My little Sister is Married and other stuff

New Family Picture

Andrea on a blanket her Aunt Ari made

Cute as a Bunny

We love the snow!!

My baby sister is married!!Welcome to the family Alex

New Family Photo

Mud!

There is a children's book called Mud. In it a little boy explores the joy of mud and invites all his friends to join in. Everytime I read this book to Macy, I think, "What is that little boy's mother going to say?" I hope I reacted right when Macy decided to do a little exploring of herself. I just grabbed my camera and she became a model in a photo shoot. Then I hosed her off and changed her clothes. Can life really get any better than oozing your toes and fingers through wet cold mud?

A little time for pictures

I have a new respect for photagraphers of little children. Getting Macy to smile naturally was like pulling teeth. I do feel like we took a couple pictures worth keeping. To see all the pictures visit my facebook page under albums.

Happy Birthday Macy!! 3 !!

Macy in her cool airplane!

Mom and Macy testing out the plane.

Happy family on a really good day!

Isn't she an angel

Today we are celebrating Macy's 3rd birthday. I have been waiting for this day for awhile because lately Macy has been saying that she is too little to do things. She keeps telling me that, "When it's my birthday I'll be big enough to do that." So now she will have to come up with a different excuse.

Macy told me that she wanted an airplane for her birthday. We took her to the toy store and showed her all the airplanes. They would interest her for a short time and then she would lose interest. So we didn't buy any. Then we got home and I thought,"you know we have alot of moving boxes in the garage let's build an airplane." Of course she thought that was pretty neat and she liked helping me build and decorate the plane. We have had a hard time getting her to do anything else but play in her plane. She also informed this morning that her plane can turn into anything like a pirate ship or a camper. So before you spend alot of money on little kids, try a cardboard box instead.

I am also posting a picture of Andrea in her blessing dress. For those who don't know, in our church, when a child is born, we give her a special blessing so that her name is recorded in the church records and a blessing is given to help give her strength and love. The dress that she is wearing was made for me 25 years ago by my grandmother at my blessing. Macy also wore this dress.

Happy 4th Anniversary

Four years sure flies by. Especially since in the last 13 months our family has moved a total of 6 times!! Aye Corumba!! We were sure living the crazy life and it was made possible by the loving support of family and friends. So here is an update of the last 5 weeks.
July 22: Our little Andrea was born
August 5-8: Our 4 day journey to and from Arizona to celebrate Charlie's graduation
Aug 9: Chelsea gets a root canal and 3 cavities filled
Aug 11: Charlie takes Boards and we move to Twin Falls, Idaho
Aug 12: We bless Andrea in our home! So special Thanks to all who were able to make it.
Aug 23: Charlie starts his new job as an official, graduated, licensed physical therapist for Elks Rehab and St.Luke's Hospital
Aug 26: I take a breather and realize that alot of work and determination and tender mercies from the Lord really do make dreams come true.

Our First Post!!

Well I am finally getting around to my New Year's resolution of setting up a family blog. I guess you can't do all your resolutions in January! :) Here is a little update of our family.

In the last year we have lived in 4 different states: Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. Currently we are in Springville, Ut where we are living with Charlie's grandparents. We will be here until Charlie graduates and passes his boards in August. He is going to finish his doctorate of physical therapy from AT Still University. YEAH!!

I am loving being a stay at home mom of Macy, 2 1/2, and a little girl on the way in July. We stay busy going to parks, reading stories, doing art projects, and dancing. Macy is our little comedian. She is always making us laugh and brightening our day.

P.S. Potty training is so much fun!! From little&big accidents to stopping a gazillion times on a road trip to remembering that underwear goes on your middle not on your head, it sure is an adventure.