LOVE IT!!!

Is this not the cutest thing you have ever seen! I sent my friend Steph a profile picture of hudson and she turned it into this! I love how it captures exactly how he is right now. The little curl just makes my heart melt. I am so excited because it will forever remind me of how his hair always curled just like this picture. Thanks Steph, it is kind of silly but i know this is something that is going to mean a lot to me as he gets older.

Now if i could just get bella to sit still so i can get her profile picture taken. I think i will just have daddy work his magic and maybe he can distract her long enough to get one.

I thought i would post the picture that she made this from as well. Enjoy!

My Little Princess

My mom made bella this adorable tutu. its two layers and it has flower petals within one of the layers. Bella loves it! She pranced around in it all day when we took these pictures and didnt want to take it off. Hudson thought it was pretty cool too. Now whenever i put on a skirt or get ready for church he asks me "You a princess mom? You a princess?"

this one is my favorite. She kept sticking out her tummy, then she made this hilarious face. I am so glad i got it on camera. What a cutie!

Italy

Finally got around to posting pictures of Italy. I feel like this past month has flown by. I am just now getting organized and catching up from being gone for 10 days. Of course now that i am on top of stuff, we are leaving for a week. We leave tomorrow for utah and saturday for maui! We are taking the kids which will be so fun. We also decided to take paul's sister so we can have a little bit of free time. The kids are going to love the beach. Anyways, here are a few pics from Europe!

Me posing with the Eiffel Tower. I think there were only about 10 other people there which was kinda weird. I never thought i could feel like Paris was a ghost town.

Here with Pable in Rome. This was an old marketplace behind us. There are ruins like this on almost every corner in Rome. I can't even imagine.

Here with Steve, Dana, Brian and Sarah on the coast of Positano. It was so beautiful, but i did get a little sick from the CRAZY winding road. Not to mention our not so safe taxi driver who thought it would be good to show me pictures of his kids on his cell phone while driving!

Here is our Gladiator friend doing his best to look cool. (can you tell it was saturday? all the boys wore their BYU shirts to support their team...too funny)

Me with my nose in the guidebook. I have about 10 pictures like this, and its always in my hand. Thanks Rick Steves for all the amazing info! I learned a ton.

I Am Alive...Barely

So, it has been a while huh? I was so busy over Thanksgiving so i neglected the blog severely. Pauls family came to town and i think there were about 24 people here for Thanksgiving dinner. It was crazy, but so fun. I learned that you just have to enjoy the company and not think about the mess or lack of naps that your kiddos should be taking. I really did good with that this year and had so much fun. Thanks for coming everyone!