Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Makaylee! You are the light of my life! You fill our home with sunshine day and night. You are so funny, and have the best sense of humor for a 3 year old! You dance around the house singing made up songs everyday, and they always make me laugh. Thank you for being such a good girl! You have the biggest heart. I love you so much!

Makaylee got this cheerleader outfit for her Birthday from one of her friends.

Grandma "B" came to say happy birthday and gave you a darling baby and doctor set.

Your favorite present? This Radio Flyer skooter from me and your dad. You are so good at it too!

Birthday Party!

Makaylee is 3! She turned 3 the day after Easter. We had a little friend party for her. She was so happy, she kept saying "My friends are here for my Birthday!" We had 8 kids and 6 moms over, and lots of pizza and cake. It was so much fun. They made candy necklaces and bracelets.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Baby!

We brought you home from the hospital on Easter Sunday 2004. You were the best Easter present we could have asked for!

Coloring Easter Eggs

This is the first year we have actually colored Easter Eggs since Makaylee has been born. I guess we just thought she was too young to enjoy it the last 2 years? She really loved it this year though.

Don't mind her just-out-of-the-tub wet hair!

Her favorites were the pink and purple ones, of course!

St. George

We went to St. George March 15-18th with my whole family. Makaylee loved staying in the same house with her cousins.


We found these sand dunes up Snow Canyon. The kids had a blast playing in the sand for hours!

Congratulations Terry!

Terry Graduated!
He got his Bachelors in Business Management with a 3.9 GPA!
We are so proud of him!


I threw him a graduation party and invited his whole family over.

We had a graduation hat pinata for the kids.
When the pinata finally broke open, all the candy inside was shattered and tiny flakes of candy spilled all over my carpet!!!


It is so nice to have him home more! But now the job hunt is on!

Peek-a-boo

Who is hiding in there? Surely a Grandma and a Makaylee could not fit in there!

Guess again! Peek-a-boo!


What a good Grandma!

It's a BOY!

I'm going to save him the future embarrassment of posting his boy parts, but believe us, He is a Boy! We're so excited! Terry is thrilled that there will be more testosterone in the house. But when I told Makaylee she shouted "No! It's a girl baby! She is getting used to the idea now though. Tonight she was sitting by me on the couch and she reached over and kissed my (big) tummy. It was so cute!

We Love the Snow!

Makaylee Is Going To Be A Big Sister!

We are due July 6th 2007!

We are so excited!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!


Every year we have a party with the extended family. We all have to do "talents." Usually we all end up doing something funny, it is good for a laugh. Here we are playing "Deck the Halls" on our kids heads with Boom Whackers.

Makaylee got this giant stuffed dog from my sweet grandma. She has a hard time holding the thing by herself!

Her favorite gift by far is her new bike. We have made the mistake of letting her ride it around in the house because it is so cold outside. How are we going to break that bad habit? Any ideas?!

The Aquarium

Terry left Makaylee and I for the weekend to go hunting (yes, again!) And no, they haven't killed anything yet. (It's because I keep praying for those elk to run really fast! he he he) So today, we decided to go the the Living planet Aquarium. It is a little expensive, but it's pretty neat. I think the huge aquarium at Ceasars Palace (in Las Vegas) Is much better though, and free. But it was a good time nonetheless. My mom helped to keep us company tonight, Thanks mom!

Do you want to hear a random comment that was yelled to me the other day? This is so weird. Makaylee and I were walking out of a store. I was holding her hand, waiting to cross the street, when this burly guy in a big truck slows down, and yells out his window at me "What are ya? Twins?" It took me a minute to respond, because I looked around to make sure there was no one else around. Nope. He was looking right at me, and my mini me. I just laughed and said "I guess." Aren't people weird?!

Bear Lake

We spent this last week in Bear Lake! My sister-in-law's family owns a cabin up there, and they were kind enough to invite us up. Terry went hunting with his brothers the first few days. (No they didn't kill anything.) So the girls that were left behind ejoyed time on the beach, and talking and laughing about our husbands.

Now, I could tell you about how we didn't shower for 4 days. How we constatnly had sand in our socks and underwear, and how we all have about a hundred mosquito bites. But when I look at the pictures, all I can remember is how much fun we had! Makaylee loved swimming, and playing with her cousins. She got to ride on a jeep, a tractor, and a lawnmower. We spent hours picking out pretty seashells. We ran after birds and tried to catch frogs. We roasted marshmallows, and laughed around the campfire. It was beautiful!

Makaylee's Masterpiece

As you can tell by my last post, I've been really into painting. This week I painted a big canvas to go over my dining room table. While I was painting Makaylee kept saying "mommy, it's my turn!", " I want to paint mommy!" I kept telling her that she could paint when I was all done with my painting. She was so patient! (Because it took a really long time to finish!) When I was finally done, I gave her a piece of paper and the 4 colors I was painting with, and let her go to town!I honestly think her painting turned out better than mine! She was such a perfectionist! It took her over 30 minutes to paint this. She loved it! We have her masterpiece hanging on our magnent board, and she loves to show it off to people when the come over!
This is the painting I did. It will give you a head ache if you stare at it too long! :)