Three Months Old

We have a tradition of taking the kids in to get their first professional pictures done at 3 months. I think it started because we had a coupon for a free 8x10 if we had it done by the time they were 3 months old. Sophie was so cute and was constantly smiling. It looked like she was having as much fun as Katie did when I took her this past spring. When Sophie gets a little older they can have fun posing together :) She had so many cute ones I couldn't resist buying some more. I also got a collage they'll put together with some other pictures and we'll get those in a few days.

Last Saturday I was trying to get Sophie to smile for the picture. Sorry for the blurriness but she finally did smile. She actually laughed a little bit as well.

On Sunday Sophie looked so cute I just had to take some pictures.

First Day of School Again

Katie had her first day of school yesterday. She had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the snack even though she doesn't know what it was. She wanted me to tell her what it was even though I wasn't there. Her second day is tomorrow and hopefully she'll continue to enjoy it.

The Chaise is On!

I loved playing on this when I was a little girl. It wasn't the most comfortable thing but I could pretend that I was a princess. I didn't know until a few years ago that my mom left it to me and first it was my in grandma's attic and then moved to my sister's basement. When we moved to Utah my sister was able to bring it down to us and it was in Julia's room for a couple years due to lack of space anywhere else. In February Julia said she wanted a desk so when we got her one this needed to move. Just the excuse we needed to find a place to fix/recover it for us. After many months it is finally finished. (We weren't too sad that it took so long because we still didn't have a place for it.) Josh went and picked it up last week.


Walaaaaaa! Doesn't it look great :) You can even sit on it without thinking it's going to break. If you're clean. I don't know if the color was the best choice with little kids around but I couldn't picture it any other way. Hopefully we'll have a better place for it someday so it's not just stuck away in our bedroom.

First Day of School!

I don't know if Sophie was excited for the first day of school but I just wanted to put this cute picture up that Josh took a few days ago.

Everyone was ready for the first day of school to get here. Matthew not as much but he was excited.
The fifth grader.

The third grader.

The first grader. (He's not mad, scared or sad. Just thought it was too bright outside, even though it was overcast and rainy.)

Emma and Julia with their friend McKenna.

Sophie's Blessing

This is a little old but I wanted to post the pictures we took of Sophie on her blessing day, August 2nd.

Lagoon Fun!

We had a fun day at Lagoon yesterday. First we had to make sure we were tall enough to go on the rides :)

This is what Sophie did most of the day but luckily most of the time she was in the stroller.

This is what Sophie thinks of Lagoon!
The pilot and copilot discussing flying strategies.
These were two of Katie's favorite rides.Josh and Julia on the new ride, Jumping Dragon.

Matthew hated to wait until the ride started.

It was pretty hot but instead of waiting in the long line to get into Lagoon A Beach the kids decided to just play in the fountains.

Introducing Sophie!

Sophia Noelle Harrison

Born: 6/11/09

Weight: 7 lbs. 4 ozs.

Length: 21 inches

A relieved mother.

A cute baby.

Some happy siblings.

The fearsome five.

Waiting to leave the hospital.

The happy father. (And Emma.)