Visitors~ (the good kind!)

He were so happy to have Grandma and Grandpa here to visit from Arizona. And we all have to thank them for bring the warm nice weather up here with them. When Grandma and Grandpa leave we have to go through this sort of de-tox with Dylan and Sophie. The constant attention, the tickling, the laughing, the playing, the adventures, the hugging, the card games, the fun. I have to say it is a little rough on Jesse and I but we wouldn't have it any other way. We love them so much!


At the end of the big giant slide!
They went down this slide about 50 times and it never got old watching them laugh all the way down!



Taking a picture on a Merry-go-round is a lot harder than it looks!

Easter Fun~

We had a great weekend just hanging out together. We decided to go to the Jazz game at the last minute and we had so much fun. Dylan has been watching the Jazz games with JW and is really getting into them. He was so funny our seats were two rows from the top (really high) and Dylan said do you think that I'm on T.V.? So we called Grannie Joan and being the wonderful grannie that she is she said, I think I see you on T.V. Dylan was so happy! He clapped and cheered at every basket. Sophie couldn't keep her eyes off of The Bear and she would just start laughing. We had a great time! We got home pretty late so when church starts at 8:30 needless to say we were all tried. So no cute Easter Sunday church pictures. Ohh well maybe next year. I did manage to remember to take one of the kids finding Easter eggs. Whew, I might still be a good mom.

Guess who turned 4 on April 4th?

My sweet Sophia!!
She has been counting down the days until she turned four. She woke up and she told me that she thinks that she got taller last night because she was turning four. I love her so much. I can't believe that my baby girl is four. ~sigh~

Dear Sophia,

I just wanted to tell you how much I love you and how much I love being your mom. I remember when I found out that I was going to have a little girl, I was so excited. I couldn't wait to dress you up, put bows in your hair, play dolls with you, and most important be the best mom in the world to you. You are so special, you are kind, sweet, loving, cuddly, snugly, happy little girl. When we get the rare chance to be alone just you and I, I love how you say that we are best friends and you want to play with me. I also love when we are in a public bathroom and that is the time when you feel the need to have deep conversations with me. Things that have happened in the past that you still remember and want to discuss them with me on the potty. How you say that girls just root and toot and boys are stink bombers. You are so special to me and I can't imagine my life with out you. LOVE YOU....sissy sue, sister sledge, sopher, sis, princess, sledgey, rooter tooter girl.....







Side note: This is a picture of her cake that she ate. Notice not one bite of frosting is left on her piece of cake.:) This is why I love her!

Ahh Spring....or is it?

There is nothing that says or smells rather like Spring to me than the smell of burning wood. I know you are asking yourself is she crazy? I am, but the smell of burning wood here means that Spring is coming. This is when the orchard farmers are pruning their trees and burning big piles of branches. I love that smell. As soon as Spring came here the last couple of weeks it is sadly gone again. As I am typing this post I look out the window and see SNOW! Lots of it too... Dang! Please bring back the smell of burning wood, the kids frolicking outside, bikes out, sidewalks filled with colorful creations, and Slurpee's. PLEASE!!!

Come what may and love it~

I thought that this was a wonderful message that we need to remember each day. By Joseph B. Worthlin.

Draper Temple~

We had the opportunity to go through the Draper Temple this past Saturday. It is a very pretty temple. It has a lot of beautiful wood from Africa and amazing marble from Italy. I have to laugh at Jesse and I we were admiring the moldings, wallpaper, marble, murals. and the furniture. Maybe we should have been admiring "other" things..:) We both said that we are really proud to be Latter Day Saints and what a wonderful church we belong to. We both actually felt the spirit very strong at the same time. It was when they show you a little video explaining the temple and a little bit of history about our church. Jeffrey R. Holland was speaking of how he imagined how wonderful Heaven would be and then he got emotional and said how he couldn't imagine being there without his wife and his kids by his side. What a wonderful testimony he has.
It was the last day of the open house and so as you can imagine there were a ton of people there. We had to wait for the buses to take us up to the temple, and that was about an hour wait. Sophie was wondering why I didn't have the church bag and why she couldn't color. I had to tell her that even though it looked like church we weren't at church. They started to get restless, I wasn't prepared to have to wait that long so I had no back ups. BUT I did have my purse....so out came gum, cards, pens, and the camera. (hoping to take a wonderful family picture at the temple, notice the word hoping) As we were in the temple Dylan said to me, "Now Mom, why are we here again?", I said it isn't very often that you get to see the inside of a temple and that it will probably be about 8 years before he can go inside again. Then I told him my boring story of how I remember going through the Jordan River Temple when I was seven and I had to wear booties over my shoes and I still remember it now. I had the feeling that he was understanding it a little more. After we were done I asked the kids what was there favorite part and they both said that the cookies and water at the end was the best part....So we tried, I hope they will remember....It was a fun day...To follow are some photo's by Dylan...notice there aren't any wonderful family photos by the temple ohh well maybe next time...

The Question~

Ok,
We have had "the question" come up a couple of times in the past, but we have always gotten out of it.... Dylan asked me how long was it before Grandma in Arizona saw him after he was born, I told him a couple of weeks, then we talked about the rest of the family and how long it was for each of them and so on....and then Sophie says how do the babies get out of your tummy? Dylan chimed in and said you just push them out through your belly. Sophie then says out your belly button? I told her No, and then she said well then where mama????? Um, I am more than willing to go there when the time is right but for now I don't want to go there.....So I said Daddy, do you want to take this one? Or course he refused...So as I was articulating my thoughts on the perfect thing to say without giving too much information, Sophie says I'm done with dinner mama, love you, and got down from her chair and ran off.....yew!!!!! Until next time!!