Kaleigh's first field trip

Friday I got the privilege of being a chaperon on Kaleigh's school field trip to the zoo. It was so much fun! I loved having one-on-one time with her as well as with her cute little friends. We were put into groups of three and were allowed to go off on our own, but me and a couple of my friends decided to stick together. It was great! We even got to ride the school bus together! We had such a great time and created an awesome memory. Kaleigh and her friend, Kylie, were quite worn out and fell asleep on the bus ride home. It was hilarious!

A quick shout out to Peyton...

*Honorable Mention...... Congratulation sweet little Peyton, who turned 8 MONTHS on daddy's B-day! My, my, how time flies. We love you little red!

Happy 31st Birthday Scotty!!!!

Today is Scott's 31st Birthday. How exciting! To honor my amazing hubby, I would like to share the top 31 reasons why I LOVE & ADORE him.......

1. He is hilarious (Note the picture above)

2. He is HOT!!!!!

3. He honors his priesthood

4. He is a very hard worker

5. He is the BEST daddy in the world

6. He is smart

7. He is grateful

8. He is humble

9. He is VERY buff (which only I have the priveldge to know since I'm the only one that see's him nude! He he)

10. He is very motivated

11. He never gives up. He toughs all things out till the end

12. He is an incredible husband!

13. He loves his Dad, Mom and siblings. I've still, to this day, never heard him speak unkindly of any of them

14. He greatly provides for us

15. He helps wash dishes when necessary

16. He always puts the toilet seat back down. It's never been left up ONCE! Yeah...

17. He has great hygeine

18. He ALWAYS smells really sexy

19. He loves working on projects around the house (and he's great at them)

20. He's obsessed with the yard and keeping it beautiful (we are frequently told we have the prettiest yard on the block and that is because of his hard work)

21. He served a honorable and honest mission

22. He is a peace keeper

23. He always wanted a son, but got 3 girls instead and he says he wouldn't have it any other way. He's never complained about it once. He loves his Princesses and they adore him too!

24. Despite how busy he is at work and home, he still makes time to hold a busy calling (ward mission leader) and coach Kaleighs soccer team twice a week. Wow!

25. He's always willing to help anyone out

26. He got jobs for both my brothers and brother-in-law

27. HE KEEPS ME SANE!

28. He's a guys-guy. He loves all sports and everything that comes with them

29. He very gospel knowledgable. He can answer any question and loves getting into the deep stuff

30. He compliments me constantly and makes me feel like I am #1 (in his book ,at least)

31. He gets down on the floor and plays with the girls every night

WE LOVE YOU, SCOTT, AND HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY BECAUSE YOU REALLY DESERVE IT!!!!!! THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. YOU ARE A DREAM COME TRUE!

Kaleigh's Dance Festival

Kaleigh's school put on a dance festival today. It was so cute! Kaleigh, along with her class and some 4th grade helpers, did the Hokie Pokie. She did an awesome job and nailed every move! I was one proud mama! As you can see from the pics, Shayla was more interested in making herself a conehead with her buddy Brynn.

A day at the Zoo

Saturday we decided to take the girls to the zoo despite the fact that it was a little chilly. We had a blast! We bought a family pass earlier this year since the girls love going there so much. It has more than payed for itself already! Kaleigh got to pet the back of a beautiful Eagle and we saw an amazing show. The highlight of the day was when we were walking past the "Pecany" exhibit (wart hogs) and Kaleigh shouted, "Look at all the Guinea Pigs!". It was hilarious! Everyone around thought it was so cute and we all had a good laugh. We had a great day. It's days like those that we stop and realize that having kids and completely indulging ourselves in them is what makes life so priceless!

Lovin' the highchair!

Well, Peyton has had a productive weekend of "firsts". Not only did she officially start crawling the other day, she had her first highchair experience. She loved sitting there like a big girl eating lunch. She loves crawling too! She takes her time unless she spots something she wants and then....off she goes like lightning! We can't believe how quick she is! Yeah Peytie Pie!!!!!

