ON VACATION!!!

Okay, so I have been looking at our blog to check on others, and figured I better update so that people can check on us. Things have been going very good. The girls are cuter than ever, and it has been great that spring is on its way.





This pic is christian playing with Klynton outside the other day. It was pretty warm and Matt had been cleaning out the dog house. She had a blast having him push her around the yard on the lawn buddy.

This is Amelia playing on the rug just enjoying her toys. Isn't she cute?













And this is her the other morning just hanging out with me in the kitchen. She loves to just hang and watch you. She gets uptight when she can't see you doing your thing.






We left on Sat. to go to a foster parent seminar in Richfield, and we are going to make a vacation out of it. We headed to Torrey to spend the night, and then on to Farmington, New Mexico. We are going to go to Chaco canyon, and Mesa Verde. We will be home sometime late Tues. or Wed. It is great because we are leaving the girls at home with Leslie. She is staying at our house to take care of everybody. She is the BOMB!! Thanks sis! It has been sometime since we had a little vacation all by ourselves. The Drive-In will be opening soon, and this will probably be our only chance to get away for a bit.
Leslie did call me and tell me a cute Christian story. It seems she asked Christian to go get a tissue for her nose, and Christian went into my bathroom to get it. Les was working at the dining room table, and when she looked up Christian was wiping her nose with the end of the toilet paper. She had brought the end from my bathroom all the way into the dining room. She just laughed and had Klynton go roll it back up. What a dolly! This pic is her in her "cape & princess hat". She thinks these are so fun to dress in and run around with the cape billowing out. Isn't this priceless?






Well, that is about all for now, so I will go and post after we get home. Take care.

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Okay, so we have actually been rather quiet around these parts. I have been doing the dreaded bill-pay, payroll days. They are just long, and take time to get everything done. And I don't know why but this time seemed to have all of that nicky-nack stuff you have to do. I had a couple of forms I had to fill out for people, and just those odds & ends. Know what I mean?

Life has been kind of relaxed. We had some friends over for Sun. dinner. We had that nice roast, mashed potatoes, carrots in the roast, jello, green salad,etc. it was the bomb! Yum, yum!!! Our friends brought cake and ice cream, and she made these killer homemade rolls. It was awesome. We had fun visiting with them.

The girls are good. Christian is getting so cute! She does the cutest things. She is talking more, and we are finally putting her on the big bed for naps, and she is doing well! I just can't believe how grown up she is getting. It makes me sick. But, every time she does something new I just watch in amazement. She has been cuddly lately too. This is something a little different. She has never been the kind of girl who needed to be held and cuddled. It is rather fun. Little miss independent. This pic is in Cozumel, she found a hat that matched her outfit!. This is also her with the cousins, just hanging out at the cemetery.
She is all that, huh?











Amelia is just growing like a weed. What a little angel! She laughs and giggles. Her neck is so ticklish, and it is so cute. She is such a polar opposite of Christian. She is smiley, and so excited to see you. Mellow too - most of the time. She is definitely more comfortable too, because she has found her voice. She can scream, and she does, if she wants something, and you aren't paying just the right attention. She also gets quite indignant when Christian gets something she thinks she needs too. Especially something to eat that she can't quite have yet. What a doll though! - And I'm sorry, I don't have a really recent picture. I promise to get some!

Well, that's about all - My prayers are with you - especially Jim & Wendy who left today for the Ukraine to hopefully bring home their boy they are adopting. Also, my niece Heather got engaged! She has this cute boyfriend, and dang it, I just knew this was going to happen. I just can't handle change. It is a terminal disease. I hate seeing all of my nieces and nephews grow up. If they would just stay little, or let me run their lives and make all of their important decisions, I would be much happier. They might not be, but I would, and they wouldn't make half of the mistakes I did. I love them so much. Lets keep praying for each other. There are definitely those who need it. - love ya!

This week...

Well, life around here has been rather nice. Last week we had a nice visit with Amelia's grandma and aunt Michelle. It was really nice. They brought cute v-day presents for both girls. Soo sweet! I need to take a pic of them in their cute new twinner outfits. - This pic is one of Amelia playing on the floor with her turtle. She is such a cutie!!!




We had a busy weekend (as usual), I had a nice breakfast meeting on Saturday with the work girls from Ephraim, and then had to get home to get some stuff ready for Sun. We went to SLC early for an aaronic priesthood ordination for nephew Lukas. Had a great dinner at D & D's. - Yummy ribs, and mashed taters, and salad etc. It was super! - We took some family photos last fall, and I just love this pic of Matt's fam. We did them so that I could get Christian's 18 mo. done, but the family pics really turned out nice.








We had to leave a little early so we could get home to have my family over for March FHE. It was great too. Mom wanted to celebrate St. Patricks along with Dr. Seuss' b-day so we had green eggs and ham (deviled eggs) along wigth lasagna, green relish tray, green salad, mom's awesome spice cookies iced in green, green drink... you get the picture. It was so much fun. I just love having family around, and this was just kind of a perfect day for me as we got to see both sides, and Grandma's and Gramps and cousins, and love all around. Way good!!!!! Even though for some reason a couple of people asked if I was mad.? What's up with that? I kind of had a headache, but I guess if I'm not my wild, crazy self, I must seem a little miffed. Oh, well... you can't win them all of the time. It was a great weekend though.


This pic was from last weekend. The party for Matt's parents was a lot of fun, and it was great to see cousins. Everyone was taking pics of everyone else, it was crazy. Fun, though.






Monday was awesome. I had to do some bills, but then I left for Cedar to go to a foster parent meeting, on Tues. and it was a lot of fun to go hang with some girls, and just laugh and have fun. Tues. was the meeting. It was awesome!!! This guy Eric was teaching some methods for parenting with reactive foster children, but he had some just plain great parenting ideas. Some quite different and not quite comfortable for me. But, as I listened, I learned, and thought these would be some good techniques to try. Any child can benefit from this stuff. I need to find the papers and put down the website. I'll try to do that soon. Anyway, take care, and I'll see you soon. - This last pic was the last night on the ship and I just love the cute smile on Christian's face.