LIFE

piggy back rides!


Maelie wants to wear a dress everyday!




Kyla helping Daddy pump up his bike tire



Kyla taking her baby potty



Kyla trying on shoes and eating olives



The girls doing their favorite thing - dancing!!




Yeah for Sundays when Jonas is home all day and not doing homework!!!

Jonas has started a class at MCC for pre-req's for his grad program! The result... Maelie, Kyla, and I are spending even MORE time without him! I totally have been loving him just working but now that we're back in school again along with full-time work, it is a hard adjustment because when he is home he has homework! Poor guy! Ahh! Like all things in life, we will get thru it!

Our future

Right now Jonas has a good job at Orbital Sciences as an engineer and we like the area we live in and our ward. It is really expensive to buy a house here tho! Jonas really wants to get a PhD in biomedical engineering! So we are trying to "move on with life" as soon as we can. I am busy at home being Jonas' secretary, figuring out tons of fun stuff for getting into grad schools. We have already applied to ASU and the University of Aukland in New Zealand. We are also working on Georgia Tech, the U of Alberta, the U of Utah, the U of Washington, Stanford, and the U of Oldenburg in Germany is sorta on the backburner because of the lack of funding! We have heard from 1 school, the Univeristy of Aukland and he has been accepted!!! That would be way fun! Jonas went to Wellington, New Zealand on his mission. The only thing that is holding us back to go there is that the funding may not be as good as some of the other choices. But at least he got accepted somewhere, so we should definitely be going somewhere to go back to school next Fall!! Yippee!!!

A much needed break!

So, I love being a mother! But every mother (and father) need a break! Jonas and I just went to San Diego for 4 days and my mom kept Maelie and Kyla at home with her! Thanks a billion gazillion Mom!!! It was such a fun, carefree vacation! Sometimes I was like, "Oh I wish Maelie and Kyla were here!" But it was very nice to be just Jonas and I! And I missed them and was so excited to see them when we came home! We went to the beach, Sea World, the temple, ate out a LOT (Cheesecake Factory was my favorite, avacado egg rolls are delish!!!), went to 2 movies late at night, slept in, and just enjoyed being together. My mom was sooo worn out and glad when we came home! I am so grateful that she was willing to do that because I think it is good for every marriage to have time just the 2 of you. I hope to do that someday for my kids!

You Are An ISFJ

The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you are very loyal. A good listener, you excel at helping others in practical ways.In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music.You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for. In love, you express your emotions through actions.Taking care of someone is how you love them. And you do it well! At work, you do well in a structured environment. You complete tasks well and on time.You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist. How you see yourself: Competent, dependable, and detail oriented When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, dominant, and stuck in a rut

What's" Your Personality Type?

I got tagged by Janay - here goes!

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Jonas
C- Cake or Pie: pie, all kinds, or cheesecake or icecream cake
D- Day of choice: Friday, the beginning of the weekend and Jonas home!
E- Essential Item: glasses
F- Favorite Color: orange
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: don't care much for gummi but I guess the sour worms are kinda good
H- Hometown: Gilbert, AZ not too far from where I live now
I- Indulgence(s): Ice cream for sure!
J- January or July: definitely January, I'm a big fan of winter!
K- Kids: Maelie and Kyla
L: Life is Incomplete Without: Love
M- Marriage Date: May 10, 2003
N - Number of Siblings: 4 brothers and 2 sisters
O- Oranges or Apples: I love both but oranges are juicier!
P- Phobias or Fears: bears, bees (or anything that stings), heights, being the center of attention, and losing someone I love
Q- Quote: "Soon you'll be sitting around a campfire, eating delicious hot schmoes!"
R- Reason To Smile: my family, I love them to pieces!
S- Season: christmas season, or spring in Rexburg, Idaho
T- Tag Three: Emily, Leah, and Kristen
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I wear pajamas entirely too much
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: well, I'm definitely not a vegetarian
W- Worst Habit: spending too much time on email, blogs, and facebook
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: well, the ultrasounds I have had have been really exciting, and the x-rays I have had only show broken bones, not as fun as a baby!
Y- Your Favorite Food: mexican
Z- Zodiac: sagitarius

the hot hot hot ZOO

We went to the Phx zoo on Saturday because it was overcast and we thought it would be nice, but it was soooo hot! We're not going back to the zoo until halloween when it just starts to cool down around here!!! The girls loved playing in the water tho, and yeah we did see a few animals!

the cute monkeys!

a way cute baby monkey!

