Young Women

I love my calling! I serve in the Young Women in our ward. I get to work with the most amazing girls and leaders. They strengthen my testimony of Christ and are such wonderful examples of faith, love, virtue, integrity, and so much more. I am so grateful for them. Plus we have a ton of fun together!!

They will be making future appearances here on the blog...

Rainbow Bday

Allie got a bike for her birthday! It's pink and purple with a bell, which is every girls dream. It was only $3, which was our dream! She helped pump up the tires and was a tad reluctant to try it at first. But now she is riding around all the time and loves it!

 

 My friend Natalie inspired me to do a rainbow party. She had one for her daughter and I loved her easy, cute cake. Allie was on board the minute I mentioned it to her!

 Allie sorted all the M & M's for the cake. Talk about focus...she was very serious about her job.

 Thank you Pinterest for cheap, easy decorating ideas.

 My fruit rainbow didn't look very good, but it tasted great!

 This salad is the most amazing one I've ever tried. I think it has changed my life. Doug seconds that!

 The spread. Santa Rosa Chicken Salad, Pizza, Turkey Pesto Sliders, Veggie and Fruit trays, Chips. I think she can have a birthday every week just so we can eat like this!

 Loving all her awesome presents!

Rainbow Cake

 

4 candles...I can't get over that!

Enjoying the cake...every single bite!

 Cousins with their rainbow water. I just dyed ice cubes and their water turned colors. That was their favorite part of the whole party! I have heard since that you can freeze Kool-aid cubes. That would have been cooler! Next time...

Doug's whole family made it to her party!! It was awesome!

My parents surprised her and came up too! She is one lucky, loved little (big) girl!!

What a 4 year old says

Interview with Allie 
How old are you? 4

What makes you happy? Sharing

What is your favorite animal? Elephant because I like when they spray my face I get all wet, that's why. It's like a bathtub.

What is your favorite thing to eat? Chicken

What is your least favorite thing to eat? Fish and crab or alligators or crocodiles

What is your favorite thing to do? Play with my sister

What is your favorite TV show? The Lion King

What are you really good at? I have to work hard to read books. I'm not really good at it, just kind of, I don't really know the words. But I'm practicing.

What is your favorite movie? We just did movie

What is your favorite color? Pink and purple, like my balloons that Tyler and Lyndsay gave me. And baby Lily.

What is your favorite song? Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Who is your best friend? Lilia

What do you and your mom do together? Make my birthday cake

What do you and your dad do together? I don't really know

What is your favorite sport? Baseball because I have baseball out in the garage. I know it all. I have my own baseball bat and baseball ball. One is twisty and one you just hit.

Where is your favorite place to go? Library because I like to buy books there. I like the stories they have.

What is your favorite book? Carebears! I have 2 Carebears books.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher!

Love Me Some Green Girls!

We didn't catch any leprechauns around here..but there were lucky charms left for us! The girls were more than excited to eat those for breakfast.

I do love me some Green Girls!!

This Moment

(This moment: A snapshot from our week that needs no words. Just something I want to remember.)

Katelyn's First Year Video...9 months late

We sure love this little pumpkin! Happy 1st birthday baby girl!!

Fire Station!

Allie's preschool field trip for March was to the Fire Station. The kids were so excited. Allie was scared of everything at first and then realized how cool it was! Sadly, I had Katelyn there with me and she didn't want to be held or sit in her stroller, so she screamed and fussed 99% of the time. It was not very enjoyable for me. Next time, she stays home. She'll have her turn when she's in preschool. Ughh, it was really hard with her there. Anyway, moving on...

The fire pole. The kids thought that was awesome!

Allie telling the fireman what was in the back of the truck...WATER! He told us they hold 750 gallons of water. I had no idea!!

I was so happy that there was a firewoman there. She took Allie into the back of the truck because Allie was scared. This warmed her right up!

She's showing Allie a camera that can see through smoke and dark, I think. :) Again, I was trying to tame the wild one.

Showing us how they get all dressed for a fire. 

 Done!

The helmet looked so hysterical on Allie!

Finally brave enough to sit in the front seat! 

I could drive this thing!

The tire is bigger than she is.

The Boise State Fire Truck

Getting their own fire helmets.

FUN STUFF!!

More from Utah!

We went skiing at Deer Valley with my brother. He is the director at the Summit County Library and hooked us up with FREE passes. We are showing them off in the picture...they are Deer Valley bolos (VIP right there)! It was a gorgeous day with great skiing and we had an awesome time!!

 We love seeing Kenzie, Dallin, Dan and Lisa!!

My parents are missionaries at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake and they had to go work on Saturday so I had my best college friends come up with their families and we had time to catch up. Briana and Natalie both have 2 girls as well. Here are the oldest girls checking out the birds!

This is a good chair to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in!

Julia, Mar, Briana, and Natalie! Such beautiful girls inside and out. I love them so much!

On Sunday Lyndsay and Tyler stopped by on their way home from Wyoming and we got to chat with them. Lilly and Dallin hit it off...they are both SO CUTE!! I am so blessed with the greatest friends of all time. I love Tyler and Lynds so much! 

We had a few things to celebrate whilst we were there. My brother Dan and his wife Lisa had their 8th wedding anniversary. We had some pineapple (they went to Hawaii on their honeymoon) and played "Are you smarter than a newlywed." Then we celebrated my dad's 64th birthday. We decorated with balloons and a banner, played some Wii sports, watched an awesome video my brother made him, and ate Peach Cobbler!! 

We got my dad that sign. When I saw it, I couldn't resist :)