September 2012

I am getting closer to being caught up on the blog!  Whoo hoo!  In September the kids and I went with Shannon, Trevor and their girls to the aquarium in at Arizona Mills Mall.  It was fun to spend time with them. It is great to have them living so much closer to us now!

Andie and Jaime

Jaime, Andie, Trevor, and Lauren

 David hung out in the stroller.  He wasn't too sure about it being so dark in there.

 Jaime and Trevor "underwater".

 Cutest girls ever!

 These rays were some of the biggest I have ever seen.

 Shannon and Andie

 These fish are so weird looking!

The jellyfish are always fun to see.

I have been trying some different ways to style Andie's hair.  This particular day we went extra fancy!

Andie kept looking in the mirror and saying "look at my beautiful hair"!

David loves to lay on our bed.  I like to lay with him and snuggle, but sometimes we fall asleep!

He is the sweetest boy and I can't believe how fast 5 months has gone!

August 2012

Andie turned 3 this year!  Crazy I know.  Just the other day I was huge and miserable in the hot and muggy August weather of Arizona waiting for my little girl to make her grand entrance into the world.  It is now 3 years later... it is still hot and muggy in August, but a lot has changed in 3 years.

Andie is full of personality.  Everyone who knows Andie loves her and loves being around her.  She is so sweet and tries really hard to be good.  We are amazed at how smart she is and how much she loves to learn.  She is a gorgeous little girl and everywhere we go she gets so many compliments on how beautiful she is.  She is polite of course and always tries to say thank you!

She loves to read and ever since our friend Steph gave her a Fancy Nancy book when David was born she has been hooked.  So this year we decided to have a Fancy Nancy birthday party.

The birthday girl with her birthday breakfast which was white chocolate chip pancakes, blueberries, and bacon.  The bacon is always the first thing to go.  We decided to go with white chocolate chips this year because last year when I put milk chocolate chips in her pancakes she didn't want to eat them because she said there were "eews" in it.

Fancy Andie ready for her party guests to arrive!

Cooper on the slide

Shari and Melissa

Sarah

Ty was nice enough to be our grill master.

Beautiful birthday girl.

 Having fun on the slip n' slide

Maybe Becca should go out for synchronized swimming!

Great timing on this picture :)

Everyone seemed to be having a lot of fun.

We had a pinata which was in the shape of a fancy purse of course.  No one could break it, so it was up to Uncle Ty to get the job done!

Gathering up all the candy.

Present time!

One happy little girl!

Her Fancy Nancy cupcakes.

 3 years old I can hardly believe it!

We also celebrated my Mom's birthday in August.  I am always amazed with how much my Mom does for us and so many others.  She is a wonderful example of service.  I love spending time with her and so do my children.  In the front of their house my parents have a little section of trees which is now lovingly known as "the forest".  Andie LOVES going to "the forest" with her Nannie to explore and collect pine cones, which they line up on the front fence.  Thanks for always making our life better Mom!  We love you!

July 2012

We had a fun 4th of July this year at my parent's house.  They got out the water toys, which are always a hit with the kids.

 Ashley and Sarah

 Mackenzie with the water rocket

 Andie in her 4th of July outfit

 The intense game of Jenga

 The kids (or should I say girls) table

 David loves being with his Papa

 Kelsey let Cody pull her tooth out

 So proud of her tooth.  This girl is so funny!  She thought she could trick the tooth fairy 

 My sweet boy

 Jumping on the tramp.  Andie would do this all day long if we let her.

We also celebrated Dad's 72nd birthday.  We are so grateful for him and all he does for us.  He loves to spend time with our children and they just adore him.  David loves to sit and "talk" and laugh with my Dad.  Andie loves to play outside, ride on the mule, go see the horses, feed the chickens and the parrots, go get the mail, play pretend in the playroom... the list could go on... with her Papa.  It is so cute to see how both Andie and David light up when my Dad walks in.

June 2012

Andie has a friend named Katelyn, whom she loves.  When Katelyn comes over they love to play Just Dance 2 on the Wii.  It mainly consists of running around in circles, but they actually end up getting some pretty good scores!

I turned 30 this year!  Brian made it a nice birthday by taking me out to dinner and to Hale Theatre.  I can't believe I am so OLD, but at the same time it feels good to be in this stage of life.  This is my birthday breakfast he made me.  He is pretty creative with the "food decorating"!

We also blessed David in June.  It was a special day and Brian was very inspired during his blessing.  I felt the Spirit very strongly when he talked about David serving a mission.  I am grateful for the power of the Priesthood and how it blesses our lives.  Here are some pictures from that day.  I am sad we never got a picture of my family from that day.  I should have coordinated that better!