Halloween in Oregon!!!

Halloween Fun in Corvallis!!!

We have loved living out here and Olivia was very excited about dressing up like a princess.  She was even more excited about getting candy and had the phrase, "Trit or Treat" down to a tee.  She is our little firecracker and we couldn't love her more.  She is so happy and energetic and makes us laugh a lot.  She sure has some fun facial expressions too (see below).  Anyways, we went trick or treating down town around the shops and then did a ward trick or treat.  After the trick or treat we went our friends (Danny/Lindsay Poelman) and played games.  They have a beautiful little girl named Maya and she is best friends with Olivia.

Halloween package from Grandma Jacobson!!

Olivia Happy face....

Olivia sad face....

My girls are #1

My girls are #1

You are right, I said it!!! I sure feel lucky to be these little munchkin's Momma!!! I wake up everyday and realize how blessed I am for the opportunity to raise such sweet, fun, and delightful girls.  I am sure trying to be a good mom and have recently felt like I was failing for some reason.  Raising kids is a big responsibility and it is not all easy work, actually it is usually really hard.  I am trying to be patient and loving, yet provide a disciplined environment so my girls can learn and grow in a healthy way.  I recently bought mulitiple parenting books online to help guide me through being a parent.  I started reading and learned about different parents and certain techniques, but I not what I was ultimately looking for.  I prayed and realized that Heavenly Father sent these kids to my home and there is no other better person to ask for guidance to then Him.  I have prayed for patience and guidance and feel like I am guided with how I need to raise these sweet spirits. Nothing can replace LOVE and KINDNESS.  I have tried to listen to uplifting church music during the day to provide a good environment for my girls and have noticed it helps me be more patient as well.  I am sure grateful for these 2 sweetie pies and will do my best to be the best mom possible for them!!!

Olivia's drawing from Nursery- 2 yrs 8 months old

Asia-Smiley happy baby at 5 months old

Olivia is such a funny little character:)

So much love for her sister, 

so excited to see their friendship grow through the years

Lots of rain....Welcome to OREGON. At least we have cute rain boots :)

Adam, coming home from school. 

 It is sure rainy here and biking sure doesn't protect you from it

"TEA PARTY SET"

Almost a daily activity at our house

HER FIRST REAL BIKE:

So we bought Olivia this really nice bike and she tried to ride it and it was way too big for her.  I then went and bought this one below and she loves it.  It is really rainy so she rides it inside a lot and it works out perfect.  She is even peddling by herself and always tells us to watch her, "Mommy look, I am going backwards," or "Mommy look I am peddling"

We bought Olivia this bike and she loves it!!!

COLORING

This girl sure knows how to color and could spend hours doing it.  She is very particular on her markers, crayons and pictures.  I can see a great detailed artist in the making :)

Princess Parties

We had 2 princess parties in one week, which was so fun for Livy.  We first invited her friend Maya and her mom Lindsay Poelman over and had a blast!  Our second party we invited our neighbors Bethany and Brynna Peterson.

Olivia and Maya

Olivia and Brynna

Bethany and Olivia

GLOW IN THE DARK FUN:

We sure love our daddy and sure miss him when he is at school!!!