These are a few of my favorite things!

SPRING!!!! Yay! I love everything about it (when it actually feels like spring weather here in Utah and not winter still). The three of us went on a fun picnic up the canyon and we had so much fun. Now that Emma has discovered that she is allowed to play outside, she wants to be out there all the time now!







Things I also enjoy about this time of year:
Smell of freshly cut grass
Playing at the park with Emma
Picnics- any place, any time
Going on walks/jogs outside
Beautiful colors of flowers and trees/plants
The smell of fires and roasting marshmellows
Camping- getting dirty, setting up tents, tin foil dinners/BBQ's, watching the fire, singing songs, everything! I can't wait for our first camp out!
Summer clothes
Popcicles and juice and slush
And best of all...planting my VERY OWN garden!

Here are some pictures! I was so proud of myself. My friend came over and helped me and gave me tips. But I am excited to grow produce of my own! Well, I guess I'll be really proud of myself if I actually DO grow produce. We planted Roma and cherry tomatoes, green, red and banana peppers, lettuce and lastly zuchinni (well, we didnt' have that at the time, so I'm going to finish the garden by planting zuchinni). It was a goal this year to plant a vegetable garden, so one goal checked off the list! (Obviously, now the hard part is the actual growing of the veggies, but at least it's a start!)




Another favorite thing...Emma knows when Daddy goes to work it's time to pray, I thought this picture was so cute. "I'm ready to pray Mom! Why are you taking pictures?"

Happy Easter! (VERY belated!)

So yes, Easter was almost one month ago, but I finally put our pictures on to the computer from our old camera. I lost my good camera (and I am still very very sad about it cause I loved it) so I didn't post anything for a while because I couldn't take pictures until we got a new one.

Anyway, here are some pictures from Easter. It was fun seeing Emma find her basket and go in the backyard and "find" the eggs...they were in plain sight, but hey she's a year and half. Next year I can hide them harder :). She found her Easter basket in one of her favorite cubby places and when she discovered that if she cracked the eggs open, fruit snacks would fly out...she was in heaven! So we went outside and every egg she picked up she would shake to make sure there were fruit snacks in there.









Cade and I enjoyed one item in Emma's basket probably more that Emma did. I got a wind-up chick and so I wound it up and let it go....the chick was born "different". It was a moon-walking chick...it didn't know how to go forward. It was pretty funny ;).

Well, in the future for our children Cade and I want to develop spiritual traditions with our kids. Any traditions you do with your family that you'd like to share?

#2 on the way!!!

Yes, we are expecting again and are happy and excited that I am a few days away from the 2nd trimester! I am now feeling good again and food actually tastes good! Yay! I don't have a lot to complain about since I never throw up during my pregnancies, however, having to deal with nasea (sp?) and having to eat every 2 hours when nothing in the world sounds remotely good...I'm happy happy happy to be over it!

I am due November 27th and we are praying that I will end up delivering very VERY close to that due date! Not early! I have a great doctor this time that has been very good about explaining pros and cons with this pregnancy, having a VBAC, and the statisics with preeclamsia, and we are pretty positive this will be a very healthy baby as well as pregnancy! We are excited and will keep you posted on gender and other updates!

Bryan's Wedding!

Yay! It happened! We are so excited for Bryan and Jennie! They we married on Friday, May 6, 2011. The whole 2 days was just perfect and wonderful. The sealing was probably the best sealing Cade and I have ever attended. It was so spiritual and beautiful and the words given by the sealer were just amazing! I'm sure after he quoted his 2nd and 3rd poems, Bryan and Jennie were probably ready to get the show on the road :). But we enjoyed every minute of it and learned a lot that day.

And when they came out of the temple, they were SO happy and excited! And we all were too! We, of course, went around and took pictures with all the family and friends there...all the many, many people that love Bryan and Jennie. My favorite part of the couple days (besides the actual sealing), was the luncheon. A lot of the siblings shared something about Bryan and Jennie and then the parents did too. And then at the end Bryan and Jennie both shared some thoughts and feelings. It was so great to hear them speak from their hearts. Bryan read a list of attributes he wanted in a wife that he wrote about 7 years ago. As he read through the list he mentioned that Jennie more than fulfilled that list (except maybe the love for reading :)...that's okay Jennie, you've got time for that one!) and more. He had been told by many people in the past that maybe he was TOO picky and needed to settle a little, but how he found the perfect girl for him and she was worth the wait.

Jennie, we are so happy to have you be a part of this family! We love you! And Bryan and Jennie, we wish you happiness and know you will be such a strong, great couple and parents some day. We love you both!!! (pictures courtesy of Stephanie)