The day has arrived!

Can you feel it in the air. Yes, it's here. One of the greatest, most exhilarating days of the whole year. The day many Utahn's have been craving for months. A moment of excitement, thrill, emotion and passion. That moment will arrive at 7:00pm mt. The blow of the whistle and the screeching sound of basketball shoes and the tip of a finger. Our Utah Jazz are here. I had to give a shout out to our Jazz, not only for myself, but for my husband.
Nathan made me promise not to schedule anything tonight so we could watch the game on our newly purchased TVO. (Yes, the only reason we have it is to watch jazz games.) Last Nathan was quietly watching another NBA game when he commented to me "I love basketball!" Yes he loves basketball, but most of all the Utah Jazz.
While we are excited for this day, there are some things we will miss as the season aproaches. No one cares for the Jazz here like we do and our hearts turn to family. No more attending games and irritating the officials. We can't watch the game with mom Morris and listen to her scream at the TV. No more delicious bread pudding at the Lexus club. No more non-stop talk about the Jazz at the dinner table from all the brothers. No more listening in on the player gossip from Dad Rigby. These things and much more leave us a bit gloomy.
Though a slight bit of gloom may hang over us this day, it will not overpower our love of the Utah Jazz. We give our shout outs to Boozer, Williams, Okur, Andre, Korver, Brewer, Millsap and the rest of the crew. May this day be the beginning of an exciting and eventful season.

Joys of Motherhood

This week has been a week filled with milestones and funny moments. I have realized how amazing and funny motherhood can be. I don't think there has been a day where I haven't laughed at the acts of my children.
The first moment was a few nights ago when I was picking up the toys after the kids went to bed. I came across Caroline's bassinet:) Elmo was lying there with a binky in his mouth and blanket over him. She is only two, but I could see how those motherly instincts hit early. She definitely loves her baby's and Elmo.


The next moment was a milestone for our family. Caroline is finally in a big girl bed. I was so worried that she would have a hard time sleeping in something other than a crib. Nathan put her up in her room gave her a bottle and she ran right to her bed, jumped on and went to sleep. She slept the whole night through. It was a glorious moment. Rex also moved up stairs. I was a little sad to have him so far away from us, but he slept so well and I slept so well. My kiddo's are growing up.
Here is Caroline's room I am working on. Not quite finished but it's turning out to look pretty good.

Pumpkin patch

October has been a crazy, busy month. We have had way too much fun and the month is not over yet. We went to this really cute pumpkin patch with our friends. It was so much fun. Caroline loved the cow train that said moo. Rex loved sitting in the pumkins. Nathan loved the hay ride and I loved the blue grass music that was terrible! We love October.

My birthday girl

Our curious, energetic, sweet, busy, strong willed little girl is 2. Life has been so amazingly fun with her in our lives. She keeps us on our toes and doesn't stop until she is in her bed, fast asleep. We love her so much and thank Heavenly Father every day for the happiness she brings into our home. It's crazy to think that only two years ago we were sitting in the hospital with a healthy five lb 15 oz beautiful baby. Now she is a whopping 20lbs!

Some of the fun things she is doing now are singing songs like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", the Dora song and the Sponge Bob song. Her favorite thing to say right now is "I wuv(love) candy" or anything else, but mostly candy. A funny thing about her is that she can point to Russia, Canada, USA, Australia and Antarctica on her little place mat map of the world. We think she is a genius! She loves Rex so much and sometimes gets a bit too aggressive with him which makes him cry a lot. She loves to watch Disney movies in our bed.

For her birthday she had so much fun with friends and family. She loves her Dora big wheel although she is still a little too small for it. She is such a beautiful girl with so much personality. We so grateful to have her as a daughter.

Happy Birthday Caroline! We love you.

My birthday boy

What a cute guy don't you think? He is such an incredible person with so many amazing qualities. He is an adoring father an absoulutely and also an amazing husband & friend. I am so thankful to have him as my partner and I can't imagine going through life without him. Happy birthday Nathan.