So many favorites!

Fabulous eyelashes!!!  So sweet!

What a stinkin' nubie!

A few favorites from Brooke's 1 year photo shoot with Carin Davis.

Me and my baby!

"Uncle Logan is TALL!"

My incredibly generous brother giving Logan a set of new wheels to prance around it now that he's home from his mission.

Get Smart

We went to "get Smart" from the airport.  Logan/Uncle Logan is home from his mission.  After picking him up we went and saw the movie "Get Smart."  It was fabulous!  

We are so excited to have him back.  This is #2 of many exciting things to happen on the Smart side of the family.  Wendy had her darling baby in May, Logan came home and now it's a baby blessing followed by two weddings.  Lots of summer fun!

Welcome home Logan!    

What happens when you leave a 2 1/2 year old boy with a pan of cookie dough...

Daddy caught him and then joined in for the fun...

Okay you're too cute to get mad at!

Brookes final photo shoot with Carin Davis. I love her work and am so grateful she was able to fit her into her busy schedule and capture the milestones of her first year. I can't believe she's a year old already. I remember setting up the dates for her 3, 6, 9 and 12 months with her. It's come and gone already. Thanks Carin for the beautiful work you do and for the chance I've had to learn a little from you. You're amazing!

My heart melts again...

Today at church it was Fast and Testimony meeting. A little boy (he's Sky's age and in her Primary class) got up and bore his testimony. Jett saw him and said, "I want to do that!" Neils immediately said, "Okay." I gave Neils the look of "don't you dare let him go up there by himself" so Neils said "I'll go with him". With hesitation, I said "okay." Jett marched right up there with the biggest smile on his face. I was worried. Neils put him up on the stool so he could reach the mic and went to whisper something for him to say in his ear. Before he could Jett had already started talking and said... "I love my mommy, I love the church, Jesus Christ amen." And with a smile walked back to his seat. Sky met him halfway in the isle and gave him a big hug and said to him, "You did a great job Jett!" I couldn't help but melt. I felt like, maybe I am doing something right at home. He is an angel child. He has his moments like any other 2 year old boy, but he is the sweetest, most darling boy. Thanks for making my day Jett! I love you!

Welcome Macy

Could she be any cuter?! She looks like a McCarter baby for sure! She's darling with lots of dark hair and cute LONG feet. Little Macy was born on Sunday May 18th (Garretts birthday) at 5:25pm. She was 7lbs 10oz and 21 in long. We're so excited she's here. Can't wait to smother her with more kisses. Course, Mallory may have given her all the kisses she could possible want in a lifetime already!

Brookey's photoshoot at Gardner Village...

I just wanted to post a few favorites for you all to see. To see all of them, check out the slide show below.

Photoshoot of Brooke

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Happy Easter!

March 15th Disney on Ice

Daddy-Daughter date...

Neils decided he wanted to do something special with his little girl so he bought tickets to the Disney Princesses on Ice. He was so cute, he got up early and took her to McDonalds for breakfast and then parked the car and rode the TRAX train up to the Delta center. It was a fun time for the two of them. Sky wanted to buy all of the souvenirs at the end...of course!

Mexico pictures...

