Our baby is 12!!!!

A little tribute to C.J. We love you C.J. and are so proud of the beautiful Young Woman you have become.

The things we LOVE about C.J.

1- her ability to turn a t.v. show into her own reality (survivor man). she loves to mimic some of the survival tactics.

2- her BIG brown eyes

3- her tiny little freckles on her face

4- she still loves to snuggle well, at least for now.

5- she loves little kids

6- her desire to do good

7- her compassion for sports, she is so competitive-- reminds me of her dad.

8- the way she can make my heart smile, by still calling me "mommy."

9- her voice--she has a beautiful voice. I love to hear her singing in the tub/shower.

10- her desire to be loved by everyone-- especially her big brother.

11- the way she "lights" up when we talk about family coming to town, or coming over.

12- she is finally starting to like her hair done. :)

Here she is ready to start Young Women's, so confident & beautiful. I am excited to watch her grow & become closer to her Savior. Carinna we love you so much & are so pround of you!

I am Esme.

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I Love Crystal Caldwell!!!!

O.k. Every year my family dreads Christmas pictures. This year I decided to give my friend & hairdresser Crystal Caldwell a try. She just started her own photography company. Our experience was awesome! She was so good with the kids & they all were comfortable with her. They were actually a little too comfortable-- See what Crystal had to deal with. Look at Lil Val & MacKenzie. They are crazy!! Don't look to close-- my eyes are going crazy.

One of my favorite pictures of the girls. They actually look like they like each other.

Cute picture of the "girls"-- notice Kenz's peace sign. Her & Val were making faces & crazy poses most of the time.

Here is Kenz trying to climb over a wall, she is not very "agile"

The picture below is of us posing as the real "O.C."

So a little plug for Crystal-- check out her blog it is on my list of friends!

Thanks again Crystal--- Love you!

Boutique Crazy!

I am participating in another boutique this weekend. It is Saturday from 8:30 to 4:00 p.m. @ Michelle Bradley's house in Greenfield Acres. There is approximately 30 vendors participating.

We have a young family in our ward that is expecting their 3rd child soon. Heidi is a cute, sweet, creative, compassionate mother. Their baby girl, Jersey, is going to be born with a heart condition, requiring surgery & possibly more throughout her life. Their are vendors on Saturday that will be donating part of their proceeds to this young family to help with medical bills. So, please come & help us out.

You can view the blog associated with the boutique @ shopchicboutique.net. I hope you can make it.

Cry baby!

I have to admit I am an emotional person. I cry at commercials, tv shows, music, pretty much everything. I am not sure if I have hit a milestone in my life, but Sunday was an emotional day for me. Why, because my baby C.J. participated in her last primary program. I know, what is so emotional about that? I don't know! Of course, it could be just a small fact that I am getting old. I did turn 40 last month. But seriously, Val could not believe I was crying.

Our Primary Program was a little different this year. In stead of every child having some speaking part, they chose 12 kids to talk about their favorite Book of Mormon, or scripture story. They also had songs mixed in. C.J. was chosen, when asked what her favorite story was, she said, "the one where the bad king gets his head cut off by Nephi". Micah Slade her primary teacher had just told her that story. So, that is what she talked about. It was a great talk & I was so proud of her.

Xpressions Boutique

I know the pictures to the right are a little hard to read, but I wanted everyone to know about our boutique next week. It is a week from today, there are going to be some real fun items to order for christmas gifts. The list of vendors include:
Polka Dot Moon Invitation & Stationary Emporium *link from my blog
White Lotus Salon & Spa
All Frills Aprons Fabulously Flirty Aprons *link from my blog
Creative Works Trunk show specialists- bringing things from purses to clothing
Sugar Cookies
Funky Bums Fierce Fashion for Bad Bottom Boys & girls too
Mysti's Hair Pretties Hair clips
Gem Begs Flirty little bags for all your baubles
Burpies N Blankies
Banners by M & m Banners for occasions
O'Snap Baby onesies & hair couture with snap! *link from my blog
Gold Canyon Candles
Donai' Jewelry
Lil' Donai' Treasure Boxes *crafted by 15 year old*
Xpressions by me Baby Couture & Magnet Boards

*a portion of the proceeds are going to The Prayer Child Foundation. (founded by Karen Waiseth- Gold Canyon Candles)

The show is Thursday the 13th from 6:30 to 9:00. It is not at my house, so if you haven't received a flyer or invite, please let me know so I can get you directions. It is going to be Fabulous!!!

Halloween 2008

C.J., Brayden, Devin, Makenna, Allie & Lauren. Brayden is loving this- surrounded by girls. ya!

C.J., Makenna & Allie @ our ward trunk r treat Wed. Night. In case you are wondering, C.J.'s costume choice this year: A Secret Service Agent. hmmm. That's my baby for you. She looked cute!

This is Kenz's costume for Halloween. She is immitating an 80's excersise person. Like Olivia Newton John, "let's get physical" Her & Rylee got the idea from that show on Thursday nights called "Kath & Kim". It is pretty funny, they mock the 80's.

C.J.'s pumpkin turned out to be a Shrek head.

Here is Kenz at the Palmers on Monday carving pumpkins. Hers was really cute.