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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

Weekend in Bear Lake

We were back up in Bear Lake this weekend, this time with my family. The only people who ended up being able to go was my mom with my two little sisters, my sister Kristi with her two girls and Tyler and I with our two girls. So it was an all girls trip with the exception of Tyler. He handled it pretty well, although I'm sure he was glad to come home. We had a pretty good time. We took the kids to the beach on Friday, the water was sooo cold. Tyler was the only one brave to get in the water with the kids. They thought it was fun, Audry had never been to a beach before so she was way excited. Then we went to the pool for some warmer water. It was a nice getaway. And of course I came back with lots of pictures. I just can't get enough of these cute kids!

Hadley learning to swim with her daddy

Tyler and the girls

what a babe!!

Miss May

More Cute Things Kids Say

When we were driving home from the cabin after Memorial weekend, Hadley started getting whiny toward the end and was crying very loudly about something. Tyler and I were telling her to be quiet and not to scream so loud when Lexi looked at her with her Binky in her mouth and said "shut up." Tyler and I just looked at each other wondering if we heard her right and sure enough when Hadley didn't stop she leaned over to try and get in her face and said"shut up!" We were laughing so hard we couldn't even tell her not to say it. It was really funny and really cute despite the rude thing she was saying. I'm almost just glad I finally have funny stories to tell about what she says!

Then there's my Hadley...the other day I was rearranging things on my entertainment center and I kept backing up to see it better and tripped backwards over the ottoman and totally fell flat on my butt! I look over and there's Hadley sitting on the floor looking at me laughing. She said "did you just trip? Who does that?" Then later I was telling Tyler the story and she pipes in and says "yeah and I was like, are you serious?"

And yesterday morning when I was still in bed trying to ignore my kids, Hadley said to me "mom you know what makes you so special, you're a good friend" What a sweetheart, it made my whole day.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Last weekend we decided to have some family fun and take the kids bowling. They loved it and it was nice to do something fun with just the four of us.

Hadley had her Spring recital a couple weeks ago. It was so cute to see her get up there again. Although this time she was a lot more nervous. I think she actually danced more last time. But it was still fun and she did a great job. I am so proud of her. She is such a sweet girl and she looked beautiful in her dance costume. Lexi wanted to get up there and dance so bad. She was dancing in the walk way and when it was over she ran up to the stage and got a flower with all of the other girls. Then she wouldn't get off the stage, she just stayed up there doing her own little dance whether or not people were watching. She was the cutest thing, I think I might have to put her in dance!

Thomas The Train

Hadley had been asking to go on Thomas The Train since we took her on the Polar Express in December. All these little activities can get pretty pricey so I told her she had to earn her own money to go. She earned the last dollar she needed right before we left. It was just going to be a daddy daughter thing because I didn't want to have to buy another ticket but when it got closer I felt bad that Lexi wasn't going and decided since she was free and I only needed one more ticket than I should go too. I was wondering if it was all really worth it so I asked Hadley on the way home if she had fun. She said yes and that she wanted to go again. I told her I was glad she liked it and she said "don't worry mom, I LOVED it." That made it all worth it. The kids had a great time and it was fun to get out and do something together with just our little family. It was also Hadley's last day of preschool for the year. I can't believe summer is here again and my little girl is not so little anymore. It seems like yesterday I dropped her off for her first day and left crying because she just left without looking back. I am so proud of her. She is getting so big and so smart. I cannot believe how fast time goes by. Before I know it she will be in Kindergarten. I will really be crying then! Anyway, after Thomas it was off to the cabin for a nice little getaway. We didn't do much, it was cold and rainy but it was nice to escape reality for a while.

This is Hadley and Lexi enjoying the ride to and from the cabin (Lexi was exhausted from all the fun)

The girls were yelling "hi" to the horses we passed on the train

Our Little Family

my cute girls

Mother's Day Program

Hadley's school had a little Mother's Day program today. She was really excited to sing to me. She's been talking about it since last week. It was the cutest thing ever and of course I was choking back the tears again as I was watching it. I'm such a baby lately but I just can't help it. My little girl is growing up so fast! I know I sound like a broken record but I just can't get over it. Hadley is such a sweetheart and she loves me so much more than I deserve. Today I got mad at her for spilling some colored sand all over after I told her to wait and let me help her. A couple minutes later I told her I was sorry and asked her if she was still my friend and she said "of course mom, I'm always your friend no matter what." I love her so much! She is such a sweet little girl and has been such a big helper around the house lately. I am so blessed to have her in my life. She keeps me in check and though I don't always love that, I am thankful for it. Hadley you are one of my very best friends and I love you so much!
Here is a little video of the last song they sang. They are so cute.

Hadley's last school field trip for the year

Hadley had her last field trip for the school year last week at the Thanksgiving Point farm. I cannot believe this school year is almost over. I was choking back tears reading the last newsletter for the year. I know it's dumb, it's only preschool but I just can't believe how fast my babies are growing up. Hadley says she can't wait to go to the "big school" she knows she can't go until she turns 5 and she is anxiously waiting. She was really excited when I told her she would be 4 on her next birthday...one step closer to the "big school". She is getting so big and she is so funny. Her new words she has been experimenting with are apologize and appreciate. She thinks she needs to use them together, the other day she said "mom I apologize to appreciate if you would get me some cold water please" I just love her! Then there's my little Lexi, she's not so little anymore either. She's really starting to talk a lot, you just have to listen close. Her favorite thing to say is "want more kay" and "peese" which means please. She uses that word to her advantage because she knows she's just so dang cute and innocent when she says it that she can have whatever she wants. Anyway, the girls had a lot of fun learning about animals and riding the ponies. Lexi was really upset when her turn was over.

This is Hadley and her best friend Taylor. The teachers always tell me how cute they are in class and how they like to do everything together! Hadley is so tall!!