My Children never cease to amaze...

Especially my little girl. There are times that I get frustrated, wishing that she would finally walk. But one smile and my heart melts. She does the silliest things at times, her latest is her fascination with clothes and shoes. I constantly find her in piles of laundry, drawers and stomping around in her brother's boots or my tennis shoes.
The other day we saw her doing only what an Avie girl does...

She found a pair of Rand's boxers. Yes, they are clean!!

And of course they went straight on her head!



LOVE that grin!

My silly girl: Princess Underpants!

Traintastic Christmas!

The holiday's this year were both exhausting and exciting. This year the twins were old enough to be surprised by the toys Santa brought, and Rand was looking forward to Christmas from around Halloween! He was so excited this year and was really on his best behavior so that Santa didn't bring him a lump of coal. 

In Rand's words: Santa went berserk! There were Chuggington trains hiding everywhere:

On Jona's and Avie's bikes. On the Thomas track...So many Chuggington!









Rand got two car tracks, one from Santa and one from Grandma, trains and more trains, books, jammies, cars, and lots more! The twins got some awesome tricycles, balls, barbies and baby dolls, jammies, books and more and more!

I am so beyond grateful for the magic of Grandma and Santa that made this Christmas so wonderful for us and the children. My favorite part of Christmas is all wrapped up in the gigantic smiles on those precious faces!

Visiting Santa!

Every year Santa comes to Grandma's work to see all the kids and find out what they want for Christmas! Rand has been looking forward to this since, oh probably last year! He loves seeing Santa-it really makes the holiday real for him. Thank you Grandma for taking us! The twins had fun, however they were not too happy with Santa, but the goody bags made up for all the fright!


Playing while waiting in line!

 Mr. Serious!

 Avie and Grandma!

 Soooo Excited!

 Telling Santa what he wants for Christmas!

 My big boy!

 VERY mad, mad babies!

 Opening their goody bags!

 Yummy treats!

 I just love the messy hair, sticky face--tooo cute!

We are so excited for Christmas this year! It will be amazing!

The silly Lema children!

Every day is an adventure in this house! These three little kids make me smile, laugh and even cry.

My little girl in a new dress and leggings made by mommy!

Trying to put on brother's shirt!

So pretty, even with wild hair!

Jona wearing Daddy's shirt!

Rand playing peeka boo!

Love that grin!

My little Jester's!

Little miss pretty princess!

Avie playing with Elmo!

Babies and toys!

Why? Why?

Avie in her new Christmas Dress!

November Fun!

November was a fun month for us! We got to go spend a long weekend in Salt Lake City with family. It was a blast and we actually got a chance to relax.

The twins waiting for their food!

 Rand sneaking rolls!

 Waiting with Petey!

 Almost done!

That Saturday Dustin and I loaded up the kiddos and we went to the Grand American Hotel to see the Teddy Bear village and tour the Presidential suite. It was fun-they even had Firemen there to read stories to the kids! 

 A GIANT Teddy Bear!

 Rand and the Fire man!

My daughter...

Aviendha is such an amazing creature! One smile from her and any heart will melt! She is starting to be a lot more comfortable around other people and will even give her slobbery open mouth kisses away, even to Uncle David (surprise, surprise!). But there is someone who has never been denied a kiss! 

 Avie LOVES Evona! Evona is the cutest little dog that belongs to my niece Hannah! These two just get along so well, Evona even lets Avie pet her and give her hugs, as long as Evona gets all the kisses she wants!

Just last night Avie wanted to share just how silly she can be! We gave her and Jona a bath. Got them out, put on fresh diapers and clean Jammies! Avie slipped out of the living room and went back to the bathroom where Rand was having a bath. I guess she decided that she was still a little dirty....

This was the first time she got in the tub with NO assistance from Mommy or Daddy... We still haven't determined whether or not Rand helped! He was laughing, just a little!!