i love to see the temple

Last night we decided to take the girls to the temple to walk around for family night. we wanted to take some pictures and have a little picnic, but it was too darn cold. we listened to the song i love to see the temple all the way there and back. it was so much fun. i love hearing mylie sing primary songs and start to understand more about the gospel. she said that she wanted to go to the temple because heavenly father and jesus live there. :) i love her. oh and i can't forget, she said that gabba gabba was meeting us there too. :)

28 & 8 Months.......

well today my sweet husband turned 28 and my baby turned 8 months. i can't believe it. chris and i are getting closer and closer to 30!!!! AAAAHHHH that scares me a little. we had a whole fun weekend that didn't stop. friday, i took the girls to his work to have lunch with him. i had been planing to take in lunch for a while but it turned out to be the sales lunch and i just joined them. thanks fishbowl!!! then i had nancy, corey and skyler come and bring his actual gift... some of you may know that i love to give random gifts, and this year was no different....i got chris (and bryan) a mini fridge for their office. he/they were super excited. so the boys carried it up and nancy and the boys bought the food to stock it. it was fun.

that night after chris got home, our friends called and asked us to go stay at a cabin with them for the night. we jumped in the car and headed out. it was up above sundance and was BEAUTIFUL!!! right out the balcony was the sundance ski slopes and we watch the skiers forever. it gave me a new desire to get back on the old board...or skies again. someday!!! we had a lot of fun with our friends. Thanks again!!

saturday was his actual birthday and we got up, had a yummy pancake breakfast, took the kids out sledding, and headed for home. we lounged for a lot of the day and then dropped the kids off and went to P.F. Changs for dinner. then i made some snacks and we headed for the clubhouse and watch the BYU game. GO COUGARS!!! it was a great effort!



now for my baby baby..... oooooohhhhhh how i love to squeeze this little girl. she is sooooo beautiful! shay is now turning into a little girl. not so much a baby anymore. she is a little love. she has not stopped smiling since the day she was born. she is now rolling over both ways. she can't get enough baby food, she started on stage 2 but loves the stage 3. she is growing so big and already wearing a lot of 12 month clothes and some 12 - 18 month. she still only has 2 teeth. she is still nursing very well. she does not like sippy cups, bottles, or straws. she loves to hear music. she gets so excited to see her sister. when we go in to get her up in the morning she is all smiles for me and all squeals for mylie. she still naps 3 times a day. she is starting to sleep from 9 to 7 without waking up. she has started to dive for things. when she is in sitting position, she bends her knees and dives for what she wants. she loves her toothbrush. and don't ever take the remote away from her. she loves to snack. she loves to clap when anyone says yeah. she can still sleep anywhere. we love our sweet shaylie babes.

sO aNnoYiNg!!!

Well we have finally decided to take our blog private! We will be changing in the next week...so if you want to come with us....anyone....we really don't mind....

I have changed the settings so people can't see the comments until I post them, so if you want an invite you can just leave it in the comments section and it will never be published!

I hate private blogs....but I gotta do what is best for my kiddos.

{cabin}

saturday we decided to head up to the cabin for some sledding, games, and relaxing. we had so much fun, until i didn't get any sleep. i started to feel stuffy and yucky and all night i just tossed and turned. but we still had so much fun, eating and eating and eating, playing games, and watching the kids play in the snow. Mylie was so cute on the front of Chris' sled and she screamed the whole way down the hill. It was so cute. Mylie is finally at the age she is enjoying stuff like this. we also had our first scare with coming down from the cabin. it was super slick and i was in the car behind chris and my girls...he slid around a corner right into a snow bank. it was not bad, obviously because he just backed right out and continued on, but it was scary for me to watch. brian and mary came and let the boys play for a while in the snow as well. they had plans later that night so they didn't stay, but it was good to see them.

So much work!!!

Big Girl in her sleeping bag!

