One more overload of Pictures

Jordan use to push kellen around in this wagon and he loved it!




                                                  Here is christmas 2011!! I know I am a little behind but my sister Dani came and we got to play with her boys for a few days!! Loved it! We miss them so much!

Kellens 1st Christmas...might I add!

                                                        Drey was so                good with Kellen! They were little buds.                  

This is just because my baby is so stinkin cute with those little blue eyes!

           





Have I mentioned I think my baby is so cute!?

Happy Easter!

 I know this picture made you go...ohhhh!

He loves to sit on the door of the dishwasher when I unload the dishes. I was trying to capture it but he got more excited about the camera.

                                                        We sold the old beat up Jag that we bought off of Jordan's parents when we got married. It was almost dead and costing too much to fix and put gas in! So we have now become proud owners of a subaru!

Kellen gave the whole family the flu on the 4th of July so we celebrated a few days late but it was still fun...a big breakfast, a day on the lake, and sparklers to end!

   




                              Once again my baby is so dang cute!

Remind you we just back from the lake...dont be jealous of my beautifulness!

 Kellen gets into everything...this is when I found him eating taco shells...well sucking on them and spitting them out.

Finally, Jordan and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary and it was the one of the best days ever! We went to Vegas and saw Phantom...AMAZING!!! We also had dinner at P.F. Changs and they treated us like royalty! It was seriously so needed and so much fun!
Well enjoy these two posts because you probably wont hear from me until christmas. Jordan is finishing school in December and I will only have student teaching left!!!!! I seriously think I should be a doctor by now with how long I have been in school but a Special Ed teaching is way cooler! Love you all!

It has been a year! 
I finally have two weeks of freedom from school and I am loving every minute! The first thing on my list of things to do during this two weeks is to update this here blog! This is going to be an overload of pictures from way back when up to now! The main reason for this post however is that my baby boy turned 1 on July 24th! I feel like I turned around and my newborn become a toddler! Somehow during the course of this past year I kept the little guy alive. I still remember all the details of those first moments I met this little man and it seemed like I was replaying them all day during his big day. It has truly been a year of learning, growth, and love! I watch him in amazement in all that he has learned in only a year. He started out a total challenge in which I found myself daily asking why did I ever want to be a mom!? He screamed all day and all night for the first month of his life...Jordan doesnt like to think of these "dark days" haha. However, we lived and so did he. He is currently testing the waters with walking. He can walk across the room but since he fell out of his stroller and got in a fight with the road (the road won I think) he has been a little hesitant to get up and risk falling on his face again... He laughs and chatters all day long and loves to be outside. His favorite place to play is the toilet and he could pull clothes in and out of the dryer all day and be totally entertained. Jord and I love this little boy more than we can put into words! He has taught us more in one year than we ever could have learned in a lifetime without him. I thank my father in heaven each day for trusting me to be this perfect little mans mom even with all my imperfections. We love you bubba gump! Happy Birthday!

                                         All his little girl cousins love him...I think its a mutual love!

                                              This was my attempt at a Micky Cake...I was kinda proud haha

Below is newborn...Can you believe how much he has changed!?

                                     

There is nothing better than....

Lately Jord and I have been playing this game that I have titled "nothing better than." We didn't mean to start playing this game we just happened to always be coming up with things we love! Some of those things have been
There is nothing better than
-coming out of a cold air conditioned building/house to meet the warm sunshine! (I know you all know this feeling.)
-A large diet coke on a hot day after yard work.
-the smell of wet cement in the summer after washing your car.
- Wakeboarding on glassy water
-waking up in the middle of night thinking you have to get up and you look at the clock and see you get to sleep longer. (back in the day when I wasn't getting up with a baby all night!)
-Turning a huge assignment or walking out of a big test know you are DONE!
-The smell of a baby right out of the bathtub
-the silence of a night right after/during  a big snow storm (This is the ONLY thing I will ever referr to as a good thing for Winter)
-For all you mothers out there that moment your baby finally slips out after a long labor and you hear their first cry!
-and of course to end it there is nothing better than a warm day in the sun, lots of baby giggles and smiles, and being with my little family!
These are just a few I can remember. We have a lot so when you are having a bad day just think of a "there is nothing better than" statement. It will give you a warm fuzzy! I'll post more as they come but in the mean time...for anyone that may read this....what is there nothing better than for you?!

REally can you think of anything better than his little face and those two little teeth!?

A perfect Day

What would your perfect day be? My perfect day is one that can't be planned. It wasn't some private beach eating chocolate dipped strawberries or even a 12 row seat at a Lakers game. Nope, it was probably not a very perfect day for anyone else but me but it certainly was a perfect day in the eyes of the beholder.
A few days ago it snowed in Utah valley and stuck for the first time! So naturally I had to finally break in Kellen's snow hat! However, it was bought at the beginning of winter and now his head is getting a little too round for it haha. But we bundled him up  red neck style...socks used for gloves, 5 layers of shirts for a coat all wrapped up in a blanket, and took him sledding on the little hill at my in-laws house (which we live in the basement of)! His big blue eyes hardly blinked. He cant say much but I know he loved it! I stood at the bottom of hill and watched Kellen discover the magic of a snow day and my husband bask in the joys of being a daddy......This was perfect moment number one.
Right after laying down for a nap my sister-in law called to invite us to go ice skating!! We hadn't seen them in a long time so we jumped on the chance to get out and play with my niece and nephew. My nephew is a little short stalky kid that has no fear! The minute I got there he wanted to play tag...on ice skates....I haven't been on ice skates since I was like 8. I couldnt stop laughing watching him weave in and out of people at high speed and then crash into a wall as the only resort to stopping! Jord and I switched off holding kellen and skating.  Playing childhood games and laughing with my family definitely makes the list as my second perfect moment in the day.
To end the perfect day we came home, picked up in-n-out burgers (my favorite) and made homemade oreos!! As I baked Jord turned on the sound track to the Lion King. I could hear the soft giggles of my baby boy as his daddy danced around in front of him. I put the cookies in the oven and joined in the fun. I know we sound silly but I love my family! I loved singing and dancing to "I just cant wait to be a king." Picture it, the smell of chocolate cookies baking, a little flour from cooking on your pants, the sound of high pitched giggles from a baby laughing at his crazy parents dance moves, and to end the show a slow dance with the man of your dreams to "can you feel the love tonight." Now that is the perfect way to end a perfect day!
I have dreamed of these small moments all my life and today it was my reality! I love being a mom and a wife. It has its extremely difficult parts but the good times out weigh the bad. Sometimes I think of the future and everything Jord and I have to teach this little boy and the kids to come, everything those kids will be faced with and the unknown trials that may lay ahead but for now I will bask in these moments of pure joy...life at its best! One day at a time....and this day was perfect! 

                                     Socks for gloves....works great! These two little guys are already best buds!