kennedy singing katy

kennedy has this talent of hearing a song a few times and she starts to learn the words. after not too long she knows all the words. apparantly, i listen to katy perry around her and the other day we were driving in the car and she busted this one out. i was in tears i was laughing so hard.

i.love.her

ps- you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the blog and pause the music :)

the great great's

it's pretty amazing to say you still know your great grandparents!!

my moms grandparens live up in preston, idaho.

we hadn't been up to see them in quite some time,

and they hadn't even met the little babies yet and hadn't seen

kennedy in a couple years. my cousin decided to invite us up on a day trip

to go and visit them. they are the cutest old people ever. my great grandma has

such an amazing memory!! i am so glad they got to meet the little babes.

i can't wait to go back in the spring time and feed the baby lambs!!

my mom with her grandparents

4 of their great great grandbabies!!

brighton, kennedy, jagger, and berklee

where berklee gets her red hair from :)




connor and my pops

my cute grandma playing with the spools with kennedy and brighton

jagger coloring on the marker board.

i remember playing on that growing up :)

the sheep that my grandpa still has. he'll be {eighty87seven}

and still going strong. he's so amazing

everyone went out to watch grandpa feed the sheep

tina marie

my grandma is amazing at keeping scrapbooks and keeping

track of everything! we love to read them

when we go up and catch up on everyones lives

jag man

berklee and her hillbilly teeth. i love that they're

coming in all funky

my very favorite picture of this little one.

she pulls some of the cutest faces

and of course grandma made lunch for everyone it was so yummy.

i am so grateful to still have my great grandparents!! they're simply

adorable

christmas with the lorences

we had the best christmas this year!! it is always so much fun to get together with my whole family. we're so nuts and it's always so loud and something is always

going on, but i wouldn't change it for the world. as always, it went by soooo fast. we had such a

blast. on christmas eve, we ate yummy yummy food and then opened our tradition christmas eve jammies. aaaaand they all fit us this year!! haha! we've had wardrobe malfunctions in the past year, so i think we finally got it right. the kids got spoiled with presents {of course} and i loved watching every second of it.

merry christmas everyone :)

the tree with presents underneath!!

little snooks enjoying her first christmas :)

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me and my sisters. i love my sisters!! and we all

look so much alike too ;)

love.you

cal and ty in their jammies

me and berk! she makes the funniest faces.

i guess i just decided to mock one of them :)

ahh jag man. there's nothing better than his blankey and a bottle

to this little guy.

little kennedy getting so excited to go to sleep to see what

santa brings!!

remember when...

i can't believe he was ever this little!!

meet snooki

this is snooki. kennedy's early christmas present :) i know i'm crazy for getting another animal, after i swore i was done with pets. it's just impossible to go to the animal shelter and not come home with something. i really thought that puka needed a friend :) snook came all the way from california, {just like puka did. so i knew it was meant to be ;)} her mommy is a rottweiler and they're not sure about dad, but they think he was a lab. i grew up with the best rottweilers and when i saw her i just had to have her. she has been a pretty good puppy so far!! we're still working on the potty training ;) we love her!!

she is just so sweet!! she loves to lay in the bathroom and have

the heater come out and warm her up! she also just loves to cuddle.

she'll come find me and snuggle up right next to me. love.love

my lilttle model

a couple weeks ago our photographer asked if she could borrow kennedy for a photoshoot for the clothing company, persnickety. of course kennedy was oh so excited!! here are just 2 of the pictures she ended up using for their christmas line. it's not a huge deal, but as her mom, i'm totally going to brag and play it up :) haha enjoy...


http://blog.peekaboophotos.com/2010/12/persnickety-christmas/

for mindy

sometimes i get inspired. whether it's from a person, a song, or a movie. today it was a person. a very special person. i have missed her so badly for some time now. i have never seen her get mad or even in situations where bad things should have been said about someone, nothing mean has ever come out of her mouth.

she makes me want to be a better person

she is the most uplifting person i have ever met and i'm sure i will ever meet. after i talked to her today i walked away feeling so good and just so positive. she genuinely cares about me and my family.

i love you mindy. thank you for making my day.

