Happy Birthday Little Man!

Great Big Happy Birthday to our little man Xander. He turned 2 on Wednesday and we had the family over to celebrate. He had such a good day and evening. He loves football so I made a football cake and he couldn't wait to blow the candles out. Such a happy little boy! We are so glad to have you part of our family. We love you!

National Penguin Awareness Day

We went to the Living Planet Aquarium for National Penguin Awareness Day. The kids had so much fun, dressing up like Penguins and seeing all the fish

Chase and Kiyah on a frog

This was so perfect for Kiyah. She has been in love with penguins since she was 6 months old.

Our penguin line up. Madilynn, Emperor, Chase, Gentoo, Kallie, Rock Hopper, Kiyah and Xander

In a row boat making faces. Last picture of the day as my camera ran out of batteries.

My Little Sunbeam!

Kiyah gave her first talk in church today. She was so freaken cute!!!!! She wasn't shy, she got up to the stand before I could even get close to it. She grabbed the mic and promptly held up the first picture and began her talk. She actually had most of it memorized, we worked really hard this week, and she did such a great job:

I like to pray to my Father above, to talk to him and show my love.
When I wake up at the start of each day, I like to kneel by my bed and pray.
As a family we ask for his watchful care. I love yo kneel in family prayer.
We always pray at dinner, breakfast and lunch, I know that praying will help me a bunch.
And at the closing of my day, I kneel again at my bed to pray.
I know that prayer will see me through. I need to pray and so do you.

2011 Happy and Merry to ALL!!!!

As the new year begins I like to always touch base. This seems more of a journal for me than a blog for anyone else to read. :-) Things are starting out this year a lot like they were last year. We want to get the basement room finished, I am still dealing with weight problems and Kiyah and Xander are still sharing a room.

For now things seem to be ok. Last year we tried to get pregnant and found out that I had something wrong with my ovaries....nothing too bad, just enough bad to make us not get pregnant and for me to gain weight that I could not really control. :-(

We still have not progressed with the basement bedroom, we were waiting for a refinance to go through and that never happened, of course, so we are still waiting on that. For now there is no rush because the kids are fine sharing a room.

Last year we lost our beloved T-Bone. He actually died shortly after his sister did which was interesting because he seemed to be healthier than she was. And about 4 days after that happened we got a new dog, Ollie. Porter was moping around and not eating so we knew that we could not get away without another dog for Porter. Both dogs get along great and are great dogs for us.

In about 2 1/2 weeks Xander turns 2. He is becoming such a active little boy. He uses his words so much more now and he picks up on things very well. He is always happy and is always ready for hugs and kisses.

Our little sweet pea, Kiyah, started Sunbeams this year. She is growing up so much. She has one little friend that is her age that she always totes around with her. His name is Blade and they are always happy to be together and are really good friends. Blade's mom even says that he is a better boy and happier when Kiyah is at church and in class with him. They are so cute together. Kiyah will turn 4 in April and is starting to become more aware of everything and is such a smart girl.

I am still watching the neighbors kids and trying to keep order to my house. Ryan is working with DJB Gas still and they are getting really busy......can we say its time for a raise. :-)

We love living in Salt Lake and being close to Ryan's family. It is really nice to have cousins close by that Kiyah and Xander can grow up knowing and being friends with. Hoping this year is good to everyone and that I can get some stuff marked off my list.