All about the Lou Lou

It was our sweet girls fifth birthday. What a blessing it is to have her in our home. She is sensitive, fun, energetic, lively, responsible and beautiful. She started out with eyes wide open and hasn't shut her eyes ever since. She makes our home an exciting place to be in. She makes friends easily and people are naturally drawn to her personality. She is so good to her younger brothers and would do anything to make them happy. She is a great helper around the house and a good little babysitter. We love her so much and we are grateful to be apart of her life.
We had a big party to celebrate her birthday. All the cousins her age came and a few friends and neighbors. It still came out to be about seventeen kids (Whew! That's a lot of kids). We rented a bounce house and played at the park. Our friend Camille made her a barbie cake which was adorable. It was a fun and exhausting day, but a day filled with good memories.

I love my family

Just recently we had a tragedy occur in extended family. It has kind of thrown everyone through a loop, but on the bright side of the whole situation it made me feel so much love for the ones surrounding me. I can't tell you how much I adore my sweet little ones and my true love. They mean the world to me. I know that there are hard days, but thank goodness the amazing days completely out weigh those hard ones. We are truly blessed to have these beautiful babies in our lives and make us see life with so much excitement. Count your blessings everyday for the treasures that you have.

He is an amazing dad!

Still amazing

She is a monster out on the field despite the fact that their team name is the Flowers.
My sweet little man is still too sweet on the field. He would always follow two feet behind the rest of them and even if the ball was right at his feet he didn't dare touch it. He was just happy to put a uniform on.

Nathan and Brett on a biking adventure. Oh baby! They are really manly men.

Kids with their cousin getting ready to run the big race

Our Bubbas loves our neighbors dog. He will sneak out of the house to go see her. They have this special little connection. It's adorable.

We love our Papa!

We're alive!

Wow, it's been a long time. I have really missed journaling about our little family and checking up on all my friends. All I can say is- I love you internet and I have missed you. It's been a year since I last updated and there has been a whole lot that has occurred. I won't bore you all on the details, but I will let you check the overview of our year.

1. We made it to Utah with the help of family, friends and whole lot of money!

2. Family vacations to Hyrum and California

3. Holidays with the family

4. Purchased a home

5. Remodeled a home

6. Lived on a farm

7. Witnessed all of Tommy's firsts including walking and talking

8. Continued to remodel our home

9. Went on a much needed vacation to Cancun with Nathan

10. Finished remodeling the house and moved in

11. Relaxed

So we had a some what crazy year, but it will be a year we will always remember. The lesson I learned most from this year is that my home is where my family is. I am so grateful to have an amazing husband and three beautiful children that are my home.

Our farm life

Thomas the Tank

I just had to get some pictures of our little Tommy. Poor thing has probably been a little neglected this past week or two or three. There has been a lot of craziness in our home, but he sure is a trooper and as you can see in the pictures he loves to smile. He is smiling all day as long as he is not in the car. He adores Caroline and Rex even though they are in his face all day long. This little guy is almost into 3-6 mo. clothing at two and a half months and yes he does have a neck, but I have only seen it once.

Ode to the fourth

I love the fourth of July. I love spending time with my family and there is always something magical about all of the fireworks and the celebration of America. We had such a great holiday and I am trying to cherish every moment these next few weeks.
Our family went up to Silver Dollar City with some friends on the third. It was a perfect day, with a little rain and then overcast the rest of the day. You really can't complain when you are able to walk right onto the rides. The following day we had a barbecue with our neighbors, the Bolivars. They have the sweetest family and we will miss them so much. We then went over to the Millerbergs to light off fireworks. Greatest part of Arkansas, you can light any type of fire work you would like. It was amazing to see the whole neighborhood lighting up the sky. Nathan and all the guys maybe had too much fun with fire. We love our friends here and it was so fun to celebrate this day with all of them.

My beautiful boys

Caroline and Annie waiting for the show

Oh how I love my friends!

Doesn't this little guy look like his dad?

Caroline getting ready for the parade

Up close and personal

Caroline is really into jokes right now. Her specialty is the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" jokes. Here is an example:

Caroline: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Mom: Why?

Caroline: So it could walk across the street!

Caroline: Mom, you need to laugh now.

We have got a little jokester on our hands.

Movin' on up to the west side!

Yes my friends we are letting the cat out of the bag. We the Rigby's have been drafted back to the land of Zion. We are really excited for the opportunities that are to come, but I can't help but feel a bit of sadness at the moment. I love this place so much and it is going to be hard to part, but Nathan and I know that this is the right decision for our family. Life is a little overwhelming dealing with moving so soon, leaving friends, having three kids, selling the home, cleaning the home and not to mention all the excitement. Although overwhelming, change is good and we are coming whether you like it or not.

So long to my peeps in Arkansas, hello all my peeps in Utah!

Missing our Mimi

We definitely love our Mimi and mom. We were spoiled once again to have mom coming out to help us for a week. She definitely made my life easier and I was so sad to see her go. Once again I had someone helping with the cooking, cleaning, laundry and kiddos. Did I mention that I am spoiled? Thanks mom for for all your help. You truly are an amazing woman and sacrifice so much for your children. This Rigby clan is so grateful for your example and love for us. We love you and miss you!

We were able to go see our brand new niece and cousin, Zuri. My kids just adore and love her. She is so little and petite, Tommy is only two weeks older, but is about twice her size. He will definitely be able to protect this little one. We miss you Monson family and we are going to miss Iowa.

Tommy is starting to smile so much with those little bulldog cheeks.

More of my little Tommy. Isn't the one with Rexy and Tom just adorable? I have some handsome boys.

Here's some adorable pictures of Rexy. What a sweet little man he is. He just makes me smile. Now we just need to get some of Caroline and we will be set.