Today, 6 years ago..

...this was happening to us!! What a wonderful day. Yes, it was full of rain and unfortunately I wasn't able to have the backyard reception I always wanted, but it still turned out to be the most perfect day...I got to marry Justin! Thanks for 6 wonderful years, I have become a much better person because of you..I love you!!

Does anyone looked shocked?? Happy Anniversary Justin!!!

I love to see the temple

We had a lovely day at temple square. The weather was perfect, the grass was green, and the flowers were absolutely beautiful! We thought it would be fun to take the boys to the temple where we were married 6 years ago, we were all so excited to be there!

How lucky am I to be sealed to this family!!

Kids are growing up so much

I sometimes just can't believe how fast these boys are growing up and how much they are learning!

Last night we were doing family scripture reading and we read about choosing Christ or choosing Satan, so Justin was talking to the boys a little more about it, telling them that Satan can come right in our home and whisper in our ears bad things to do, in order to get him out you need to do good things (sing a primary song, say an article of faith, etc...) Justin then asked Corbin, what will you do if Satan whispers in your ear something bad to do. Corbin said, "I will punch him right in the face!!" After laughing, Justin said you can't do that because he doesn't have a body. So Corbin said he will just cover his ears.... kids are so simple! Taylor told us at the dinner table on Sunday that he was going on a mission. We were kind of surprised, but of course happy! We asked him where he wanted to go and he told us California...(I didn't even know he knew it was a place)

Poor Levi has been pretty sad lately, after a couple weeks of pain and crying, he has had his four top teeth break in all at once. I was just happy to see there was a reason, but I felt so bad for him.

Stickers all over Levi's head...What will the boys do next???

26 Years Old

I am finally 26 years old, it's hard to believe that I am in the second half of my 20s. But then again, I have been married for 6 years and I do have 3 kids, but still...
It was such a great couple of days! It started off perfectly to have my sister and some of my sister-in-laws come over! I was laughing so hard, talking about kids (Jessie, I still just randomly laugh out loud when I think of Mitchell telling Johnny to not cry and gives him the toy back!), talking about Twighlight (Mandi gave the perfect impression of Edward when Bella walks into the classroom for the first time and of Bella sniffing her hair!!), and having such delicious food. Cami makes the yummiest, simpliest food that is so good!! I just love my family so much and I love that there are so many cousins for my kids to play with! Thanks so much to everyone for coming and I missed everyone who wasn't there!!

I also have to say thanks to my great friends in the ward! I love getting together with them! Jen...thankyou!!

Friday night, Justin and I got to go out on a date. It was so much fun! We went to the Rio Grande at the Gateway and the food was so delicious (thanks Jen and Dom for the suggestion). Afterwards we walked around Temple Square and just enjoyed talking and looking at the Temple. What a fun date, thanks Justin!! (Also, thanks to Alayna and Jeff for watching the boys)

Yesterday, we had a family dinner with the Morris family to celebrate my birthday and Easter, it was so much fun! I love having my birthday right around easter!

Here are 26 things you may or may not know about me!

1) I used to love the color red and now I love the color green (you can tell that if you have been in my home)

2) The best time to read my scriptures is right when I am waking up, and they have to always be on my nightstand, otherwise, saddly, I have a hard time getting to it. The days I forget, I am not as good of a mom.

3) One of my favorite past times is dejunking. Oh, I find so much satsifaction!

4) My favorite way to get exercise is to play frisbee.

5) The first few times I played frisbee with Justin, I did not like it!

6) In the 6 years I have been playing, I have gone through 3 pairs of cleats.

7) Saddly, I am still wearing the same running shoes my mom bought me the Christmas before I was married! Yeah, it's time for new running shoes! I had the worst shin splits the other day!

8)If I had time to myself, I would choose to scrapbook, look on the computer for good ideas, or go to the library.

9)I love having a bowl of rice cereal anytime of the day. (Brown rice, milk, craisins, a little sugar, and cinnamon)

10) The only shows I watch on a somewhat regular basis are Little House on the Prairie and The Biggest Loser.

11) I really enjoy listening to Glenn Beck. I think he is very knowledgeable and hilarious!

