Things That Make Me Smile....

Tiny dancers.....

Birthday girl....

Happy kids....

Babies and messes...

Little cousins that like to shop....

Trips to see my California kids....

Jordan Does Us Proud!!!

In March, all of us siblings decided to make the

trek over to Denver to see Jordan in her

high school musical. It's her senior year and

our last opportunity to see her perform. She had

the role of the wardrobe in "Beauty and the Beast"

and she was FANTASTIC!!

She was barely recognizable in her white

wig and costume but she literally

stole the show!!

Proud, proud Mama! Sandi's kids

are such nice people. Love them!

It was so much fun and we couldn't have

been prouder.

Thanks for sharing your talents with us,

Sweet Girl! XO

Bear Lake

One cold weekend in January, after the holidays

and all the hullaballu, Brooke and Dustin invited

us up to Bear Lake for a little R&R.

Brooke and I busied ourselves sewing up

a storm while Mike and Dustin

entertained the girls.

Those two little girls are troopers and

love the four wheelers and

"side by side" and Dustin &

Mike took them out exploring.

They would have stayed all day but

the men wisely insisted they come back

and warm up a bit.

By the time we left it had warmed up

considerably and we honestly all hated to go.

Bear Lake is in these girls blood.

They LOVE it there and associate it

only with happy thoughts.

What a great place for their family.

Thanks again Jackson family and

Steve and Alice...for your generosity

in sharing your little piece of heaven

with us. We had a great time!!

GRETA is 4 years old and 4 years AMAZING!

Every single day stuns me with this

girl. This little lady who Doctors weren't

sure would ever sit, crawl, walk or

talk just keeps proving them all wrong!

And now at 4 years of age she

goes to pre-school, and dance lessons,

and pretty much keeps right up

with all those crazy cousins of hers.

I feel so lucky that she carries

my name.

Miss Greta Pamela, you are a Star!!

The many faces of Greta...

Honey girl, you pull at my heart strings.

Oh how I love you!

XOXOXO

(p.s. amazing photos compliments of a

very pregnant and loving aunt Brookie)

Did I mention that Poppy has a Career?

Yep...that's right. Poppy Louise is a

"Professional Model" for the

Persnickety Clothing Line.

These are some shots from the

Spring Line.

I know I am a little biased

but she is pretty dang adorable!

(Brooke saw an ad and entered a crazy photo of

Poppy looking rather wildly unkept and who knew...

they chose her!)

Miss Pop-tart has a mind of her own

and wasn't sure she wanted to participate

when the photo shoot took place...

until they gave her the purse and put

on some jewelry. Then she was totally

on board!

CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE

NEW MISS JACKSON LOOKS LIKE!

Four months in a nutshell

Looking back at things....I feel a little like Brig

does in this photo. "Don't make me get off!"

But purely for the purpose of documentation....

here is some of what happened since

Thanksgiving.

Paige and Brig were here and we

really enjoyed having a little time

to get ready for the holidays.

These guys helped up pick out our

Christmas tree.

We got to see Miss Minie perform her

"Hot, Hot Chocolate" dance number and

Miss Poppy's "Pajama Time" dance number

at the Festival of Trees.

The girls got to go to their first "Nutcracker"

performance by URB at the Covey Center.

We had the annual Williams Christmas Bash...

Mike and Jay were really excited to be there....

The kids LOVE this gathering and are always

anticipating you know what....

Of course.....the Queen's Storyteller who never

disappoints!

And a wonderful Nativity scene...that for some unknown

reason was totally out of focus (grrrrrr).

Ezzie was in the starring role of baby Jesus!

Gorgeous Bella and Gabi by my tree...

Christmas Day at our house....with the only

remaining Grandma.

And me.....looking a lot worse for the wear....

Adorable cousins Brig and Sully....

Sully in his VERY cool bike seat with Bob.

Mr. Ezzie....gettin' brave on his feet.

Beautiful "Three Dresses" New Beginnings program

at Church.

And finally....my beautiful family at my Mom's Memorial

Service. Couldn't have made it these past few months

without all of them to lean on. THIS is what is

most important through it all.

So.....there you have it.

"In a Nutshell"