Time Out For Women

My WONDERFUL mom took my sister, Jana, and I to the Deseret Book Time Out For Women this month. It was AWESOME!!! We stayed in Phoenix overnight and enjoy a day and a half full of great speakers and amazing inspiration. I hope that we can go every year. It was especially fun spending time with my mom and Jana...even if i was fighting back the pukes all day the second day. I regretfully came home to a puking kid (Maddi). I swear I can't leave without one of my kids puking their brains out while I'm gone. :(

                                    Jana and I trying to be as cool as the chairs in our fancy hotel

pLaY gRoUp!

Since school started Bailey has been participating in a little girls playgroup.  She's had so much fun going to a different friend's house each week.  This week was at our house.  We painted t-shirts, played red light-green light, played in the bunkbed fort, and ate some yummy snacks.  I think the girls had lots of fun and I know my girls loved their new shirts.  They had to wear them the rest of the day and were upset the next morning when I wouldn't let them wear them again.

Primary Program

I forgot to take a picture of the kids Sunday before the primary program... Since this was Bailey's first primary program here's a pic of her (I never think to take an oh-you-look-so-cute-in-your-Sunday-clothes picture of Ethan). Bailey and Ethan both did a great job. Bailey had her part memorized and when she got up there and the teacher tried to help she said into the microphone, "No, I'm gonna DO IT MYSELF," and that she did. I am so proud of her. Ethan's part was bearing his testimony-which he has never done- and he did a great job and I am so proud of him too. Bailey knew all the signs for the song they did in sign language and pretty much all the words to each song. Ethan on the other hand seemed to have been absent for singing time cause the kid didn't know ANY words. He said he just got nervous up there. Anyhoo, I was super proud of the kids and I love them so much!!

(this isn't even what she wearing that day but a cute pic i had from a few weeks ago)

Maddison's artwork

In case anyone is wondering why I'm a mean mom who doesn't let her kids color very often at home...

Thankfully it was only crayon and only on my counter. But it still gave me a headache.

Goofy Girls

Day trip at Madera Canyon

This past weekend we headed out to Madera Canyon with our friends, the Quinns. We had a fun picnic and small little hike. It was nice to get outside and super nice weather for it. The kids had fun throwing rocks and sticks into the little creek and Stephen had fun dramatically leaping over the 2 foot wide water. Very serious stuff.

Dallen got baptized!!

My wonderful nephew, Dallen, got baptized!! I am so proud of him and excited for him to officially belong to our wonderful church. We went up to Mesa to celebrate and witness him being baptized. We had tons of fun hanging out with cousins swimming and eating lots of yummy food. Thanks Jana! My awesome sister Jana really helped me feel the spirit when she bore her testimony to Dallen. Jana you're such a cool person and I admire you for being such a FANTASTIC mother. Another great part of that day was when we were singing the closing song, "I am a Child of God," and Maddison sang super loud and super off key but she knew every word. It was a proud mama moment.