A few of my favorite things

I love the expression on her face here.
The WHOLE D.P. Allen family
I feel like this picture pretty much sums up each persons personality to a T! Definatly this years Christmas Card!
Sammy is one of the cutest little girls in the world!

Bella and Sarah wearing Sarah's favorite color, which Sarah always looks stunning in!

If you know Chloe, she is in her element here!
They are so sweet together! Chris is her favorite person!
The grandparents have just as much fun as the kids do!

6 month check up

Bella is such a sweet girl and is growing so quickly. Last week she got her first 2 teeth and started rolling over again. At her doctors appt she was in the 84th percentile for her height, 60th percentile for her weight ( I thought it would be greater than that), and the 15th percentile for her head size. She was so good with her shots and didnt cry until the 3rd one and then stopped as soon as I picked her up. She is so sweet.

More picts from SD

I Have a billion pictures from our trip thanks to Michael, our official family photographer ( these pictures actually were taken with our camera) So I just might have more to post later. If you will notice in the background of this first picture you can see Shannon, Katherine, and Devin and part of dads arm ( looking buff dad!) I dont know where Bella got her cheeks from but they are yummy! And you can kinda see that her roots are turning blonde, it is the strangest thing!
Chloe loves the Merry go round especially now that she has seen Mary poppins!
This one was just Bella's size
Chloe and Remy at our favorite ( well one of mine for sure) seafood restraunts

A little break from the norm

Jeni and her family, Chloe wanted to be a part of it!
Matt showing off a little too much leg at our family fun run ( which was way too hard and long for the word fun to be used).
Chloe in front of the "Castle"
Our last day on the beach, and yes this is our best side!

We went to the beach for a week with my WHOLE ENTIRE family last week and it was so fun to get away and just not do anything, But for not doing anything we sure did a lot! I loved the weather and the company. Thanks mom and dad for such a fun time and letting us stay with you guys. I love you! And it was so wonderful to have Chris with me for 9 days straight. I love being with him and so do the girls, we hate that he has to go to work everyday! WE love you! Here are some picts, more to come later, I have to get on the laptop to get the picts from there! And I loved being with Jeni, Michael, Matt, and Katherine and their spouses and kids I love them so much ( Kath I like Devin too).

Fond Farewell

So for the past 20 months my calling for church has been in the nursery. It has been an interesting experience to say the least especially since I have had strep throat 5 times in the last 20 months ( I dont think that hand sanitizer gel works but that is a whole different story)! But I must say that I love those little kids, they are so pure and loving. I have learned more from them than I thought possible. They love to sing, dance, laugh, and play. They are so forgiving of everybody and compassionate to each other. I am really going to miss seeing their smiling faces every Sunday.
That being said, I received a new calling a few weeks ago and I will now be our wards Young Women President. I know what you are thinking, I felt the same way, I even asked the bishop if he was sure he had the right person. But after praying about it I know its right. I am excited and a little nervous for the challenge but I am ready. I already have so much love for the girls, they really are a sweet, beautiful bunch of young women.
But I will miss those sweet kids in nursery, not to mention the snack time too!