New Roomates!!!

So last week my great friend Ashley told me she wanted to take my girls for the day so that I could have a day alone with my amazing husband. So yesterday was that lucky day! Ashley came and picked the girls up at about 10 am and kept them VERY entertained until she brought them home around 7:15 that night. Billy and I decided (more so me hee, hee) that we were going to take advantage of the time alone. Billy took apart the full size bed that Mattison had been sleeping on so that we could put 2 beds in the room. That is right, Kylee and Mattison are roommates!! Kylee has officially moved out of the crib. I figured in about 9 weeks or so their is going to be a new baby invading the crib so no time like the present to put her in a toddler bed. Needless to say it saved us a ton to not have the girls here and in the way to put the beds together and situate the beds the way we wanted them.

The girls LOVED it when they got home! They were so excited to share a room. They both slept through the night last night in their own beds. It is a miracle that I am very grateful for. Then they have been playing in their new room together all morning. Kylee has already taken a 1 hour nap in her new bed too. She is way excited to be such a big girl like sister!

The girls had a blast with Ashley! She took them to Grams house (Ashley's grandma) where Grams had cookies and ice cream with all the yummy toppings. They had pizza while they were there. Then Grams and Ashley took the girls to the $1 store and let each of the girls pick out like 5 or more things each! Needless to say they had a blast with that. They each brought home a bag of goodies from the store. Then Ashley headed to her mom's house with the girls to go swimming. Thanks Kim for helping Ashley with the girls in the pool it is for sure a 2 man job if not more when Kylee is involved. They got to play with the dogs then they headed to Ashley's apartment to have dinner, movie and a bath! The girls had a blast with Ashley and all her family! Thank you soooooooooo much Ashley, Grams and Kim for such a wonderful day for my precious girls and for my amazing husband and I who had one on one time for the first time in a while. Also thanks to my mom who gave Billy and I movie tickets to go on a date while the girls were out on their adventure. Billy and I finally got to see Harry Potter 6. Now on to the next adventure........waiting for Krista to get home so we can start getting Brayden's room ready for him! It is a football themed room of course. :)

34 YEARS!!!

I wanted to wish my parents a very HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! My parents have now been married for 34 years! I'm so blessed to have such a great example for what a marriage should be. I have always been blessed to know that my parents love each other VERY much. My mom and dad are best friends and they love spending time together. I love to see how much my dad loves and cherishes my mom. They take care of each other the way a husband and wife should. Thank you mom and dad for setting such a good example for what a marriage is all about. I'm not saying that their marriage is perfect but they know that they want to be together for eternity so they work at it everyday. I love you mom and dad!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to these last 34 years and many more to come!!

Kylee lovin'!!!

Kylee is my little climber! She loves to keep me on my toes. :) She had just finished eating dinner so she was striped down to her diaper to save her clothes from being destroyed. I left her and Mattie for 2 seconds to get the bath water on. This is what I came back to find....


Do you see why we call her a monkey??? So you also like how she is looking at me like "What? This is normal." Good thing your cute Kylee bug!!! Love you!!!

Welcome Parker!!

So I'm so glad I can finally do my post on welcoming my newest nephew to the world! I had to wait for his mommy to feel good enough to do the official announcement on her blog first. Seriously he is so adorable!!

Is he not the cutest burrito baby?!?!

He just laid there asleep holding my finger so tight! I loved it so much! He was obviously laying across my round pregnant belly and it was hilarious because Brayden (my little guy in the tummy) was kicking Parker right where he was laying on me. Brayden was kicking so hard it was actually making Parker stir awake. I'm sure Brayden was just saying "Hi" and he would see him in a little while! I'm so excited they will be so close in age!

I wish I could have held him longer but after only a few minutes of holding him the nurse came to check him and then more visitors came so I still need a little more one on one time with my little nephew!

Good job Erin and Steve!! He is so a keeper! I love you Parker McKay!!!

Gratitude!

