Four Jingle Bells

Brooke turned 1 two weeks ago. She has been the happiest, sweetest, most loving baby ever! She has been the greatest addition to our family and has convinced me that I CAN have more children! My birthday baby! Check out those rolls. People always comment on how they want to eat her rolls, which sounds a bit weird, but I get it! We had red velvet cupcakes. I just love the cake shots! We had ziti too. Brooke's favorite! Clayton got Brooke a pillow pet. Spencer and Hailey have wanted one for a long time so this is how fast Hailey grabbed it away from Brooke! First present to open! She even ripped the paper a little. My dad had this hilarious idea that everyone should come dressed as Brooke. It was really fun. I think Brooke won, but Sarah and Clint and Grandma and Grandpa won the prizes.....light up bouncy balls. Happy Birthday to my sweetheart!

Nanah Bell was so nice to send a package of fun clothes for Hailey for school and she had a great time trying them on! My lovely doll baby More school clothes shots. Whenever anyone wears a dress, Spencer says "Princess" and has to dance with them. He is a sensitive little guy.

Backwards picture of course! My mom watched our kids for 3 whole days so that we could go to the Dave Mathews Concert that we got free tickets to. It was great. I can't believe that we used to live kid-free! We actually enjoyed the six hour drive and wrote our bucket lists. (Mine was much longer than Blake's. Have more time to think about that stuff during the day!) We saw the movie Inception on (insert announcer voice here) IMAX 6-story tall screen. Really, I didn't care about that, but the guys were super excited. Ate awesome food! Went to IKEA for the first time. Kid's gifts. Note: Buy your kids camp chairs from any trip and they will be happy forever. We were able to spend alot of time with Blake's brother Spencer and his wife Kellie. We always have kids and they love our kids, but it was so cool to get in and out of the car without crying, seatbelts, spilling, naptime, etc! The Bell boys always get matching shirts when they get together. We have sooo many...

We have had a busy and fun summer and are pretty excited and ready for school to start for the first time for Hailey, but here is what we have been up to in the meantime! Went to the Springs Preserve which is a cool educational museum about Las Vegas and the desert and stuff. The kids were super excited to go on this train, but getting them to look at the camera at the same time just wasn't happening! Playing alot because it has been miserably hot outside. Spencer is really good at playing with Brooke. This is how I usually find the girls in the morning. I love to hear them playing so I just leave them in there until Brooke is ready to get up. Brooke is so interactive that it is super entertaining. Springs Preserve Super Jump by my nephew Ethan! My dad and look how dang cute they all are! Our friends moved (tear) and they came to play for a bit. Spencer loves this girl and I swear, if she wasn't 7 years old, we'd be planning the wedding. Hailey took swimming lessons and h...