California....

This summer Justins Mom decided to take her family on an amazing vacation. So she booked a beach house in San Clemente and away we all went. We bought city passes and had a blast. The city pass is basically the best thing ever invented because it lets you go to all the parks for less money. on our way

We had it all planned out to do 3 days in Disneyland, a day at Sea World, A day at San Diego Zoo, A day at the beach, and maybe Universal if we were still sane by then.

The pool in our backyard.

Well unfortunately things don't always go according to plan (in fact that trip was very very interesting). A couple of days into our trip we got the news that Steele Henrie (Marilyn's Dad) had passed away. So the next day Marilyn and Craig made the long journey home and we ended up cutting our trip short to be able to be home for the funeral and family.

Despite everything though we did have a great time. We spend most of the time with Stoney, Lisa, Wendy, and Heidi. We had a blast at Disneyland and Sea World and although the beach wasn't that warm we had fun there too.

Oaklee got dressed up like a princess

Sea World

The Beach

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If you don't already know.....

Justin and I are expecting our 3rd child in March!.........more details to come

I'm terrible

Ok.... so I swear I am the worst at blogging. At first I was really into it and did it often, but now I never get around to it. I hope I can be better.

A lot has happened since December(my last post). Max had his first Christmas and it was so great. It was so fun seeing Oaklee's face light up when she saw her presents and so funny to see Max be so confused as to why we were making him tear open paper.

Another thing that we did was play in the snow. Now if any of you know me you know I would rather die than go out in the snow..... So I sent Justin out with the kids. Oaklee was all set but we weren't able to find any snow pants for Max. Justin suggested we use some of Oaklee's from last year..... I warned him they were pink

The most exciting thing that happened is that Max turned 1! Wow I can't believe how fast his first year went. He is such a blessing in our lives. He has a smile that can melt your heart.

Wendy made him the neatest cake for his birthday. I always call him my little monkey and so she made him a monkey cake.

She also made the little one on the right just for him. She is amazing what would we do without Wendy.

At first Max wanted nothing to do with it...

Then he realized it was chocolate

He had a great time

The end result

Straight to the bath!

it was so much fun!

Our whole family was able to come celebrate with us. It was so nice to have them all there to support my little Max. Grandma even bought Oaklee a present so she wouldn't feel left out it was so cute. I just love being a mom

yogurt

This is what happens when you leave a 2 year old watching movies with her little brother........

I went in to check on them and Oaklee was carefully placing her GoGurt on Max's head while he just looked up and smiled on her. When we went in she just said " Daddy Look". She thought it was hilarious. Max didn't seem to mind

WOW

So it has been entirely too long since I have blogged anything. What a slacker..... Anyways tons of thing have happened. However due to my camera breaking some pictures are missing I'm sorry. I can't find the pics of the kids Halloween so I'll do a super late post when they are found. It's too bad really because Oaks was a fairy princess with the biggest puffiest skirt I have ever seen and Max was Mighty Max. My mother in law made him a super man costume with an M instead of the S and made his cape say Mighty Max on the back it was so dang cute. Oaklee is becoming such a good talker. She is talking in sentences and really expressing herself. Not that she never expressed herself before she has always put on a performance every time she tells us a story. She is such a little princess. I love her to death she really loves her brother too she calls him Matsi and gives him kisses every chance she gets.

Here she is at the Planetarium in Salt Lake. She loved it. She even sat through a movie!(as long as I let her hold the popcorn.)

Me and the kids at the pumpkin patch

Max in his 1st Halloween jammies. He is so tall that he only got to wear them once. :)

Max and His cousin Austin who is 1 month younger than Max

We also had a chance to take the kids to the Children's Museum in Salt Lake it was a blast. Totally worth it. Everything is hands on and they can do so many things

Here is Justin ready and excited to go in.

