It's been about 8 1/2 months since I have blogged. I figured it's about time I give the people (mostly Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles...) what they want. So, I will give you a picture filled rundown of what has been in happening in the Tippetts lives since February 2011 :)
Jack and Lily started Gymnastics, Ballet & Karate around March and they LOVE it!
Since school has started they are only doing gymnastics right now and I just started a mommy and me gymnastics class with Lacy last week. So far she is following after her siblings and is loving it! :)
Lily flipping on the high bar
Jack walking up the wall
My little sassy ballerina :)
On Jack's last class of Karate he had the chance to break a board. I wasn't sure he was going to be able to do it, other kids hadn't been able too. But to our surprise, and his surprise he did it! I was a PROUD momma :)
Linen closets are the perfect place to take naps. It has everything they need: Soft blankets and darkness ;)
Happy Easter!
My 3 cute bunnies
Happy 4th of July!
We had a great 4th!
Spent the 1st half of the day with my family eating and swimming and the 2nd half of the day with Trent's family doing firework!
We went on a few trips!
We went camping with some friends and family, it was a BLAST! Can't wait to do it again next year!
We visited Trent's grandparents farm and rode horses, caught kittens, went 4 wheeling, saw LOTS of animals and had LOTS of fun!
My boys! Do you think Jack is having fun??
Me and my girls!
We celebrated some birthdays!
Jack will be 6 in just a week in a half! I will have a 6 year old!!!
My birthday was THE BEST.
Trent spoiled me and surprised me by taking the day off & bringing me Einstein bagels for breakfast, Ordered & watched a movie at home and ate robertos for lunch (we were going to go out, but lily ended up with the flu), I got to take a long nap! Trent made me his amazingly delicious pineapple burgers for dinner and then we played my new Just Dance 2 game on the wii. Husband of the year? I think so :)
LACY TURNED 2!! Bite that cake baby :)
Lily turned 4 and she is BEAUTIFUL!
Trent wanted to celebrate his last birthday in his twenties by going to Joes Crab Shack for dinner! His parents came along and the food was great, but the best part was when they sang to him! They had him put on bunny ears and hold two pots. While we sang he had to march around like the energizer bunny banging the pots together and he didn't hold back, my man was the best energizer bunny I have ever seen! I wish I had, had a camera, it was hilarious! :)
We have spent lots of time with cousins! We LOVE our cousins!
At the movies with my sister and her kids! Rio in 3D
You can't live in Vegas without having access to a pool!
Easter with cousins!
Mann Family Reunion!
(I thought I uploaded pictures with my kids and their cousin Matix on Trent's side of the family, they should be right here :( But we have spent LOTS of good times with them also!!)
My brother in law received his mission call to the Lima, Peru South Mission. He will report to the MTC in November!
Dustin anxious to open his call!
SCHOOL is now in session!
Jack started Kindergarten, he is going to a new Charter school, Somerset Academy, and so far we are really liking it! He LOVES school and his teacher, Mrs. Moore, is awesome! I had a hard time letting him go, I cried more than I thought I would on the 1st day of school. Next year will probably be even harder because he will be gone ALL DAY :(
Jack is still the sweetest and most obedient kid I know. He is so helpful and I feel like he has an older spirit in his little, almost 6 yr old, body. He sets a great example for our family and I feel lucky he is mine. He love anything to do with art, he would color, draw, paint, etc all day if I let him. His favorite food is Pizza, his favorite color is Blue (although he sometimes adds black, red and white because those are the colors of spiderman), he is learning to read and is getting really good at it!
I love him more than he will ever know!
Lily is going to preschool this year! She has a GREAT teacher, Mrs. Tina, who has been so great with her. Lily had a hard time going, but Mrs Tina was so patient with her and now Lily looks forward to going and she is doing fantastic! We bought her a "special" locket necklace with pictures of our family in it that she wears and if the starts to miss us, she can open it and look at us :)
I love my Lily bug, she is the SWEETEST little lady and is ready to give out "I love yous", compliments, hugs and kisses whenever you need them. She has been a great older sister to Lacy and helps me out as much as she can! She is very much a girly girl, she loves to wear skirts and dresses and if you take her picture she will probably give you some sort of a sassy pose. But at the same time she can be incredibly shy. For our wards primary program I didn't think she would do her part but she did and I was so PROUD of her! Lily's favorite color is Pink, her favorite food is pizza, but she will eat almost anything you put down in front of her, she loves dancing and playing with her toys (especially her doll house)!
I love her more than she will ever know!
I chose this picture of Lacy because it fits her so well :)
Lacy is definitely 2 and she will let you know what she wants, when she wants it and and how she wants it done. But she is one of the funniest kids I know. She tries to make us laugh a lot and she succeeds every time! She can go from throwing a massive fit to being a sweet little lady in no time. She reminds us of those sour patch candies, first their sour then their sweet :)
She LOVES playing with her older brother and sister. But she also loves the time her and I spend, just the 2 of us, while the older ones are in school and I LOVE those times too!
If asked: What her favorite color is, it is whatever color Lily says, so usually pink, what her favorite food is, what Jack and Lily say, so usually Pizza. She loves to play outside and also to play with her stuffed animals. Even though she is at an age where I feel I am going to go crazy, I wouldn't trade her for the world. I love her personality and all the good and bad that comes with it.
I love her more than she will ever know!
On September 18th Trent and I celebrated our 7th anniversay!
We had the kids stay overnight at my parents house (THANK YOU parents!) and we went to see Phantom of the Opera downtown, So good!
7 years! Where is the time going?? I don't feel like it has been that long since we were married, but at the same time I don't remember what life was like without him. I am so much more in love with him now than I was 7 years ago. He is my rock, my love, my best friend! He is so patient with me and I often wonder what I did to get to be so lucky to be called his wife.
I love him more than he will EVER know!
(Don't mind the roundness of my face in the picture above and below, thanks)
This was taken about 2 weeks ago in UT, we went to visit Trent's brother and sister. My sister in law recently got engaged and so we decided it would be fun to go for a qucik visit! While we were there we had some time to go to Thanksgiving Point and go to the little farm/petting zoo they have. It was fun being with just our little family who I love so much!
The BIGGEST news since February!
Seth Daniel Tippetts will be joining our family the end of December!
I CANNOT wait to meet this little man, to kiss his cheeks, to hold his tiny hands, to smell his yummy baby breath, to watch my kids love on him and hold him, to see my husband love him and teach him, to see him grow and learn new things everyday, to help him to know that our father in heaven loves him and to help him gain his own testimony of the gospel that I have grown to love so much. I feel so blessed and so lucky to be trusted with one more of gods precious children. Words cannot express how much I already love this little man. I pray that I will be a good mom to him, that I will be able to handle 4 small children and be a good wife to my husband. Even with all my worries, doubts and fears of how it's going to be once he is here, they are all overshadowed by the knowing of how great it will feel to have him in my arms with the rest of my little family around us.
I, already, love him more than he will ever know!
