Snow Day

We have been expecting snow for awhile now! We have a forecast of 12 days of snow! This particular day the flakes were THICK! The girls looked out the window and squealed! We got all of the garb on, snow pants, coat, gloves, boots, scarves and hats! They played in the backyard for most of the morning! Parker is wearing a snowsuit we purchased 6 years ago! Halle grows so fast! Payton is wearing Halle's hand-me-downs from 2 winters ago!
It really was a lot of fun!

CHEESE! You can see my new top teeth!

Look Mom! She wanted me to see her catch the snowflakes :)
Sofia looks like a marshmallow!
MMMM SNOW!
Who me?
Halle thought plowing through the snow was the best!
HI!
I LOVE SNOW!

Goings on

I thought I would check in and say HI!
Life is busy here at the Bagley household!
Brian's new building is filling up fast! He is busy training new staff, admitting new people, and shopping for Christmas!

I've been settling in to life with the changes in the house! I have to follow a cleaning schedule because the task of cleaning it all gives me heart failure! You will often hear me complain about Bathroom Wednesdays! That is my LEAST favorite day!

Here are 2 more scrapbook pages! 1 is of Payton and her Ballet Recital and the other is of her idea of a fun outfit! I haven't been able to snap very many photos of Halle, when she is not at school she is telling me that she doesn't want her picture taken. I've taken them of Sofia but I need to figure out how to get the glare off of her glasses before I scrap them! And there are always a ton of Parker :) but I'm running out of boy ideas :) So enjoy these 2 of Payton!

Payton's Ballet Recital Video

Brian, Halle, and myself went to Lewiston to see Payton dance. Afterward we took the girls to eat at their favorite restaurant and ran some errands. It was an overall productive day. We plan on spending the rest of today cleaning then decorating for Christmas. I think it is a bit too early since I will be gone for a week or so and don't trust the decorations to still be whole when I return, but with Brian's new building opening this week we really don't have time!
We are feeling the new building anticipation right now! Brian has been working very hard and we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

Here is the video of Payton's group. She isn't hard to spot :)

Pictures of house and Thanksgiving

A post of pictures!

Our house is slowly being put together. Our kitchen is finished! Here are some photos! My favorite part is the undermount sink! The appliance garage is also REALLY nice! Also some photos from Thanksgiving night and our trip to Locomotive Park!

And this is just an adorable movie UP!

No Subject :)

We have been SUPER busy unpacking and cleaning and just getting settled. I am happy to say I can see the light! I wanted to say, "who knew 6 people could have so much stuff?" then reread it and thought DUH! YES 6 people DO have a lot of stuff! Not to mention all of that recycled stuff, totes full of clothes that no longer fit, toys in age appropriate totes, bags of blankets...aye aye aye.

Brian and I went to town the other night and watched The Blind Side, it was a GREAT movie! I have no desire to see New Moon, when I reread the Twilight Saga I skip that book completely, I didn't enjoy it at all. However the previews to this new movie seems to be closer to the book than Twilight, I was VERY disappointed in that movie, and will stick to the books!
The girls are excited for The Princess and the Frog! I took Halle to the theater to see Up and it was previewed there, she hasn't stopped talking about it and now that the evidence is all over she squeals with delight! I too am excited, this will be the first African American Disney princess!
Speaking of Up, I love this movie :) I recommend it to everyone and even made our babysitters take it home :)

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of FAMILY! They will get here tomorrow evening! They can't stay long but we plan of having Thanksgiving Dinner and giving them the experience of Locomotive Park and it's Christmas lights! The girls talk about it all of the time when we drive by they ask for the lights :)

I do have to admit I am nervous about the upcoming adoption. Because of our previous experience I find my heart racing and clenching just thinking about it...I guess we will see where it takes us!

I cannot procrastinate cleaning any more! I'll hopefully post more pictures after the holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

New Addition!

We are excited to announce a new addition to the family, coming December 2009! We don't know if it is a boy or girl but whichever will be a blessing! The kids are excited and keep talking about, "getting a baby from the airport."

Puppy troubles, house, and photos

As you can see by the title I had a GREAT post ready to go working on my Desktop when the power flashed and I lost it all! The photos stayed but not the post? WEIRD! So instead you get a summary of the post and the pictures of the kiddos of course!

We are home! We have Internet and a kitchen sink, there IS light at the end of the tunnel! Some of my family is coming up for Thanksgiving and I am SUPER excited, so the chores don't seem that daunting!

I have failed the dog. She is not potty trained and has to stay in the garage or outside. Her poor 3lb frame shivers outside in the snow! I have even asked people (well Brian has) to take her and we'll compensate them, but no takers...I would take out an ad on Craigslist if I wasn't so afraid of being the one targeted by those weirdos! What am I going to do?

I pulled out the camera again. I have the girls's outfits for their Christmas photos, we decided to ditch the dresses, they didn't even wear them last year! Melissa has given me a lot of great ideas, I've just got to find the right place. But they were all being hams the other day so here are a few photos. Payton, Payton, Payton...she is in the cheese...that's right, she won't smile at me, just placates me with her fake grin...grrr...Halle went through this phase, Payton has such a beautiful smile, I hope she decides to let me see it again soon! Unlike Sofia and Parker, when they see my camera they come running yelling CHEESE, CHEESE MAMA, I ANNA SEE ME FACE! and CHEE, CHEE, from Parker :)

I think Flair is adorable, and those little circles make me laugh, below are a few that made me LOL! They put a smile on my face! I hope they put one on yours!

We are headed to Spokane tomorrow with Halle and Payton to see Broadway's version of Lion King and are SUPER excited, Brian and I are too! So I'll end for now with this...

Halle is building a castle in the living room out of wooden blocks, she has tried many times to push Parker back, away from her structure, but she looks away at the wrong time and he demolishes it and claps wildly! "MOM! MOM! Please take Parker back to the airport!" (Because in our house babies come from airplanes)

Of course, Harry Potter

We have one of these!

This one is my favorite!