Max decided to sleep through the first half

But he woke up just in time to ride in a police car

And be an adorable cowboy

With his Daddy

Oaks being a Cowgirl (she wouldn't wear the hat though)

They even have a little grocery store for the kids to go shopping ( so cute )

A little car how cute

I made her put it on can you tell

Coolest thing in the whole museum (no joke). It's a mouse hole

View on the inside.... cool huh

And last but not least Santa

Oaks wasn't too sure until I told her he had candy haha.

Max just wanted to know who was holding him

And the most exciting thing that has happened since last time I blogged is.......

MAX IS WALKING!!! He is only 10 months and is such a little walker. Oh man I am proud of him. I love my kids more than I could ever say. I promise to be a better blogger and to post some pics and or a video of Mighty Max walking soon!

abc's

ABC's of me....

A- Available/Married? Happily Married
B - Best Friend? Justin
C - Cake or Pie? Chocolate Cake or Confetti Cake yum!
D - Drink of Choice? Mountain Dew.
E - Essential item you use everyday? chapstick
F - Favorite Color? I want to say purple but I end up wearing blue lots of blue
G - Gummy Bears or Worms? neither
H - Hometown? Cedar City, UT
I - Indulgence? Peanut M&M's
J - January or February? January my birthday
K - Kids and their names? 2, Oaklee & Mighty Max
L- Life is incomplete without? My Savior
M - Marriage Date? 9/9/06
N- Number of Siblings?4- Sally,Laura, Mary, Danny
O - Oranges or Apples? Oranges
P - Phobia's/ Fears?Spiders and any bugs really
Q- Quote you love? I'll love you forever I'll like you for always
R - Reason to smile? My childrens smiling faces
S - Season? Spring, Spring, Spring,
T - Tag 3 People? ummmm
U - Ultimate vacation? Europe but i will settle for Disneyland with my kids
V - Vegetable you don't like?asparagus
W - Worst habit? not putting things away
X-rays you've had?My ankle i think
Y - Your favorite food? Spaghetti
Z- Zodiac Sign? Capricorn

3 years!

On September 6th 2006 I married the most amazing man for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple! This Sunday we celebrated our 3 year anniversary! Word cannot express how much I love him. He is my everything, my bestfriend, my soulmate, and most of all my eternal companion. I'm so lucky to have Justin in my life. He is a wonderful husband and father.

For anyone who doesn't know we kind of have a crazy love story... I actually met him while he was in Iraq with the 222nd and we decided to get married even before we had met. When he was home on leave for 15 days he asked me to marry him and then off he went back to war. 5 very long months later he returned safely home and we were married. What a great story we have to tell our children and grandchildren someday.

Its amazing how much can change in 3 years.......
we moved from cedar
got new jobs
had two beautiful kids
and bought our first home

I just wanted to say how blessed I feel for having my husband and children in my life. They are the greatest blessings Heavenly Father has ever given me. I'm looking forward to forever with them! I love you Justin more than you will ever know!!!

Cereal!!!

Ok so there aren't any pictures to go with this one but I just had to share......
Well because Justin and I both work, my kids have to get up pretty early to get ready and to the babysitters house by 7:30 every morning. Max has no problem with this all you have to do is say his name and he sits right up and is ready to go. Oaklee on the other hand is impossible to get out of bed. I've tried everything from talking to her, turning on the light ( so mean) and turning on her cartoons. Nothing seems to work. So yesterday Justin discovered the magic way to get her up. First let me explain that Oaks is obsessed with cereal. She would eat it all day everyday if we would let her. So Justin thought if he offered it to her she would get up. All he did was open her bedroom door and say "Oaklee are you hungry? Lets go get some cereal." Up she went did a barrel roll out of her bed and sprinted to the kitchen. It was hilarious. So this morning I tried the same trick. I asked her if she was hungry and if she wanted cereal. She wasn't quite awake yet and started to roll and rolled right off her bed and hit the floor with her eyes still closed, jumped up as fast as she could, ran to the kitchen and stood by the cereal cupboard with her eyes still squinted saying "pease(please), pease mom pease" it was so funny. She is so cute.......