Kids are so funny!

I know I haven't been good about blogging lately-I need to start being better and at least do it once a week or so. Hailey has been growing up so fast lately. Sometimes you don't know how fast your kids are growing until they say something "adult" to remind you that they do understand what you are talking about. A couple of days ago we went out to dinner with my husbands side of the family, we met at a restaurant out in the Scottsdale area....which means that it took us a little over an hour to get there. We had a good time and the girls had a blast playing around and looking at the statues. Dan had to leave dinner early so he could get over to the church to get a few things done-so bedtime was ALL mine that night! We drove home and I got Hailey ready for bed and read her 3 books....we then continued with the nightly ritual of singing some songs together before I was planning to leave her room. In the middle of singing Hailey interrupted me and said, " Mom, it's too late....look at the clock. It's time for me to close my eyes and go night-night." I wasn't quite sure how to react! I kissed her goodnight and left her room shutting the door behind me. I guess she was really tired and annoyed at the fact that I kept singing to her. Sometimes she does know what's best for her. Go figure. I just thought that it was so funny and wanted to make sure and record it so I remember correctly. KIDS ARE FUNNY!!!

Another Baby is on the way!

Yep, it's true....we're expecting again. We are very excited and can't wait to see what we are having. Due date is July 18th.....though I'm sure I'll be having it in June sometime. Hailey is excited about the baby in mommy's belly, and whitney has NO idea what's going on! Hailey wants another sister, dan doesn't seem to mind either way, and I'm hoping for a boy this time around. I guess we'll see in another 6 weeks or so. We're grateful for the new arrival and for once we were able to get pregnant without any surgeries!!! YEAH!! We'll make sure to keep you all posted!!

It's Christmastime!!

Another year has gone by....the years seem to go faster the older I get! Today is already December 12th and I still haven't put up my tree. I've been so busy with life...that I can't manage to get everything done when I want to do it! Between birthdays, parties, church callings, last minute christmas shopping, birthday shopping, kids schedules, family celebrations, and everything else-I just haven't had a minute! We are excited to put our lights on our house and get our tree up and decorated, we hope to do it this weekend. All of our other Christmas decorations are out-just not the most important thing, the tree. We recieved a "Secret Santa" gift on our doorstep last week...or maybe 2 weeks ago now ( I don't remember for sure), and had to put it up right away. Thanks Linda, it's the highlight of Hailey's christmas this year! It's a blow-up for our yard, and it's SO cute! Hailey loves to plug it in every night and watch it blow up. Hopefully we'll be able to get the rest of our fun Christmas decorations up this weekend so we have time to enjoy them. I'll keep you posted. Happy Shopping!

Thanksgiving

Ok, I'm way behind in my blogging. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. I somehow managed to get out of making anything for the special day....don't know how that happened-but it made my job alot easier! I also left my camera in my bag the whole day too-stupid thing to do on a holiday. We went to Nannie's house (dan's grandma) for dinner and spent the rest of the evening playing with and chasing the kids. We had a good time and enjoyed seeing all of the family. The only picture both me and my sister-in-law managed to get that day was one of all the grandkids. I actually didn't even take it-I just asked her to email it to me-yep, I'm lazy! These are all of the grandkids on Dan's side of the family. The 2 girls on the left are mine, the other 2 girls belong to dan's sister Krissy, and Mj (the only boy) is stacie's. There are also 2 more on the way. It's crazy how fast the family grows and grows. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving-we did.

Whitney, Hailey, Izze, Mj, and Zoie

Stacie's Baby Shower

The Saturday after Dan and I got back from our cruise was Stacie 's (sister-in law) baby shower. We had it in my in-laws backyard, and luckily it was a beautiful day. We didn't have as many people come as I had hoped, but we still had a good turnout. Everything turned out great; the food, the decorations, the company, the cake...everything went really well. Stacie got a lot of fun clothes and cute girly blankets and hairbows-I think it helped her get even MORE excited to have a girl. All in all, everything went well. I'm glad I could help plan and be a part of it!

A special THANKS to my friend Jaymie for doing the cake for me-she did a great job and it tasted yummy! Thanks again Jaymie for saving me!

Our Cruise

We had a great time on our cruise! Things have been a little crazy since we got back, so this is the first chance I have had to blog about it! WE left out of San Diego, were at sea for a day, andthen ported in Cabo San Lucas. The weather was really warm, and the water was just as warm too-I actually got into the ocean! We walked around and looked for gifts to bring home to the girls, we ate a lot and topped everything off with dessert. We borded the ship and spent the rest of the day hanging out on the ship. The next day we were at sea all day and just spent time hanging around the ship. The next day we ported in Ensenada, Mexico. There wasn't much to do but look around and shop, so that's what we did! We then had a night at sea and then ported in San Diego to get off the ship. We drove home from San Diego and were excited to see our girls again. We had a great time and loved having some time together alone.