Family Pictures ~ January 2016

My friend, Stephanie Hamberlin, started up a photography business. In order to be able to do it she needed someone to watch her kids, so she offered us a free family picture session if I watched her kids while she did some other sessions. I have wanted family photos for quite a while now so I jumped at the chance! I'm grateful to have some more updated family pictures of our family of 5.

We never got one with all 3 of them :( And I didn't think
about it till the end and by that point
 they were all so done with pictures... oh well.

Zoo Lights

When we renewed our Zoo pass they threw in some free Zoo Lights tickets with it. We didn't end up having time to go before we headed to Utah for Christmas break but they stayed open till part-way through January so we got to go when we got back from Utah! 

We stopped by the carousel first thing and then walked around the zoo lights and ended with watching the lake lights that go on and off to a really cool song by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra! They kids loved it and it was the perfect family outing! Brenna was really interested in all the lights at first but then she dozed off while I was carrying her in the baby carrier pack. Such a fun night!

I hate scorpions... even if they are only light scorpions. Haha

Garrett's 3rd Birthday

 This cute boy turned 3 years old! Can you believe it? I'm so proud of him and the sweet little boy he is becoming. He has such a tender heart. When he sees someone sad, he does what he can to try and cheer them up. For example, a little while ago Garrett was sick and not feeling good at all. Brenna was laying on the floor playing when she suddenly started crying. Even though he was feeling so sick himself and couldn't even hardly talk, he instantly hopped off the couch and laid down next to Brenna and started singing her a song. His go-to song is Rock-a-bye Baby. This big brother simply adores his little sister. It is the sweetest thing!

It was so fun to celebrate Garrett! I was really excited to give him a train set that I found on a local yard sale site. It was the same set that I played with as a kid and so to find one in such great condition, even with the original box, made me so excited!

He also got a fireman dress up coat and hat, a Melissa and Doug puzzle set, and a few books. We also picked up a cake with cupcakes around the outside from Sam's Club. It's awesome because you can request almost any kind of character cake and they decorate it to what you want. Garrett wanted a Spiderman cake so that's what we ordered! He LOVED it! 

The train set.

Birthday breakfast

Birthday Boy!

We of course had to take Garrett to Bahama Bucks to get his
free birthday shave ice!

The awesome car track Gma & Gpa Haycock sent!