Cassidy lost her first tooth!

Cassidy finally lost her first tooth! August 31st! She has been wanted to lose a tooth for over a year and was very excited when her bottom tooth started to get a wiggle to it. It's actually been a little loose for a few weeks and I thought it would take a few more before she actually lost it. Then when I was dropping Madison off at the school for afternoon kindergarten, Cassidy came running up to me to tell me that her tooth had started bleeding during lunch. She had bit into her lunch and must have bent the tooth pretty good that it made it bleed. Well after that it was pretty loose so I thought within a few days it'll probably pop out. Well she came home from school that afternoon and kept pushing the tooth with her tongue and showing it to me. She then asked if she could go look at her tooth in the mirror in my room. Well after about 3 times of running back and forth to my mirror and me (just to show me how far she could push it with her tongue) I heard her finally yell. "It's out! It's out!" She came running to me with her tooth in hand and a big grin on her face. She said she was pushing up on her tooth when it just came out. I find it funny how she just worked on it and worked on it to get it out. She was so excited to have finally lost a tooth like her brother and for the tooth fairy to finally come visit her.

 

First day of School

We started school on August 20th, 2015. The kids are starting at Perrine Elementary in Twin Falls.

 

Statton is starting 2nd grade and his teacher is Mrs. Brown.

 Cassidy is also starting in 2nd Grade and her teacher is Mrs. Stokesberry

 Madison is my new Kindergartner. She wanted a picture of herself with her new parasol. She has been so excited to start school. Her teacher is Mrs. Stanger. She has been ready for school for awhile and I don't worry about her going. I know she will do great.

I love to see my children growing up and having these school experiences. I'm so excited for them and the coming year.

Happy 5th BIrthday Madison

Madison turned 5 years old on May 11, 2015. She asked me weeks ago if she could have a hot dog roast at Grandma Pam's horse barn. So that is exactly what we did. Thankfully my mom kept her horses out of the barn for a few days and had my dad power wash out the stalls and barn so it didn't smell so strong of horses. It was a fun party and just what she wanted. 

 Note the cute cowboy boots she is wearing with her skirt. She is holding up her fingers to show me how old she is. She was pretty excited to be turning 5.

 It was a little bit of a windy and cold day but we braved it anyway and roasted our hot dogs.

 This was Madison's cake creation. She wanted heart-shaped cakes on top of each other. She changed her mind about a dozen times on how she wanted it decorated. She originally wanted pink frosting with orange stripes. Well that morning she wanted banana frosting that was pink and white and some other colors. We finally settled on this. Pink and yellow banana frosting with orange stars of frosting for the borders. Not the cutest thing ever but it's what the little lady wanted.

 The opening of the gifts!

 She received a ton of cute things. Mostly Sophia the first stuff seemed to be a theme.

 Grandma Pam had a horse piñata still leftover from her barn-opening party years ago so we filled that with candy and let the kids have at it.

Well after they busted open the piñata they gathered up all the candy and Madison insisted on keeping the horse head which was still intact. She has put it over the head of her big horse that she got last year as a birthday gift. She says it's his costume. Happy Birthday Madison! We love you!



MADISON: Likes to play "peeps"
- Likes to play on the ipad
- Likes to gather the chicken eggs
- Very practical and straightforward
-Loves to help her mom
-Likes to ride horses
-Likes to go swimming
-Likes to pick asparagus with anyone that's home
-Makes sure she blesses all the people that she knows and doesn't know in her prayers

Happy 7th Birthday Cassidy and Statton

We celebrated the twins turning 7 on the 17th of February. We celebrated with their aunts, uncles, grandparents, and many cousins. One more year and they will be getting baptized!

Statton had requested a dirt bike cake for his birthday. So after a little pinterest searching I found some ideas and combined the ideas of two cakes into one. I was pretty proud of how it turned out. Statton loved it!

 Cassidy's request for her cake was that it should be round and pink. Ok I can do that. Dainty and pretty. Just like her.

 They received a ton of great gifts. We are so grateful to be spending birthday's with our families.

 Happy Birthday to my two favorite 7 year olds. What beautiful and fun kids they are. We think they are pretty great and love them so much.

Christmas 2014

Christmas was spent at Grandpa and Grandma Darrington's house. The kids had a good Christmas. Statton received some golf clubs, a basketball, a bb gun, and new snow clothes and boots. Cassidy received a tea set, a bunkbed for her American girl doll, a fun skirt, and some new snow clothes and boots. Madison receieved some small Disney princesses, a Disney palace for them to play, and some dress up Disney shoes.

 The biggest and most fun gift they all got together was a xbox 360 with Kinect system. It came with a few games and we bought them JustDance2015 to go with it. They have all had a lot of fun with the new gaming system. Glad we got it. It's been a great distraction on these cold winter days and you get stuck inside all day.

 Delanie slept through most of Christmas morning so this was after she woke up from her nap. I stuck her by the tree and snapped a few shots. Delanie got a new outfit, some jammies, and a pretty pink dress for Christmas.