{ 4 }

our beautiful elli bells turns 4 today!

she's come a long way in the last year and we just love this sweet girl to death!

{ sprained }

my poor tommy h. had to go to work and deliver packages for 2 days; walking around on this disgusting thing!



thomas + basketball = no bueno

newest additions to the home!

we've added lots of fun things to the house over the last couple of months. first, since my parents moved to a smaller home, i got to have the piano that i learned to play on when i was little.

miss absolutely LOVES having it!



next up, i also got to have my grandma's old dresser; and since i'm having a borderline obsession with jade/mint green i couldn't resist painting it!



i even kept the old hardware on it... untouched! that's really a first for me! i'm usually taking a can of spray paint to everything, but i just really loved these the way they were.



since we got the piano and dresser, a couple of other big pieces ended up getting moved around and i was able to put this console table next to my bed as a little desk area. i'm excited to get this looking cute! including painting the turquoise lamps...

color choices:

orange
yellow
black

thoughts?



oh, what... you don't have a slide going down your deck? bummer.





free slide + a handy husband = hours of fun!

"a" to the "z"

last week we had the opportunity to go down to arizona to celebrate the one year birthday of my brother's awesome local blog!

my dear sweet sister and her family were so nice and took the boys for us so that we could spend some quality time with the girls!

first stop on our drive... why the d.i. in st. george of course!



it's right off the freeway and we couldn't resist!

tom's cousin was so nice and let us crash at her house in las vegas; even though they were out of town! {thanks again, song!)

this is the only vegas picture i took... my tommy h. driving along the strip.



oh, mylanta i sure have the hots on him!

the party was a HUGE success! i was put on "decorating duty" and made a fun banner to hang!



some more party pics... you can check out even more on my brother's blog!





we headed straight home sunday and the girls were perfect for the 10 hour drive! i was seriously amazed at how well they did!







it was a fun little trip, but i was SO HAPPY to see my little ones again!

{ 7 months }

this little peep is 7 months old today!

could he get any sweeter?!