The countdown is on...

Only 3 more days until we are here!!!!!

Rylee is so excited to ride on an airplane and Tayler is excited

to eat with the Princesses.

It will just be fun to be on vacation. I love to see my kids

happy and excited too.

Fun Night

Saturday my friend let us borrow her Cotton Candy machine. We had so much fun and ate so much sugar. It was fun!!!! Here are some picts from the night.

Then, it also started hailing so hard.

Tonight we are going to try and carve our pumpkins we picked last Monday night at the Pumpkin Patch. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

Gratitude

Today I have just been thinking about how grateful I am to have a family whom I love and care about so much.

Yesterday, the cute Primary President in our ward had to bury her younger sister, who has 3 little girls- ages 5, 3 and 3 weeks old. Can you even imagine that? The sister contracted bacterial meningitis from the Epidural she received while giving birth to her baby girl. How hard that must be on that poor little family!

Ever since I heard the news, I have been much more grateful for my time here on earth and want to make the best of it. There are so many things I need to work on, but each day I try to have just a little bit more patience, or play just a little bit longer with my kids, or tell them a few more times how great they are and how much I love them. I try so hard to be the best mom I can, but know that I fall short so many times and let the trivial things in life take over instead of focusing on the big picture!

It really makes you think that you never know when your time is up and when you may be called home.

I am grateful for my blessings because indeed I have many!

Day Farms

For FHE tonight we went to Day Farms right by our house. It was such a blast!

Tayler found just the right pumpkin for her!

We went on a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and all picked

our own. We even found a little one for Jayson.

I LOVE fall & I LOVE my little family!

The kids had a great time! Even Jayson smiled the whole ride out.

Tayler started school again. It was nice to have a break, but she was excited to go back again.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Loves!

Catch up

Well we had a fabulous conference weekend. Saturday, we made a yummy breakfast for Sean's b-day, let him open his fun presents, and then Grandma Shayla came up to tend the kids so that Sean and I could spend some time alone for his birthday (since conference was Tivo'ed).

Grandma being a fun horse. The girls loved it!

We went out to lunch and wanted to see a movie, but nothing good was out that we haven't seen yet, so we just drove around and talked. It was nice to spend some more 1 on 1 time with him. He is such a great person, and I love being with him.

Sunday we just chilled and watched conference, made a big lunch, took naps, and played together that night. I love being with my little family more than anything.

The kids were so good and played in the living room while we watched conference. They made a fun fort and we could hear both girls giggling. Such cuties!

Tayler had some money and gift cards to Target from her birthday so Thursday night she got to go and pick out what she wanted. This is what she chose. She loved paying for it herself too.

She is loving Barbie as the Island princess these days. I think it's a pretty cute movie too.

Here are some other cute pictures of my little chubbers. He seriously is such an angel. He is already sleeping 10 hours at night and NEVER cries or fusses unless he is hungry or has a bubble. There were a few days that I ate something he didn't like that made him cry the whole day, but if I'm good (and don't eat garlic bread) then he is a perfect baby.

Yesterday I did LOTs and LOTs of chores so today we are going to the park. Happy Wednesday y'all!

Happy Birthday Babe!

I love this man!















He is so good to me and is the best daddy in the world.

He loves his kids so much and always knows how to make them feel safe, loved and special.

He has such a great sense of humor, and doesn't allow himself to become overwhelmed or stressed.

He is very knowledgeable in so many areas.

He loves the gospel and lives his life accordingly.

He is always there to help and encourage in any situation.

He is such a hard worker. It doesn't matter what he has going on, he will always stop to help out someone else first if he needs too.

He always stays calm and helps me realize that things aren't that big of a deal.

He loves his family more than anything.

We all love him SO much!!

My little Picasso's.

They both love to paint.. with MOMMY'S paints!

We break out the paint shirts and cover the whole kitchen with newspaper and let them create.

Doesn't that look fun?

I have decided to not be so adverse to cleaning up messes and

just have fun. Each day that passes is

one more day closer to them being gone. Right now

I want to love them as much as possible.

I have sure enjoyed them these past few days. We have so much

fun laughing, reading lots of books, having popcorn and watching

fun movies, making treats, playing games, etc.

Funny side note:

Tayler loves to have me read her the jokes from Laffy Taffy candies. The funny thing is she ALWAYS tries to answer it (no matter what the joke is). Well the other day she totally got it right.

Joke : What is one bow that you cannot tie?

Tay: A rainbow

Correct! What a cutie!

Weekend

Friday Brent and Jen came into town for the funeral. Brent had flown down from Seattle to Boise and then drove with Jen the rest of the way. They arrived at my house around 3:00. It was so great to see them.

Tayler had a practice at the church for the Primary Program. After she was home we got ready and headed down to the viewing. It was nice to see everyone. Ryan, Marcela and Reyes were already there so we were able to see them and visit for a little while.

My grandpa looked so great. He looked so peaceful. It was sad to say good-bye, but what a great life he truly did live.

After the viewing we went to eat and then came home to relax and go to bed.

Saturday we woke up to cold and rain (which eventually turned to snow).We made it down to Bountiful a little before 10:30 to visit and then have the family prayer. We were able to get a picture of most of the cousins. Pretty amazing posterity I think!

The funeral was very nice and a wonderful tribute to my Grandpa's. The graveside service was FREEZING!! It was snowing so hard.

My family

All of my Mom's brothers & sisters

Afterwards the ward provided a luncheon which was so yummy. My mom had a family meeting with all her brothers and sisters afterwards, so all of my brothers and sisters came up to my house to chill. We played The Price is Right and then Sean made us pizza's. It was so nice to be together with all of them. It has been a long time since we have all been together.

Cute Jared with Tay & Rylee

I loved every minute of it, I love them all so much.

I am grateful for such a wonderful family.

The day was long and somewhat exhausting, but wonderful as well.

Yesterday Tayler was in the Primary program. She did such a great job on her part. I was so proud of her. It was fun to see her.

Jen and Brent left around 2:30 to go home. I was sad to see them go. I wish that we all lived a little closer, but I am grateful for the times we have together.

I am a very blessed person. Thanks everyone for everything.

Birthday Day

I am officially old!!

My husband was so sweet and took the day off to be with me on my birthday. I told him that I didn't want any gifts, just some of his time

(since it is so hard to get theses days with everything he has going on).

He woke up early and went to the store and Einstein Bagels to make

me breakfast in bed. They brought it upstairs and it was so yummy!

After that I got ready and he dropped me off to get a massage! I loved

it!

He took all the kids to lunch and to the park while I enjoyed myself and

relaxed.

That night, my wonderful friend offered to watch all of our kids and so we

went to dinner and to a movie. We finally saw the new Bourne show. It

was awesome and so much fun to spend time with just him even without

the baby! I loved every minute of my day!

When we came home that night there were several presents all over my porch.

It made me feel so good! I have such wonderful friends! Thank you everyone!

It was a wonderful day!