Our summer adventures

We have had a fun summer too bad it is over so soon! A lot of things happened be prepared this might be a long blog....

Well Max had the longest hair on the top of his head he looked like a little monkey so I decided to give him a little haircut. I put him in his purple, yes purple, bumbo chair (it was oaks and they cost 40 dollars so he can deal with purple) and away I went. He didn't even care. He just sat there and was a big boy about it.

I love how Oaklee likes to take pictures! Every time she sees a camera she immediately says cheese and pulls the cutest little faces

My beautiful little sister Sally got married this summer so off we went to Salt Lake to her wedding. My parents were married in the Salt Lake Temple and so were Justin and I so Sally followed in our footsteps and got married in the most beautiful place I've ever been

Here is the car ride up..... one awake one asleep

Here are some pics of my kids waking up on Sally's wedding day....

I curled hair for hours...

It was amazing day! The spirit was so strong. Sitting in the sealing room watching my little sis be sealed for time and all eternity was such an amazing experience.

The other exciting thing that happened this summer was my beautiful little girl turned 2! She loves the Backyardigans so we decided to have a small little get together with family and have a barbecue with the cutest cake ever! It was so fun.

So I am the assistant cheer coach at PHS and this year I got to go to cheer camp. I had so much fun with the girls they are awesome! I loved it! Minus the sitting outside in the sun all day for 4 days. The girls all made sure I had a fun time. I'm looking forward to many years with them. They are all so beautiful!

We were at cheer camp Monday thru Thursday and came home Thursday night. The next morning I got up packed my kids bags, repacked mine, and headed back up to Salt Lake for a fun weekend at the zoo with my family before I had to return to work. Oaklee had so much fun. She loves animals, especially monkeys. We bought both our kids a hat, although Oaks wouldn't wear hers, and spent the day just showing Max and Oaklee the amazing animals. Max slept through most of it but woke up just in time to ride the carousel. He rode on a little penguin and Oaks rode a hippo. I love how the simple things like going to the zoo light up the faces of my kids. It was so much fun to just get away and take my kids somewhere just for them. For no reason at all but to see them smile. We stayed at the Little America and took the kids swimming. It was a blast. It was probably one of the funnest trips I've been on in a while. It really made the end of summer great!

Our summer although it was short was wonderful. Spending time with my kids was the best thing ever. I thank Heavenly Father everyday for the wonderful job that I have that allows me to be with my kids as often as I am. I love my kids so much they bring so much joy to me. I never knew I could love someone so much until I met my husband and had my two beautiful kids. I love being a mom and look forward to all the many memories I get to make with my family!

long time

Holy cow I haven't updated in forever. I promise to put up some new things in the next couple of weeks its been crazy this summer and I haven't gotten to a computer a whole lot. I promise to post soon.......

lots of things..........

We have had so much fun lately..... Oaks loves going to the park so we try and take her as much as we can. She is becoming so inependent. Her biggest accomplishment is climbing the rocks all by herself. Good Job! my beautiful girl!!

The other day I was cutting hair and Oaklee kept pulling on me like she wanted me... but all she wanted was to wear my smock and be a haircutter like her mama.... how cute!

Next is my superadorable big boy! He is four months old and weighs 15 pounds! We call him squeaks cause all he does is talk in a little squeaky voice. He loves to bounce in his bouncer.

Oaklee's new thing to do is say CHEESE everytime i pull the camera out.

Here are some of her pics

Oaks loves her little brother.

My kids have the most wonderful Grandma

Max just started eating rice and he is not too sure how he feels about it....

ok so I thought this was really cute can you tell who is who?

the top is Max and the bottom is Oaklee

Words cannot express how much I love my Husband and my two beautiful kids. I thank Heavenly Father every day for blessing me with such a wonderful family! I'm so blessed to have a temple marriage and know that we will all be together for all eternity. Waking up to my two kids perfect little faces everyday is the best thing in the world! I'm so glad I have a husband who loves me and especially loves his kids. Justin is the best Dad in the whole world he loves his kids more than anything. Thanks honey I love you!!

CAMPING!