So today I have felt a strong desire to share something very important. This post is mainly for me to put my thoughts down in writing and for the day when my kids read it. I want my kids and their kids and all of my family to know of my gratitude for my Savior and Redeemer even the Lord Jesus Christ. Today we had a return missionary speak in our ward. He had only been off his mission like 4 days. As he was sharing his mission experiences and his testimony my heart was burning with the spirit. I felt such a strong conformation from the spirit telling me that what he was sharing was true. I am so grateful for the knowledge of the Holy Ghost. It is through the promptings and whisperings of the spirit that I can tell with 100% conviction that the gospel of Jesus Christ is on the earth today. That we have a living prophet today who leads and guides our church through divine revelation from our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. I KNOW that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that everything in this precious book that we read is true. Every answer we would need from our Heavenly Father can be found in the scriptures. He speaks to us in many ways. He speaks to us in personal ways and we just have to have an open heart to hear it. I am so blessed to know that I can be with my family for ETERNITY! This gives me great peace of mind. I look forward to the day when I can be reunited with loved ones who have already left this earth. My prayer is that I can be a better example to those around me of all these important truths that I know to be true!

Sister Lovin' # 2

I LOVE MY SISTERS!! So yesterday I went with my girls to see my parents since they had just go back from San Diego. On my way over to my parents I called my sister Erin's salon to schedule a VERY much need hair appointment before she went on maternity leave. They told me she was booked sold until her leave. I was so sad!! I talked to Erin and she said she would call if she had any openings all of sudden. She told me that my sister Tara and both my parents still needed appointments too. Oh boy! Lucky for me, Tara and my parents Erin had a cancellation that allowed all of us to get in that same day. Tara and I hopped in my car and drove to the salon. Luckily my parents said they would watch my girls and then when they had to leave to come to their appointment Krista said she would watch the kids until we got back. I'm SO grateful to Krista and my parents for watching my girls and Tara's kids so we could get our hair done! It meant a ton to me. Thank you!!! Thank you Erin for calling right away and fitting us all into your busy day!! Also thank you for being so gifted at what you do. When Erin colors my hair it takes 2 bottles of color and even more color to pull it through to the ends of my hair. I have VERY thick, coarse hair so it takes a lot to get my hair done. She always says she has to do 2 separate hair cuts on me when she does my hair. 1 cut for trimming length the 2nd cut for thinning my hair so it is manageable. One time when she was shampooing my hair she got it all wet so she could put shampoo in it. When she went to rub the shampoo around she felt that the whole center of my scalp was COMPLETELY dry! That was a moment when Erin realized a little more what I go through to wash and dry my hair each time. hee, hee I think it was a fun day at the salon with my 2 sisters. Tara was able to be Erin's assistant and helped put color on my hair. Tara seemed to have a lot of fun with that. I enjoyed the one on one time with Tara in the car. We talked about different things. Nothing huge or important but nice because we were together. So this is a big, HUGE love shout out to all my sisters! Thanks for all you do for me and I LOVE YOU!!!

Sister Lovin'

So the past couple days Kylee has really been loving on Mattison. She is wanting Mattie to hold her and love on her. It is so cute! So I decided to take a couple pictures of these precious moments because unfortunately it isn't always this way and now I can have documentation that they do love each other even if it isn't EVERY second of everyday. :)

This was last night when we were having dinner (pre-bath as you can tell by their crazy hair and messy faces). Kylee had been sitting in her seat but decided she wanted to sit on Mattie's lap and have Mattie feed her. It was really funny!

Then this was this morning when Kylee had woke up from a brief nap. Apparently she just wanted her sister. She went to Mattie and had her hold her while they watched a movie together. I just love these great little moments!

I needed to remember how adorable they are, especially today as it has been a more difficult day. Kylee woke up this morning at 5:35 and Mattie woke up at 5:45. Why you ask.......good question!!! I pray it doesn't happen tomorrow!! :) Don't worry baby girls mommy still loves you (this should be obvious since we are all still alive today. hee, hee)