Valentines 2014

Gilbert Temple Open House

It has been such a neat experience to watch the Gilbert Temple be built. Every week on our trips to Costco.  Even when the Baton Rouge temple was being built we didn't pass it on a weekly basis. And I have loved this for our girls. To think this might be the Temple one of them will be married in is so neat!

The buzz from the Open House has been so exciting. Watching everyones pictures on facebook, blogs, and instagram has made it so much more exciting to take the girls today.

A few weeks ago when the Open house started, Chris and I had the opportunity to clean the building with other members of our Stake. We were lucky enough to clean the 2nd floor where the Celestial Room is. Very fun date night! And it made us even more excited to take the girls!

I know the girls don't fully understand the meaning behind the Temple. I know that it will be years from now before they understand how neat this opportunity is. But I know that it will come and I'm so thankful we got to go as a family!

Lately...

-They say you will know when you are done having kids. Evyn has had the opposite effect on me. She makes me want 10 more kids. And seeing as I can't have 10 more, I feel like I will live my life always wishing for more babies. Dang it. Evyn is close to 3. She is amazing and sweet and perfect in every way. We love her.

-She bosses the older girls around. My favorite is when Elodie or Addysen ask me a question and she answers for me. "Just a second girls", "Maybe" and "No" are her favorite responses. It's so cute.

-She loves Starburst. For Christmas she asked for starburst, lucky charms, and gummy bears. Every morning when she wakes up she ask me if I bought her lucky charms. And when I say no, she always says "Aw man!"

-She loves the happy kids channel on the roku upstairs.

-She has discovered legos and loves to play in Elodie's room.

-She wants to go to the park everyday and with how nice the weather has been I make sure we get to the park every day.

-She ask about Chris every morning. Aside from Lucky Charms she wants to know where her dad is.

-She is a good eater. Loves fruits and vegetables, and will eat pretty much everything I put on her plate.

-She shushes Ginger. Which Elodie and Addysen did too and it's so cute.

-She loves her crocs.

-She loves the trampoline but only if someone else is out there to jump with her.

- She has been practicing riding her bike and is getting really good at pedaling. Steering is a different story.

-When we read to her she wants to know "letter sounds". She always says things like 'Whats this letter sound?"

-She can sing all the words to "I am a child of God"

-She is my little errand runner.

-Loves Chick fil a and wants to know if we are going to Chick fil a everyday. Or Target. Or JoAnns.

-She loves Halloween music and for dance party that's the music she wants to listen to.

-Loves Mickey Mouse and Minnie. I can't wait to take her to Disneyland.

-Still sucks her thumb and holds her sleeve.

-Great napper.

-Doesn't need a pull up during naps and most nights.

-She is such a joy. When I think about her being my last baby it makes me so sad. I really do want 10 more just like her.

Mother's Day 2013

Mother's Day 2012 
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Mother's Day 2010
Mother's Day 2009

Potty Training...

I'm not one to flood the interweb with loads of potty pictures. However, a few, tasteful, shots must be documented. This will be the last you hear of potty talk on this blog...

A few weeks ago Evyn Kate started crying really hard when she needed to go #2. And then she would scream even louder until you changed her diaper. We could tell she was recognizing the feeling of needing to go and she wasn't liking the feeling once she went.

A few days later Christopher caught her at the right time and instead of waiting it out, he put her on the potty and she went #2. Since then she has been successfully going atleast once a day on the potty. She will tell us when she starts to feel like she needs to go. Which can be annoying since it will take a few trys on the potty before she actually goes.

She is still 100% in a diaper but we talk about it all the time and she has had very few accidents since we started.

It's always a slow and sometimes frustrating process but we are letting Evyn take the lead on this one for now.

If nothing else, she looks so cute sitting on the potty!

Lately....EK

 Disclaimer: I haven't blogged much. {Ya Think} No particular reason. One day turned in to the next and then {POOF} I'm really behind. But alas, I have that nudge everyday to just start somewhere. So here I am....

-Evyn Kate turned 2 last month. Really just 2 weeks ago. On the 22nd.
-She has now decided she doesn't want to sit in her high chair and she wants to use the big girl potty. We are in that weird beginning stages where all she wants to do is sit on the toilet for 2 seconds then proclaim that she is done, want to use some toilet paper, and hop off. Only to want to get back on the potty 5 minutes later. 20 times a day. In her defense, she is so close to mastering #2 on the potty. Actually, it's been a few days since she has gone in her diaper. It's how the whole potty training thing got started. She would start to scream when she needed to go and hated the feeling of it being on her bum. One day, Chris took her on the potty when she started screaming and she went. Now she tells us she needs to go and runs to the bathroom. We wanted to have her potty trained by the summer anyway but never thought she would lead the way! For now, we aren't pushing it and she is still wearing a diaper all day.
-Loves to get her nails painted.
-Enjoys the park so much and loves to go down the big slide by herself.
-She does roll call all the time: "Daddy, Mommy, Elodie, Addysen, Evyn"
-She calls Elodie "LD" and Addysen "Addys
-Says things like "COMING!" and "Thank You Mommy"

Happy Valentine's Day!

Pigtails.

In an instant, she is a big girl now.

The girls...

We had our family pictures taken on my birthday. While we were waiting for our photographer to get to our location I took a few pictures of the girls. I have this weird irk about having someone else take pictures of my girls. Obviously it's great to have someone else take pictures of me and Chris together and us as a whole family but I just love knowing that the pictures of my girls are ones that I took.

Plus it made things run a lot fast since I had already done them. Atleast that's what I told myself to justify my quirk...

I love these little ladies!

Wordless Wednesday {18 months}

5pm.

Wordless Wednesday {Practice}

Well Worn.

We are 3 for 3 with blue eyed babies. Over time Elodie and Addysen's eyes have darkened a bit but are still very blue. We will see what happens with EK's eyes. I'm hoping they don't change too much.

 I got this shirt for Elodie when she was little. It's now been worn by all 3 of our girls.

 Hand Me Downs are the best!