Butterfly Kisses

I am so thankful that my Dad was able to come up and spend time with us! He was only able to be here a couple days, but it was so nice. He has been through soooo much lately with his chemo and cancer,really. I could tell he was in a ton of pain and he could barely eat, but he tried to keep smiling through it all. He is such an amazing man!!! My dad is my hero!!! Because of his cancer and treatment he has suffered extreme weight gain, now weight loss, hair loss, neuropathy(extreme hand and foot pain due to nerve damage), loss of energy, loss of ability to due anything physical, itchiness, rashes, pinched nerves, fractures and a whole lot more. Somehow he finds the desire and ability to keep on going to work everyday and continue being an amazing Bishop! He just ended a long and horrible round of chemo and might be beginning a bone marrow transplant next month. We will find out tomorrow. Needless to say, I think my dad is an incredible man! I love him more than words can ever express and it hurts me HORRIBLY to watch him suffer. It seems so unfair that such a good person has to suffer so much. A day has yet to go by without this weighing on my mind heavily. It sucks but I have learned that all I can do is sit back and watch, pray real hard and hope that Dad can somehow beat this. The thought of losing him is unbearable! It just can't happen!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep him in your prayers everyday. Please!

(sorry for any typos or misspellings. kind of hard to focus when you're balling your eyes out)

Garage dilema

Today was another beautiful Utah spring day so the girls had fun testing out their new pink scooter, which they loved! Peyton, of coarse, loved the show too. You know...while sitting there watching the girls I couldn't help but think about how necessary the dang scooter was. Why? Because I counted HOW MANY THINGS WERE ALREADY TAKING UP HALF OUR GARAGE!!! There is a HUGE Barbie Jeep, 2 Plasma cars, 2 bikes, 2 tricycles, a Kangaroo (which pulls behind our bikes) and a buggy! And that's just their crap, not including ours! It irritated me actually even though it's our dang fault. Whoops!

Meet the cousins

Yesterday I took the girls down to Dan and Meg's to meet little Axton. Well, of coarse they loved him! He is such a doll so what's not to love really? They kept saying, "Ah, he's soooo cute." Kaleigh made us all laugh when she was holding him because she said, "Mom, I want to buy a baby like that!" She said it again later so I asked her why she keeps saying that and her response was, "because I want a baby brother." Yikes! Sorry Kaleigh, it's not my fault. You can blame Daddy for that one!

IPOD!

My wonderful husband got me the Ipod Nano for Mother's Day! I am so excited to use it! Now running will be a lot more interesting. I am also glad that I am no longer the only human in the United States without one. Thanks baby!!! You rock!

Attention Child Protection Services!!!

So the other day the girls were swimming in their pool and asked me to boil water and put it in so their water could be "toasty". (which I had done hundreds of time)So I did. Well, as I was pouring the water in, Kaleigh decided to put her leg right into the stream!!! Needless to say, she has a horrible 2nd degree burn on her leg. After much pain and screaming and many tears(on her behalf and mine) she is healing. These pictures were taken 5 days after the fact so they don't even do justice to how bad it initally looked. My poor baby!!!!

Wow, I'm a mom too!

I can't help but take a minute to write how thankful I am to be the mommy to my 3 beautiful little girls. These are a few pictures from the last 2 days that made me stop and think how lucky I am. Some days I want to scream from the stress of mommyhood, but all in all, I wouldn't trade it for anything! Thank you Kaleigh, Shayla and Peyton for turning my heart inside out and showing me how priceless life is. Also, thank you Scott, for giving me these girls to love and cherish. I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!!!! (Sorry...I know this was corney, but I would feel ungrateful otherwise!) Happy Mother's Day all!

Mama's Day

Happy Mother's Day Mama! I am so thankful for this day to stop and think about my wonderful mother and all she has done for me. She is an incredible woman! She is loving, kind, strong, talented, smart, compassionate, forgiving, hilarious, outgoing and beautiful! I could go on and on. I am so thankful to be blessed enough to have her as my mom! Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with such an incredible mom whom I adore!!!

Love at first sight...

Our thanks, and congrats, to Danny and Megan for their adorable little baby boy! Axton was born yesterday, May 4th, weighing in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 in. long. I am a very proud Auntie and can't believe he is actually here now. Wow! We are so excited to have him as part of the family and look forward to watching him grow up. Welcome little man!!!! I completely fell in love with him already!