Isa B-Dazzle...

Isa's baptism was wonderful! She is beautiful and her dress turned out just fine Phew! We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family members. It was just right. GG gave a fantastic talk on the holy ghost and Pops a wonderful talk on baptism. Liam and Emery participated with talks and I learned to let all the hoopla go and just keep it mellow so I could enjoy the experience. I'm really thankful for Christy taking the time to again share her talents and take pictures for me. So I'll just cut to the chase and share those beautiful photos...

My baby is growing up!

Today was a fun day for us. We did a little service (cleaned the church, helped a sister out the normal saturday affair) But thanks to Liam who is a wonderful brother and babysitter and who I owe some mommy time to, Isa and Emery and I were able to have a girls afternoon out... We started at the Macaroni Grill for lunch...

"Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters..."

Isa drew me a cute picture. I love that she drew my hair in the side ponytail! Sweet girl!

So excited! Sometimes it just feels good to have some girl time.

Isa brough sunflower so she could hug her if it hurt at all...

This is Emery's begging pouting why can't I get my ears pierced, I don't wanna wait till I'm 8 and I don't care if it's special face. Yep she's persistent, but I'm a mule and no is no. Poor girl it's hard to be the younger sister...hee hee

Isa was a pro! She didn't even blink. I think I was more teary than she was. It's hard to watch your little girl grow up and to me this was something I remember so clearly and I remember feeling so grown up with my pretty earrings. I guess all those emotions channeled toward Isa growing up. I love who she is becoming, but part of me wants her to slow down just a bit...

Yep, They're even!

I love that she sat like this the whole time. Such a lady. She had people stopping and watching her and commenting on how she was sitting so cute. It was funny. There were a few ladies who went out of their way to catch her afterwards and tell her she looked pretty.

Beatiful girl. Oh I LOVE HER EARS!!!!!

So that was our exciting date! I'm blessed to have such great kids. I may not always be the most patient, loving, kind, clean, fun mom, but I sure to love my kids and really I guess that's what counts the most...

coincidence or fate...

We headed to the farmers market this week for a little grocery shopping and ended up at the bicentennial park with my sweet sister-in-law for a little Civil War living history fun! Thank goodness the kids bought treats as we ended hanging out for three hours. It was AWESOME! It goes along with Liam's history lessons this year too... Thank goodness for phones. Mandy had her phone and so we were able to capture the spur of the moment on "film". Look at these cute kids! Couldn't you just kiss em!

Liam took his instruction very seriously. He had a gentleman show his his rifle and teach him a little about military commands. It was awesome. HE LOVED IT!! Totally ate it up!

Isa joined in the fun and both of them stood in line listening to the instructions for a good 15 minutes without once moving... I had to pull them both away to go look at some of the other tents...

We took a little time to dance and enjoy the music. I love the photo of the lady with Emery, she is having so much fun! The sweet lady kept tripping over her dress and was laughing so hard. It makes for a sweet photo though!

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What a great day! The best part was the reminder of how fleeting our time is together and how good it felt to put everything on my to do list off and just spend some time enjoying my kids and letting them enjoy learning. They loved watching the cannons and the soldiers. The learned all about toys from the 1800's. (Liam is becoming the expert with the buzz saw yoyo. He can even do it with his toes.) They went home with their cups full. I am so blessed and so grateful for the opportunity to live here in Nashville. To immerse ourselves in the history of this part of the country. What a fun Saturday!

i'm not sure who said my princess could grow up, but somehow she did. She has truly grown into a princess inside and out. Isa is beautiful to me. I love her ears, her hair, her eyes, those dimples, that sweet smile, her funny hobbit feet. She is so pretty, but inside she is stunning. She is so loving and compassionate. Don't get me wrong, she has mastered the princess pout and can at times be quite the drama queen, but most of the time, she is a love bug! She constantly reminds me with little loving acts of service how much she values me and her siblings. I'm so thankful Heavenly Father placed this perfectly pink princess in our family. I love her!

Check out that dimple! Thanks for all the phone calls. Isa definately felt loved.

Warning: To the boy who is Isa's future husband, you have big shoes to fill. Daddy is the ultimate prince charming and there is not a day goes by that he doesn't remind her that she is beautiful and that he loves her very much.

We went to macaroni grill for isa's birthday dinner. She wanted every one to get dressed up for the occasion. It was so fun. Great idea Is!

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I LOVE this picture of Isa and Liam. It just makes me happy. I see in it a glimpse of them as teenagers out on a group date enjoying each other as friends and siblings.

family photo

Morgan's artwork...

Emery being the joyful funny girl she is. Read the book Olivia and you might as well change the title to Emery... Love this funny girl!

Beautiful Birthday girl

Waiting for the car... What a perfect fun night! Took these photos a few days later at the park They were cute so I'm sharing!