Peekaboo Photos - family & BOYS

Love this one of the boys!!

Peekaboo Photos - MINA

holy smokes!!!!!!!!!! sit down, get some popcorn and take a look at our pretty Mina! I could not pick a few to post sooooooo, I posted them all :) Next I'll post the pics of the boys!! THESE ARE SOOOOO cute!!!!!!!!!

OK... these 3 are definitely favorites!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylor Swift concert

Talk about a girls night out!!! Melissa, Lindsay and I all went to the Taylor Swift concert in Houston, Texas on Tuesday night!! It was a quick trip for me and Mina. We flew to TX on Monday, went to the concert Tuesday, and flew home on Wednesday. Chester was home with the boys doing "man stuff". Lindsay was wonderwoman with all the delish meals and kid entertainment - Melissa drove out with Brett and her 4 kiddos a few days before I got there... it was seriously such a great concert! We were on the front row on the lowest level, you know right behind the floor seats. It was PERFECT!!!
And little did we know that during the concert Taylor would practically be close enough to touch... she had a little round rotating "stage" at the back of the floor seats (right in front of US) where she did a few songs!! Too cool!

Here are a few clips for fun, I promised Rulon I'd film some of our favorite song, "Love Story" so he could watch it with me :) Here's part 1:

And part 2:

Rulon's preschool program

To end the preschool year, Wonderland Academy put on a small program. Some singing and props and little hand motions, all very cute for a mom and dad to watch!! Rulon has loved preschool and just wishes summer was not going to be so long so he could go to kindergarden.
The dress up song, I love that Rulon's spot was front and center!!

Rulon and Mrs. Heap, his very first teacher. (who is from very near Raymond Alberta)

The whole class...

This is "The Ice Cream Song", it was Rulon's favorite for most of the school year!!

Mina makes my heart melt

This little munchkin makes me realize how incomplete our family was without her, even when she is crying (and she has some pipes people!!) and begging me to hold her... some more.
I just LOVE this little outfit, how dare her keep growing so fast, it was waaay too big last week... not anymore. Rulon made sure I put her bracelet on because she "needed it" since she was wearing a dress. :)

A few more recent photos

It is safe to say we have fallen in love with our little Mina...

Some of my favorite photos of our children are the ones like this one... A sleeping baby snuggled up on daddy. Hmmm, will Mina be a "daddy's girl"? Maybe she already is, I promise she snuggles into him and falls asleep every time he holds her. It is wonderful!

Bringing mom and Mina home

I think that's Mina's diva look!! She was all ready to go home and so was Julie (sort of, that hospital was a great place to be as far as Julie "taking it easy" was concerned).

Smile Chester... he looks scared, like there's a new baby coming home or something. Only kidding, Chester is the calm in the storm, he is the only reason Julie stays sane and gets any rest with a new baby!!!

What a GREAT welcome home!!!! The boys were so excited to finally have mom and Mina at home. There were balloons all over the ceiling, and a custom welcome home sign that made Julie's day!!!!!

The boys got to cozy up on the couch and hold their little sister in our own home. She is SO LUCKY, or blessed actually, to have such great big brothers!