Incase you didn't already know, my two girls share the same birthday.
Izabella was born at 11:17 pm on December 31, 2007
and
Abigail was born at 5:26 am on December 31, 2009!
So they are exactly 2 years apart.
I decided this year with everything that was going on in our busy little family that I was only going to prepare ONE birthday cake. I know Abigail wouldn't mind much so I asked Izabella what kind of cake she wanted.
To my surprise she wanted a Rapunzel cake (courtesy of the new Disney Tangled movie). Then she found this one on line and had to have it.
"Please mommy, I really want this one! I'll love you forever, ever, ever, and ever if you make this one!"
I had never worked with fondant before, but I decided why not give it a shot.
This is what I came up with.
Izabella loved it, especially the fact that it was over two feet high. She loves her birthday. She picked out her most beautiful dress and had to have her hair done just right. She couldn't wait for all her guests to arrive!!
Since the car at Jeff and Em's was such a big hit with Abigail over Christmas, I just had to get her one. She loves it!!
The girls with their cake!!
Bella really enjoys her sweets!!
Abigail really enjoyed her first experience with cake. In fact she double fisted it!!
Grandma Plane made Izabella a new robe since she grew out of the one she made a couple of years ago. This one has Tinkerbell on it and also had a matching robe for her Kelly Doll!!
Thank you everyone for making the girls' birthday such a wonderful day! We appreciate every ones love and support and are grateful to have you all in our lives. We missed all our family from Washington, and yes Jessica, you too, and we missed out daddy, who was in bed sick for the whole party for the 3rd year in a row. We know your thoughts and hearts were with us.
Love you all,
The Plane's
Catching UP!!
Even though we weren't living in Utah yet, we still all spent Christmas together in Roy/Hooper, Utah, it was a Plane Family Christmas!!
We spent an entire week at Mike's brothers house. Jeff and Emily were wonderful hosts and we all had so much fun. Mom and dad were their and all five grand kids. Justin 7, Hailey 5, Izabella 3(almost), Kara 2 1/2, and Abigail 1 (almost). Abigail was walking by this time and was every were. We had to put up the gate at the stairs so she wouldn't fall down which pretty much locked the little girls down stairs in the play room. But I really don't think they minded much. Grandma spent most of the time down there with them helping dress them up in Princess dresses and playing Barbies and Dolls.
Here is cousin Kara in her cute Ladybug dress!!!
The three oldest granddaughters watching a movie in the playroom.
Justin stayed entertained playing games most of the time, either a WII Nintendo game with Uncle Mikey or card and board games with the rest of the family.
The little car Bella is on was the life of the party. All the kids took turns riding or pushing each other on it. And when the big kids weren't around Abi was pushing it around the kitchen slowly working on her walking skills.
On Christmas Eve all the kids opened a gift of holiday PJ's, aren't they all adorable!
Uncle Jeff read the Christmas story from the scriptures and then The Night Before Christmas. The kids all listened quietly!
Christmas morning was a frenzy as usual. Izabella really made out with a huge haul from Santa and from the rest of the family.
Abigail loved playing with her new toys and everyone Else's.
Daddy go a great Limited Edition Star Trek Watch from Mom and Russ, he loved it!!!
Spending Christmas with family is always so wonderful. We all had a great time together and the kids and I loved being with Daddy for 6 days straight. Thank you Jeff and Emily for a wonderful Christmas and for Mom and Dad for all the yummy goodies (dad loves to bake for Christmas).
Love you all,
The Plane's
Micheal, Stefanie, Izabella, Abigail, and Baby Boy
Preparing for Christmas was interesting this year. For a while we weren't sure whether we would be in Twin Falls, ID or Roy, UT by that time. We finally decided that trying to move before Christmas was not the best idea and that we would wait until after the first of the year to move. This was incredibly hard since we were all having a hard time being separated from each other.
Especially the girls from their daddy.
But when he was home they were the center of his world and they loved every minute of it.
I decided that with me starting to pack, having two girls to take care of all by myself and being pregnant I was not going to decorate as much as I usually did. We would put up the tree, the stockings, and a few other little things and that was it. Thank goodness too, because putting up that much exhausted me.
He are my girls in one of their favorite holiday twines outfits. Aren't they the cutest!!
Izabella found her sleeping bag stocking daddy made for her, and his Mr Grinch and the three of them were a match made in heaven. Most mornings you would find her sitting in her stocking in the middle of the living room floor with her Mr Grinch watching the Grinch of the TV. We are still watching it now at the end of January.
One of the weekends Mike was home we pulled out the old Christmas tree. Izabella loves helping her daddy put it up.
Trying to get both girls to hold still long enough for a picture in front of the tree was near impossible so this one will have to work.
Izabella is very lucky to be such good friends with Santa Clause that he even stops by the house to check in on her before his big ride. She loves seeing Santa and telling him everything she wants.
Abi didn't want much to do with Santa this year so we shared his lap. I hope I didn't squash him to much!
And even Daddy sat on Santa's lap.
I love Christmas and it was so much fun having Bella's help decorating this year. I think my favorite part was walking through the stores with the girls and every time we passed a Nativity Scene Izabella had to stop to see baby Jesus, her favorite baby ever.
We hope you all enjoyed the Holidays!!
The Plane's
It's hard to believe that 5 years ago today Mike and I were married for all time and eternity,
in the Bountiful UT temple. I will never forget that day.
It was absolutely beautiful, even though it was freezing.
It was a perfect day in every way!
