Brigstons 4th Birthday (August 2011)

So I realized when going back through the photos that I didn't post Brigstons 4th birthday pictures and need to do that before I post his 5th birthday pictures. So, for his 4th birthday party, my amazing and talented sister Tara who is a cupcake artist and specialist (that year, she made specialty and customized gourmet cupcakes for all/each of us in our large familia :) Sooo, she made lightening McQueen cupcakes that were so adorable!!! Way to go sis on makin' Brigston's 4th birthday so special :) Thank you so much! His big tadah gift for his birthday was a orange and black jeep bike... he was so excited!!! Thank you Lord for sending my precious Brigston into my life and completely changing my life for the better in every possible way!!! He is soooo special to me and I absolutely love him with all my heart!!! Happy Birthday so my very special boy - Love you eternally!!!!

Howie, Brigs and Sissy hoggin down on the cupcakes :)

Cool Toy

At swimming lessons they had this fun flying airplane toy for the kids to play on if they didn't want to play in the pool = the kids loved it and we just had to post some pictures of it!

Brigs and Sis

Swimming lessons July 2012

So my sister told me about one of the girls in her Young Womens program that was going to be teaching swimming lessons from her home so I jumped on the opportunity... heaven knows my kids need the education of swimming! Brigston, Evelynne, and Ely all had a blast taking the lessons at the Wagstaff residence... Brigston can swim really really well after what he learned...fearless and goes under water holding his breath without plugging his nose... Sis is still a little timid and not very brave but learned more about being safe in the water. Ely totally figured it out and loved it! As long as he had on one of the newer life jackets that couples around the chest and triceps... Celeste Wagstaff was a great swimming teacher and the kids loved working with her and learned so much! Thank you Celeste for being so kind, patient, and encouraging to our family! We hope to do more lessons with you next summer :)

Brigs (4), Sissy (4), and Celeste
- for a month every year, Brigs and Sis are the same age... they are irish twins born 11 months apart :) -

Celeste and Sissy (4)

Hangin' with the Cousins

Just wanted to post this cute photo of the kids with their cousin Olivia Rushton (Justa' Swingin... :)

Brigs (4), Ely (2), Sissy (4) & Livi (soon to be 4)
July 21st, 2012

Evelynne's 4th Birthday

So on July 16th, my little angel turned 4yrs old! I can't believe she is 4! She had a girly girl party combination of Hello Kitty, Dora, & Princess themed... and the big tadah was she got a DORA Bike! Here's some pictures to recap the experience - I love that little lady and am so incredibly blessed to have her in my life - I will forever be eternally indebted to my Father in Heaven for sending her into my heart and my life - xoxoxox's to my baby girl!

4th of July 2012

For the fourth of July we went to a family reunion of the extended Schulthies family relatives up in Washington at our Aunt Berniel Hartleys place (she is a sweetheart!)... we had a swimming pool, blowup slide, BBQ, fireworks and spent the night in tents out on the front lawn... it was SOOO much fun and the kids and I loved it! It was great to reconnect with my aunts and uncles and cousins from afar. The kids got to meet and play with cousins that they really didn't even know exsisted... family reunions are a great thing (especially when you have a huge family like ours that loves to get together and visit)!!!

Ely (2)

Ely (2), Sis (3), & Brigs (4)

Mommies lil' girl :)

Cute lil' Firefighter

Here's my little cutie Ely hamming it up in the firefighter helmet... Love this little guy so much!

Face Painting @ Cousins Camp - June 2012

So we attended another successful cousins camp here in 2012 @ Wade (my brother) and Angela's this year. It was soooo much fun! One of the events while there (besides endless laughing, gigglin' and lots of playing...) was face painting by my sister Juliene. She did some pretty impressive artwork and it was fun to see. Brigstons face was like John Deere meets Indian :) I think it was pretty cool considering it was all just free hand. Evelynne's face was painted with flowers and butterflies. We loved being able to play with our 20+ cousins and look forward to it again in 2013 @ Aunt Tara's (Rushton Family headquarters)!!!! Its going to be a blast just like the last ones!!!!