Presley Leah Allen

Presley Leah Allen was born on November 18th at 3:19pm. She weighed 8 pounds 5 1/2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches tall!

We are so happy to have Presley as an addition to our family. We have had almost a full 24 hours with her and already have a great bond. She is just a happy baby and has taken to nursing really well. She has been eating like a hoss, but has decided in the past few hours sleep is more important than eating. We are keeping our fingers crossed that she doesn't get used to a daytime sleeping routine!

Tasha is doing great and has already been up and walking around the hospital. She was great throught the whole birthing process. We are looking forward to retuning home tomorrow!

Thanks to Gram, Mama Sharon, Sharalee, Aunt Beth, Pop, and countless others for their love and support!

Photo Time

We recently had a good friend of ours take pictures of our girls. I originally thought we would just keep them put away until Christmas because we will probably use the pics for our Christmas cards. But they are just too cute that we can't wait any longer to share them! We just had a blast taking these pictures. Maycie had us laughing the whole time because she has such a contagious grin and loves to smile. And Emery loves to pose and be in her most "picture perfect" ways!

Our photographer was amyMOEphotography. If you live in Middle Tennessee check her out! She is very affordable and did a FANTASTIC job!

Halloween 2010

We absolutely LOVE Halloween. We are not so into the Spooky, or as Emery would say "CREEPY" side of Halloween. But we do love to decorate, dress-up, carve pumpkins, etc. Fun, Fun, Fun! This year Emery was a Bumble Bee and Maycie was a Butterfly. Lucky for me we already had all "stuff" for them to be these things. They had so much fun at our ward Trunk-or-Treat. We also went to the annual Pumpkinfest in downtown Franklin. They totally changed it this year and we were quite disappointed so we won't talk about that. We did also let our girls do some Trick-or-Treating on Sunday since that is when our neighborhood was doing it and they wanted to go to some of our neighbors homes. Sad thing is that I really didn't get many pictures. I guess we were just having too much fun!

MAYCIE

Happy Birthday to my baby girl!! I can't believe she is already 2!! Maycie is such a joy to have around. She has such a tender heart and loves to dance and sing all day long! We love watching her grow and figure out the world around her. As tradition goes we start off the special day with a pancake breakfast.

Mother's Day

My sweet hubby and kiddos woke up extra early to make me breakfast in bed...

And, OH BOY, it was good!! Thank you!

Emery said...

Emery's interpretations of a few Christmas songs...

"Hosanya, Hosanya, Hosanya to Disney"

"Feliz Nubby-dub, Feliz Nubby-dub..."

I just giggle inside everytime I hear her sing these songs.

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The Sweetest Thing

Our girls' bedtime routine consists of reading books, scripture stories, prayers, singing songs, and then Lots of Hugs and Kisses! I always whisper "I Love You" to each of them when I hug them. Well, tonight Maycie whispered back:

"I-la-lu"

It was the sweetest thing ever considering that Maycie hardly talks.

WHITNEY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHITNEY!
Although she is no longer with us we think of her often. We are grateful to have this day to celebrate her. It will always be a tradition for our family to celebrate Whitney's birthday. Although Emery has vague memories of her and Maycie has never met her we want them to know how her through the memories we have of her.
We will always remember her sassy smile, raspy voice, and the spontaneity that she brought to the fam!
LOVE YOU WHITNEY!

Best of Friends

Our really good friends, the Unck's, moved to Omaha a few weeks ago. I was just emptying the pics from my camera and came across the sweet pictures. We have many sweet memories with the Unck family! We miss them lots. Emery still talks every about how next time we drive to Utah we will stop in "Homaha". And that she is going to marry Tyler.

4 on the 4th!

Today was Emery's 4th birthday!

I cannot believe that I have a 4 year old. Oh my how time flies. On Friday we took Emery to get her hair cut, which was very special for her because it was her first time at the salon. I usually cut her hair myself. We then went to her favorite place for dinner, McDougal's Chicken Fingers. And then that night she went to have a sleepover with Kinzy and Kaylie. Since Sharalee and Steve were out of town Mama Sharon was there watching the kids. For breakfast the next morning Mama Sharon fed them ICE CREAM w/sprinkles and M&M's, and Banana Bread... Oh and pears! They are so spoiled! Our tradition is to have a pancake(with a candle) breakfast for our kids birthdays. We did it at Sharalee's house so we could watch General Conference with them. Then after General Conference we celebrated with family and friends at our house. Emery wanted a Dora cake but since I am not a fan of character cakes I asked her if she had any other ideas. She said a rainbow cake would be good. So rainbow cake it is. And I, loving to create in the kitchen, went all out and even died the cake in rainbow colors. Emery LOVED it!

Ok, so I am proud of the cake!

Finger Lickin' Good

Last night for dinner I made BBQ ribs. YUM! As soon as Emery came to the table she saw them and with a smirk said, "What is that?!" We told her it was ribs and she said that she didn't like them. Emery is not a picky eater and we do have the rule that we must at least try 1 bite of everything. Emery tried her bite and couldn't get enough. She probably ate 4-5 herself!