We had our first camping adventure with both kids this weekend. It was so fun! We loaded the camper and the rhino and went on an adventure. Oaks had so much fun she was a trooper! So was Max he really likes outside. Plus my sister in-law Heidi passed on a bunch of her kids clothes to Max had the cutest little outfit on complete with a camoflauge hat. We took a big long ride on the rhino ( we left Max with Grandma) and went to carve his name on a tree that Justin and I started right before we got married. Anyways thats about it. We are supposed to be closing on our house next week and will be in it by next weekend HOORAY! it will be a whole new adventure to start!!!

It's a zoo in my room!

First of all I just wanted to let everyone know that Marilyns surgery went great! she is doing really well and now we are just waiting to know what the next step will be.

So this weekend my husband had to attend meetings in Salt Lake. He was gone from Sunday until Tuesday which happens to be a really long time alone in a house with two kids. So on Sunday night I decided to go to bed early with the kids cause I figured if I had to do this alone I better get a little sleep. Well I pulled a cot into my room for Oaklee and put Max on the bed by me so we could all sleep together and proceeded to put Max to sleep first after I had laid Oaks down on the cot. She usually does pretty good at just going to sleep. So after I started to give Max his bottle and he was settled down Oaklee got up and started sprinting from one end of my room to the other. At least she was quiet while doing it. Anyways after I got Max to sleep I went to lay by Oaks on the cot to see if I could settle her down. after about ten minutes or so I thought she was asleep when all of a sudden I hear "eow (meow), eow, eow," so I said "Oaklee shhhh" which was followed by "roar" from her. then about ten minutes later I went to go back to my bed when she says " Oo Oo Ah Ah Ah". By this time all I could do was laugh and Oaks started laughing too! she then put her hands on my face until she found my lips in the dark and leaned over and gave me a kiss told me Nigh Nigh and plopped down on her pillow and was asleep in 2 minutes. My kids are great!

Easter, Stickers, and Smiles

So I keep forgetting my camera at home so it has taken me a long time to put Easter pics up but here they are. We had so much fun! We took Oaklee to the park to do the Easter egg hunt and she had a blast. She kept saying Oh Wow! every time she picked up a piece of candy or an egg. I completely thought she would be terrified of the Easter bunny but she wasn't she jumped right up on his lap and gave him a hug. We had fun she was even brave enough to go down the big slide! Oaklee's Easter outfit was way cute too she even left the headband on half of the day. Max's outfit was a little too big so he stuck with a comfy little jump suit. No complaints from him on that one. Max was such a trooper. He was so patient and he really had fun out in the sun. Easter morning was a blast too. Oaklee was so cute this year with her basket she got so excited. Just the look on your kids face when they see something like that is the best thing ever! So she got stickers in her basket and this is what became of them later that day.... oh how I love my daughter! Max is getting so big he just turned 3 months and he just amazes me everyday he has the most adorable smile I have ever seen. His bib says it all.... I seriously think I am one of the most lucky people. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful children. They are the most important thing in this world to me. I mean what could be better then holding your newborn in your arms and having him snuggling so close to you and have your toddler kissing him on the head and telling him she loves him. Heavenly Father sure knew what He was doing making women mothers huh. We find out about our house on Friday hopefully it will all work out and Justin and I will finally be able to settle into a home where we can stay and raise our kids and hopefully bring home a couple more kids......(in 3 years or so)

Cancer

So my wonderful mother in-law just found out she has breast cancer... They think she will be ok and we all know she will pull through it. She is having surgery on monday so could everybody say a little prayer for her and keep her in your thoughts
thanks..

Brownies and Braids

Even though I am a hairdresser, braids just don't seem to be my specialty. My little girl thank goodness is patient enough to let me practice on her. I thought they turned out pretty good considering I kinda suck and I had to convince a 2 year old to sit still long enough for me to do them. So needless to say I was pretty proud! Well..... a couple hours later I sat down to feed Max his bottle when I hear my dining room chair scooting across the floor. As soon as Max was done eating I turned to see what was going on. It turns out Oaklee had spotted a brownie on the counter and pushed the chair over to help herself. She had also pull her braids out :( All my hard work down the drain. Oh well she had a good time and looked pretty cute doing it.

Max's blessing

We blessed our little boy on Sunday. Everything went great! Max looked so cute in his little outfit. It took me forever to find it. I was unaware of how hard it is to find a blessing outfit for a little boy. We had all of our family there it was so nice. My little brother even got up and bore his testimony in my ward (how brave) he is a cute kid. I had no idea he had a testimony like that, i'm proud of him!