Being a Mom is......

Being a mother can be many things to me.....two words to describe being a Mom is crazy and entertaining. I just love watching my children grow and find so many reasons to smile and laugh if I am looking for them. Other wise I find myself raising my voice and very annoyed or stressed. I have really enjoyed taking time to play and enjoy little Max. He brings me great happiness and is constantly learning and growing as babies and children do so quickly...to quickly at times. I am telling myself daily to enjoy where I am in life because it will not always be like this. This sweet messy faced baby is going to eventually grow into a teenager and I am not sure what that will be like? I hope Awesome!

Halloween Costumes

Pumpkin Carving

Max and the sucker!

Here is our 6 month old tasting the sweet bliss of a blue sucker. Oh so adorable! We had so much fun watching him discover a new tasty treat. He would not let me pry it from his cute little fingers. When I did he was not happy at all. I know this is not the best thing to start at such a small age but at least it wasn't smokies! Ha Ha

Happy 6th Birthday Spencer

These are my two cute Jedi's. Spencer is obsessed with Star Wars right now and we love it. Hopefully he grows out of that when he is older but for now we just love our 6 year old Jedi.
He say's when he grows up he would like to be a Jedi.

Maddy's Baptism

I just keep having these mental flashes of Maddy on her
wedding day....oh please not yet or ever!

Thanks so much for a wonderful husband/father who
honors his priesthood
and was worthy to baptize his daughter.

We sure love you Auntie Sharon!

Thanks for all the support, we sure love you all.

My oldest baby is baptized! Man I am feeling older!
Olivia Campbell was baptized the same day as Maddy...so much fun!
What a special day and wonderful choice she made. Chris and I are so proud of her.
I could see the joy and lively spirit in her face after the baptism. She is now blessed to have the companionship of the holy ghost. I only hope we have prepared her enough.
We will continue to teach and guide her and watch her use her free agency.
I am grateful to be her mother and I love her very much.

Happy 8th Birthday Maddy

I cannot believe she is already 8 years old! I feel like I just blinked and she went from baby to a big girl...my heart is happy for her and sad at the same time. I am happy because she is wanting to grow up and sad because I don't want to let her. Oh the joy of being a mother, we cannot have it all, unfortunately. I can honestly say I love watching her grow and have loved every stage she has gone through for different reasons. I hope (in only 4 years) when she is a teenager I can say the same thing.

Party At This Is The Place Park

My only wish is for her to not get any bigger....I don't know if I would really like that though!

Aunt Lindsay's Wedding....Still catching up!

Better late than never, I guess! Congrats John and Lindsay we love you both. These are a few pics we took, I wish we would have taken some better ones, oh well.

Family in Las Vegas

Still catching up....

We had a wonderful hike up to Ensign Peak for FHE awhile ago.
The kids made it to the top and loved it! We need to do things like this more! Very fun and a great little hike for young families.