7 months

it is shocking that shay is growing up so fast! i can't believe it. i never really realized that mylie grew up this fast, but it is so much fun to watch her. shaylie is such a love. she has the BIGGEST smile i have ever seen. when she smiles her mouth is wide open and it is huge!!!

here are some fun things about shay:

-she has her bottom two teeth. she got them just after she turned 6 months.
-she has the cutest roundest face.
-she is the pickiest eater. she didn't start actually eating solid food until about 7 months and she doesn't really love anything. she will tolerate oatmeal if it has bananas or applesauce in it. she likes sweet potatoes and green beans.
-she still won't take a bottle or a sippy...and believe me we have tried everything.
-she is super loud. she loves to chat and doesn't mind if it is 3 in the morning.
-she can find her binky and put it back in her mouth.
-she loves her sister and thinks she is so funny! she will laugh at mylie for hours.
-she is very strong. she loves to jump in her bouncer.
-shay has a ton of hair now...love it!
-best at blowing raspberries. funny until it hits me in the face during eating.
-she doesn't like being on her tummy or back...so she is very slow learning to roll over. she can roll from tummy to back, but hates trying to learn the other way.
-she was a good sleeper....every since she got sick a few weeks ago, she wake up a few times a night. she eats at 3 in the morning now.... :( and then at 7 :(! (she slept until 8 the other day with no wakes...maybe she is changing back)
-shay loves her mama. we are buddies.

We love you Shay!

my birthday...28

well...like i said in the previous post....i LOVE my birthday! i am almost like a little child when it comes to celebrating...i don't need big presents or anything, but i love to just be with family and hang out. this year was a year to remember. it was on monday, which every so often it falls on a president's day, so everyone takes a day off to celebrate with me:)!!! so it all began with a yummy breakfast with my cute hubby and kiddos, and relaxing. then we were planning what we wanted to do that day and decided to go and wander in the mall. then we went to salt lake for dinner at Pei Wei....SO YUMMY! craig and kailee joined us at dinner and it was so much fun to be with them.
we walked over to Nothing Bundt Cakes after.....kailee bought me a red velvet bundt....it was SOOOOOO good. thanks kay kay.

then we met chris and anne at the IMAX and watched avatar in 3D. It was so much fun. craig and kailee took the girls home for us and put them to bed. overall it was an AMAZING day. thanks honey! you are the best!oh...and for my present he TOTALLY surprised me with a TV/DVD player for the kitchen. i am in heaven! thank you everyone for making my day wonderful, for the notes and treats, and just for being the best.

valentines

i LOVE valentines day....well and my birthday....and i have never loved them so close together, but i think that i am finally growing up because i don't mind it so much anymore. we had a fantastic valentines weekend and we never stopped celebrating. friday night chris said that he wanted to bring home dinner and i had a pretty good idea of what he was going to do...you see we have a little tradition of eating a papa murphey's heart-shaped pizza for valentines day...and this year was no different...

so saturday was another fun day. we got up and tried to make daddy some breakfast, but before we could get it to him in bed he was coming down the stairs. so we all enjoyed some german pancakes and bacon. yummy... daddy left to get a haircut and mylie, shaylie and i had some plans of our own to get valentines day done. my super wonderful talented friend reni helped me out with some pictures of the girls for a gift for daddy. it was harder to get the girls to smile and look and cooperate then we thought it was going to be. but it turned out we got some great shots... after running around for a bit to get everything finished we went to dinner...we decided to battle the crowds and headed down to brick oven....NO WAIT!!! WAHOO!! it was our lucky day. chris surprised me with some roses, sugar cookies, and well you will have to wait for tomorrow to see what i got for my birthday.... he couldn't wait to give it to me.

sunday was actually valentines day, but it was a super busy day as all sundays are for me. the girls looked so cute, and i didn't get a picture so I will get them in their outfits again and take a picture, but we went to church all together for the first time in weeks... then i had meetings, then we went to a friends to enjoy some cookies. we came home and i got to work on all my preparations... chris put the girls down and went to watch the olympics while i worked. i saw an amazing deal at maceys that if you buy 4 ribeyes, you get a 5lb bag of potatoes, dozen rolls, corn, and a 2 liter all for free....hello.... it was delicious! So chris was supposed to be surprised about the pictures, but saturday night driving home she blurts out "daddy we went to jake and karen's today to take pictures!" we just laughed! i made chris valentine rice krispie treats and chocolate covered oreos... it was an amazing weekend.

Shay loved her bubbles & tooth brushes

Mylie got her bracelets & a big pen