family pictures 2013...

So,

the other day, we finally did family pictures before our first snow storm hit...

it's always stressful to get everyone together and trying to cloth everyone to kind-of match...

Our colors were grey, blue with a pop of orange,

I had every thing planned out and every single person except Spencer and I changed their clothes right before we were walking out the door, Candice almost didn't even make it....  it was chaos, as a mom, I wanted to lose it..... all my best laid plans gone....
 but,
I just put a smile on my face and just hoped that some how it would work out,
 I was just so thankful that we were actually all together just doing a family picture!

we had a great time, we got some great pictures of us just being us!

our cute photographer did a fabulous job.

 Thank-you!!!

Of course we tried the old pyramid thingy again!
and
still couldn't quite get it!

(2013)

              

                                                                                        (2011)                                       

I'll share more of our pictures later...

but

one thing that was weird to see was this!

.

.

.

just take a look at

 which one of my girls has change from a little girl to a teenager!

LYNZIE

not only has she started wearing mascara, and doing her hair, worrying about clothes, and boys,

you know, all the important stuff,

she's quite our little diva.... 

not to mention that she is now TALLER than both her older sister!

she's changed right before our eyes this past year!!!!

it's been quiet amazing!

(2012)

(2013)

these 3 sweeties have a fun and close relationships as sisters!

a very good day...

Liz gave me a fabulous birthday gift....
(she always does)
a bath to cook my bottled peaches or what ever i desire,
and a little magnetic stick thingy to get the lids out of the boiling water without burning your little fingers!!!

I love her!

that sight is pure beautiful!

they all "popped" and sealed.....success!

I love Liz
we had fun bottling peaches,
it was fun and relaxing to sit and peel, drink propel, watch a movie with the kids with a fire in the fireplace and snow on the ground, just a little snowstorm!
we had so much fun,
where going to do it again next week and bottle potatoes!

"Queen" of the ear candles...

Diane finally got here safe and sound and sweaty and hot....

the air conditioner went out in the mercedes and so she drove from florida to texas without it, and of course, texas has been at record heat, yesterday it was 110, and today at 109 and then you must factor in the heat index and you have HOT!

It's been fun to see Diane and Winston (her little dog) again,

Madison, E, and Arik came over. It's always fun to have family.

We did some ear candles which was a good thing for Diane,

and she is the official ear candle queen!!! she's had an infection in her tooth and we think it help pull it out...

but, mostly we just laughed and talked, and talked and laughed.

I wish she was staying longer, but I just said "good-bye" to Kurt and Diane as they are off to Utah.

Sisters...

Did I mention that I ♥ my sisters
and
we ♥ our mu-mus...

Logan & Lynzie

Liz is one of my best friends, and Liz is also my little sister.

(but taller than me)

She is only 2.5 years younger than me so we have alot in common us two, we shared alot growing up, from sharing a room, sharing clothes, double-dating... from cheerleading, to being nannies in N.Y. to both serving missions, hers to Brazil, mine to Italy, where I might add we met our husbands, so lucky for us our husbands are both two years younger! Did I mention we just went to Disneyland with them and did I mention that every time Liz and I get together we buy something matching, like a shirt, necklace, or earrings, (note the above picture) it always gives me warm fuzzies and I always feel connected to her even though we live so far apart!

So, it would only make perfect sense to have babies on the same day, right?

Well, that's exactly what we did, Liz and I....

that's the way we roll....

Before the twin cousins were born I remember having two very vivid dreams of having twins, a boy and a girl, my dreams were so vivid that when I woke up my stomach actually hurt from labor, and so after my first Dr. appointment and there was only one heartbeat my dream was quickly forgotten,...

until after Logan and Lynzie were born on 10/10/00,

Logan was born @ 12:58 am

and

Lynzie was born @ 12:50 pm.

(I know, I know, Liz and I are amazing like that!)

That's when I realized.......

These are the twins I dreamed about!!!

Logan and Lynzie love being twin cousins,

last week when we went to Disney every time I turned around these two were doing the same movements just like synchronized swimmers, it was amazing and fun to watch them together, they have alot of similarities.

I love these two twins!

the strangest thing.... these two have the same freckles!

these two are fun!

talents..........some people have them.........and some people.....

My talented amazing gifted sister Jenae, is painting this picture of Kurt and I for my birthday.
I am so excited !!!
It's such an honor for me to have and to hang something that my sister did, not to mention that she is really so amazingly talented with such great detail in her work!
I will post a before and after when it's done!
I've seen a picture of it half done and already it took my breath away!
It's funny how you can come from the same mom and dad, live in the same house, eat the same foods, go to the same schools, but one of you can paint and the other........NOTHING!
She was even talented enough to do some work on the
re-dedicated Kirkland Temple!
Thanks Jenae...