Happy Easter

Easter is my favorite time of year. I love spring in Arizona. The weather is perfect to be outside and everything beautiful is in bloom. This year for Easter we celebrated the week with decorating sugar cookies, dying eggs, egg hunts, church, food, baskets, and family!

Happy 2nd Birthday Parker! Wow, I cannot believe how fast you have grown in the last two years. You are my little man. You are so full of life and loudness. With your crazy curls and your crazy personality we love you so much. You know what you want and are not afraid to show it. I love your belly laugh, I love your sweet smile, I love your big puppy brown eyes, I love your pouty lips, I love your cute little toes, I love when you repeat everything I say, I love your good manners of please and thank you, I love your chubby thighs, I love that you love your big brother like he is the best person in the world, I love that you are a snuggle bug, I love when you read books to me, I love that you love "bum" (when you mean gum), I love you when you give the best kisses, I love that you love bread and butter, I love when you ask me to hold you when you are sad, I love that you love to be rocked, I love that you hold my finger when we walk across the street, I love you when you say prayers, and most of all I LOVE YOU FOR YOU PARKER.

Christmas has come and gone

Christmas is truly my favorite time of year. What a great time it is to celebrate Christ's birth and remember the true meaning of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, my parents came over for dinner. We had a delicious dinner and dessert followed by Christmas songs and poems. That night we had a lot to do to get ready for Santa. Mike and I stayed up until 1 a.m. Christmas morning Bentley came right into our room announcing that Santa had come into his room and Parker's room too. He told us that the reindeer ate their carrots and Santa ate his cookies and had left his footprints all over the house. Bentley was thrilled to excitement when he saw his Castle from Santa. Parker loved his new "upright dirt devil vacuum"too and immediately got to cleaning the floors. After the kids were done opening their presents, we had blueberry pancakes and headed out the door to my parent's church. The rest of the day we spent with Mike's family. The kids got a little drum set with a guitar and microphone from GG. The boys had a jam session at Noni's house! I will always remember the pure joy in my children's faces this Christmas. I am truly grateful for my beautiful family and my Savior Jesus Christ. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!