When You Wish...

Emery and I went on a date on Friday night!! We went to see a play called "When You Wish", a Disney Musical. Emery put her Cinderella dress on and we were off! She thought that it was great that just she and I were going, WITHOUT MAYCIE!!

Waiting for the show to start!

A friend of ours from our ward was Snow White in the play! She did great!

Birthday Girl

Today is Maycie's First Birthday!!

Just one of Maycie's many silly faces

Mom, are you sure this is ok!?!

Maycie has beautiful curly hair. She is full of life and is developing a sense of humor like her daddy's. She loves to make us laugh! Maycie loves to read books, pat her knees to "We Will Rock You"(taught by Emery), wrestle with daddy, and play with Emery. Maycie is already proving to be a girly girl. She can often be found playing with purses and whenever we try shoes on at the store, she smiles and twirls her feet around! Whenever we see a dog she barks and pats her knee(sign language). She loves to EAT! And this girl can EAT! Although Maycie is so much fun and full of energy, she also has a very loving sweet side. She is often found holding and loving on a baby doll or stuffed animal or cuddling with her lovey! And she gives us many loves and kisses as well! We love you sweet Maycie!

Last night we celebrated with family, friends, food and Loads of FUN!

It is tradition for us to wake up and make pancakes a candle for our kids birthdays. But since it was fast Sunday we decided to do that for dinner for Maycie's Birthday.

And because Sharalee and Steve were not able to make it to her party they have invited for dinner tomorrow night to celebrate! Maycie just has the birthday that doesn't end!

Maycie loves all of her new toys! And just notice the cute skirt. Yes I made it! And I made the lovely birthday hat

Twilight baby... WHAT?

For some reason I get a lot of comments from people that my baby could be the Twilight Baby. Maybe her cute little teethies have something to do with...

And believe it or not... I have yet to read Twilight or see the movie. Maybe one day. I actually have my sisters' copy of the book and the movie at my house right now. I read the first chapter am just a little weirded out by the idea of vampires.

Summer Fun!

We have been so busy, busy around here that I am so far behind on posting. We were so lucky to have been able to go visit my family in Utah for 3 weeks! Sharalee and I drove out to Utah just before Memorial Day so that we could be there for the Stokes Family Reunion. That was a big adventure in and of itself. While in Utah we went to Kelsey's graduation, visited with friends and famiy, ate at Cafe Rio, went to a concert, I got to sew a lot, we cooked a lot, went to Emily's singing concert, went to the Farmer's market, the movies, ate at Cafe Rio again, stayed up late, went to every quilt shop in town, watched David play baseball, ran the Springville Art City Days 5k, and we threw a big bash for my mom's 50th birthday! Scott and Steve joined us in time for that. While Scott was there we went to the temple and also to Salt Lake to see Temple Square. Scott served his mission in Salt Lake City, so he took us around and told us many stories of his adventures there. After that we were all off to Disneyland for a week! What a blast! Although we did come home with 2 sick kids. Yeah pink eye, strep throat, and double ear infections is a rough time!
We recovered from that just in time to have Scott's sister and her 5 kids come to town. We spent every day for 10 days with them. We swam, played games, ate, did a talent show, stayed up way too late, celebrated birthdays, swam more, ate more, went bowling, and we all participated in the "AL"-ympics! For the "AL"- ympics, aka Allen Olympics, we did a water fight, Dance Dance Revolution competition, Apples to Apples competition, and a paper airplane competition. SUPER fun! Thanks Chaz for putting it together.
As soon as they left we spent the rest of the week with my sister Kimberly who was in town. We went bowling, blueberry picking, played games, ate S'mores, swam, ate at McDougal's and went to see "Up"! She was here and spent July 4th with us! Now Kim is gone and party time is over...
It has been fun, but we are ready for a bit of rest!

We got to see Whitney's headstone for the first time! It is BEAUTIFUL!

Temple Square

DISNEYLAND

5 Years Ago Today...

It is hard to believe that it has been five years already. Five GREAT years since Scott and I were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple. Sadly, I have no wedding pictures on the computer. So this is our engagement pic.

I can definitely say that I am married to the man of my dreams! Scott is my best friend. I can hardly stand to not be with him and can't wait until he walks in the door from work every day! It is so wonderful to have someone to experience life with. To share every happy moment together and to get through the tough times too! Often times all we need is a laugh and Scott has taught that to us well! I am so excited to spend ETERNITY with the man I love, SCOTT!

AWAY

FYI:
We are in Utah visiting family for a few weeks

Yummables

A friend of mine and I just started a food blog. We both love to cook and share recipes so we figured why not make them easily accessible to EVERYONE!! You can find our blog here

Class of 2009

Today was a big day for Scott as he walked with his class to receive his diploma from Trevecca Nazarene University. He received a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Human Relations. WAY TO GO SCOTT!! I am so proud of you and the hard work you put into this great achievement.

Side Note: This was Scott's first time walking because he was homeschooled. He was so proud to get up there so everyone could hear his name and know that he did this. I have never seen the man smile so BIG!