Four Jingle Bells

Nanah Bell was so sweet to send a back to school package for the kids complete with some awesome outfits that they both loved! Spencer wouldn't try his on though. You know how some kids are after naptime! Here is a sideways picture of my bathroom redo. It was pretty ugly before and not perfect now, but still better! First Day of School breakfast that Hailey was too nervous to eat! Me and my buddha!

Spencer spent many days in the summer jumping full clothed from the slide into the little pool. Very fun to watch and do!! Typical Brooke Hailey had to call everyone she knew after she lost her first tooth in this order: 1) Best friend Bella 2) Dad 3) Nanah 4) Grandma I just loved her hair here! First lost tooth. Her tooth got misplaced before she had a chance to hide it so Blake made up an elaborate story of how the tooth fairy has a gigantic telescope that can see all over the world when kids lose their teeth. She picks up the tooth and comes back later with the cash. It worked! Blake is so smart. Brooke is one busy girl! She cannot hold still for one moment. I had an activity days day camp and learned how to make pretzels. I didn't have enough pretzel fun after helping 120 girls make them, so I helped the kids make them and they were super yummy! Spencer loves feeding Brooke. He really is a great big brother. I am really getting into this three kid thing. They play together ...

Spenc-a-roni turned 3 today. He is so great. He is a happy, funny and caring guy and we love him! Sad thing: the camera was almost dead on his birthday but lucky for us, he doesn't take that many smiley pictures so we only need to try a few! Blogger does not cooperate with picture order: Brooke at McDonalds Birthday Breakfast. She can climb slides already! The two cutest guys I know! We made him a racetrack cake and it was pretty fun. He loved it. We had a party at my mom's house for Spencer, Blake and Sarah, who all have September birthdays this week. We had a great time minus a few "I'm tired, I am going to bite." incidents. Spencer's family gifts. He is so easy to please. He wanted a car storage wheel, helmet and the pj's were an extra bonus! He also asked for hot dogs, cheetos, and soda for his birthday dinner. I can't get enough of this kid!!

Blogger was being retarded and not uploading my pictures, so finally I have them up! Hailey started kindergarten three weeks ago. She was so excited. I even resisted the urge to bawl my eyes out. She has made friends and even has a little "boy friend". Yes, I said "boy friend" not "boyfriend". Here is what Spencer and I did during kindergarten, made cookies! Spencer is loving having Hailey in kindergarten and honestly, the house is a bit more peaceful for a few hours, but he is always happy to have her back! She had to pose by the school. She kept insisting on posing this way. No, I do not show her pictures of Paris Hilton!

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...