Family Pictures

One great perk of photography is knowing other great photographers!  Back in November we got our pictures done from a fellow photog, Janice Jones.  I LOVE how they turned out and I had a blast doing her family photos in return.  I just wanted to show off some of these great pictures.

Daddy and his girls. 

I don't love this photo of myself, but it is adorable of Carter.

Sassy Oaklie!

An attempt to use props...lol

Love him!

Can't get enough of this cute face!!

Carter's Baptism

I want to say.."I can't believe I didn't blog about this"..but who am I kidding!  Blogging isn't the first thing on my mind, so i completely forgot, until now!  Carter turned 8 last October and was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints.  I remember when i was baptized at the age of 8 as well.  It's one of those moments in your life that you remember, maybe not every detail, but you remember parts of it. I remember feeling really special, and knowing that I was doing something important that I had wanted to do for the last year or so.  My whole family was baptized when I was just 7 and I was mad that I couldn't be baptized yet.  When I was 6 I was taught the missionary discussions along with my brothers and I loved what I learned.  As I have gotten older I have realized the sacrifice that my mom made by even reading the Book of Mormon!  It wasn't an easy thing for her to do, because she had religion and she had been taught about God and her Savior growing up in a Pastors home.  She was my age (33-34)when she first started looking into the church, that kinda blows my mind a little bit.  And now, she has 3 grown children who are all active in the church, teaching their children about the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Carter is the 4th grandchild to get baptized.  It was a special day!

 Grandma and Grandpa Bell made a special visit for Carter's baptism.  They are serving a mission in the Washington DC temple.  We are so grateful that they could come!!

 I tried to get a picture of everyone that was there that day!  We are so grateful to good friends and family that love and support us and help my kids in so many ways.

 Our cute little family.  Carter is such a good older brother!  Berklie told me later that day that she felt the spirit.  What a great example Carter is. I love the creative, active, loving and fun boy that he is!  So grateful that Heavenly Father has trusted us with this special guy.

Time....

Time goes so fast these days!  I kept promising myself that I would blog all these updates, and I never did!  So, I think I will do my best to catch up for the year....blog all the major (and maybe some small things too) things that have gone on this year! I know my parents and parents in law would appreciate seeing some photos on here once in a while.  Maybe good intentions don't count so much when it comes to blogging!
So, the catch up begins.  January 2013 we celebrated baby Crew's 2nd birthday!  He is so adorable and so very 2 these days.  Life was really busy when Crew was born, we had an 18 month old that wanted nothing to do with him.  She couldn't be left along with him for a while because she "loved" him so much.  Now, they are best buddies and I wouldn't have it any other way.
He loves to watch "Guppy Guppies" also known as "Bubble Guppies" and as a result, so does everyone else!  He loves to pretend like he is a puppy, it's pretty cute.  When I am cooking in the kitchen he will be at my feet looking up at me with his tongue out.  He doesn't bark, shed or poop in my backyard, he is the perfect puppy.  He loves to climb and do everything that the other kids do.  The other day he climbed on top of the playhouse in the backyard and fell off shortly after getting on the top.  He was fine, but he bit his lip and broke his tooth.  Poor kid.  He also loves to ride bikes and go as fast as he can.  Carter was for sure much more cautious than Crew, so this is a whole new world for me.  He is talking a lot, well, when his binky isn't in his mouth.  He loves his bink, and right now, I am fine with that.  I'll keep him a baby for as long as I can.  :)

 I remember taking this photo.  Carter was SO excited to finally have a little brother to play with.  He loves Crew so much.

Maybe he was a little too big for a bath in the sink, but so dang cute!

This is one of his favorite things to do!

Happy Birthday!!!

Opening his presents with help from his siblings and cousins!

I love this age, even though he cries and screams a lot and is into everything if I leave it down low enough, he loves to give kisses and cuddles and I just can't resist those big puppy eyes!