Josh, Jenn, Ashton, Emmy and Ethan…

I cannot believe my little Emmy is THREE YEARS OLD!!!!  She is such a goofball and is happiest when she’s making people laugh, especially Ashton.  She is such a cuddly, loving girl MOST of the time.  Her most favorite things in the world are: DOGS, her dad, and dressing up like a princess.  Oh my goodness, I love this girl so much!!!

I decorated for her birthday the night before.  Here is a little video of Emmy coming to get me the morning of her birthday.

That night we had a family birthday party for her.  She was sooooo excited all day about opening presents.  Not nice to make a 3 year-old wait for so long.

It ended up being a very “P” birthday PARTY.  PINK and PURPLE decorations, PIZZA, PRINCESSES, and a PINATA.  Emmy wanted a pinata so badly and she kept calling it her “hot lava”.  LOL! She knew it wasn’t a “hot lava” but just forgot the real word.  In her prayer that night, she said, “Thank you for my hot…lava……” then just waited for me to whisper ‘pinata’.  ANYHOO, the one she chose had ribbons that you pull out of the bottom and eventually the bottom breaks out.  I was kind of bummed about that but it ended up raining during the party so it was PERFECT.  It would have been out of control to have 15 kids swinging at a pinata in my tiny living room.

(Aren’t you all wondering what Mike just said?  I sure am, but I don’t REALLY want to know. )

In the past, buying presents for Emmy has been difficult.  She has been such a tom-boy, playing with all of Ashton’s toys all the time, even when girl toys were around.  Well, this year she got all kinds of princess dolls and barbies and she loves them all!

And one last video of Emmy blowing out her candles, while eating a Laffy Taffy…

Emmy has been borrowing her cousin’s Snow White dress for the past…oh wow, two months (where does the time go???).  She wears it everyday and LOVES looking like a princess.  Well, on Saturday she asked me if I would make her a pink princess dress.  Uuuuuuh, I WANTED to say ‘yes’ but couldn’t see a time in the near future that I would be able to do it, what with this baby coming n’all.  But you have no idea how cute it is when Emmy looks at you and asks things like “Mom, do you want to cuddle with me?” or “Mom, do you want to play with me in my playhouse?” or “Mom, will you make me a pink princess dress, please?”  It is IMPOSSIBLE to say ‘no’.   So I told her I would but and I had NO IDEA how I was going to do it.

Well, later THAT night, Logan called and asked if she and Lauren could bring over Emmy’s birthday present.  Lauren was soooo excited about it and wanted to bring it over before bed.  They pulled into the driveway, opened the car door, and GUESS WHAT THE PRESENT WAS!!!!!!!

LOGAN MADE A PINK PRINCESS DRESS FOR EMMY!!!!!

I almost started crying!  How completely inspired and amazing Logan is!  Logan, thank you, thank you, thank you!  You are incredible and we love you sooooo much!!!

Big hugs for Lauren

Then they had a late-night tea party in the playhouse

Ashton and Emmy were in the Fiesta Days Children’s Parade for the Primary Activity on Saturday.  Ashton didn’t even want to go and Emmy wasn’t really old enough to be there, but they ended up having such a fabulous time.  I was PLANNING on riding in the trailer with Emmy and Ashton, taking it easy, but Ashton decided he wanted to ride his bike since his pal, Mac, was riding his.  So I walked along with the adults to make sure Ashton was staying with our group.

Emmy had a blast waving at everyone and throwing candy with Druw

Emmy taking her float-riding responsibilities seriously…

After the parade, there was a big party at the library park for the kids.  Here is Steph keeping the kids busy with Duck Duck Goose until all the parents came.  She and the Primary Presidency did such a great job with this activity.  It was a scary undertaking, if you ask me.

Ashton in line with some of his cousins for the bounce slide thing

We spent all of yesterday’s perfectly gorgeous hot and sunny afternoon running errands and going to my baby check-up appt.  Every time we got into the car, Ashton would say, “Mom, it is soooo hot!  We should go swimming!”  So I PROMISED him that we would go today.  Welp, wouldn’t you know it, the skies were cloudy and the wind was a’blowin’ all morning, though it was still hot and sunny every once in a while.

Josh and I always make sure we do whatever we say we will do, especially pertaining to our kiddos.  So after lunch we went swimming.  I thought we’d drive there, have it start raining and then just come home but hey, what else would we do all afternoon???

Even though we had more clouds than sun, it was still warm and we played for two hours!  We left just as the last sunshine of the day was swallowed up by storm clouds.

Cute boy with clouds looming in the distance…that hair needs Kassy baaaaad!

The very sad thing is that this was the second time we’ve been to the pool this year!!!  I was SUPPOSED to be spending EVERYDAY at the pool until this baby comes.  Grrrrrr.

Ashton and Emmy had their last swimming lesson on Saturday.  Ashton might have improved a tiny bit.  He isn’t afraid to do back floats, but that’s about all I can see as progress.  Oh well.  They got to play a little bit on the last day….

Here is Ashton with his Report Card

As you can see, he “learned” all the skills they taught (I’m a little skeptical)

Emmy was so excited to get her own Report Card

It was pretty accurate

Sadly, besides Nursery, Emmy failed the first class she has ever been in…

They were both very proud of each other, or maybe they were just so happy that swimming lessons are over