Sterling's 29!

I had Ruthie snap some photos after church. Molly was zonked on Sterling's shoulder. And his new transition glasses were in sunlight mode. But it was fun anyway!

Can you believe that exactly one year ago I started growing out a one inch pixie? It's kind of crazy because it's been such an easy process I kind of forget about how I'm growing it out and just go with the punches every day. Usually curly--because the humidity makes it curl anyway, so straightening it is very, very futile. But it's kind of crazy. Makes me want to cut a pixie again. Who am I kidding? If I could afford to have my hair cut every six weeks, I would have a pixie forever and ever and ever.

Sterling's head got cut off, but I still love it!

Molly woke up from her nap looking so so cute, I had to snap some photos!

She is crazy. Everything is 'mine'. She opens every door. She pulls buckets out to get into things--today she was happily munching on a pan of 'rice krispie sandwiches' as Ruth calls them (caramel rice krispies) and just smiled when I walked in to find her. On Saturday I walked into my room to see her turns slowly, then slowly start to grin, then jump and yell 'TA-DA!" to show off the purple crayon all over the front of our freezer. She yells "no! mine!" and "Go 'WAY!" a lot. She is CRAZY independent and wore her nightgown and high heel dress up shoes to pick up Ruth this afternoon. But she is also the BEST at hugs and kisses! She squeezes irresistibly tight and grabs your cheeks between her palms to make sure she plants the kiss right on your lips. And it's always very, very enthusiastically. Oh goodness, this little one has my heart!!!

The Birthday Celebrations

We have a tradition of buying the favorite sugary cereal of the birthday-ee and take it to them on a tray in bed. The kids LOVED bringing daddy his Golden Puffs. After church we eat a quick lunch and then the kids take naps, so after naps we had cake! Sterling requested his family's coconut cake that has to sit out overnight. The caramel didn't soak through to the bottom, even after poking the cake with bigger and bigger holes. I don't know what happened. But it still tasted really good!

Will helped blow out the candle. And then blew it out again about four times, haha.

Sterling got all the XMen dvds (was that present for him or me? Hmmm haha) and then his mom and I got together to get a grill. But decided to let him pick it out. He's wanted one our ENTIRE marriage--so I guess six years later is a good time to surprise him with one, right? PLUS we can use it year-round here, so it's really a great thing to have!

After presents we had our Sunday Wii time. The kids don't play the wii at all during the week, and it is TOO hot for our normal activity of taking a Sunday walk, so this has become our new norm for Sunday evenings, haha. The kids are getting really good at MarioKart, I'm super impressed. They used to not be able to complete laps by themselves and now when Sterling and I finish, they are usually on lap 2 out of 3! We also have some family games where they can fish, shoot balloons, race cows, and find matching mii's. And then of COURSE there is Just Dance Disney--because everyone loves that:

She is a pro, and it is adorable. She doesn't just do the hands for the points, she follows ALL the actions! I love it!

Molly dances without a remote, which is super, super cute.

Racing cows. Oh, and Ruth loves this outfit she made because it is heart-hearts. She is pretty sad that she has to wear a KUMC t-shirt to pre-k because it dampens her style, haha. So she lives it up on the weekends by wearing five or six outfits, silly girl. She also changes the MINUTE she gets home. 

This picture is because we got our temple pic on the wall! Ruthie and I spent the past few afternoons of nap time making those handprint and footprint art. She LOVED it. How did I get the crafty, girly, ballerina girl? I am so out of my league. But we had a great time, and it made me want to make more with her and create a whole collage in the hallway or something, haha!

Which reminds me of my new banner and photos. I printed off all these photos from this summer and started to take some old photos down to put up new ones, but every one I grabbed some kid would cry "NO! Not the one of me swimming!" "NO! You can't take down the one with Jack-Jack and Wyatt!" "NO! I LOOOOVE that one!" Which resulted in a lot of squishing in an attempt to put up new photos, and not much getting put up or taken down, oh well. At least the kids like it!

Sterling said he had a great birthday, so that's good! We loved that it was on Sunday so we could spend the ENTIRE day together. Since Sterling is the music chairman, he also planned it so another person led the hymns and another person played the organ so we could sit TOGETHER as a FAMILY throughout all of sacrament meeting. It was like Christmas! Well, not really. But at least there were more hands on deck, which was awesome! 

I'm so grateful he was born so he could be my husband and create this amazing family with me! Love you Sterling!!!!