Sorry it's been awhile.

So it's been awhile. We've been a little busy here in the Rawlings' household. Lizzie did get the part of Molly and has thusly been eatting, sleeping and dreaming Annie while finishing up her ballet classes this year. They are now in every day rehersals and she is so excited for the production to come to life next month. Jeremy's been working hard figuring out the world's problems and getting paid for it. Will is two and half and I'm kind of excited for the next half to get here and done, not that I don't LOVE my boy he's just a little bit on the crazy side and I am finding it hard to keep up with his toothpaste eating, running, jumping, hitting his sisters- self. I was recently put in the YW's as the Laurel advisor and I'm so loving that new calling and the challenges that comes with it and I'm trying to organize a 5k to help benefit a neighbor who has been kicking cancer's can.
Abby turns 4 tomorrow and realizing our busy schedules thought it'd be best to celebrate her birthday this past weekend. We were so excited to have all of her cousins and grandmas and grandpas come. Then Lizzie got sick the Monday before the party, no biggie as long as no one else..well Abby started running a fever on Tuesday but Lizzie was better so it must be a 24 hour thing..then I got sick Tuesday night but I was feeling better within 24 hours but Abby was still holding on to sickness..then Will got sick on Thursday...But by Friday night Abby was still holding on to her fever and Will was building up a pretty good fever. Saturday Morning Abby woke up and just started throwing up, Will was better and I felt awful. We called all the cousins and told them it'd be best if they didn't come and cautioned all others to come with plenty of purell on hand. Luckily Grandmas and Grandpas still came and even Aunt Stacey and Uncle Dustin made the trip out.

I had to search the entire world to find this princess jewelry box but it was worth it just for this sweet look on her face, that and the fact that she loves to fall asleep to the music at night.

Abby got lots of great gifts and before each picture she insisted that I take a picture of her holding up her fingers to show that she's 4.

This was my great idea. I wrapped an empty box and had Abby Lizzie and Will open it last. When they opened the box I told them that gift will be coming around Christmas time when they get a new little brother or sister. Umm they didn't really get it. But the Grandparents sure did.

Abby wanted me to make a chocolate cake for her with Chocolate frosting. But I has 0 time so this store bought cake with princess candies just had to do the trick.

All in all it was a great birthday for Abby. We're going to take her to Mc Donald's tomorrow with a bunch of friends to play since it's been crappy weather and she is finally feeling much better. I can't believe she's 4. She was born just 2 days after Jeremy started his career as an engineer. She was born 2 weeks before we moved out here to the land of promise. In some ways it's gone by soo fast and others it's been forever.

After Abby's birthday party we left the small ones and Jeremy at home and busted it over to Lizzie's preformance of Swan Lake. We were super grateful that her family could come and see it despite it being so super long and Lizzie dancing for 2.5 minutes during the entire show. But Lizzie looked adorable, we're excited for nutcracker again in the fall and Cinderella next spring.

Gma & Gpa Swenson took off during intermission it was a 3 hour drive back to O town and Gma Swenson had already put in a full days work before she came to Tooele.

It was Stacey's and Dustin's first ballet (umm sorry guys) they were a little lost but they cheered real loud for Lizzie.