{Life is Sweet}

went to zion this past weekend to hang with the folks :)... shawn had to work so i just headed up alone with the girls ... we had a BLAST!!
















nothing makes me happier than watching my girls play HAPPILY together :) spending time at the campground was definately the highlight of their trip! they had fun searching for lizards, "nice" bugs, playing in the freezing cold river, splashing in the WARM blow up pool, eating ice cream, reading books, making smores, and playing in our huge new tent ( brand new from a garage sale... $20 HOLLA!! thanks mom and pop!)

















obviously worn out !! she slept for about 2 1/2 hrs in our arms... to the bus... to this nice bed on top of the table... to the bus... to the campsite!!! Wow!























































































LOVE this girl and her BRIGHT eyes :)























kinda made the colors whacked on this one ... my little dolly!






































grandpa was having fun pouring FREEZING cold water on Mia .. but she was a good sport about it , haha!


HAPPY FATHERS DAY!! 2011




















LOVE this view :) ... DARLING GIRLS... and 1 seriously SEXY husband that looks like he belongs on a 1970's farm ... (side note: his entire outfit came out of his grandpa's closet)

things i LOVE about Mia right now.....
1. is such a talker and has only one volume.... LOUD!
2. sleeps in till 9 am :)
3. still takes her 2-3 hr nap
4. wakes up with the messiest bed head each morning
5. is super snuggly
6. at the store she will sing at the TOP of her lungs and when i tell her to be quieter she says with her hands in the air " but i'm just singin' " ... and this is said in the softest most angelic voice :) haha
7. does EXSACTLY what maddie does
8. says she wants things "so bad" again she melts me with her cute phrases... this girl knows how to work me :)
9. goes pee pee in the potty for a "nerm" aka gummy worm :)
10. loves all bugs and calls them "nice bugs" . once maddie stomped on a bug that she was playing with and talking to and she freaked out crying that maddie had stepped on her "nice bug" when maddie took her foot off the bug was totally dead but mia told me that "no he's not dead.. he's a nice bug" and continued playing with him :) so sweet!
11. loves to swim, ride bikes with maddie, help daddy, pick out her own clothes and shoes, wear big girl panties, pee in her big girl panties, dress up, and be wrapped up like a baby so mommy can pretend she still has a newborn :)
12. says "o-tay" for okay :)

LOVE THIS LITTLE SASSY GIRL!!!







































playing at mcdonalds...

















this mornings bed head :)






















maddie helping with my project... she is very good at glazing :)


















after their friend Sione's party... i think they played hard!!

































Mr. Maddie :)

We went down to California to go to my cousins wedding and shawn's sis. baby blessing :) and of course i have NO pictures of these but i do have pictures of the rest of the trip :) on Monday after our fun weekend of being with both our families i sent my cute little husband on his way so that i could spend another week in cali with my mom and my niece and nephew :)..... why not right?! My mom was watching my neice and nephew while my brother and sister in law went to italy :) the kids had so much fun playing with each other and all of grandma's fun toys!!

































Aiden's baseball game :)....


































went to the movies to see Rio....

















of course we ate at Ruby's Diner :) mmmm..... and my kids LOVE cherries!!!
































we went on walks in the mornings and fed the ducks and went to the park...

































































and my FAVORITE was going to the beach 2 times :)... maddie loved playing by the water and Mia just wanted to sit by me up on the sand :)

we also had fun playing legos.... swimming.... chuck-e-cheese....bedtime stories...and just being at grandma's house :)

My sweet babies and me on Mother's day!! i am the luckiest mom alive to be able to take care of these little darlin's :)
















that morning i woke up to find handmade cards and beautiful hand picked flowers from my mom's backyard :) LOVED them!!





















My cute mom with 4 of her 6 grandkids :) she is the BEST mom and grandma ever!!! i love her more than she knows!!

We had such a fun eventful easter weekend :) friends, easter eggs, candy, bike riding, yard sale, and all the stuff in between :) my camera was always close at hand and grandma should be very proud !!


















it started off when my friend anna came down to play with us in st. George!!! this is maddie's oldest friend ... maddie and addie used to lay on a blanket together not knowing yet that they would be besties :) and now mia and izze each have a little playmate too!! here they are causing a ruckus in old navy :) makes for a cute picture though!!!

















yes... once spring/summer hits this is what i do alot of!!!! i become a scholar ..... the only way i get some good reading in is if i have some good warm sun to go with it!! and as you can see i am teaching my daughter about the good things in life :)
















isn't she a diva?!


















My friend and i decided to put on a little easter egg hunt this year with neighbors :)
















special friends.....





















Maddie showing me one of her many pictrues drawn of the easter bunny.....





















racing to get the loot!!!





















mia was so cute!!! at first she got one egg and ran to show me.. i said you can get more :) so she went back and then was happy with the piece of candy she grabbed.... again i said you can keep going and thats when she started to get the hang of things.... here she is getting every piece she can before somebody else :)






















i love this little girl!!! sigh.....





















the two most ADORABLE people in my life!!! .






















enjoying her hard work......
















can't get enough of this face!!!!






















recently we took maddie's pedals and training wheels off her bike so she could use it as a glider and learn to balance... after a couple of weeks we tried her on a friends bike that still had it's pedals and she hopped right on and peddled away with NO help at all!!





















she has been a two wheeler girl ever since!!! proud parent!!


















Easter Morning!!! the girls found their hidden baskets and then headed to mom and dads bed to open the goods!! holidays are so much more fun when you are making them special for somebody else!!!






































Easter dresses....
































































These girls LOVE their daddy as you can see :)






















the cherry on top of our fun weekend was a sleepover in the front room!! we got out the air matress and the girls loved playing trampoline on it :) then every single toy they owned came to the sleepover including some candy nerds that were in the bed in the morning...


































shawn used the leaf blower to blow up the matress and then this is what we did with it ....


















































now watching nim's island and eating popcorn and LOTS and LOTS of snuggling!!!!

{LIFE IS SWEET}