first snow day!

I woke up and knew that it had snowed before I even looked out the window. I could just sense it. When Bella woke up I couldn't wait to show her. She was so excited! While I was doing things around the house, I noticed she kept opening and closing the door to the deck. Then I discovered she had been building a snowball in my living room! I realized I wouldn't be able to win this battle, so I got her all bundled up with some toys and sent her out to the deck to play. She was outside in the snow for a good three hours! She kept saying, "I love to taste the snow." Levi got a picture of her laying face-down in the snow, tasting it. I am glad she is so adventurous. She didn't even complain about getting cold.

Does anyone have any creative ideas for fun indoor things to do? I can't take the twins out much and I think we are going to go crazy! I have thought of a few things: Kangaroo Zoo, Jump on it, library, lehi swimming pool, paint our toe nails, make cookies, play dough, make slime, visit grandmas, visit the pet store, the aquarium in sandy, make movies, finger paint, thanksgiving point dinosaur museum...what else?

{hAlloWeEn}

halloween is finally over! not to be a grinch or anything, it was just dragging on and on this year. The girls did look adorable in the their little costumes. Bella was a "Tiger" (a lion), Paislee was a bunny, and Kailia was a giraffe. My three little animals looked so cute. We took the girls to Macey's to visit Nana and see her crazy costume. She was a poodle. Then we went to Nana & Papa's (Levi's parents) and they took them and their cousins (gunner, gavin, & taya) trick-or-treating down the street. They fed us pizza too! Then we stopped by the Goss/Snyder home to show off costumes and see their cute kids. Then we went to Grandma Renee's house to see cousins Jayce and Jax. By that time Bella was acting so grumpy, so we decided it was time to get everyone to bed after a good bath.







Then we pulled out the old mullet wig. Why are mullets so dang funny???

We miss Papa Don

After spending a couple weeks in Utah, my Dad left back to Canada yesterday. We already miss him so much! We always have so much fun when he comes to visit and I am always surrounded by lots of family. Before he left, we went out to eat at IHOP. After saying a tearful goodbye, I immediately felt so lonely. It felt like a big empty space in my heart. We miss Papa Don so much! On the way home, Bella was crying and kept saying, "where is every bodies?" "i miss every bodies" "papa don is way far away in cannanna". It's funny how you get used to a routine and when that changes, you miss it. My dad has a great way of bringing my whole family together and making us laugh and making you feel special. We are already counting down the days until his next visit.

tAg i'M iT!

8 Things I am passionate about:

1. LEVI LARUE TIPPETTS- a hottie that makes me truly happy. i.love.him
2. My girls- so sweet, adorable, and delicious
3. Religioin
4. Creating
5. My family
6. Photography
7. Food
8. Friends

8 Phrases I say Often:

1. That's insane
2. That's crazy
3. Ridiculous
4. Sweeeet!
5. Oh.My.Gosh
6. Bella, don't make a mess
7. What's wrong?
8. Are you okay?

8 Things I want to do Before I Die:

1. Travel the world: italy, bahamas, caribean, brazil, & greece
2. See my girls live happy lives & be a big part of them
3. Own a camping trailer and take many many road trips with my fam
4. Teach my girls all I can
5. Learn the art of photography
6. Help someone in need
7. Meet my grandchildren
8. To own a cabin

8 Things I want or Need:

1. Stop constantly doing something, but relax & enjoy the moments more
2. Play with bella more
3. Hold my babies more
4. Cuddle with levi more
5. A frickin sweet camera
6. A cabin in a peaceful place
7. To get my food storage stocked
8. Get out of debt

8 People I Tag:
1. Kalli
2. Nicole
3. Tiff
4. Athena
5. Michelle
6. Kathryn
7. Angi
8. Katie - get a blog
9. Jill

full week

Wow! It has been a jam packed week. We celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary on Thursday the 9th, Blake & Jen's temple sealing on Friday, Dylans bday party Saturday, Rhett's bday on Saturday, and the twins' baby blessing today (Sunday). Being surrounded by such great family & friends makes me realize just how much we are blessed. I feel so lucky to have so many amazing people in my life! I love you all! Thank you for everything!!!! I will add pictures as I get them from Nicole & Katie.








The curio cabinet Levi built me for our anniversary. He is so talented!







Jaxy Spiderman & Jaycie Spiderman











After the blessing, so many people in our house!

Urine Sample Mishap

I was looking through Bella's baby pictures and found these. Doesn't she look just like her little sisters??? The difference is these were from the first few days home from the hospital. She is bigger then, than they are at 2 months!

So I just remembered a funny story about Bella. A few weeks after the babies were born, I got an UTI. I had to take all three girls to the doctor with me, which was crazy. I took Bella into the bathroom with me to give my urine sample. She was absolutely fascinated by my specimen in the cup. She kept asking all sorts of questions and watched me put the specimen in the little window thing.

Two weeks later, after going through the antibiotics, I still had the UTI. So back to the doctor I went- this time with all three girls and Levi (who was sick too). While I was being examined, Levi watched all three of our girls. Well, Bella was very stinky and Levi didn't have a diaper. So he had to leave Bella (without a diaper, on the table) and the girls in the bathroom alone for a minute while he hunted down a diaper from a nurse.

When Levi got back, Bella was wet all over. He asked her what happened and she said "Mama's pee." He was like, "WHAT???!!!" She pointed to an empty urine sample cup on the floor! She had opened the little window thing, and pulled out some random stranger's urine sample thinking it was mine and spilled it all over herself! Her little dress was drenched in someone's pee!

By the time I met them out in the waiting room, Levi looked absolutely ready to pull his hair out. He told me he appreciated all I do and didn't know how I do it everyday. He also said, "I don't blame you for never leaving the house!" What a great way to get some appreciation. I just couldn't stop laughing.

Pink Laundry Lint...

So it is about time I added a new post to give an update on our family...It's not like I really have anything to do anyway. Our laundry, I swear, has quadrupled since bringing the babies home. I love that our dryer lint is bright pink. Growing up with 8 guys in the house, our laundry dryer lint was a dull gray.

The girls are doing really well. Bella loves her sisters so much. She always says, "I fink I wuv my baby sisters. Ohhhhhhhh!" Paislee and Kailia are now weighing over 7lbs. That is a 2lb gain in 7 weeks. They seem so huge to me now, because they were so skinny and tiny when they were born. They have mostly outgrown their preemie clothes.

So I posted a ton of pictures from the last month and a half of our lives.