Baby Lanes Sealing

(November 10,2018)

What a sweet day for our family.

Baby Lane was sealed to us.

 It was truly a glimpse of heaven. 

It was pure joy to have all our children together in white in the temple.

It was a feeling of the strongest and most overwhelming love.

We are grateful.  

Lane looked so darling in his little cable knit sweater outfit.

When Lane was being sealed to us he kept looking up over his right shoulder and left shoulder smiling at us.

All was perfect in the world.

 

Andie had been so excited to wear her white temple dress for weeks.

They all did  great in the temple.

When they brought the kids to us in the sealing room Andie kept saying so loudly 

"OOOOHHHHH look at YOU!"

She thought we looked great.

It was so cute.

 After the sealing we went out to take pictures.

Deanna and I happened to be twins.

Were so happy she could be there with us.

The Redlands Temple is special to us.

All three of our kids have been sealed to us there.

We came back to our house for Lanes baby blessing and a luncheon.

Ethan, and Chris have been friends with Romney since they were young boys.

We love them and are happy they came.

Aunt Penny got in all the snuggles.

I love Amy and appreciate her.

Her and Ethan flew in the night before and she got right to work helping me with getting the house ready and prepping food.

Cousins came and supported and we love them. 

It was a beautiful day and we appreciate all who came near and far for baby Lanes special day.

We are done adding to our family so this was our last sealing.

It is bitter sweet.

But so grateful we are sealed as a forever family.

Halloween

 (October 2018)

Halloween time isn't complete unless we make pumpkin cookies like my grandma made.

Except we use chocolate chips NOT raisins.

The kids decorated their cookies...

and loved every bite...

Meanwhile... mummys boy hung out making sweet eyes with everyone.

 

 This year for Halloween Miles wanted to be a bat...

Romney got him fun ears, and a funky nose which made him look fantastic!

Andie wanted to be a Mermaid Princess.

They had a great night trick or treating filling up their bags and buckets.

(and how is it possible that I didn't take a picture of Lane in his Baby Bat outfit???)

Baby Lane 5 months

(October 2018)

Baby boy! 

This boy is 17 pounds of happy, calm, and easy going.

We appreciate him for these sweet qualities.

The kids like to see all the fun things they can do to him....

Like Miles glasses...

Lane can roll over both directions but really just prefers to roll from back to tummy...

...and is really starting to push up those arms!!

Oh no....that means crawling is on the horizon. 

He loves watching Miles and Andie.

and loves his whisk!!!

 This little stinker is going through major sleep regression and were all pretty tired around here!

But he is so happy so it is hard to be mad about it. 

He is starting to figure out his exersaucer.

He still enjoys playing under his play mat with all the dangling toys.

 Lane ended his 5 month with a helicopter ride over Kauai.

He LOVES his paci and has no problems taking it out of his mouth but hasn't figured out how to put it back in.... 

He is a fan of bathtime.

He is good at blowing raspberries.

He has started eating peas, zucchini, and avacado.

So far so good.

OH LANE, we sure adore you and are so happy you are here!

Andie and her STIRTS

Andie loves her tutu skirts.

She pronounces them "STIRTS"

She wears them all day everyday.

She gets dressed and tops her clothes of choice with a stirt!

We explore the outdoors in a stirt...

We walk with Minnie Mouse in a stirt...

We go to friends houses in a stirt...

We go apple picking in them...

We ride the Tea Cups in stirts...

We have to wear one with the catboy costume...

and we even sleep in them.... 

This dress up phase is pretty fantastic.
Being three years old brings a lot of joy to life!

She makes everyone SMILE in her STIRTS!
 

Hawaii Wrap Up....

(September 2018) 

As our week was coming to a close we had our last beach day in Hanalei Bay.

I could move to this exact spot and never move.

It is gorgeous.

It is peaceful.

It is fun!

Heather was a trooper in always being willing to snuggle Lane.

 

We all did our part in trying to keep this baby out of direct sunlight.

Ha, Lane was the TROOPER!

Romney and Miles had a great time boogie boarding together...

Miles and Tyson stood in the waves, ran from the waves, fell in the waves, swam in the waves....

...and celebrated in the waves.

Andie and Eden found endless amount to joy running down the sandy hill right behind where we were sitting.

Sand Castles were built....

And hugs were shared on this beach.

On our last day we decided to do a Helicopter tour of the Island.

We left all the kids at the house for Ashlyn to babysit.

All except for baby Lane.

Seeing this island from the top is AMAZING!

Even on our cloudy day we saw so much beauty.

 

We had so much fun and appreciated Lane being our chaperone. 

 

The next morning it was time to go.

We were so sad to leave paradise.

We were loading up the cars and saw these cute kids at the bottom of the drive way.

We didn't want to leave!

Hawaii is such a great place to vacation with kids.

And I know we will be back!!

Hawaii Part III

(September 2018)

Kauai is just so beautiful. 

On Sunday morning we went to church in thee cutest meeting house.

We only stayed for the first hour and of course had to take pictures of us in front.

It was so cute!

Miles is such a sweet brother and is always wanting to hold his baby brother.

Now that Lane is getting bigger and can hold his head up better we are letting Miles hold him while he is standing up and we even let him walk short distances with him.

Miles is loving that role!