2 1/2 more weeks

I remember last summer, it was so weird getting Maelie ready for kindergarten and now she only has 2 1/2 weeks left!!! Kindergarten has been so fun for her. She has loved her teacher and all her friends and all the fun things they have done. And now she is going to be a first grader! Time keeps going whether I want it to or not. I am working on the slideshow for her kindergarten graduation and found these cute pix I wanted to make sure were in my blog book. :)

Together Forever

Jonas' sister's husband passed away and Jonas went to the funeral this last week. I really feel like I missed out not being able to be there. There is something spiritual about a funeral, and eventho I didn't know Rob that well, funerals provide some closure and I really have been thinking about Lorinda, Kylie, Mason, and Chase a lot. Life is so fragile. And I am grateful that families can be together forever. I am really glad that atleast Jonas was able to go, we have been feeling very contemplative since he got back and have been talking about it all a lot. I feel so sad for Lorinda and her sweet family. I love them and hope they are getting the help and comfort they need. I am glad Jonas was able to be there to spend some time with his family and to bring back the pictures and stories to me. Rob will be missed!

Mother's Day Tea

I love my Mom. She is so busy but today she took the time out of her craziness to drive out to my house and be with Kyla and Jaxon so I could go to Mother's Day Tea in Maelie's classroom. It was awesome! Gotta love Mother's day! I got the cutest little homemade gifts from Maelie - a book, card, bookmark, and pad of paper. From Kyla I got the cutest little magnetic picture frame with a pic of her that she made at preschool. I totally cried when I pulled that out of the bag she had made. Crazy motherhood is totally worth it!

In Maelie's class the kids took turns sharing the pic they had made for their mother's. The video is having a hard time but this is what she said..."My mother is a queen because she is a flower and a strawberry and a jewel and a crown. She has a softly voice." =)

They sang several very cute songs. There is something so awesome about being sung to by your kids. :) I am looking forward to Sunday when Kyla will also get to go up with Maelie this year and sing in sacrament meeting. That is the very best part of mother's day I think.

(Maelie is the 2nd from the left middle row)

Happy Mother's Day!

a letter to the Tooth Fairy

Last Saturday Maelie lost tooth #4 and she didn't know where it was.  She was worried about how the tooth fairy would get it so she wrote the tooth fairy a letter and put it under her pillow.  Here it is...

I didn't see it until I played tooth fairy and I had no candy on hand.  Oops!  She seemed happy with the money tho.  I hope that tooth doesn't turn up anytime soon.  And I hope Maelie doesn't find out I have her letter. :)

the simple life

I love how kids make you realize how the simple things in life can bring so much happiness :)

Sunday beanbag fun

This is what we like to do on Sunday afternoons :)

Fairytale Night

Last night Maelie had her kindergarten Fairytale Night. It was very cute! Everyone was dressed up as fairytale characters. Maelie was Aurora along with a lot of other little girls. :) They sang songs and Maelie had a blast! Thanks Mom, Shannon, Kelly and kids for coming. Afterwards I took Maelie to the grocery store to pick out some flowers and some icecream. She was loving all the attention she got and really loved being all dressed up! I am thankful that Maelie gets to be in such a good school and have such a great teacher!

Easter Picnic

My Mom just sent me these cute pix from the Easter Picnic. Thanks Mom! =)

lady bugs, sand art, and choo choo's

Jonas is off on scout camp so I headed to Target last night to get us some fun stuff to do so we could keep busy and not miss him too much. :) As for Jaxon, I bought him a Thomas the train and we didn't even hear from him for 2 hours. It was just a little train peice, not even a set. That kid is addicted and it's awesome how happy he can be with a few cars or trains. A side story... he has been watching Thomas the train off Netflix for a few weeks but he doesn't have any Thomas toys. There is one at nursery that he has to play with every week. Well last Sunday as we were heading into sacrament meeting, he starts yelling "choo choo" so Jonas went to the nursery and grabbed the Thomas so he could play with it during sacrament meeting. Silly Kid! And when I pick him up from nursery I now make sure I have a car in my bag that I can hand him otherwise he will throw a huge fit. Oh, the joys of 2 year olds!! Anyway... Jaxon was busy with his first Thomas toy and us girls did some sand art and those shrink a doodle things. It was a lot of fun! And I didn't miss Jonas until after the kids were in bed. I can't sleep alone anymore! The girls (I) also caught a ladybug they are sooo excited about! Also, Kyla cut her hair the other day and you can see it in the pix. Basically, she always has her hair in her face now. I never cut Kyla bangs as a baby because I didn't want to deal with them and here she goes and cuts them herself. Atleast they aren't really short. I probably should take her in to get her hair cut kinda layered or something. And I am going private next week, so remember to let me know if you want an invite. I am off to exercise and clean the house!

PRIVATE

I hate private blogs and never wanted to be one of those annoying people with a private blog. hehe :) But I was just looking on my live feed and noticed someone who I don't know had been looking at my blog for a long time and clicking on pix from way back. This could be anyone that was just browsing but I started worrying that it was some psycho. So send me your email to jonasandmistie@gmail.com or mistielin@gmail.com or leave a comment if you want to be invited. I hate doing this, because I know there are people that look but don't really want me to know, haha! And it's so fun to run into blogs of people from back in the day and be able to check them out so I feel bad doing this. It's just too bad we don't live in a perfect world. :) I'm just getting all worried about some freak looking at pix of my cuties. But seriously, just let me know and I will invite you. I mainly think of my blog as keeping track of memories now anyway, it's not that exciting of a blog. :) On the bright side, I am excited to be able to be more free with what I post!

Rockin' R Ranch

I got to go with Maelie on her field trip today.  I went to Rockin R' Ranch on a field trip when I was little so it was fun to go there with her.  It was HOT but fun!