6 & 1

i know i always say this but, i can't believe how old my kids are!! we just got their pictures back and i am obsessed. our photographer is ahuuuuhmazing! we've gone to her for years now and will never go anywhere else :) enjoy our little monsters! ps- if anyone knows how to make a collage of all the pictures please let me know! it's kind of annoying to upload oine by one and have a looooong page of picture after picture! ok you get it.

kennedy rian

tina-

happy 6th birthday little girl!! i love you more than you'll ever know. it's so weird to think that you're 6. this year we had your birthday party at classic skating. it was so much fun!! you had a blast with all your friends :)

you and i have been through so much together. you are truly my little best friend. i love to cuddle with you everynight. and i love to see how much you've grown and i absolutely love to watch you learn. you have learned so much this past year. you know every letter and you are starting to learn how to read. your favorite number to count to is 80 :) your teacher is ms. thornell and you absolutely adore her. she is a great teacher. i don't think you have ever complained about waking up and going to school. kennedy, you are so smart and i know you will do amazing things in your lifetime.

everyday we wake up together and sing and get ready to music then i take you to school. you always love to blow me a kiss goodbye right before i leave the parking lot. you are the most amazing little girl i have ever met. i love the silly questions you ask me. you want to know the answers to everything! you always have a way of figuring things out. your imagination is amazing to me. i love to sit and watch you play for hours. you definitely know how to entertain yourself. i don't think i have ever heard you say 'i'm bored' this last year you became a big sister!! you are the best big sister i could ever ask for. you love your little brother so much. you love to sit and make him laugh. i love to watch the two of you together. you teach him so much.

your favorite show is iCarly. it's amazing to me how you can sit and watch it for hours. you know all the words to almost every taylor swift song ;) she is our favorite.

this year you also started gymnastics and tumling. i can't believe how fast you have learned things there. you can do a 'tick tock' so well now!! i love the excitement in your eyes when i pick you up and you tell me what you learned how to do! everyone around you and everyone that knows you loves you so much.

i can't imagine my life without you sis. i love you so so much and can't wait to see what amazing things you accomplish this next year!! you make me so proud to be your mama!!

love. mommy

sweet sweet { baby }

i have been dreading this post. it is so hard to write about how old your kids are getting. day to day they grow like crazy. but, it's when it gets to their birthday, when it really hits you.

jagger turns 1 tomorrow. i know everyone says it, but where does the time go?? it feels like yesterday that i was in the hospital having him. i remember the first time i saw that chubby little boy. i instantly fell in love with him. i will never forget what i felt at that moment. a love for someone you just barely met but was so real and so amazing. i love you little man and will do anything for you. i decided every year i'm going to write my kids a letter that they will have to look back on and have.

jagger,

i love you. i can't believe you are one. i didn't think this day would come so fast. you are quite the amazing one year old!! you have accomplished so much in just a short time. i couldn't be more proud to call you mine. you are such an amazing little boy. there is not one day that goes by that i don't squeeze your chubby little self and tell you how much i love you. you are just so calm {like your daddy} i wouldn't change anything about you. i even love how you took 11 whole months to sleep through the night. you definitely love your bottles. i love how you would find them in your crib and get so excited, like it was your first and last baba ever. you have always done things so early with little practice. rolling over, sitting up, holding your own bottle, crawling, pulling yourself up, and climbing on everything. my favorite thing- when i tell you to say 'mama' and you say it then scrunch your nose so all we can see are your cute spongebob teeth and you laugh because you think it's so funny. you can say 'dada' 'mama' and you love to shake your head from side to side when we tell you 'no no'

you love your daddy more than me but i'm ok with that. he is such an amazing daddy to you. you two will be the best of friends and i can't wait to see you guys grow older together. the excitement you have when you see him melts my heart. you love your big sister so much. i love to watch you watch her with everything she does. i love to watch you sleep. you always sleep on your belly with your cute bum in the air. i haven't ever known any baby to always sleep like that. your favorite thing in the whole world is your blankey. it accidentially got left at our house by your friend, max, and you claimed as yours. you always chew the corners and you can definitely tell. that blanket is so gross. we wash it all the time but for some reason it always is so gross! you usually wake up around 7 and will patiently in your crib and play with the bedding and talk to yourself until i come in and get you. you are always so excited to see me in the morning. it's the best 'good morning' i could ever ask for. you're not quite walking yet. you just love to be held forever and ever. i don't mind holding you all the time. {until i start to get sore :)} you have 10 teeth already. i couldn't believe when i felt your gums 3 days ago i could feel 2 molars. you are growing up so fast little man. oh how you love to eat. early on you didn't love your baby food, you wanted to eat what everyone else was eating. so that's what we gave you :) you are such a big boy and we wouldn't want you any other way! last time you were at the doctors you weighed 24 pounds and 7 ounces. your chubbiness is one of the cutest things about you. i love you forever and ever and can't wait to see what this next year holds for you. you are so loved by everyone around you. you make me one proud mama.

love,

mommy