Snow Day

So yesterday, for the first time in the several years that we have lived in American Fork, they actually cancelled church due to weather...it wouldn't have been that wierd but they still held sacrament meeting. Madi and I stayed home thanks to the nasty cold we had so Mike went with Ty and called to say that they were going to cancel the rest of church due to the snow...first of all, everyone was already there and second of all, we all live within like three blocks of the Church. Funny thing was that as soon as everyone got home it stopped snowing...of course...we ended up hanging out and then going up to Sandy to my sis in laws for the monthly family fast-sunday dinner....on clear roads.

The Mounds Of Snow

Singing time before bed

Six years and counting....

This past weekend we celebrated our six year anniversary, I can't believe I have been married for so long! We had fun getting away by ourselves for a couple of days...my sister Christy and her husband watched the kids for us so we could have some "alone time" thanks guys!

I just signed Tyson up for pre-school in the fall...another crazy thing that I just can't believe. He is so excited! He keeps saying mom I'm going to go to high school!! My friend Ange and I went and checked it out and it looks way fun, I am pretty excited for it too.

Update on Madi...19 months almost and still not walking but making improvement! She can walk around the house holding just a finger, wobbly still but hopefully it is just a matter of time before she gets up enough courage to let go and venture out on her own!

It seems like everyone I know is expecting!!! I think my motherly clock is telling me that it has been a while, I keep seeing all these new babies and cute pregnant women and suddenly think about another one...I think I am crazy! Don't get me wrong, I would love another one but not for another couple of years. My hands are full with my two and two more a couple days a week and Mike is going back to school so it will still be a while...By the way, I am so proud of him for sticking to it even though its tough trying to balance his classes, homework, his emloyees, family, church calling, and other work responsibilities. Thanks Love for everything you do and for being such a great husband and daddy!

(Our camera is gone so sorry, no pics til we get a new one)

New Year....

We have had an eventful beginning of the year, we had a fun but low key Christmas then we went to St. George the next weekend to spend time with family for a couple of days. My sister and I gave my mom a makeover for Christmas and she looks fantastic. Trish cut her hair...(THANKS tons!!! You did a great job!) then we dyed it and took her to Dillards for a facial makeover, helped her pick out some new clothes and she looks so good, at least 10 years younger! I wish I had taken before and after pics...After that was over, we were hanging out at my mom's house and Ty fell off one of the bar stools and gashed his poor little chin open....a doctors visit and seven stitches later he is fine, but it was pretty traumatic for all of us.

Pretty gross huh??


Now that we are back, we are just busy with all of the "home improvement" projects that we have going...nothing major, just some re-painting, plumbing, tileing, and more painting. I can't wait for it all to be done, I love our house, but it will be so nice to have it cleaned up and no longer "in the works" . Oh yeah, and we lost our camera so it's time for the new camera search...any recommendations?

Well, that's all for now, Happy New Year!

Here comes Santa Clause....

Yay, Tis the season! I love this time of year for so many different reasons. It's always great when we have a chance to do our annual family Christmas photo. We had a good friend of ours, Cristall (http://www.cristallharper.com/) do our pics this time and had quite an adventure trying to get the kids to stay still and smile at the same time! It was especially challenging since we tried to get some with the pretty snow in the background. I don't think they enjoyed the snow too much, must be Mikes California blood in their veins...anyway, here are some of the ones we had taken. Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy Birthday Buddy!!

Our little guy turned 3 on Sunday, I can't believe it!! He is such a fun little kid, he fills our days with witty little comments and funny actions. He is a red-headed little fire cracker with a personality to match. His favorite thing to play is "tough-guy" and loves to beat up mom and dad...not so sure how I feel about that....he is generally a sweetheart though with lots of love to give.

I left the room for a second while making his cake and when I came back

this is how I found him...sneeky!

My lovely little Madi

A physical therapist from Kids on the Move has been coming once a month to help Madi with her skills of walking and crawling, and I have to say I am very pleased with her progress in the last couple of months. The other day, with the encouragement of her older brother, Madi attempted to crawl across the living room and almost made it the entire way! I am so excited that even though she is behind, she is finally making some progress. I have learned that a lot of her delay is simply her personality and the fact that she is so laid back and easy going (as well as a little stubborn). Another major improvement was that a couple of days ago she pulled herself up to the coffee table and now that she has figured that out she is trying her new skill out on a lot of things. Probably not as exciting to all of you as it is to me, but she will be going into nursery in a month and a half and I really would like her to be able to walk around with all of her little nursery buddies! Anyway,I am so grateful to have such a wonderful little girl as a part of our family. She has a smile that is beautifully contageous, and a personality to match, and I am glad to say that she's mine!

cute n cuddly

Well of course I had to do the Halloween post....It's kind of strange, but people in our neighborhood don't even trick-or-treat at houses anymore, they have a big ol trunk-or-treat in the church parking lot that lasts about a 1/2 hour to 45 min. Bing Bang Boom and we're done! Anyway lots of fun and lots of candy....