly appreciated break.

I don't know what happened but I can NOT get this picture any smaller! I almost didn't add it but I thought that this balloon bouquet was just WAY to cute, it needed to be showcased!

We didn't do much for Westin's birthday. He had school for most of the day but we had cake and ice cream after dinner and Joseanne came over and played with us for a while. The big exciting thing we did for his birthday was actually 2 days after when we went and saw Captain America. I am sure Westin will eventually blog about it, but it was AWESOME. (In my opinion). I did make Westin's birthday cake to look like Captain America's shield. I am in no way a cake decorator and it definitely turned out sub-par, but I still thought it was fun.

Joseanne, Serena and Westin Blowing Out the Candles

Brother Fife, Me, Serena and Westin. Right before digging in to the delicious Birthday cake!

My sad attempt at decorating a birthday cake... It did taste delicious though! And next year I will be that much better at decorating.... right....?

Serena's joint birthday party with her cousin Aiva was definitely the highlight of the month. They are 1 year and 8 days apart in age and they both LOVE Ponyo... You know the kids Japanimation movie. So that is the theme of their party.

Heather (Aiva's mom) made them both these adorable birthday hats.

Westin made this REALLY cool paper Machét Ponyo that we stuck out of their "birthday cake" (it was really a chocolate truffle in a green bucket with blue whip cream on top)... Isn't it sooo cute! I have such a talented husband!

The kids LOVE playing in the pools!

Smith cousin's all in their 4th of July outfits (The Birthday Party was on the 4th)

We did do come cake and ice cream on Serena's real birthday.

Getting excited to blow out her candles!

Well that's all for now! I have another post almost ready about a fun trip we took to the Zoo with the Wallace's, so stay tuned for more! Don't forget! POST A COMMENT!