Friday, October 21, 2011

Family Pics and Em's Birthday!

We went up to Jon's family cabin in Oakley over Conference weekend and took some family pictures in the beautiful fall surroundings. It was a lot of fun. Joe, Jon's dad and our photographer, was very patient with all my pose requests! Enjoy!!!





















I am in love with my kids! (This picture was actually taken when we got home up MP canyon)









































































































































































































































And I love my Hubby! We are coming up on 5 years in December :)




























































































Emmie's BIRTHDAY! She turned 4 on October 12th. Both she and Luke love to wear these monster shirts from their friend, Noah. It fits their personalities perfectly!!






















Here's my girl ready for her birthday party! Her family party was on October 11th so she had two days of celebrating.



















The pinata was a big hit!...no pun intended.
Go B!




















Emmie has so much family that love her!
















































"Big Luke" as Lukie calls his Uncle
































































Everyone spoiled Emmie with all the fun gifts. Emmie has had so much fun with her new stuff :) Thank you everyone!!






















































































Kate made the darling birthday sign below. I love it and I'm saving it for every year!!



























































Getting fierce with the balloon....grrrr

















Puff the Magic Dragon Cake. This was her favorite ride at Lagoon this year--and in fact, every year. She insisted this year on riding it BY HERSELF! And as usual, I made a whole event of cake making and had a lot of fun!






























































Charley Chew...also celebrated her bday that week. Big 5 year old!!



















Emmie surprised me this year with being able to blow up a balloon by herself. That is the first big change I saw from age 3 to age 4...monumental I know.
























When Emmie woke up on her birthday, her favorite meal was waiting for her...PANCAKES. Yes, they are waffles, but Emmie calls pancakes, waffles and french toast the same thing...pancakes!



















CTR ring!




















We love Dora around here :)






















On her actual birthday, we went to McDonalds with Noah, Jenna and Curtis. What an American way to celebrate, right?!


























































Later that night, we had a wedding reception. Afterward we stopped by temple square and gave Em one of her birthday gifts--a model of the SL temple. Emmie has always said since her aunt "Kako" got married in this temple, that she would too.
























We love you Emmie Doo! Happy Birthday :)

8 comments:

Jyl said...

Loved to see all the pictures! I knew you would blog with Emmie's birthday past.

Nick and Erica Hart said...

Shae seriously Emmie looks so much like you the older she gets. That cheesy smile of hers is SO cute and I love the one where she is kissing Luke in MP canyon. Those family pics are beautiful! Y'all are such a good looking family! I love that Puff the Magic Dragon cake too---holy cow---that is amazing!!

Anonymous said...

Ok, I need to eat your kids up! That little Lukie is SOOO cute with his little buzzed head(reminds me of Shem!). Love you guys and hopefully we will see you one of these days!

LCO's said...

Oh that second picture is so precious. They are getting big!

Shellers said...

Shae! All those pictures are adorable. Em and Luke's little smiles seriously melt my heart. You looked beautiful in those family pictures as well! Wow. Such a cute family! :)

John and Rachael Alexander said...

Yes, LOVED your family pictures- I can't believe I haven't seen them yet- gorgeous! Loved emmie's birthday pics too- you are such an amazing awesome mom! love ya

Tima said...

I loved the pictures. Em and Luke are growing up so fast, they are adorable. We can't wait to hang out again.

Sasha Mack said...

How fun to see all your family pics! Your kids are getting so big and cute! Emmies bday looked so fun! You are such a fun mom! So my question is did you make the puff the magic dragon cake???