Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday...

Hailey turned 5 on August 9....so we had a princess birthday party. All the little girls wore princess dress. We gave each of them a princess tiara and they made little princess wands. We put up our jumping house and we made them a fancy lunch complete with glass goblets. unfortunately the goblets were so tiny that we had to keep refilling them after every drink. The girls were pretty cute though, they kept saying cheers and tapping glasses before they drank their pink lemonade. I think their favorite part of the party was the Pinata. Some of the girls had never seen a pinata before. Mark and I made it a few days before the party. I also made Hailey's cake. It is suppose to be Cinderella's slipper, but it didn't turn out like I planned!!

Back to school

On August 17th Hailey headed back to school. After much (and I really mean MUCH) debate we decided to send Hailey to preschool one more year. Hailey is smart and a good girl, but I just felt like I didn't want her to be the youngest in her class. She loves school, but some days she's tired and wants a break so as of right now I'm glad we decided to wait one year. This year Hailey has been able to go to school with her cousin Kaylee. Kaylee's mom was on bed rest so Kaylee was staying we Mimi and Papa until the baby comes. The girls have really enjoyed playing together and going to school together. We sure will miss the girls when they got back home.

Glenwood and the catwalks

For our annual Smith family reunion we went up to Glenwood New Mexico for a few days. We stayed in some cute cabins call Double T homestead. We had fun visiting with family, playing games, BBQing and hiking the catwalks. Cathy, Mark's mom, did a wonderful job planning another successful family reunion.

Mark's birthday cake

Mark said he wanted an IPhone cake for his birthday. So I tried my hand at fondant frosting and this is what I came up with.

Nursing School pinning

Well I finally did it. After 3 years of school a 4 year break and one more year of school I am finally finished with nursing school!! I was afraid this day would never come. It was so nice, Mark's parents and grandma came. My parents and little sister Kelsey and her husband Kurt and new baby Ali also made the trip down from Utah to be there. I am so grateful for my family's support, especially during the last year.

Here Kitty Kitty cat

Audrey is a funny little girl. We say she's 2 going on 13. She is so independent and stubborn. Some days I just don't know what to do with her. She is in a funny stage right now. She doesn't like to watch TV except a few movies one of which is a Barney DVD. (and yes I was one of those moms that never thought she'd let her kids watch Barney) Well there are a few songs that Audrey just loves to sing and dance around the house to. One of them Says, "here kitty, kitty Cat, here kitty kitty" She does the dance and the action really well. She doesn't know all the words so she comes up with some of her own that sound the same. I'll have to get it on video.

I feel pretty....

Last week I put curlers in Hailey and Audrey's hair before bed. In the morning when we were driving Hailey to school she said, "mom I thought I'd look pretty, but I didn't know I'd look beautiful!