Day 31- I know its silly but...

I got really excited to see that my blog has over 20,000 hits now!!!



Also I wanted to share this picture I got this morning!! Isn't she a doll?! Meet baby Quinn!

Day 30- 5 MONTHS

I just can't believe she's already five months old! She looks just as surprised as I am!!

Day 29- Baby Einstein's

In an attempt to keep Avery happy while I was gone for a meeting, Bryan looked up a Baby Einstein's movie on YouTube... so when I got home I found her like this! And then the older kids thought it would be fun to watch too.

Day 28- Fun day out!

Today was daddy's day off so we took the kids out for some fun! First we went to Magical Moon Toys to FINALLY get something (you may recognize it from DAY 2)! Here are the kids with their picks :) Riley choose a jewelry box decorating kit and Brayden chose a bug catcher! Then we headed over to the Fun Park to let the kids get all their energy out on the soft play. They didn't really want to slow down for pictures, so we just had fun taking a couple of Avery :)

Day 27- Pink!

I found this new location and Riley just HAD to take a picture by it! It's a pink house!!! :)

Day 26- Sleeping on the floor

Today Avery was just rolling around on the floor playing and the next thing I know, I look over and she is out cold! So sweet :)

Day 25- Random...

So today I was waiting outside of Bryan's work to go out to lunch with him and I looked over and saw these dogs... they looked just as bored as I was so I had to take a picture.

Day 24- Waffles :)

Growing up we always had waffles every weekend, usually on Saturday morning. Now my mom shares the tradition with my kids and I love her for it! They look forward to them every time they visit :)
P.S. I know there is a lot of pictures for this one, but I can't help... I'm makin memories here!

Day 23- Old-Fashion Love

I love that this picture looks like it could have been taken 50 years ago...

Day 22- Out for Lunch

I was not going to eat another PB&J today! mama wanted some real food... that she didn't have to cook! haha and Bryan has never said NO to Wingers!

Day 21- First Snowman!

Brayden has been begging to make a snowman all winter... so daddy took him out to make one! I named him "Adam"... you can guess why! What do you expect from boys?! haha Brayden had the best time and insisted on taking a picture with Bryan since they made it together! I think he turned out pretty darn cute! Also being a girl I had to accessorize a bit ;)

Day 20- Good to get out!

After being stuck in the house with sick kids all week, it was nice to have a break! Leap Year was a cute movie... but then again any movie with a cute guy and an accent wins my vote!! Thanks Britt B. for the invite! :)

Day 19- Surviving...

Thanks to another round of croup in the Cascio household... this is the only thing sustaining us it seems. Between the breathing treatments, humidifiers and baby tylenol... our house looks more like a pharmacy then anything else! Oh the joys of having three sick kids...

Day 18- Yummm...

Here is Avery's first attempt at good ol' rice cereal...

I don't think she's a fan...

Day 17- The other chart

Brayden thought it was very important for Riley to have a Potty Chart at my mom's house for Grandma sleep-overs. I just had to get a picture of it! What an awesome big brother!

Day 16- "Winter Wonderland"

When we got to this location with all the frost on the trees, it looked like a winter wonderland! And Kaylee and AJ made it that much more breathtaking!

Day 15- Grateful

I am so grateful for brides like Kaylee that make my "job" amazing! I just had to be there on her wedding day even though we didn't plan on it in the beginning. When someone values what you do as much as she does, I would do just about anything to make it there for her special day! Thank you Kaylee for being so incredible... not to mention GORGEOUS!! :)

Tomorrow is her reception and formals!

Day 14- My happy helper!

I love that Brayden LOVES to vacuum! He thinks its fun! I wish I could feel the same way about it but he helped to get things done around the house. And he didn't stop there... he cleaned his room and took Ollie out to go the bathroom too. He was so great about it all I gave him 50 cents... which was really cool to him!!

Day 13- Dollar store special

My sister Ashley is famous with my kids for taking them to the dollar store every once in a while. Its even a special event for their birthdays.. they get to buy as many items for how old they will be! They talk about it for days!! Today was Riley's turn to go for a fun little trip... and she insisted on carrying her purse just like her auntie Ashley!

Day 12- Gotta love the hook-ups

This is my sister's sister-in-law and her beau! She thinks its always nice to know someone... I am glad that someone is ME!

Day 11- Eating out...

We have decided that eating out must be hazardous to all our health, especially for Riley. Less then a month ago we went to Golden Corral and Riley threw up because of a concussion she got from falling down Grandma's stairs, which lead to an E.R. visit... tonight when we went out to The Bluebird she kept walking between chairs and I told her to sit down or she was going to fall. Sure enough, not 5 minutes later, the chairs slide apart and down she went! We aren't sure if it was the table or the tile floor that did it, but her chin was split open and had to be glued shut! Daddy said she was really brave, but only after she was given popsicles which she has come to expect from an E.R. I guess my waist line should be thanking her... ;)
P.S. Please excuse the way I look... it was the only way to get a "chin" shot!

Day 10- Dancing with daddy :)

I love moments like this! Ever since I have had my baby girls, the father-daughter dances at the weddings I shoot totally get to me now. I can just see him dancing with Riley 20+ years from now (hopefully haha) on her wedding day and her looking as much like a princess to him as she did tonight! He won't admit it, but she's had him wrapped around her pinkie from day 1 :)



And I just had to share this one of the our other princess cause its just so darn cute!

Day 9- Thank YOU!

I just love it when brides come to me with their own fun ideas! This picture is for their "Thank You" postcards they will be sending out! Cute huh?!

Day 8- The potty watch

I am in the middle of the bathroom battle with my almost 3 year old. I know she is ready to be potty trained, but I am not sure she is entirely convinced its for her! I have tried just about everything... from the Potty Chart to now "The Potty Watch". The thing sings a song and lights up every half an hour to remind her.. and me.. its time to go sit on the porcelain princess thrown. I am not sure how its going to go, but somethings got to work right?!



Another thing I am not so sure about is this...


She looks so cute now... but put that thumb in a 4 year old's mouth and its not so cute anymore. But then again she won't take a bottle or a binkie, so whats a mom to do?!

Day 7- Snow Dino

Anyone who knows Brayden KNOWS that he loves dinosaurs!! He can't get enough of them... he even says he wants to grow up to be a palaeontologist and work at the Ogden Museum! So imagine his excitement when daddy found this Dino snowman while out for a family drive!

Day 6- Waiting...

Being a kid and waiting for ice cream and cupcakes is one hard task... just look at their faces! Brayden looks like he is praying for time to fly by and Riley is making sure hers isn't going anywhere! Birthday parties are the best :)

Day 5- Our bed

There is something about mom and dad's bed. Growing up I remember it was my favorite place in the house :) I wanted to just snuggle there every morning with my mom. It was even my favorite place to do my homework. So this scene is a regular occurrence in our house... at night before bath time, the kids end up on our bed, throwing all the pillows and blankets off and jumping! I know its not good for the bed, but I can't help but love the sound of their laughter ringing through the house when they do it! So I got out the camera and they were being so cute together :) And of course Avery can't jump yet, but they insisted taking some with her on our bed too.