Pre birthday ice bash

The week before Cami's birthday we still hadn't planned a party. So I wanted to do something exciting for her but I wasn't sure I had a party in me. Brent came home from work saying he'd found cheep tickets for Disney on Ice and I was sold. I was a little nervous to take Jocelyn out but I knew the girls would absolutely love it. So we did a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas and back. We dashed down for dinner at the Rainforest cafe. The girls were a little nervous about the snake in the tree and the thunderstorms until Brent took them on a walk and showed them it was fake and very cool. We then headed over to the stadium where the girls changed into their Disney princess garb and found the cotton candy (which was expensive enough to make up for the discounted tickets : ) ). They are truly girls after my own heart. So they settled in and watched the show and ate cotton candy out of their pixie hallow hats...They both were captivated the whole time and it was so fun to see their faces. I think Taryn's favorite was seeing Aerial ice skate but Cami was all about the fairies. Jocelyn was a really good sport and only made a peep when she was starving. We headed home and after Brent was properly caffeinated we made it safely home at 2 am. Needless to say the girls were tired the next day but what a great night of memories! I love my girls and thanks to Cami for giving up the friends party in favor of a date with all of us!

Cami making friends with the animals

The girls and the fish-all of whom were named Nemo, even the ones that looked nothing like Nemo.

Brent is so lucky to be surrounded by so many beautiful girls! (Yes he does think so)

The girls hoping to meet are real live princess at the stadium (no such luck but they did of course see them-just not close)

Taryn enjoying (and not sharing) the cotton candy and flower hat....

Cinderella/Cami also in her hat and loving (and sharing) her cotton candy.

This is how their faces were all night long...

Sears....three kids in an hour

So I have been meaning to take the girls to get their pictures taken but taking all three kids seemed daunting and making three trips to take them individually seemed daunting...SO when Brent's parents were able to be here to help I hurried and made an appointment. BUT the catch was Cami had school an hour after the photo studio opened. SO we tried to do all three girls in the space of an hour....This is how it turned out...Not spectacular but their lives have been captured for yet another year...and hopefully Jocelyn will learn how to smile more on demand before we do this again. Incidently the girls have come up with another nick name for her (besides the ever present baby faye nick name). They call her google eyes (from a book they read) and hopefully she takes it as a compliment as she is old enough to realize what they are saying. Big thanks to Grandma and Papa for helping with crowd control!

Jocelyn Faye 3 months (almost)

Taryn 4 years (and a little)
Camilla 6 years (almost)

Jocelyn's blessing day

Since last weekend was a long one and some of the family could travel down here we decided to bless Jocelyn. Brent's parents and a couple of my sisters were able to make it as well as the local family. I always love blessings because of the glimpse of the baby's spirit it gives you. I have always been in love with Jocelyn for being willing to come to our family but I very much appreciate her little spirit too. She is a fairly easy going baby. She rarely gets worked up despite being carted around the universe and smothered by two older adoring sisters. She consistently sleeps 7-8 hours through the night. She is beginning to really smile and have conversations with us. She seems to be on the verge of rolling and is getting such cute chubbies. We feel so lucky to have her. And in true fashion of a third child we forgot to take pictures until we got home and had family dinner with everyone. Here are some of the highlights of my beautiful, perfect baby...WOW I almost can't believe she is ours and we get to keep her!!!

Daddy and princess #3

Daddy Mommy and Jocelyn Faye-picture taken by Cami-impressive huh? She's secretly been practicing (see last post).

The power of the priesthood....lookin' good guys..lookin' good!

Ok for reals-Uncle Glen, Mark, Dad, Me, Papa, and Uncle Josh-I'm so lucky to have so many men who love me!

Rebekah, Amy, Mary Esther, Sarah and Jocelyn-(The rice girls)

Mom, Grandma Rice and ME!
ME and great Grandma Jennings (great in every sense of the word).

Papa and Grandma Weight and ME!

Self?Kid photography

Lately every time I download pictures from the camera I find a few extra ones I didn't take...After investigation Cami and Taryn are great self/closet photographers....Here are a few examples...

What we've been up to lately.....

We haven't been up to too much lately...Brent got a cold, Taryn shared...Cami got the barfies again....Jocelyn has become very consistent with her 7-8 hours of sleep a night...We cleaned out toys...Moved furniture around so Cami and Taryn could share a bedroom and finally set up the crib....Anyway here is our latest..

Jocelyn is an Angel (just in case you notice she is sleeping on her stomach it was only so people could see the wings in a picture...she normally when not getting her picture taken for 2 seconds does sleep on her back)

Taryn is happy even when overflowing....

Cami is a fantastic big sister and helper while I fold laundry...

Cami's latest

The other night at dinner Taryn spilled her rice all down her shirt and said "oh dang it!" and was actually very sad...
Cami jumped up to hug her and whispered to her "Tar, don't worry. No matter what you are still a child of God."

Her favorite thing to say to Brent (or anyone really) "Dad, You're WEIRD!" (We are assuming this is the influence of starting school and being around other children)

The girls started sharing a room a few nights ago. After the first night we were complimenting them on how quiet they had stayed. Cami smiled and said, "There was a whole lot of whispering that went on."