Grandpa Mike and Grandma Julie

Is every girl a daddy's girl? There really is something about daddy's and daughters. I know my girls can't wait for their dad to step through the garage door at night and smother him with hugs and kisses. I have three younger brothers, so my dad would always say, "Aly, you're my favorite daughter!" and I'd say, "Dad, I'm you're only daughter!"-it still made me feel special though.

Three generations of women. I'm so glad Kono was here to see Alayna born.

Grandma Jill made these cute skirts for the girls. I'm so glad I have family members that are so crafty and talented. The blessing was beautiful, all of Seth's brothers and sisters and parents came and the same on my side. It was so nice to have everyone together.

Alayna's Blessing

Alayna Kate Bailey was blessed on November 2nd, 2009. Her dad blessed her in our sacrament meeting. Seth gave a beautiful blessing, telling Alayna that she had come to a special place on earth at a special time. We are very grateful she came to our family!

The whole Bailey family. Seth sure has a lot of little women!

All three cute girls! Grandma Jill made Alayna's blessing dress. It really did turn out beautiful. And because she's so chubby, it fit her just right:)

Each time I got pregnant I thought for sure I was having a boy. I have been pleasantly surprised each time to have another girl. I feel so lucky!

Wrapping up Halloween-Sooo behind on the blog!

Brandalynn and Gordon's Halloween bash. Eating donuts without hands and bobbing for apples which I didn't get a picture of. Some of the kiddos got soaked trying to sink their teeth into an apple!

Spooky brew! You gotta have the root beer and dry ice:)

Brynn and her teacher Mrs. Rowland. All the 4th grade teachers were biker chicks. This little Mario guy jumped in the picture. He was a funny one.

Brynn, Carson and Soren

Halloween Fun

Little Bo Peep! Doesn't she look the part? This costume was a labor of love this year. I looked high and low for a Bo Beep costume and could only find them in adult sizes and little girl sizes. Go figure. So we ended up in the fabric dept. at Walmart. Had Brynn ever seen me use my sewing machine? Sadly, no. But this was just the motivation I needed to dust it off and get brave enough to try. Well I got as close as cutting the pattern and fabric and called my mom for help. She truly came to the rescue since Halloween was just days away. I don't know why I thought I could take on a project like this, since I hadn't even figured out how to thread my machine yet! Oh well, all I can say is thank goodness for moms! My mom is always willing to drop what she's doing and come save my day:)

I put Kira's hair in piggy tails this past summer and she said mom don't I look exactly like Boo from Monsters Inc.? I said, you sure do- and from that moment on that is what Kira wanted to be for Halloween. I thought she was pretty cute!

Kira and her best friend Taia Welch. We joke that the Welch's are her other family because she spends so much time there!

Kir's whole class

All the kids playing the donut eating game. Kira's teacher Mrs. Reiber was Waldo from the Where's Waldo books for Halloween.