EASTER 2012

We celebrated Easter saturday morning at G & G Reeds house. The kids were very excited. We did a little less candy this year with a few more gifts. I sometimes forget they are small and dont eat much candy. This year I remembered (becasue I am the one who eats it all!)
But with our annual family egg hunt, we came home with TONS of candy anyway. Mollie loved gathering eggs. I told her to "clean them up" and she obeyed and put all the eggs in her bag. So cute.

Carter was very into it this year. He found gobs of egss and candy.

That evening we headed out to Moore to be with more family. As soon as i got Mollie dressed in her Easter dress sunday morning I turned my back for 1 minute and the next thing i knew she was covered in chocolate!

We quickly cleaned her up and here is the best picture I could get of them in their easter clothes.

We ended the trip with colds for all of us. YUCK! And mine happened to turn into pluerisy (a painful lung infection) and I am STILL suffering from it. Wish I could have enjoyed the day more, but it was still great to see family. I love Easter!

27 & a sleepover

At the begining of April, I turned the fabulous age of 27! This year has been a hard one to accept, especially since I have lost track of time over the years and thought I was turning 26. Chad had to convince me i was really turning 27! Him & Carter started my day out by making me cupcakes!

They showered me with gifts

and then we ate cupcakes.

And YES I blew out all 27 candles in 1 breath. (If you know me, you know this is a big deal for me!)

Chad actually was on night shift the night of my birthday so a good friend set up a girls night at my favorite diner and her husband generously watched my kiddos. It was so refreshing and really nice to chat with my friends. When we returned home, we found two VERY excited little boys.

My friend pushed me out the door insisting that it would be fine if he stayed the night! She is a true champ to take on a 3-year old sleepover! But eventually they tired and crashed. LOVE these sweet little boys!

All in all, despite turning 27, it was a great day! Thanks everyone who made it happen!

Mollie-O

Dear Mollie,
Please don't grow up.
You are almost 18 months old. You are learning so much so fast. I want to keep you as my baby forever. You went to nursery today for the first time and I felt a little lost. I've looked forward to this day, but it surprised me how hard it was. You are learning to fold your arms for prayers, and to make unbelievable messes. I like to call you my little tornado. You love books and we could sit there for hours reading them...unfortunatley, you also destroy most of them.

Your hair is crazy. And curly! (where did that come from?!) And I can't get enough of those curls. Im amazed at how girly you are already. Wanting to wear "prettys" in your hair (although you pull them out in 2 seconds). And for the first time the other day, you wanted your nails painted and you held still for it!

Piggy tails were a first this month too! Your hair is growing and chaning as quick as you are.

You love to be like mom and wear your sunglasses.

And you are often found wearing a tutu while playing with cars.

You HATE to shop, although you love to push around this cart and fill it with things that I have to clean up later.

You LOVE zuzs (shoes). I am constantly helping you put on shoes and they usualy arent yours.

And you discoved one of your favorite hiding spots - the dryer. I can't keep you out of it! I am amazed at how different you are than Carter. You keep me on my toes constantly and are very good at letting me know when I need to slow down and spend some time with you. Never let me forget that. I love you so much Mollie. You are a miracle in my life.

LOVE MOM

Some fun new words Mollie is saying at 18 months:

bebe - baby

bebe - puppy

bebe - pretty

Mommy

Daddy

Papa

CaTee - Carter

syses - eyes

tat tat tat - quack quack quack

sus - Jesus

naa - snack

suice - Juice

book

men - Amen

BAAAAA - sound for a sheep

FIVE years and counting....

Has 5 years really already come and gone?! Mar. 1st was the day I married Chad in the Logan Temple in frigid condtions. It was such a special day. I love this man even more than the day I married him. He is constantly making me smile and letting me know how much he loves me.
One way he showed his love this year was getting us a night away! (thanks to grandma for coming to stay with the kids!) He surprised me and took me to the Filmore Inn Bed & Breakfast here in Twin Falls. It was such a neat little place and the food was great!! We ate at Johnny Carinos, then checked into our room.

