Happy 13th Birthday Shelby!

On February 8th, Shelby officially moved from tween to teen. We woke up early, thanks to Bailey, and I put hot rollers in her hair. It looked so cute!!! She got a treat at lunch from mom and In and Out Burger for dinner. She and I made her cake after school. We went to Gretchen's basketball game and came home in time for Grandpa and Grandma Jenkins to help celebrate with presents and cake.
Shelby designed her cake on paper first. She wanted a funfetti cake mix for both layers. In between the layers, we put whipping cream and drizzled caramel. On the outside, we frosted with more whipping cream, drizzled caramel and dark chocolate shavings. It was beautiful! Nice work Shelb!
Her presents were mostly clothes, jewelry and purses. As usually, Grandma Jenkins and I were on the same page. Kind of makes it seem like we planned it! Below is a purse I picked up at the Bliss boutique in Pleasant Grove last weekend for $10. I couldn't resist buying it.

This little bit of pink perfection was a must have as well. Though more expensive, it's exactly what I was looking for and I couldn't resist.

Bailey and Grandpa Jenkins were playing around. Grandpa had Bailey's hat on his head and I snapped a cute photo before he could take it off. Ha ha!

Happy Birthday Shelby! We are so proud of you and love you so much!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was great. The girls enjoyed opening presents and visiting family. Just a couple of pictures from that morning.
Gretchen got an iTouch. Even 6 weeks later she keeps telling me how she can't believe she got one. She made quick work of her iTunes gift card too.

Shelby got something we didn't think she'd be getting for a few more years. A cell phone. She has limited text messaging though, so she can't spend too much time pushing buttons.

Gretchen and Bailey got Pillow Pets for Christmas. Bailey sleeps with hers every night and every morning brings it down to sit on the couch.

An Angel?

We spent December 22nd eve with the Harrison's to celebrate Christmas. We ate a great dinner, exchanged presents and did the nativity as per tradition. Shelby played Mary, Gretchen was a shepherd and Bailey was an angel. I captured a couple of pictures that I wanted to share.

Bailey with Grandma Harrison

Gretchen, pretending to sleep, with Aaron. All that food made everyone a little sleepy. :-)

Trip to Temple Square

Right before Christmas, we went to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square with the Harrison side of the family while Jason's family was here visiting. We rode TRAX , in order to get everyone there at around the same time. Unfortunately, my kids got on a train that left just was I was racing toward it with the tickets I'd just purchased. Luckily, they were on the train with Grandma and Grandpa and several cousins. We met up about 15 min later and had a great time wandering through the grounds and looking at lights. Here are a few pictures:

Grandpa Harrison with the girls. Notice dad's ear plugs. Gotta love him!
Bailey and Ben. They watched out the window a lot until Ben roughed up Bailey a little and she came to sit on my lap. Just kidding, Ben's a sweetie.

Jason and Grandpa Harrison. Not sure what they're looking at, but I wanted to capture a quick picture with them and the light tree.