New Family Pictures

We had new family photos taken

while we were up in Salt Lake.

They were to celebrate Maksim's

turning ONE year old!

I love how all of

them turned out, I feel like they

express all the kids personalities

Enjoy!

Maks' Turns One!

How time flies! I can't believe

my baby boy is ONE years old.

He is such a blessing to have

in our home. He loves all the

attention that he got from his

big sisters. They sang "happy

birthday, three times!! He got

a sticker at the grocery store

and a donut from the

cute bakery lady...

Maks isn't walking yet, but his

mom is soo glad. He has a scoot

and he can can get around very fast.

We are celebrating his bday

this weekend, so more pictures

to follow....

Maks one years old...4/20/11

Back to Reality..

The girls were very excited to get

back to school. It was a rough

morning getting out the door.

Our winter break we had

lots of lazy morning's, watching

movies and eating all sorts

of junk food. It's nice to

be back in a routine and the girls

can't wait for" show n share" n Friday.

Christmas morning...

Three excited kiddos

waiting to go and see

what Santa had brought

them. Morgan woke up at six

and patiently waited

for his sisters wake up!

Nobody got coal, so

everyone must have been

good this year. It was a fun

morning watching all of them

open their treasures. Maks slept thru

his first Christmas morning, but

he made up for it once he

woke up. He wasn't sure what

to think. He liked the paper...

Madison is just like me, she like to get

all her stuff together and count it and have

me take a picture

This is one of Madi's big wants for this year.

The Lalloopsy dolls. They were hard to find. I

managed to find the twins.

Christmas 2010

We went to the North Pole...

The Lovell family went to

the North Pole. We went to Greer, its

about a 4 hour drive from where we live.

We had dinner and then we loaded

onto a trolley and traveled to

the North Pole. The Elves let us

into Santa's workshop. The kids

got to see where they live,

make toys and see

where Rudolph the reindeer

sleeps....

We sang Christmas songs

had hot coco and sugar cookies.

It was so fun to see the magic light

up in all the kids eyes.

It was a wonderful opportunity

and we were so lucky to

do such a fun thing as

a family! Morgan was here

for 2 1/2 weeks for

his winter break. We had

a fabulous visit with him.

After we left Santa's

workshop we went and stayed

in a cabin. We got in our pj's

and watch "How the Grinch

stole Christmas". It's a memory

that I will always remember(long

drive and all). It was really cold

and had a little bit of snow. It made it

feel more like Christmas.

Here are some of the

highlights...

Out front of our cabin

riding the trolley

Inside the Santa's workshop

helping the elves make toys

Santa's desk

writing their wish list

Maks sitting in Santa's seat

picture with Santa

Inside our cabin

Breakfast with Santa, the

next morning

Maksim, 8 months

Maksim is the sweetest baby

on the planet. He is easy going, loves

to be entertained by his

sisters. He laughs even when

they aren't that funny!

He is starting to crawl and

watch out he is driving

a little early too!