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Happy Birthday Lexi!!! I really cannot believe my baby is 2! I am really having a hard time with this one. I can't believe how fast these kids grow up. Lexi is such a sweet little girl. We are so blessed to have her in our family. All day today when we would tell her happy birthday she would say "happy birthday" in her sweet little voice. I could just squeeze her! She is getting so big and talking so much. She is finally saying I love you. For the longest time she would say everything but that and when we would tell her to say it she would just nod her head. Se loves to say please and thank you and it is so hard not to give her whatever she wants when she says "peese" in her sweet little voice. She loves to play house with Hadley and feel like she's really a part of the story line. I could just sit there all day and watch them, it is the cutest thing ever. She still has her Binky when she goes to bed and calls it her mimi. That is really cute too to hear her say "where mimi go." She is always concerned about her sister. Every morning when I get her out of bed she says "where ha-ey go." And she is still an excellent sleeper. She loves bed time and always says "thank you mommy" when I put her to bed. I know I am rambling and honestly I could do it all day. Lexi has grown up so much lately and I have not been very good at writing it all down. It makes me want to cry every time I think about how fast time goes by. I look back at her pictures and I can't believe she not my little baby anymore. We are having her birthday party on Sunday so today we went to Cowabunga Bay to celebrate with just the 4 of us. The kids had a blast. It was really a lot of fun. Lexi was a little unsure at first and definitely didn't like the water slides, but after a while she warmed up and loved splashing around in the pool. Hadley loved it too. I was surprised at how many water slides she went down. It was a great day, then we went out to dinner and Lexi sat on the chair just like a big girl and she thought it was the coolest thing ever. We love you so much Lexi, thank you for blessing us with your sweet spirit!



Lexi going down the water slide



Splashing around


Miss May on the water slide

Hadley loved the water slides!

Me and my birthday girl!

Lexi and Daddy

She is so big!!

I love to see the Temple......We took both kids this time to the Temple open house and we remembered our camera! It is so nice to have the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple just 5 minutes from our house. The kids loved going through it. Lexi's favorite part was all the stairs. She thinks she is so big. Good thing there weren't too many people when we went because she had to climb all the stairs herself and would not let me carry her. And then there is the added bonus of the yummy cookies at the end. To be honest, that was their favorite part. I am so thankful to be so close to so many beautiful temples and to have the knowledge that families are forever. We truly are blessed and I am so thankful to be sealed to my family for eternity, what an amazing blessing!

4th of July weekend we were back up to Bear Lake again. Tyler's aunt and cousins were up there with us. We don't get to see them much because they live in Colorado. Hadley was really excited to meet some of her cousins. She has seen them before but she was too young to remember. We had a great time at the lake despite the overcast and the freezing cold water. I tried water skiing again and didn't have much luck, I spent most of the time in the water. Then on the 4th we went to the Paris Parade. The kids loved it! It was the first parade we have taken the kids to. Hadley was way excited about all the candy they were throwing out and Lexi was way excited to eat it! Then later we did pop its and sparklers and watched the fireworks from the deck of the cabin, it was great! We are so lucky to have some place to go and get away and enjoy the beautiful scenery Bear Lake has to offer. Thanks so much Donna and Terry, we love you!

Lexi was a little unsure of the sparklers

Chantelle, Hadley, and Taylor...cute cousins

Lexi throwing pop its

Hadley had so much fun swimming with Chantelle

they were best friends!



Our fam at the Paris Parade

All the kids at the parade

I love Hadley's little wave!

Hadley loves the sand much more than the water



Tyler put cute little Landon to sleep

My beach babes!


Landon on the wave runners, I love that kid!

Lexi thinks she's big