And even more...

Since having my iphone I literally take 1 billion pictures. The problem with that is that it makes blogging a tad bit difficult because there are just so many different posts I could do. And with two cute babies there just isn't the time. So I try to put all the randomish ones in one post to make it a little easier. 

And here is one of those posts! And there will definitely be more in the future.

Little Clara is so tiny that she fits in Emmaline's doll cradle.

There's her cute smile.

We can't get enough of it!

Coming home from church.

Elizabeth and Olivia.

Michael at the driving range at the Cedar Hills golf course.
I went to watch him:)

And then we played the putting game.
Where we see who can get the ball in the hole in the least amount of putts.
Michael usually wins:)

Golfing at the Cedar Hills golf course.

My job is to drive the cart and watch where his ball goes.

Oh and then once his ball was on the green I would drop a ball right next to it and we would see who could get it in the hole first.

We ended up tying and I finished strong with a solid birdie putt.

Someday, in another life I may take up golf. Michael and I would surely have a blast together!

My mom bought a cute little red wagon so that we could pull Olivia and Clara around in it.

Olivia loves to go on walks with the twins, Harrison and Boston.

Snuggles with aunti Elizabeth.

Sister love.

My two babies sound asleep in our bed. 

Olivia making her silly funny faces.

Just like her daddy.

So one day I was in the house feeding Clara, Michael was golfing and Olivia was outside with Harrison, the twins, and their friends. Well as Michael was pulling into the driveway after golfing he noticed this cute business going on in the driveway. He of course ran in to get me and luckily I was able to snag a little bit on video. Isn't she the cutest ever?!

Things are still going well here in Utah, so much has happened and is happening so stay tuned for many more posts!

My birthday.

August 2, 2013

One thing I love about my birthday is that it always seems to end up being celebrated for more than just one day. 

And this year proved to be no different.

My dad was going to be out of town on my actual birthday, so we decided to do my birthday dinner and presents the night before.

Usually for birthdays we pick a restaurant that we want to go to. However, this year I could not resist asking my grandpa to come over and grill up some fresh salmon instead.

(He makes the best salmon hands down.)

He showed up with 2 beautiful bouquets of flowers, a couple slabs of fresh salmon, and of course my favorite cheesecake from Costco. Since I am nursing I had to go with the cheesecake rather than a chocolate cake because my little baby does not take too well to chocolate.

We ate a nice dinner out on the porch, I blew out all 24 candles in one breath (yay for me) and then opened up some presents. My mom bought me 3 new pairs of pants, a white pair, gray pair, and jeans. And then 2 different shorts. I was so grateful for this since after having Clara I outgrew most of my older jeans and shorts.

It was a super fun birthday eve.

Enjoying our yummy salmon dinner.

The beautiful flowers grandpa brought for me.

Me and my better half.

Daddy and baby Ta.

Great grandpa talking to Olivia.

Clara sure loves her grandpa.

Opening presents.

Olivia was my little helper!

Pretty baby Clara.

August 3, 2013

Even though we celebrated that day before we of course still had celebration plans for my actual birthday.

Michael and I were able to sneak away without our babies to go to lunch at a little pizza place called Malawis down at the Riverbottoms. (They have the most amazing dessert pizza by the way.)

Even though we love our little girls more than words, it was definitely fun to get some much needed one on one time.

After lunch we came back home and took a little walk down to the park so that Olivia could play in the river.

When we got home, I went to get the mail and was lucky enough to get a letter from Emerson.

For those that know me know that I literally cried over Winston being gone until about 2 months before he came home and Emerson has not been any different.

So when I started reading the letter, the tears started flowing:)

It is so hard to have my brothers gone, we are all so close. Yet at the same time I could not be more proud of them. I truly believe I have the best brothers!

Getting that letter was seriously the highlight of my day.

We had leftover salmon for dinner and then decided to go get some some frozen yogurt/gelato at a little yogurt place up the street. I mostly wanted to go for the gelato but was not impressed with their flavors so decided to get caramel custard instead. Which was amazing.
We finished out the night watching the Proposal. Best movie ever!

I had another great day and feel so blessed to be apart of my family.

 We of course had to take some sister pictures.
I love Sophia beyond words and truly believe that sisters are your best friends!

Birthday lunch date.

The yummy pizza.

Playing in the river.

I love this cute girl.

Clara enjoying a nice stroller ride.

Letter from Emerson.

Eating the yummy icecream.

Olivia got a watermelon flavored frozen yogurt and she absolutely loved it.

My very own cute little family.

Happy 24th to me! I can't believe that I am so old that I have to use an entire pack of birthday candles:)

Clara's blessing.

Clara was blessed on July 28, 2013.

We were lucky enough to bless her in Utah with both sides of the family.

The days leading up to her blessing were quite crazy in the Farr home.

The 24 hour stomach flu was rapidly taking its toll on each member of the family. 

We had originally planned on having a couple of my aunts and Michael's grandparents come but decided at the last minute that it would be best if they didn't so that we wouldn't spread the stomach flu to anyone else.

I was quite disappointed about this mostly because I had envisioned what I thought her special day would be like. I am very close to my aunts and was sad that they wouldn't be coming.

On Sunday morning Michael woke up sick. He spent 30 minutes laying by the toilet trying to decide whether or not he would be able to bless her. Michael's family was in town and were leaving that night to go back home and it was really important to us that they be there. So, somehow he mustered up the strength after a few throwups to get his suit on and head to the church.

Clara was given a beautiful blessing. And was surrounded by her dad, both her grandpas, her great grandpa brown, and her uncles Ryan and Matthew. (Winston and Emerson were on missions and her uncle Stephen was on a study abroad in Jerusalem.)

As my baby was being blessed I couldn't help but get emotional. Michael and I are so very blessed. Our girls are so very blessed. We have incredible families, we have a knowledge of the gospel and know how much our Heavenly Father loves us, and we have each other. What more could we ask for?!

Great Grandpa Brown, me, and Clara.

I am so grateful to my grandpa for supporting us on this special day.

I was having such a hard morning with Michael being sick and things not going how I had originally planned but when I got to church and saw him getting out of his car, I completely lit up and suddenly felt so much better.

I love this man so very much.

Great Grandpa with his great granddaughter.

The table decorations.

We served homemade french toast and an orange juice smoothie.

Michael feeling like crap lounging around with Matthew.

Close-ups of Clara's beautiful dress.

Thank you Rachel!

Clara with her aunti Soph!

Uncle Matthew and Clara.

Grandpa Mickelson talking to Olivia.

She sure loves his stories.

Emmaline, Harrison, Elizabeth, me, Clara (she's obviously not happy), Olivia, and Sophia.

Uncle Math and Olivia.

Our girls with their grandpa and grandma Mickelson.

The girls with their aunts Rachel and Sarah.

I love Olivia's little tongue.

My parent's and Clara.

Grandpa Mickelson and Clara.

I love this picture.

Me and Clara.

Grandma and Olivia.

My perfect girls.

I'm seriously the luckiest momma.

Beautiful Clara.

 Clara is wearing my great grandma Brown's sister's little dress. (My grandpa Brown's aunt).

Her name was Luetta and she passed away when she was just 10 years old.

And then she is wearing my grandpa Brown's little bonnet.

And my great great grandma Sarah's (on the Farr side) booties that she made when nearly blind.

The blanket she is on was crocheted by my great grandma Cederlof. (My grandma Brown's mother).

I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for blessing our family with our beautiful Clara Sophia.

We can't wait for every moment we're blessed to spend with her.

She's truly our little angel.