Random

These are all really random pictures but I thought they were kind of fun so I decided to post them.

Ready to go!

I love my friends! My birthday was on Friday and Ashley, Becky, and Corinne were there to celebrate it with me.

Matt always makes my birthday really special and this year was no exception.

Ella LOVES to play in the pantry so sometimes I just let her go at it.

Touchdown! Matt and Kash watching football together.

Thanksgiving/Blessing

We decided to bless Kash on Thanksgiving day because all of my family was in town. We had a big dinner at my grandparent's house and then later that night we had the blessing. I really loved having it at their house because it was such an intimate setting. We had a short program that was really beautiful and I thought everything turned out really well.

This is the outfit that Matt was blessed in, and the blanket he is on was made by my great grandma for my Dad's blessing.

We thought it would be really special to be able to tell Kash that his great-grandpa blessed him, so we asked Bob to do it. It was perfect.

My mom and sisters.

Isn't he cute?

Bath Time!

Matt LOVES giving the kids baths, so I gladly let him be in charge. But this was the first time he had Ella and Kash in the bath together! I thought it was cute so I had to take a few pictures.

This is Ella "washing" her brother.

She wanted a turn in the baby tub.

This poor little guy has it rough!

Happy Halloween!

We had a Halloween party at Becky's house on Saturday and we all carved pumpkins. Ella had so much fun making a mess! She loved playing with all of the slimy stuff--she had it everywhere in no time (sorry Beck!).



On Halloween we went up to Cedar City to my Aunt and Uncle's house. Ella LOVED trick or treating! She was running around like crazy and keeping up with her cousins was no problem.

Ella was a lady bug and Kash was a puppy.

She would run up to those houses as fast as she could...and sometimes walk right in!

I thought that she might not understand, but once again she proved me wrong.

Tennis

Matt likes to take Ella with him when he goes and plays tennis. It gives her a chance to run around and it gives me a little break! It works out great for everyone! Cody thought this would keep her out of their game for a few minutes...

Ella and Kash

Well Ella went from not wanting anything to do with her little brother, to loving him a little too much! She is constantly giving him kisses on the top of his head, so all that hair of his always has slobber in it! Matt swears Kash tenses up whenever he hears her coming, but he'll just have to learn to be tough real fast with her around. She is a good big sister though.

She always tries to comfort him when he's crying.

We do everything in "two's" now.

So far he has survived.

Halloween Cookies

We went over to Great Grandma "Dobo's" to decorate Halloween cookies. Ella and her cousins Lauren and Sydney had a lot of fun-Ella of course spent most of the time eating the cookie dough and licking the frosting! This girl LOVES sweets!

She is concentrating so her tongue is out...anyone who knows her dad knows where she gets that from.

Grandma is helping her decorate.

She can't even stop eating to pose for a picture!

Kash Matthew

On September 19, 2007 Kash Matthew McLaws was born. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. I was in labor for about five hours and everything went really well. Ella still doesn't know what she thinks about her new little brother...we are definitely still adjusting!

Thankfully my mom is staying with us which is a HUGE help. I don't know what I'm going to do when she leaves.

Labor Day

On Labor Day we went to a barbecue out in Washington. I didn't know there would be water, so I didn't have a swimsuit for Ella. As soon as she saw it she went running, and I didn't even try to stop her. She went crazy and was soaked in no time!

She had all of the boys running....she's a little intimidating when she's excited.

Can you tell she's having a good time?

It was a long day, so she cuddled up to her little brother. Try not to stare at my 3 chins...

The Beach

Every year my family rents a beach house in San Diego for a week for our Craft Family Reunion. I was nervous about how Ella would do...or how I would do chasing after her seeing that I am HUGE at the moment! But everyone helped so much and Ella loved it so it was a lot of fun. The girl has NO fear whatsoever so she was constantly running right towards the ocean-which meant someone else was constantly running after her! I guess I can't complain though because next year there will be 2 babies to chase!

Sisters! Nikki, Mandy, Lindsay, Whitney, Karlee

Matt made Ella a huge hole to play in to try to contain her, all of her cousins liked it too.
Lilly, Sydney, Ella, Julia, Cade

All the girls

Matt sat Ella on the boogie board and started pulling her around but she jumped right up and wanted to stand.

The whole family: Matt, Lindsay, Ella, Karlee, Dad, Nikki, Mom, Whitney, Mandy