Lincolns' blessing day

Aaron blessed Lincoln today. I'm so grateful to have a husband who holds the priesthood and is worthy to bless out family with it. Aaron blessed Lincoln with many wonderful things. But I think what stuck in everybody's mind the most was when Aaron said, "I bless you with the ability to fend for yourself from your siblings..." Aaron said that he heard a chuckle within the circle. Well at least he'll be one child I won't have to worry about when I hear all of them wrestling and fighting :0)

I thought I'd take some pictures this morning (because I've become horrible at that) of the kids. Maddy is so funny and I just loved this one. Her eyes are so beautiful!

Jackson was being so serious and wouldn't smile...so Maddy was helping. Look at the smile on her face. She loves her brother.

I love this picture!!!!!! Even with Jack's serious face.

I actually see a little bit of myself in Maddy.

I can't believe within this decade Caleb will have a missionary badge on when he wears his suits.

Good ol' Team Larsen picture. It's impossible to get all 7 pairs of eyes on the camera at one time. Let alone Lincoln's head won't even hold up to face the camera.

I sure do love my family.

First bath

All my babies have screamed their way through their first bath- but not Lincoln! He absolutely loved it! He actually ended up falling asleep.

Christmas dresses

It's a must in this family. Don't they look cute?

Santa's Letter

How fun is this?! Everybody in the family received a customer letter from Santa in the mail. Santa talked about the things that each person were up to and how he was so proud of us. Look at the post mark- North Pole (AK)

Woo hoo- maybe I'll get some Danskos that match this envelope???

Jackie didn't understand but sure was happy.

Caleb still believes.

Dad's not excited....

Cutie pies. Maybe next year we'll drive up to North Pole, AK to see Santa. It's a couple of hours away and some of Aaron's friends did it and stayed the night there. You can meet Santa and everything! Wouldn't that be a great memory for a kid?

Lincoln

Lincoln Aaron Larsen was born on November 29th, 2009. He weighed 8lb 10 oz. Lincoln truly is an answer to prayer because without that prayer I'm sure Team Larsen would of stopped at 6 team members.

I feel so blessed to have been able to have my mom and her wonderful husband, Duane, come to town to help us with the kids. There is no doubt in my mind that if that wasn't the case that my friends would of done it wonderfully but it's so different when it's grandma. I also would like to thank Duane for letting her come. We live so far away and it's expensive to come to Alaska and he has never complained. Thank you also Duane for all the work you did on the house while you were here. We truly love you!

I have this exact picture of my mom holding Caleb 8 years previously.

Girls' birthday party!

For the girls' birthday this year we rented out The House of Bounce. We had the place all to our selves and they were each allowed to invite 13 friends. This is most of the kids that came ( some were still playing..) It was so nice to just go somewhere, have the kids run crazy, and come home. We didn't have our house destroyed and there was no clean up. Definitely worth the money.

Everyone getting ready for cake

The birthday girls ready to blow out their candles. Dad did a good job ordering the perfect cake. Jack was so excited for the cake.

Cutie pies!

They were all so hot from running around.

Trick-Or-Treat Town

Yesterday we went to Trick-Or-Treat town. The kids had such a great time! I actually decided to make the kids costumes this year. It was quite the adventure. I started in September and remembered Friday that Trick-Or-Treat town was Saturday so Friday I spent sewing.

Kali was Hermine from Harry Potter

Caleb decided that he wanted to be a pirate, again, and wore the same costume as last year.

Madeline was a princess/witch/snow princess/whatever she changed her mind to be by the minute. I was impressed that she did the whole thing in heels.

Jack was a giraffe. He cracked me up the whole night. At first he didn't want to wear his costume and I showed him in the mirror what he looked like and he was in love. He wore it all night, went to bed with it, woke up and was wearing it (I made him take it off for church), and when we got home from church he put it back on.

This is how he stood patiently in line. So cute!

Scary.

Once Jack understood that each person was going to give him candy he ran right along with the other kids.

I know it's amazing...I'm actually in a picture!!!! Happens only twice a year!

Look at all the chocolate drool on that outfit.

Great Grandma

Aaron's grandma passed away last month and I was so fortunate to have people step up to play my role so I could go support Aaron. Caleb and Kali understood what was going on but Madeline had such a hard time. She thought it was Aaron's mom, grandma, instead of great grandma. So while I was there I had Aaron's parents make a little video for Maddy so she could see that they were still around.

Here's Aaron and I the morning of the funeral. I prayed that that button on my little sweater would hold out. And just incase it didn't I brought a little sewing kit. ha ha.

This statue is in the entrance of the funeral home. I loved it!

Three sisters over looking their mom...

Executive meeting. Doesn't this picture look like it should was taken out of the White House or somewhere important like that?

Aaron's brother, Kevin, and his family.

At the grave site.

I love watching these two together.

He totally wasn't posing for this picture. I just happened to take it while he was putting on his sunglasses. What a stud!

It's such a blessing to know that this isn't goodbye...it's just see you later.