Cute T-shirts!

Maelie's 1st haircut!

K... So, I meant to trim about 4 inches off Maelie's hair, it has never been cut except for bangs when she was a baby. Well, 4 inches turned into about 10! I didn't realize how hard it was to get it straight. It is still crooked but I had to stop before she looked like a boy!

ahhhh! I can't beleive all that hair!
chop chop!

Maelie was watching Blue's Clues and sat very still!

That right there was how long I wanted it, but by the time I got to the other side it was a lot shorter and then, I had to even it out and the rest is history!

SHORT!!!

but cute!! I like it, just wish it were a little more even! I'm scared to try and fix it tho! She likes her short hair! And I love this dress that Grandma made her!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY MAELIE!!!

I can't believe Maelie is already 3! Altho when you ask her, she holds up 4 fingers and says she's "too old!" hhmmm.... It was so fun having her old enough that she really got excited! She has been talking about her birthday for months! We had a party on Saturday with the family. We had cake and icecream and presents and went swimming! Maelie loved the whole thing! Jonas and I decorated during her nap, she was so excited when she woke up and said, "My birthday party, it's so beautiful! Thank you for my birthday party!" It was cute! Thanks for all who came and thanks for the gifts! Sunday was her real birthday and she had cupcakes in nursery and was really excited about that! Then we ate the rest of her cake over at Grandma's house since more family were there that were out of town for her party. I think she had a fun birthday! We enjoyed it as a family and Jonas and I are still trying to get used to the idea of having a 3 year old!!!

Kyla absolutely loved the cake and was sitting there eating longer than anyone else!

Maelie in her Tinkerbell costume from Grandma and Grandpa

The girls playing Maelie's new Dora game (Maelie, cousin Brooke, and Kyla)

opneing presents!

Cake time! Cousins Brooke and Kailin, Daddy, Mommy, and Maelie

Maelie and Kyla

This is Maelie wearing a dress Grandma made her, on her birthday when she saw Kyla she gave her a big hug saying, "I love you, Kyla!"

Maelie's golf clubs - she had a hard time giving these up to open other presents

All the girls at the table ready for cake!

cake cake cake

That trick candle! - Maelie loved it!

Princess Aurora from Kailin

DISNEYLAND!!!

This last weekend we made a very spontaneous trip to Disneyland since Maelie turns 3 next week, we wanted to get her in for free! haha! But we had lots of fun! The girls loved the rides and the fireworks and the parades! It was very fun but also very tiring taking 2 little ones! Kyla had an emotional breakdown the first night! I think we did too much for 1 day! After that we made sure to have good naps and we kept pretty much under control! It was fun spending that time together and it was sure hard to dive home yesterday, back to reality!

Maelie and her hair =)

at Seal Beach, since we came here on Sunday, I thought we'd be able to just go for a walk on the beach, but it was way too packed so we were there for about 5 minutes! I wish we had time to have a day at the beach! Ah well, some other time!

Kyla on the temple grounds - the girls loved running around on the temple grounds!

Minnie Mouse's house

Daddy and Kyla on Dumbo!

hanging in Minnie Mouse's house

Dad, Maelie, and the LA temple - this temple is so cool because it is HUGE and old and it's right in the middle of noisy LA!

Newport Beach temple - very pretty, our first time visitng this temple

Maelie and Kyla, looking cute

Smelling flowers at the temple

Maelie on the teacups! - getting dizzy!

Kyla on the tea cups - she loved these!

"The face!" This is the face Maelie gave whenever she was scared on a ride! She looked like this anytime we went on a ride that was inside and dark, like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride or Roger Rabbit. I have no idea why the face on the storybook ride!

Maelie jumping in the hotel room our first night there!

Daddy with the girls at the LA temple

The girls at toon town!

Too short! Eventhough there were some rides with height restrictions, I was surprised how many rides we were able to ride with 2 little ones! Mine and Jonas' favorite was Pirates of the Caribbean because it had 2 drops! (wooaahh!) Maelie was scared of it! We didn't think we could convince the girls to go twice though so we didn't even try. We also got a little thrill from the sunwheel at CA Adventure! The girls actually liked that one.

Maelie saw a little girl with wings on the first day we were there and finally on the 3rd day we found some and bought some. They are so cute. They light up! She was "flying" everywhere!

Maelie, Kyla, and Daddy at the Castle!