Mike has turned out to be the perfect man, husband, and father. He is one of the most loving and giving people I have ever met. He always puts others before himself. He doesn't hesitate to lend a helping hand to anyone with a computer problem. Also, I haven't had to touch the vacuum in 5 years and many nights I don't have to worry about cleaning up dinner or doing the dishes, especially on bath night.
He is a wonderful father, who is more than happy to have two beautiful little girls to care for, and I think is a little nervous about having a boy. I can't believe it's been 5 short years, and we have 2 1/2 little ones. Where has time gone? And what were we thinking?
We celebrated our anniversary last week when I went to Utah for his company Christmas party.
We started the night at the Radison for dinner, then off to see the Jazz game and then Mike
had reserved a room at the Anniversary Inn for us to stay that night.
We stayed at the Anniversary Inn the night after our wedding, so it was nice to stay again.
I almost felt guilty being away from the girls and having my husband all to my self, however they were well looked after by Mom (Mike's Mom) and had more fun then I could have imagined.
I don't remember when I had had such a restful night! It was great to get away and I am longing for him to come home this weekend and be with his family. We have missed him being away for so long.
Just the other day Izabella asked me about a picture hanging on our wall. I told her that it was a picture of the Bountiful Temple where mommy and daddy were married. She told me that it was beautiful and that she wanted to be married there someday. I couldn't be a happier mother than to know that she wants to be married in the temple, even if it is just because mommy and daddy were.
For Mikey
You're the first thing I think of
Each morning when I rise
You're the last thing I think of
When I close my eyes
You're in each thought I have
And every breath I take
My feelings are growing stronger
With every move you make
You're an angel from above
who takes away my pain
My love for you is so strong
It's always just the same
You're the miracle in my life
Who can always make me smile
Just knowing that you care
Makes my life worth-while
You've touched my heart and soul
Which you have from the start
Your warm soft words
Will never leave my heart
You are everything I want
You're so pure and true
I love you with everything I have
And I love everything that you do.
Michael and Stefanie Plane on December 15, 2005
5 years later.....................
I love you Mikey!! Happy Anniversary!!
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!
That's right this morning we woke up to snow!! And even though it will not stick they are big, beautiful, full snowflakes. I just want to curl up on the couch with a warm cup of hot apple cider and watch it fall.
To bad I have to get up and get moving, get two girls ready for day care, my self ready for work and then go to work all day. Good thing I have some big windows to look out.
Maybe I'll just take a moment and lose myself in the beauty of snow while I try to answer phones.
Izabella is so excited. She couldn't wait to tell her daddy it was snowing.
She wanted me to put on her big puffy winter coat, her gloves, hats, and her snow pants.
I told her that was going a little over board so she settled for her big coat, gloves and hat.
Needless to say, she looked like a large pink marshmallow walking into day care today.
But I guess it's worth it to have a happy little 2 almost 3 year old!
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!
Love you all,
The Plane Family
Micheal, Stefanie, Izabella, Abigail and Little Peanut
Finally the big day arrived! Izabella became Tinker Bell at 9:00 am. At about 12:00 pm her friend Colton came over and we took Izabella, Colton, Cody, and Abigail all to the CSI carnival. There were so many people there it was crazy, however, I think the kids really enjoyed themselves. They got to dig for candy in sand and in tubs or cotton balls, spin for different prizes, including tooth brushes and tooth paste that mommy was happy to get. Izabella’s favorite thing was to make a paper ghost on a pop sickle stick. Then a large scary Gorilla had to ruin the fun. Why do people dress up like scary things at a family function? This guy scared her to death and ended the fun for everyone. It was alright though, because it was nap time. After naps everyone came over to our house again and we all made personal sized pizzas. Colton and Bella loved making their own pizzas, and of course they had to match perfectly. I think we all really enjoyed ourselves.
Then it was off to Trunk-or-Treat to fill our buckets for a second time. Izabella brought home so much candy I think her and daddy will be set until Christmas.
We took pictures of all the kids before we went to CSI but I can’t get it to load for some reason. Plus, it was almost impossible to get four kids three and under to hold still for a single picture. I will try and get a couple of Abigail posted very soon. She was a yellow duck and was Oh So Cute, even if she didn’t like her hat.
Love you all lots,
The Plane Family
(Mike, Stefi, Bella, Abbi, and Peanut)
Love you all lots,
The Plane Family
(Mike, Stefi, Bella, Abbi, and Peanut)
So "What's Up Wednesday's" have not been going very well lately. I guess I just have to much to do with work, taking care of the house, getting ready to move, raising two beautiful girls and trying to grow a baby. I never realized how fast time could fly until now. I can't believe that in one week I will be "30". It seems so old, even though I really don't feel that old. And I really can't believe that in March, I will have 3 kids 3 years old and under. Wow!!!
That's right! In case you hadn't heard I am expecting. We are due March 19th and we have broken our streak and will be looking for things of blue!! WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE BOY!!
But that is not the end of our good news. Mike got a new job and we will be moving. Moving to Ogden Utah. Mike will be doing something with computers on Hill Air Force Base as a contract worker for a large company. We can not wait to start our new adventure in Utah. Mike will be starting work in a week and the girls and I will follow sometime before Christmas. The best thing about this new job is that I will be able to stay home with my children. I am so excited to be able to spend more time with them. We will also be living closer to Mike's brother Jeff, his wife Emily and their three kids: Justin, Hailey, and Kara. Izabella can't stop talking about living close to her cousins and being able to go over and play with them.
So that's about all that is going on with the Plane family right now. I promise to work harder on posting more often, and when I'm not working anymore I hope I will be able to use nap time to right down some of my thoughts. Talk to you all soon!
The Plane Family
Micheal, Stefanie, Izabella, Abigail, and Little Peanut
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