Happy Birthday... to me!

My day:

- My friends surprised me with breakfast at Hash House. {i seriously have the. best. friends. ever.} They also gave me a homemade snow globe with a ton of gift cards! Thanks ladies, you are all awesome!



- Daniel gave me my 1st gift... a {legit} iPhone. No more hacking ones for me!

- My parents and {brother} kevin came to town to help me celebrate. We went bowling and had lunch at {one of my favorite restaurants} BJ's.




- Went home and took a nap uninterrupted... thanks to my awesome husband for watching our two.



- Dinner with the Dye family at Canyon Gate and cake, ice creams and more presents at Mimi and Papa's house.



I seriously had such a great day! I love birthdays!
Thanks to all who made it so special!

Flashback :: Thanksgiving 2011

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year. Although it was not as elaborate as last year, it was great. We cheated and ordered everything from honey baked ham. My whole family was here {except mom, she was in Bolivia} including my Aunt Linda, who came all the way from NY. It was so much fun to have everyone here.
Unfortunately i did not take ANY photos. {I was a little out of it since i had just had gum surgery.}
However, we did dress the kiddos up and took them to the desert for a quick photo shoot.
And here's what we got.
But we'll have to update the Pierce cousin photo shortly with baby Dye arrival in 3.5 weeks.

Flashback :: Hot Air Balloon Festival.

There was a {mini} Hot Air Balloon festival right by our house. It was great, for like a week we saw over 10+ balloons daily! The girls were in heaven. We took the girls to watch them launch a couple times and to the balloon glow at night, which was fantastic. Can't wait til next year!

Merry Christmas 2011.

We've been busy. Busy shopping, crafting, having fun, eating, looking at Christmas lights, celebrating birthdays and much more. I just sent these out about 2 days ago, so look for them in your mailbox!

The girls are completely excited about Christmas. Only a few more days. Kate always says she just can't wait that long. When you're a kid it always seems much longer. I actually can't wait to see my 2 and their faces on Christmas morning. It's going to be SO.MUCH.FUN!

Merry Christmas!
Love, The Dyes.

P.S. 8 more weeks til Baby Brother debuts. We are counting down! Now, what to name this little fellow??

Halloween 2011

Kate was dying to be Ariel this year for Halloween. So after looking at a bunch of different ariel costumes, she settled for this one. She loved all the sparkles and the purple and green. She said it looked exactly like Ariel.
Lucy, she wants to do anything Kate does. So she content being Ariel's sister, (Arista, i think?).
We went to mimi and papa's to take a few photos before heading over to our Ward Trunk or Treat. Love these cute girls.

Friends at Trunk or Treat.

Kate and Lucy were so excited to finally go trick or treating... actually Lucy couldn't believe people were just giving her candy.

As for Daniel and I, we thought about keeping the theme of little mermaid... Me being Ursula and Daniel being King Triton... but the shirtless mer-king was not a convincing costume. So we settled on Cowboys and Indians. (P.S. 24 weeks pregnant)

Love this cowboy.

{1st Annual} South Stake Country Fair.

Our Church put on this country fair a couple weekends ago. And let me just say, it was a HIT!
Food, Friends, Games, Prizes, slides and a dunk tank were all part of the party. I think i heard there was 1,500+ people there. It was a packed house! We ate, listened to some live music, played a few games, got face painted and then watched as our bishop got dunked in the dunk tank. We had quite the fun and the kids were bummed when it was time to go home. Can't wait til next years Fair!

Stu Millers Pumpkin Patch 2011.

Our annual trip to Stu Miller's Pumpkin Patch was a success once again! The girls had a blast riding the rides, jumping in the bounce houses and checking out all the different sizes and shapes of the pumpkins. After the patch we headed to Mimi and Papa's house and carved some pumpkins. I think everyone did a great job, we have definite carving skill!

The girls are so excited for Halloween and to trick or treat, they are mermaids this year. As for Daniel and i, we have been busy trying to get organized for our family of 4 turning into a family of 5 shortly after the holidays. I feel like i have so much time, but i know it will be here before i know it. Looking for "boy stuff" is new to me, but i'm getting more used to turning and looking on the boys side of Gap instead of gravitating toward the cute, frilly, pink dresses, skirts, shoes and things of the girls side. (I still think shopping for a girl is so much more fun than shopping for a boy.) But besides the clothes, i am so looking forward to meeting this handsome little guy come February. And the girls are beyond excited to have another set of toes to play 'this little piggy' with. Baby bother is going to be quite popular around here, i can already tell.

Love this boy.