The Newby Kids are growing UP!

I have three kids with birthdays 10 days apart, so we decided to celebrate them altogether! Aidan and Brooklyn just turned two, and Kaleb will be six on tuesday...only from these images you'll gather that he has a great time pretending to be closer to 76! My kids could literally watch Up all day long, everyday if I allowed them.  So it seemed the perfect theme for a shared event! Since it is a Disney Pixar film I naturally assumed there would be a great deal of merchandise available--wrong! So this was my home made attempt at creating Up bliss. We made Paradise Falls on the trampoline, pitched a tent for that overnight stay & even made a Charles Muntz inspired dirigible/blimp. I ordered aviator caps online for the "young" Carl & Ellie,  and found a hair bow passable for a bow tie and converted a mini-putter with a rubber ball to emulate the cane of "old" Mr. Fredrickson. And of course there simply had to be balloons! It was a fun afternoon spent with friends and family, and I'm happy to share some images of it with you!

Family Fun: I heart faces contest!

 

This candid moment was from a warm January afternoon on the trampoline--only this crazy winter!  My little Daddy's girl had to give some love to her favorite guy when he came out to watch us playing! 

Check out more entries on http://iheartfaces.com

Resolution: Just be a better ME

 

I get caught up in all the small failures when I set resolutions and don't celebrate the major wins. So this year my resolution wasn't a resolution at all, rather a new motto. Live better... do better... be better!

{project 52} Evoking You: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!

Family Time: It's kind of a big deal!

I was so grateful to be able to go "home" for the holidays. I grew up in Utah, in an extremely close family. As my siblings and I have grown older we've spread throughout the country. This Christmas we were able to manage getting all five of us, in the same state at one time. That's pretty darn miraculous! Since niece and nephew time is pretty rare I took a few moments throughout our time together to snap some candid images. I will post the family images soon as well!

A Wonderful Year!

My little Princess finally got GIRLY!

I was so excited to have a daughter because I wanted to dress her and style her and have my own live doll. Then I met my baby girl, sweet and angelic--but a little spitfire ready to rumble in the mud. Of my three children she is always the stickiest, the dirtiest and occasionally the naughtiest. But when the package showed up on my doorstep containing tutus and hair flowers it was as if her fairy godmother arrived and completely transformed her! I love my Brooklyn girl, she is the most precious little trouble maker in the world!