Maelie's Birthday Party

Finally! The time Maelie has been waiting for since last July! Seriously, she has been wishing and hoping and thinking and yes, even praying (seriously every prayer she mentions her birthday, just ask her sunbeam teacher!) for this birthday to come! We had a lot of fun! We started this morning with a few of her little friends... played outside in the water, dug for treasure, played the pull string pinata, came inside to color the castle, eat cake, open presents, put the shoe on Cinderella, and just play and have fun!

Ta da! The cake! - this was last night, I made sure to get pic of it before it got destroyed!

Maelie and her friend Ty who came over later this afternoon (his mom sorta spaced the party hehe)

candle time!

Kailin and Maelie - opening presents

so funny, I was telling Ty to kiss Maelie on the cheek and he wasn't so Maelie kinda shrugged her shoulders like "I'll do it then" and gave him one! These are the 2 who kissed smack on the lips in the middle of sacrament meeting!

Maelie and Bianca

opening presents

playing outside

pinata goodies

pinata!!!

dressing up - after her little friend party, the family came over!

Bianca, Maelie, and Anna playing in the pool

coloring the castle

Anna, Bianca, Kailin, and Maelie playing in the castle

Kyla, Kailin, and Bianca digging for treasure

Maelie has been wanting this dress for a long time!

It was a fun day! Thanks for all who came and helped make it great! We love you, Maelie, our beautiful little 4 year old!!

Leave a Memory!!

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.

If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops

So, after leaving playgroup this morning, I was on my way to pick up a double umbrella stroller that I had found on craigslist, I was highly annoyed by all the construction in southern Chandler!!! And does anyone actually go the posted speed limits in construction zones?!?! I usually don't, I know I should feel bad about that, especially now! That speed thing was flashing 52 at me and I was like, wow, I should probably slow down!... well the stop light was coming up so I was about to when lo, and behold, in my rear view mirror was a motorcycle cop! Ah man! He got me at 53 in a 25! 25?!?! I thought construction zones were usually 35! Anyway, atleast I get to go to traffic school, and he said I can even do it online... oh, Yippety Skippety!

dance class and 4 months

Kyla is taking dance class this summer, this is a pic of her right after dance class last night. She is doing great! She is in a class with Maelie and I even take tap after the girls' class. It's so fun to be dancing again!

Jaxon is 4 months old today!

He normally takes a good long nap during the day but lately he has been taking little cat naps, here he is passed out on the ground for one of his little naps. I can't complain because he is an amazing night sleeper!

Yeah for a place to live!

We got accepted into a tax credit town home in PA! 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms! Yippee!

Jacksonville

Trevon is leaving for Jacksonville, Florida tomorrow from the MTC! He had to get an MRI last week because he hurt his back playing basketball so we were a little worried for a minute there. But since the herniated disk (sp?) is very small he will be able to head out on the mission field tomorrow! Yeah Trevon, we love you!

Independence Day weekend

We had a good weekend full of family, fun, fireworks, and food!

Uncle Sam and Princess Maelie

Maelie, Kyla, and Jakob

Jaxon 1 minute...

Jaxon the next minute... oops! I guess they have those little harness things for a reason, the funny thing was that he didn't even make a peep when he fell out, I just happened to hear the swing make a funny noise and looked over and he just smiled up at me, like "that was kinda fun" :) He is the most laid back, happy little guy ever, I love it!

her royal highness

Lady Liberty

Jaxon and Emma

cousins Karsyn, Jaxon, and Emma

my cute boy

Anna the bunny and Maelie the princess

Jaxon getting more sturdy in his bumbo seat

sweaty?!?

I finid it interesting that we live in the sweatiest city! The average Phoenix resident pumps out 26.4 ounces of sweat per hour. That's the equivalent of more than two cans of soda.

