A Little Cuteness

Special Visitors

My Aunt Barbara and my 92 year old Grammie are here visiting! What a treat! More pics to come :)

5 Months!

Our baby is 5 months old today! One year ago I was just wrapping my mind around the idea that we were going to have a 5th baby. My how time flies! These five months with Caitlyn have been so great! She is the best surprise ever. God really knows what He's doing, despite my constant need to step in and try to do it my way! Enjoy some pictures of our happy, sweet, lovely 5 month old...

Coming together...

Here are some updated photos of the basement. We are getting down to the little details.


The two bedrooms are almost completely finished. We have to paint the trim one more time and I have requested that we wait for closet organizing systems to go in before kids go in but other than that, they are "move in ready".

Shower has been tiled but has not been grouted (actually it has, but I have not taken that picture yet...so here it is before grout!)

Here is the awesome cabinet that Okanagan Classic Cabinets made (My father in law and brother in law's business). It has 6 soft close drawers and a large cabinet under the sink. Lots of room for 3 girls and all their stuff.

The beautiful grey granite counter top. I love it, it's pretty, it's classy, it's durable, it's easy to clean!!

Oh- and yes, the walls are a purple color. It's called Sonoma :)

I can't wait for the girls to move downstairs mostly because I am READY for Caitlyn to move out of our room! I'm not getting much sleep these days.

Quick Visit With Court

We miss her already!

All Grown Up and Always Away...

I miss my Maddie around the house! She is my mini me, she likes to cook and do projects, she wants to help me with everything and she loves to love that baby of ours. I miss her while she is gone at school everyday!!!

Legwarmers and Tutus

Cait got the cute rock and roll onesie in the mail from her best friend Sophie (thanks Gretch!). We paired it with her fun neon pink tutu and added her cute legwarmers. Oh my! She is such a dolly! I love to dress her up and the girls love to play dress up with her too!

I am such a fan of these legwarmers.

I bought this pair at Target in California and I am wishing I had gotten more!

They are great for keeping her legs toasty when she is hanging out in a onesie, they are adorable with a little skirt and I am thinking they will feel good when she learns to crawl on our hardwood floor!

"So happy to be in my tutu"

Look at our girl's strong back and neck!

She is "scooting" now...but so far she has only mastered the backwards scoot!


Tiny twinkle toes next to big sister Mailee's big girl toes.

Getting Ready For Big Changes

The kids are getting really excited about the room changes that will be happening soon. This will effect everyone. Mikayla gets her own room, Mailee and Maddie will share and get bunk beds, Caleb gets his own room and Caitlyn will be out of our room! YAY!

The basement is not quite ready but we are preparing...


I found this fun work bench at the consignment store for Caleb. Soon we will be moving the big pink dollhouse out of his room and this will go in it's place! I am loving the consignment store, Living Green Kid Co...I find the best stuff there! Second hand is so great!

Maddie organized all the tools for Caleb before he could play with it. Such a girl.

My little guy! He is hammering and drilling everything around the house now!

Okay, so here are my girls posing for one last picture in the room that they share...

...and here they are showing how they really feel about the new room arrangements! Mikayla is thrilled to have her own space and Mailee is excited to be with Maddie who is a little less concerned about things being "her way".

Basement Today

Here are photos of the girls' rooms. The bathroom is being tiled so those pics will have to wait!!

Mikayla chose these colors. I love them. it turned out great!! Her chandelier is her favorite part of her room. Thanks to Grandpa Don for spending HOURS our at our place helping out with things like hooking up lights!!

Mailee and Maddie chose fun bright colors. It's so cute! They have big plans for the "theme" in their room:) We were going to paint stripes on the walls in a darker shade of green but we are ready to be finished with this basement reno so we are opting for leaving it like it is!!

Missing Cait

The girls miss Cait when they are at school all day! As soon as they see her in the hallways at school they run up and want her out of my arms. She gets loved and kissed the rest of the night!!

First Full Day

The outside shoes are in the cubby...

The inside shoes are on the feet...


The class stuffie has been chosen (it's "the giraffe class") ...

friends are here...

The teacher is nice, the kids are fun and the classroom is super cool...

"It's finally MY TURN!!!"

Never Too Young...

Mailee decided it was about time for Cait to start listening to some tunes....

"Woah! What's this?"

"not too sure..."

"I can kick my feet to this"



"yay! music is fun!"