Our trip to Mexico

We're back. My favorite is that all day on Monday Jett kept asking me if I was back from Costco. Sounds like Mexico. :) We had a fabulous time doing NOTHING for 4 days. Literally, when we got there we considered a couple of day trips to the Mayan ruins or Chichiniza, but the last thing we wanted to do was get up early, rush to a tour bus that we would have had to sit on for several hours and the rest of the time following a group around to check out the sites. We wanted the time to SLEEP. Like Neils said, we were there to catch up on 5 years of sleep. And we did. It was so nice. The first day we woke up when WE WANTED TO and went down and had breakfast, lounged by the pool, had yummy strawberry daquari's, walked down to the ocean and got our feet wet and later some lunch. After some good R & R we went up to our room and got ready for the night. We decided to take a cab into the city which was literally 3 minutes away and do some shopping. Just as we got there it started raining. It scared everyone away but lucky for us we borrowed an umbrella from the hotel before we left. It was great. It was still warm so the rain wasn't so bad. It gave us reason to snuggle up under the umbrella. The hotel was an all inclusive resort so all of the food and drink was included. Unfortunately, their version of dessert is rather bland. Having tried all of their so called chocolate cake, I was craving some good ol' AMERICAN chocolate. Amongst all of the little Mexican shops was a good ol' American Burger King. I had to get a slice of yummy Hershey pie, and it was just that, quite yummy. The shops were right on the water so as it rained we saw lightning out on the ocean and it was beautiful. After some time there we headed back to the hotel for dinner at a Brazilian restaurant. After dinner we watched the hotels nightly entertainment this time a dance performance. Entertaining. The next day was the same, we slept in... until 12:45pm! I couldn't believe we slept so late. We went to bed late, but not any later than we do when we're home, so that was quite the sleeping in! We went down for what was now lunch and ate. We hung around the hotel for a bit and decided we'd go shop and actually buy some stuff. We couldn't go home without anything for the kids. So after getting cleaned up we headed back to the city. What a beautiful day! It was cool and sunny. Perfect for shopping. We just walked around holding hands. All of the little Mexican shop owners called us "the honeymooners" and each time we told them we had were married with 3 kids they were shocked. We spent most of the day there and had to hurry back that night for Neils' awards dinner at the hotel. He is the reason we got to go on this amazing trip. He worked hard all year and was the top salesman. He received two awards for his achievements. Something to be proud of. He is really good at what he does. It was a nice dinner but it went late so after dinner we headed up to our room. Hard to believe the trip was basically over. We packed up our things and went to bed. In the moring we went down for breakfast and then had to check out. The worst part is the 8 hours of traveling, but even that wasn't so bad. When you're like us you don't get to see many movies so the three movies they showed on the plane were all movies I had wanted to see when they were in the theatre. So that was fun. They showed Martian Child, August Rush and Enchanted. So I didn't even mind the flights much. I was so happy to get home though and snuggle my babies. I had missed their smiles and hugs and the many times they say, "I love you" in a day. My parents did an amazing job taking care of them. The kids themselves held up pretty well too. I think I may have cried more than they did. I cried the first night as I was lying in bed trying to go to sleep. I missed them. I have to say though I did better than I thought. I have never been away from them for more than a day so it was a big deal for me. I'm glad I was able to enjoy some quality time with my husband and give him the attention he deserves but doesn't get much of. The trip definitely helped fill me back up. I think I had been running on empty for awhile so it was good... even if I had to go up to my room and pump every so often. I feel refreshed and even more grateful for the darling little family I have.

I couldn't resist...

I had to throw on a couple pictures of Brookey cracking up. She was just crawling around in the kitchen and Sky and Jett came up behind her and scared her a little. She giggled. So Sky kept it going by kissing her on the cheek. She laughed some more. So Jett took a turn. Brooke was a nubie cracking up at Sky and Jett squishing her really. I got a couple pictures of the action. It sure made me smile!

A few favorites...

I just wanted to throw on some cute pics of my nubies.

Neils and I leave for Mexico in three days. This will be the first trip Neils and I have been ALONE on since we were first married. It will be weird not to have the kids to take care of. I seriously don't know what I'm going to do for 6 hours on an airplane without a baby to hold. All that time to myself to think? What the heck is that going to be like? I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'm looking forward to relaxing on the beach and not having to worry about changing a diaper or fixing dinner. At the same time I wonder if I'm even going to be able to sleep not having my little Brookey cuddled up next to me for half the night. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.

Gone in 60 seconds...

Brooke didn't take her morning nap, instead she cried for a half hour. So I just got her up and let her come down and play. After lunch and the kids played with playdough I put her in her jump a roo. I needed just five minutes while I cleaned up everything. She wasn't too thrilled but then when she saw her boyfriend Wyatt on Super Why she started to jump. Before I could get down to get her and nurse her to sleep, she was gone. She had stopped jumping and conked out and I didn't even notice. I had to take pictures of course. It's just so sweet when they're sleeping! :) If only it was always that easy to get her to go to sleep.