Do you live in a sweaty city? Check the list.
1. Phoenix, Ariz.
2. Las Vegas, Nev.
3. Tallahassee, Fla.
4. Tucson, Ariz.
5. Memphis, Tenn.
6. Miami, Fla.
7. Houston, Texas
8. Tampa, Fla.
9. Baton Rouge, La.
10. Fort Myers, Fla.
11. Huntsville, Ala.
12. New Orleans, La.
13. Birmingham, Ala.
14. Jacksonville, Fla.
15. West Palm Beach, Fla.
16. Montgomery, Ala.
17. Orlando, Fla.
18. Dallas, Texas
19. Little Rock, Ark.
20. Corpus Christi, Texas
21. El Paso, Texas
22. Waco, Texas
23. Austin, Texas
24. Columbia, S.C.
25. Mobile, Ala.
26. Jackson, Miss.
27. Nashville, Tenn.
28. San Antonio, Texas
29. Honolulu, Hawaii
30. Fresno, Calif.
31. Savannah, Ga.
32. Shreveport, La.
33. Charleston, S.C.
34. Chattanooga, Tenn.
35. Louisville, Ky.
36. Tulsa, Okla.
37. Raleigh, N.C.
38. St. Louis, Mo.
39. Salt Lake City, Utah
40. Kansas City, Mo.
41. Knoxville, Tenn.
42. Oklahoma City, Okla.
43. Atlanta, Ga.
44. Wichita, Kan. (TIE)
45. Charlotte, N.C. (TIE)
46. Greensboro, N.C.
47. Evansville, Ind.
48. Washington, D.C.
49. Richmond, Va.
50. Norfolk, Va.
51. Albuquerque, N.M.
52. Springfield, Mo.
53. Roanoke, Va.
54. Lexington, Ky.
55. Omaha, Neb.
56. Reno, Nev.
57. Indianapolis, Ind.
58. Baltimore, Md.
59. Cincinnati, Ohio
60. Des Moines, Iowa
61. Charleston, W.Va.
62. Philadelphia, Pa.
63. Springfield, Ill.
64. Harrisburg, Pa.
65. Sacramento, Calif.
66. Cleveland, Ohio
67. Chicago, Ill.
68. New York, N.Y.
69. Dayton, Ohio
70. Asheville, N.C.
71. Los Angeles, Calif.
72. Columbus, Ohio
73. Toledo, Ohio
74. Detroit, Mich.
75. Grand Rapids, Mich.
76. South Bend, Ind.
77. Providence, R.I.
78. Hartford, Conn.
79. Minneapolis, Minn.
80. Boston, Mass.
81. Pittsburgh, Pa.
82. Denver, Colo.
83. Madison, Wis.
84. Milwaukee, Wis.
85. Buffalo, N.Y.
86. Rochester, N.Y.
87. Albany, N.Y.
88. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
89. Colorado Springs, Colo.
90. Flint, Mich.
91. Syracuse, N.Y.
92. San Diego, Calif.
93. Youngstown, Ohio
94. Green Bay, Wis.
95. Burlington, Vt.
96. Spokane, Wash.
97. Portland, Maine
98. Portland, Ore.
99. Seattle, Wash.
100. San Francisco, Calif.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

wedding and swimming

Jonas and I went to Emily and Tyler's sealing on Saturday morning! It was awesome to be there for it! We also had fun at the luncheon and the reception. They make a cute couple and I'm sure they'll have great times together! Congrats you 2!!!

Friday night we went swimming over at my sister Shannon's house with all the fam!
This was Jaxon's 2nd time swimming... the first time was also this week when I had to take all the kids with me for Maelie's swim lesson, I took Kyla and Jaxon swimming during it, we stayed very shallow but it still made me nervous and I don't think we'll be doing that again!







We feel very blessed to have Maelie! There are little things that happen in life that make you realize how fragile life is! There were tons of adults and kids in the pool that night and Maelie was playing on the stairs, well, I guess she slipped under and came up spitting and coughing. I would have felt awful if something happened to her with that many adults in the pool. From here on out, I am staying right by her side! Please, remember to watch your little ones this summer and always near the water, it only takes a second!!!

20 year tag... this is for Leslie :)

20 years ago...
1. I just finished first grade with Mrs. Littlefield at Houston Elementary
2. I liked to dance, play with Kelly, and go swimming
3. I was 6 1/2 (have no idea what else I was doing)
10 years ago...
1. I went on my first date with ... seriously just forgot his name, oops! Brad Worsley!
2. I just finished my sophomore year at Highland and finally got my permit
3. I went to EFY at BYU with Tera
5 years ago...
1. I was newly married living in a trailer in Rexburg, Idaho
2. I was working at Little Academy for $5.25/hour, no wonder we were so poor
3. I changed my major for the final time to child development
3 years ago...
1. I was still living in Rexburg, Idaho, this time in Madison Park apartments
2. I was pregnant with Kyla and Maelie's momma
3. I was a newly college graduate!
1 year ago...
1. I was living in Ocotillo Bay Apartments in Chandler, AZ
2. I was pregnant with Jaxon.
3. We were making some major life decisions
So far this year...
1. Jaxon was born beautiful and healthy!
2. I am still trying to figure out how to be the mother of 3!!!
3. We are making preparations to move to Pennsylvania next month!
Yesterday....
1. I went swimming with my family
2. I cleaned the house
3. I exercised
Today...
1. I went to the temple to see one of my best friends get sealed!!
2. I went to Emily an Tyler's luncheon
3. I tried to take a nap but the kids wouldn't let us!
Tomorrow...
1. I will take a shower. :)
2. I will go to church.
3. I will eat. :)
In the next year...
1. I will move to PA and see lots of cool things on the way like Nauvoo!
2. I will NOT be pregnant!
3. I will hopefully like PA :)
If you read this...then you are tagged! You better do it!

Take a Bow!

This is the smallest video from Maelie's dance recital so I was actually able to upload it... this is the finale!

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

and some more cute laughter...

life is good