Happy Mother's Day!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Mother's Day. I hope you had a great day! I woke up to (I pretended to be asleep) my kids and Steve bringing me breakfast in bed. They brought me cute presents that they had made me at school and a few little things that Dad had bought for me. We got dressed and went to our sacrament. We then went to my Mom & Dad's singles ward for me to speak there. I spoke with the other counselor's daughter and the bishop's daughter. Everyone did a great job. I was SUPER nervous but it ended up being great. After we went to dinner at Little America... I know it is Sunday and we don't usually do that but on Mother's Day my dad always takes us there. After dinner we went to see my Grandma (my Mom's Mom). It was all in all a pretty great day!

Thank you to all of my girlfriends. You guys really are an inspiration to me on how to raise a family and be a Mom! Thanks for your examples... everyone of you.

Happy 54th Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's 54th birthday. For her birthday party she decided that she wanted to take all of us to Hawaii... I guess if you have to twist my arm I will come to the party. For her birthday I thought that I would list some of my favorite things about her.

~ Her love of parties.

~ Her love of making everything a little more special by the presentation of it. She wraps the best gifts and makes even the littlest gifts look really great.

~ She is a great cook and presents that great too.

~ She loves to go get Diet Cokes with diet cherry and lime with me.

~ She is super great with my kids.

~ I love that she loves to hang out with my dad and they really are still are in love.

~ she always wants all of us involved in everything together and makes sure that everyone is included.

I really love to hang out with her and we have a lot of fun together.

I love you Mom!

Church in Kauai...

So last night Steve had the great idea of going to church in Kauai. We told the whole family and they thought that it sounded like a good idea. We decided that we would leave in the morning at 8:40 am because the church was just 5 minutes (if that) away. Well what we didn't know was that on the small island of Kauai there are not a whole lot of road signs on the side roads and some times addresses are wrong... needless to say, we finally made it to sacrament at 9:25am... at an address that was totally different than the one we were looking for but with the same ward number... go figure.

It was fast Sunday (obviously). It was so great to hear the testimonies of the saints out side of Utah. The two very best parts were when Steve got up to bare his testimony and also when they had the whole ward come up to the front (which was only about half of the congregation) and they sang to the visitors Aloha Oei (not sure how to spell it) and passed out handmade yarn leis made by on of the elderly sisters. It was really cool.

The rest of the day we swam at the ocean and the pool. I MUCH MUCH prefer the pool... it is so much cleaner. I am not o fan of cleaning out sand out of EVERYTHING and EVERYPLACE.

We are having a great time with the family.

Kauai, Hawaii...

I am sitting here in Kauai, Hawaii at the Marriott watching my kids sit on the balcony play cards... what a cute site to see. I am going to try to upload some pictures but if I can't I will do it when I get home.

We played on the beach today in Honolulu and then flew over here to Kauai. What a beautiful island Kauai is. It is probably the prettiest. I am glad to be here and have a little break from reality. We have needed it lately... Steve has worked so much and I have been super busy with sports and school stuff for the kids.

Aloha!

Happy 12th Birthday Shawn!

Today is Shawn's 12th birthday. I really can't believe that we have a 12 year old. I think of all of the things that a 12 year old boys does... He will start to pass the sacrament, he will hold the priesthood, he will go to jr. high, he will be in young mens, he will flirt with girls and much much more.
I remember when we were pregnant with him I always said that I hoped that he was a boy because I always wanted an older brother to protect me and Shawn does a great job of that (protecting his siblings). Having him in our family is such a joy (most of the time LOL). He is a really great boy. He has a super strong testimony and really does know right from wrong. I am glad that he is our oldest because he is a great example to his siblings and friends.
I love you buddy... Happy Birthday!

TIred...

I am too tired lately to blog. I am enjoying reading yours though. I will write soon.

Happy 10th Birthday Alyssa!

Today is my big girls birthday! I can't believe that she is 10 already. I remember the day that she was born like it was yesterday. We didn't find out what we were having when we were pregnant with her. I really wanted a girl because I had a boy, but I didn't want to say that I wanted a girl because I might jinx it. As if she could turn into a boy LOL! When we were having her Steve said "It is a girl..." I told him not to get my hopes up... He said "I see her... it really is". She had dark dark black hair and a lot of it. she has the most beautiful skin even still. She is such a beautiful girl. Inside and out. I am having so much fun with her right now. It is fun to have a little person that is yours that you are friends with. She has such great conversations with me. We really love having her as our oldest girl... she is a great example to Ashley and Cameron.





I love you Alyssa... Have a happy day!