OurLittleMcFamily

I had to snap these pics last night because this is a familiar scene in the Hirschi’s basement, and I want to remember it when we leave. Most nights Brooklynn begs either Aunt Rach or Uncle Adam to go in the hot tub, watch a movie, or scrapbook. Last night, Uncle Adam won.

Adam and Brooke have a bit of a love, hate relationship. Well, Brooke seems to have that with all of us lately–but especially uncle Adam. Often, I hear her tell him to get away and then the next moment find her snuggled up next to him watching cartoons. Last night was Curious George. Adam doesn’t mind Brooklynn duty because he can do homework or work on his laptop on the comfy couch.

Below is a double page layout I did for my wedding album. I love scrapbooking to preserve memories. My grandparents and great aunts and uncles have all had a major influence in shaping my beliefs and outlook on family, sacrifice, and dedication. This layout is just a small tribute to a few of them. I intend to do much more of this in the years to come so that my children and their children will understand how amazingly blessed they are to be a part of our family.

Announcing Baby Haiden Basford. My fifth nephew (third living) to be born. How precious is that? He belongs to my baby sister Lindsey. The black hair is his mommy’s. She was our little Indian baby when she was born, with that same amount of hair. Totally opposite from his big brother Logan who had his daddy’s features and hair from the beginning.

We are going to Washington this week to see baby Haiden and baby Chase. I can’t wait to snuggle and nuzzle them both. Below is Great Grandpa Harvey who lives with mom and dad.

6 October 2007…Logan, UT’s first snowday. We woke up conference morning to glorious falling snow out our bedroom window. The Hirschi’s were up at the Hideout with Brian’s family so Adam and had the gigantic house to ourselves.

It snowed all day and into the night. It was barely cold enough so the snow didn’t pile up too much. After the second session of conference, the neighbor kids were outside building a snowman–I wish I had snapped a pic. It ended up being like seven feet tall. It had five heads and was awesome. We are thoroughly enjoying the four seasons while we can. We only officially have eight more months until we start moving back to Las Vegas.

Finally, Jaimee and Brian’s landscaping is finished–well, everything except for the FENCE. Don’t ask. :) Â Isn’t it beautiful? They chose grass, bark, trees, and a water feature as the main materials. They are still waiting on the black fence that wraps around the entire property….complete with an extra gate in the back for the neighbor kids. Oh yeah, there’s also a beautiful gazebo on order that will be framed by two trees against the hills.

My six year old niece, Brooklynn, “discovered” scrapbooking this week. We set up her craft table in our office/scrap room so that she has her own little corner. I gave her all my scraps and extra stuff, and some of my old pictures to practice with.

The results were amazing. She decided a couple of days ago that she was finished practicing and wanted to move on to “real” pictures. So we gave her a couple pics from the family sealing to work on. Her favorite layout so far is of she and Spencer.

She’s learning all sorts of things about: ribbon, adhesives, rub-ons, stamps, sticker letters, coluzzle, and patterned paper. It gives me chills. For six….she is amazing at putting things together and creating. And now, she’ll always have a picture of her first scrapbook page.