A fresh start

I love Womens Conference!  Just one day there and I already am feeling much much better! I knew it was just what I needed. Messages meant for women (ME).  I LOVE being a member of this church.  I have lots of ideas on how to improve my life, my home, and my relationships.

Looking forward to tomorrow and what it brings :)

I'm tired!!!

My life in recent months...

diagnosed with Melanoma skin cancer- check
Katie gets concussion while playing at school- check
surgery to remove cancer as well as many other biopsies- check
best friend informs me she is moving- check
Fraudster in Japan steals gold coin- check
Greg nearly cuts finger off and has to go to emergency room- check
8 month old decides to stop sleeping at night and is up every 2 hours- check
Brielle breaks her elbow- check

I'm tired!

(I'm just realizing that Jessie is the only one who has not had a medical emergency in the last 6 months... please oh please lets keep it that way!)

Things have got to get better right? I am really looking forward to Women's Conference. Spending time just focusing on myself and having a GREAT time with friends- bring it on!

Family Miracles...

These 2 adorable boys are my nephews. My sister Amy who lives in Texas has struggled with infertility for many years and 1 year ago she started to do Foster to Adopt.  She has several amazing little kids that were sent back to their parents after a few short days. But then in March of last year she was called to pick up a 4 day old baby at the hospital. Brian (the little one on the right) was brought home. He was so tiny and they feared he would have FAS(fetal alcohol syndrom) but he has done absolutely amazing and is so dang cute!  Then just a 2 weeks later she was called about another little boy who was 7 months old- little Colton. They then had an instant family of 2 little boys- CRAZY!!!

The last year has been filled with excitement and worry for the boys welfare. Many many times we were afraid they would be returned to the parents or others. My sister and all of us have grown to love these boys and we recently received the best news ever---

Both boys are going to be adopted by my sister and her husband. We are so excited for them! I am really happy for my sister, this is something she has wanted for a long time. The boys are so lucky to have 2 loving parents and a home that will hopefully provide for them a good chance to live happy, successful, productive lives. 

Congrats and Amy and Michael (and Brian and Colton too!)  We LOVE you!

NEVER a dull moment!

We met some friends at the park for lunch today and ended up at the Dr's getting x-rays for a broken elbow! Leave it to Brielle :) Little stinker was climbing on top of the playhouses at Sky Park and slid off onto her arm.  There is never a dull moment around here!

Jessica's cry

I have been trying for a while now to capture Jessica's cry on video because it so funny. She started doing this rolling thing with her tongue a few months ago but she's generally such a happy baby that the only time I would hear it would be at 3am- not so funny!

She has however become uncooperative when her diaper needs to be changed and gets very mad that she can't crawl away. So I took this opportunity to video her. I LOVE it and I try not to laugh but it does make me giggle when she gets so mad.

Spring is in the air

The weather has been so nice this weekend. We spent some time outside enjoying the spring flowers and the new City Creek mall downtown. It is amazing! I can't believe what a change to downtown this has made, it doesnt even seem like the same old place.  I will definitely be back ♥

Spring Break

 We spent the weekend in St George visiting Greg's brother Ryan and his family in their beautiful new house. We spent a lot of time at parks and just relaxing. We had a GREAT time-
Thanks Ryan and Lolly for having us :)

 The Easter Bunny found us and left fun treats for everyone (except the dogs- sorry Shelby!)

 We forgot to bring our swimsuits but that didnt stop us from getting wet and cooling off. 

 and this is what happens when you leave a 6 year old alone for a few minutes... they decide its a good idea to play in the sand (volleyball court) after getting wet (did she think we were at the beach?)

Partner's in crime

 I have to put lots of things "just" out of Jessie's reach but she is creative and will always find a way! Thanks to Hunter who willingly gives her a boost and lets her climb all over him.  She is so proud of herself- cutest little stinker I know ;)

Jessica also LOVES to play the piano, just like her big sisters.

These pictures were taken about 1 minute apart-- did I mention that she is a busy baby? 

Cousins party

The girls got out early on Wednesday for Spring Recess so we had a little party for the cousins at Scott and Julie's.  They LOVED playing in the playhouse and jumping on the tramp since it was such GREAT weather outside.  Jessie absolutely loved watching the girls jump. 

 We decorated Easter Eggs. 

 and decorated cookies! Yummy!

 During conference on Saturday we had a picnic in the living room.  Then Saturday night we got to have Addison and Carter for the night while Jen was in California.  We watched movies and had a GREAT time!

 I LOVE conference. snuggly kids that are warn out from playing with friends and cousins and awesome talks- nothing better :)

For the afternoon session of Conference, we headed to the Jones' for dinner and the annual Easter Egg hunt! We had so much fun and appreciate them for all the work they put into the 5 minute madness that is the "bunny zone" 

 All the kids waiting... so exciting!

 Jessie found her one egg and was happy

 Oh wait-- Jessie saw that her sister had more candy and she wanted it!

Dinosaur Museum

Brielle's Kindergarten class has been doing a unit on Dinosaurs since January and at the end they had a Dinosaur Museum that all the family was invited to. We were able to see all the fun things they have been working on. My favorite part was the recordings they had made of all the dinosaur sounds that was playing in the background. Too cute! Way to go Brielle- you know so much about dinosaurs, it amazes me the things you remember and how smart you are! Love you!

The class has 2 pet Guinea Pigs. Brielle loves to hold them and Mrs Nelson even lets them run around the room to get exercise. 

On the move

 We went to family skate night last week at Classic Skating. Brielle did GREAT on her roller blades and Jessie absolutely LOVED cruising around the rink in her stroller. 

Baby on the move! Jessie is all over the place now and is determined to check out every inch of every room. She also can balance and stand on her knees and will even let go of holding on to something and stand for a few seconds before falling. She is going to be walking before I know it- CRAZY!