12) Justin always teases me that I love listening to commercials (talk radio) and not music. I used to know so many songs from the radio, now I hardly know who the artists are.

13) I love to bake when I am bored.

14) I love going rollarblading or bike riding with my family!

15) I think minivans are the most family friendly vehicles. It drives me crazy when people are so prideful and think they are the worst cars. (It drives me more crazy, because I used to think that, too!) I say, you can't make fun of it until you have tried it!

16) I want to be a Dietition when I grow up.

17) I think a good way to stay healthy is to eat pretty healthy (vegetables, whole grains, fruit) and exercise regularly, but you also have to enjoy treats or someday you will go crazy and just binge!!

18) Justin and I usually go to bed at the same time (between 10 - 11) I used to be really bad at going to bed later, but I am finding it nicer to wake up ealier.

19) Some days I am really particular about how things should go and be, and other days I just say who cares!!

20) I think way too much about scary movies - especially in the middle of the night (fyi - The Sixth Sense and The Ring)

21) I used to not like tomatoes and now I love them! I remember trying them on a Famous Star hamburger and thought they were pretty good!

22) I love books and not just any books, kid books! One of my favorite things to do with my kids is to sit back and read with them.

23) I used to think that to be a successful mom you needed to teach them their ABCs and teach them to use the potty. So far, so good!!

24) Every year for the last 4 years we have been going to Bear Lake, I can't believe this year there will be 5 of us going!

25) Justin and I make a great parenting team. Whenever Justin is frustrated with the boys, I can handle them, whenever I am frustrated, Justin is right there playing with them and talking with them. I am so glad that we never are upset with them at the same time.

26) Just the other day, Justin and I realized that we have been reading the scriptures and saying prayers as a family almost every single night for over a year...we finally made it a habit!!

The joys of watching a 7 1/2 month old learn

I'm trying to get that piece of food into my mouth, how do I do it??

Keep Trying Levi...
ERRRR...

Okay, I'll try one more time...

ohhhh....Yeah I got it!!!

Okay mom, I got it now, bring it on!!

Spring Vegetables

I am so excited! This is the first year that I have grown early spring vegetables! Taylor came with me to the garden store to pick everything out, he was more excited than I was. He was telling everyone in the store that we are getting vegetable plants (to Taylor, we were the only people in the store buying plants!!) When we got home, Corbin and Taylor helped me put the seeds and plants in the garden. It was so fun, except for every two seconds I had to tell them - "don't touch that" "wait a second" "NO, don't step over there" "don't dump all the seeds in one place!" Now, I just hope it is not too cold for them, because in two months I want to enjoy Broccoli, Lettuce, Cabbage, snow peas, sugar snap peas, beets, and spinach!! BTW - I heard that vegetable seeds and plants are selling more than ever before - I wonder why?!
Has anyone ever tried growing any of these veggies? What was your outcome?


After planting the garden, we noticed our poor, little grill sitting there all winter, being neglected, sitting in the snow, with no delicous food to enjoy. We thought we would cheer it up with some steak!
Now, personally, I am not a big steak fan, but Justin did a great job with these and I am finding I like steak more and more the longer I am married to Justin! But you don't have to convince the boys to take a bite, they come running at the smell.

"I Forgot to Tell you"

The saddest words to here in the middle of the night.

Last night I was sound asleep and in my dream I could here a faint little voice saying, "I forgot to tell you". I kept hearing it over and over, all of a sudden I realized that it wasn't in my dream, it was a poor little boy crying and saying over and over, "I forgot to tell you, I forgot to tell you" I got up to see what was the matter. Taylor happened to be sleeping in the top bunk last night, and in his sad, crying, drawn out voice he said, I went potty and I forgot to tell you. It broke my heart. Any other time I would probably be a bit annoyed to have to get up in the middle of the night and clean it up, but this night was different. I felt terrible that he was so sad.

We have been so proud of Taylor, he has not had any accidents for a couple of weeks, and he has been sleeping in underwear for about 1 1/2 months and this is the first time he has had an accident during the night. Way to go for being such a big boy!!

Talor loves for me to take pictures of he and Levi. Levi is such a good sport!