Brooklyn's Great-grandma Kay

My beautiful family on Easter

Katelyn and Miles at the airplane museum (thanks, Stacie!)

Me and Jordan in his blues- he looked so handsome!

Katelyn is so fun!

We took the girls to temple square...

Next time, we can actually go inside!

Did you miss me?

Madness has ensued in my life, and my blog has been very neglected because of it. Steve and I have so much going on right now, a lot of the time we forget to eat. Steve is going to school full time and works full time on the grave yard shift, which means that when us girls are getting up and our day is beginning, Steve's day is ending and he's getting into the bed that is still warm from when I was there. During the day, I take care of the girls, do housework, attend to the garden, take care of the "business end" of being a housewife, (paying bills, making phone calls, doing people's jobs for them that I'm still waiting to be paid for, i.e. DWS, BCBS, workers compensation, etc.) and other day to day mom stuff. Steve wakes up in the late afternoon to early evening. We have dinner as a family and Steve and I read scriptures or have a conversation (if we can yell loud enough over our screaming baby) if we have time in between doing for the kids and doing school and dishes and all that jazz. I get Kate to bed and Steve leaves for work around 10pm, at which point I try to get Brooklyn to bed, which usually happens between 11 and midnight. After that, I try to hurry and make my house look like it hasn't been ransacked by wild beasts. We just got a new calling at church, I'm a visiting teacher for the first time ever, I have a garden for the first time ever, and two high maintenance kids. This last week, Brooklyn got an ear infection. You have to understand, she is a difficult baby. Very sweet, and very difficult. So her having an ear infection on top of that is pretty crazy. So, I had her in to Wee Care on Wednesday night and Kate in on Thursday night with a fever of 103.5. Both girls are on antibiotics. Brooke is also teething. I am barely surviving life right now, and I know for a fact I would not have my head above water were it not for my two awesome sisters who are always no matter what there for me at the drop of a hat. (Just to illustrate what a sacrifice this blog is...when I just told Kate I can't play with her right now, she told me I'm not her best friend forever) But, I digress...if it were not for my sisters, I would lose my sanity. Anyway, you get the picture of the insanity, right? So, now on to the good news...I'm getting married! I know, you're confused. Steve and I get to be sealed to each other and our beautiful girls this year. Steve will be ordained an elder shortly, then we are going to bless the girls and then go to the temple! (hopefully not all in the same day). I am so excited that our lives are finally getting to where they are supposed to be. Heavenly Father has shown us such love and we have so many blessings because of the way we are living. It feels so good to have things in perspective and to know that we are doing things that will make us happy forever. Thank you to all of you who never gave up on me and kept me in your prayers all those years I was so lost. Now, a barrage of random pictures that have been waiting to be blogged!

Steve took Katelyn to see Disney on Ice. She got all dressed up in all her princess gear and they met up with her cousin Mary and uncle Jeff for a princess dinner at Crown Burger (it does have the word crown in it after all).


Brooklyn is a really hard baby but she has such a sweet spirit about her. How someone can be screaming and sweet at the same time is beyond me!

Kate is in dance class. She loves it and has so much fun!


Katelyn got to go to the airplane museum with her Aunt Stacie and cousins Kayla and Miles. They had a 1950's replica house there. These two are so cute! Thanks Stacie!


Me and my "little" brother. I'm so proud of you, Jordan!


I found cute matching dresses for the girls for Easter.


My adorable family on Easter.



Katelyn and Brooklyn in their Sunday dresses. Erin, Becky and I wore these dresses when we were little.

It's been too long

I have not been able to blog in forever! My life has been really crazy (mostly in good ways) but today I just have to hurry and give you guys another Kate-ism to laugh about. Today in Sacrament Meeting, I asked Kate what she learned in nursery. She said "That I am a child of Lady Gaga and the Seven Dwarfs". I don't remember learning that when I was little. Man, times have changed. We have some serious family home evening-ing to do.

More Adorable Hilariousness

Me: Kate, do you want sprite or milk with your kids meal?
Kate: umm...sprite. Milk is not right for me to drink. Sorry.

Kate: (screaming at the dinner table)
Me: Katelyn, don't scream.
Kate: It's too late.


Me: Katelyn, it's time for bed. (carrying her upstairs to her room)
Kate: (both hands over mouth and in the most Scarlet-like voice she could muster) What Imma do?! What Imma do?!
Me: (trying desperately not to laugh out loud) You're going to go to bed.
Kate: oh mom, what imma do?!

(by the way, my dad has nicknamed Katelyn "DQ" for drama queen. I don't know why...)

Kate was watching a show and they were talking about the tooth fairy. She started dancing around the house proclaiming that she is the Toothpick Fairy!

We've been teaching Kate about the relationships in the family. For example, "Erin is your aunt, and Erin is mom's sister." One day she was telling us all about who her cousins are, that's she's me and Steve's child, and then she says, "And Daddy, Mommy's your life." (instead of wife) How cute is that. And so, so true.