Roses, chocolates, sparkling cider, chocolate covered strawberries, and cookies were waiting for me when we arrived.

And a wonderful jetted tub!

We slept in late and enjoyed a great breakfast in the dinning room.

It was so homey and the service was great. I HIGHLY recommend this to my Twin Falls friends (or out of town friends for that matter) for a little get away or celebration. It was wonderful and much needed!

Thanks so much Chad for loving me through everything and making me feel so special, just like the day we were married. You are the man of my dreams. Love you lots.

On to February....

We started off February with Hiccup & Annie. 2 goldfish who became a part of our family as Carter's reward for being potty trained. Yeehaw!

We had a special visit from Grandma Reed and had a indoor picnic with plastic dishes...A fond memory from my childhood. (Dont look at all my laundry on the couch..)

If anyone knows my husband well, you would know he is a lego nerd...(love you dear) and he made this for me the week of Valentines Day.

I woke up Valentine's morning to 15 love notes scattered around the house with reasons on each one of why Chad loves me. Very sweet. It made my whole year. :)

And later that night....well, I'll leave it to your imagination. ;)

Happy Valentines Day!

January has come and gone....

But it sure doesn't feel like it! The weather has been very mild, with no snow. Come on, it's January!! But we had a great month. Probly the best month we have had in quite a while for a number of reasons.

#1: My brother and his family were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on their 5 year anniversary which was Jan. 5th. I am so proud of my big brother and all the hard work he has done to get his family here. Love you guys!

Reason #2: We tagged along with Chad on a business trip to Utah and me and the kids played while Chad was in class all day. We did get to steal him away and do a few fun things. Staying in a hotel room with all 4 of us had its challenges, but i would do it again. We had so much fun playing and shopping! We went to a huge aquarium in Sandy.....

And to Jump on It with TONS of trampolines and bounce houses...

And to the mall where they had a neat play area for the kids....

And to Planet Play, which is like an arcade for smaller kids....

Carter was in heaven and I think he was in shock about how many fun places he was getting to go to. The trip also included Jim's Jungle, lots of eating out, swimming, a memorial service for Chad's grandma who passed away, and lots of cousin time with the Dudschus family.

Reason #3: Scotty McCreery, The Band Perry, and BRAD PAISLEY! Yes we took a quick trip to Boise to see this concert with some great friends the Sorensons. We had so much fun with them and the concert was amazing. It was Chad's first concert. We were a little late and missed Scotty McCreery (Chad was heart broken....he really likes him) but i was so glad when he came back on stage at the end. GREAT night.

(Scotty)

(Brad) Ok, so I lied....a little at the begining of this post....we got a tiny amount of snow and we ran outside to play in it before it was gone. Carter and Chad had a snow ball fight.

Mollie didn't love the snow and just wanted to play on the slide.

Chad pulled the kids in the sled.

And we built a snow man with the best packing snow I have ever seen! Carter sang "Once there was a Snowman" every day for weeks as we watched it melt away.

I give January 5 Stars. It was a wonderful month!

Good Bye 2011 We will miss you

Tonight I feel kind of lost....last year at this time i had LOTS of plans and goals set to ring in 2011. I was motivated to make change in my life. I knew we were going to add and addition to our family soon, I knew i was going to work my butt off in the gym, I knew I wanted to get better at wake boarding, reading my scriptures, and pleny of other things. But when I sat down tonight to think about what 2012 will bring....it looked kind of bleak. I wanted 2011 to be my best year yet and I really believe that it was! So i have big shoes to fill for 2012. I still plan to work out at the gym, no babies are in our near future, Im sure ill be able to pick up where i left off with my wakeboarding skills (if you can call them that!), scripture reading has become a habit....where do i go from here?

I have a looonnng way to go before I'm perfect (hee hee) but I do have a few "inner self" things i want to work on. So maybe "myself" will be my project for this year. Who knows?! I have learned alot about myself in these last two weeks as a primary president and I think there is an amazing person in there....i just need to develop and uncover her!

Here's to a GREAT 2012! Happy New Year!