Happy Birthday BOY!!!!

2 years ago this cute baby boy was born:

Today he is still a cute little boy:

We celebrated his big day with THIS cake (made by mom. You can't tell in this picture, but it is a 3-D cake.   The car is actually sitting on top of the checkered flag):
He got a TRAIN TABLE, with lots of tracks and trains.....And took the CARS theme to a whole new level....THIS is one HAPPY BOY! Notice the cute pit crew jammies?  His Grandma Harmon made those for him.  They have little Lightning McQueen cars all over them.  SOOOO cute!

We want to say THANK YOU to the wonderful friends who came to celebrate this day with us.

We appreciate you.

Thank you for your company, friendship, and...presents.  :)

Brogan, WE LOVE YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

A visit from Grandma

My mom was here this past week.  We had so much fun together.  The girls all enjoyed spending time with her.  She even went to Kayla's class at school and read a story.  She did a lot of sewing while she was here.  She worked on some cute tu-tus for the girls and some very fun PJs for Brogan.  We are all so glad she was able to come.  We miss her already!

Images from the photo shoot Tracey did for us...yeah, we have cute kids.

Want to check out my cute family?

So this link will send you to the UBER wonderful web site that my photog friend, Tracey, made for us.  She's amazing!

Check her out.  If you live in the Utah area or know someone who lives there and is looking for a good photographer, feel free to recommend her.  I can't recommend her highly enough.  Check it out:

http://samstowndesigns.com/clients/Schroyer/

Thanks, Trace!  We are so happy with our pictures! 

More to come, but for now....

My long-time friend, Tracey, was here visiting for a week recently.  She took lots and lots of pictures of my family...and my friends.  I've seen some of the pictures, but not ALL of them, although they are coming soon.  This was just a random picture she took the first day we went out on a recon trip for good photo locations.  KK is pretty photogenic...and Tracey is an amazing photographer.  So, it's no surprise that this image turned out pretty darn good, even for a "candid".  Thanks, Trace.  I'll be posting more pictures from the multiple photo shoots we had soon.  For now, this is currently the only image I have...but there are many many more to come.

F-A-L-L

          Check out the BIGGEST leaf pile EVER.  The kids literally tunneled through this pile.

Can you find KAYLA?

.....And BROGAN.....

And CASSIDY TOO....

We love Fall in New England.  So many colors!

Cass the NATURAL

Cassidy loves horses. L-O-V-E-S them. For a special treat she got to go riding this weekend with some of her friends for a birthday celebration. She is a natural and looks like she belongs on a horse. She is currently saving all of her money to go to horse camp next summer. It's a lot of money. But she's determined. Maybe it's time to teach her about an allowance, hu?
Enjoy the photos:






What a happy, beautiful little girl!

There be Monkeys....

KK's birthday party was this past Saturday. We had all the guests arrive and assemble on the living room floor where they were told that a group of Monkeys had broken into the home and taken all the toppings for the ice cream sundaes...but all was not lost....they left clues (written on drawings of bananas). Each clue would lead the kids to a different task (pinata, popping balloons, putting together a puzzle, water balloons, etc) and the final clue sent them back to the kitchen table where all the toppings had been returned for consumption. It was entertaining to watch them figure out the clues and do the tasks. Kayla denied me the opportunity of making a birthday cake...she only wanted birthday ice cream sundaes. It was a pretty easy party to do and I think everyone had a great time...I know Kayla did, and for today, that was the important part.


The Pinata....to begin with


Brogan gives it a try.....


Kayla's turn.....


The Lion's body breaks away from the head and I have to hold the body so the kids can finish it off


Sad, broken Lion...full of yummy goodies.


Ice cream sundaes and good friends too!

One about Mommy

So I figured it was time to add a bit of me to this blog. I recently got my hair cut...again. I've included a picture of the new do. What you can't see is that it is a very severe "A" line cut. In the back it doesn't even touch my collar. In fact, they used the "shavers" to do the back. VERY short. VERY fun. I dig it. The other pictures are of 2 cakes that I recently made for a birthday party. Someone actually paid me to do 'em. They were super fun to make. I'll be doing a baby shower cake here in the next 2 weeks, so I'll post pictures of that when I'm done with it...assuming it is photo worthy, that is.

Just a few words about Kayla

Precocious. Funny. Cuddly. Sassy. Creative. Memory. Drama. Tender. Loving. Performer. Mimmic. Outgoing. Prayerful. Spontaneous. Insightful. Beautiful. Clever. Precious beyond words.

When the cousins party....

Labor Day for the past 3 years has been a "cousins birthday" celebration in upstate New York at FIVE PINES. This year it was an all weekend celebration. We started with cake and a camp fire on Saturday night. Festivities carried over into Sunday with a pinata, pin the tail on the donkey, treasure hunt and wrapping the whole bash up with the UN-wrapping of presents. It was a wonderfully fun weekend and we look forward to it every year...almost as much as Christmas (only 3 months away).

Happy Birthday KK!

KK turned 5 (see the shirt she is wearing below) on Friday. To celebrate she decided we should go to "Friendly's" They sang to her and gave her balloons. It was very exciting. So exciting that she fell asleep in the car on the way home. That evening she opened some presents from the family. She declared the day,"The Best Birthday Ever". We hope there are many many more to enjoy together. We love you. Happy Birthday, Missy K.