Dance Mania!!

I have to diverge from my normal blogging about my kids and post some thoughts on sytycd..so great so far. Not sure if anyone watches but I have been to a few watch parties in the past week with some friends and just have to post my favorite auditions. Especially since last night was SLC and Dallas in one night..kinda funny. Anyway..

The first one below is just downright fantastic!! Loved watching her dance..she's so great and I think she'll go far. Definitely my favorite so far!


This one is just awesome. I felt bad for her at first then I thought that she had alot of guts and put herself out there so shout out! Especially with 4 kids and from Pleasant Grove, UT of all places.. she was crazy! You get it girl!



This is truly filling my summer with fun tv watching! Love it..

Abbey's Baptism

What a great weekend this was for our family! It was such a awesome experience and even though having young kids is hard at times, these are the moments that are so rewarding! Abbey did so great and of course, I was a mess! I was already crying in the opening song. Abbey is very sensitive that way and cries if I do, so we were both tearing. Steve did so great with her and the confimation prayer was amazing..wish I would have written it down! Anyway, it was great to have family attend and Steve's dad was here from Oregon which was a so great. So many good family and friends attended and I am appreciative for all of them and what they mean to us and how they have made a positive impact in Abbey's life.

It couldn't have gone any better and I am so grateful for the Lord's hand in our little family's life and how blessed we feel to have these 3 amazing kids!

Two Big Events..and then some!

So wanted to update some happenings in our kids lives..
First of All..


Spencer is WALKING! We are really in trouble now! He is cruising around the house and having fun. Great for me since my back has been SO bad but kinda scary that he can get into whatever he wants now..needless to say, we watch him like a hawk!

Second,
Abbey just celebrated her 8th Birthday. Do I really have an 8 yr old! I am starting to get "middle" mom aged which scares me but it was so fun to celebrate with her. We went and got pedi's which she LOVES! Then I took her and her cousin and a few friends to movie and dinner. It is funny how different her parties are now.






A few days ago I also got some pics of her in her baptism dress which is coming up on May 24th. I had to at least share one now because they turned out great! She is so ready and excited for it. She really is so sweet and has such a wonderful, loving and FUN spirit. She helps me so much with the boys and I love having her in our little family!! Happy Birthday Abbs!


Also, we finally finished Abb's room with her surfing theme. Steve did an AWESOME job on the mural so wanted to share a few pics!

Two things I can't WAIT for!!

SYTYCD!! Party at my house every Thurs to watch!! This is the only way I keep in touch with dancing which used to be such a huge part of my life when I was younger..LOVE this-

So You Think You Can Dance season 4 preview - talent!



Twilight...The Movie
I totally found this from my friend Haley's blog..could not be more excited to see this. I don't want to wait until December!!

Behind Every Good Woman is a Good..Purse!

My Most Recent Purchase...

I can't tell you how sad I was that my purse was stolen a few months ago. I was upset about the contents, of course, but more so of the purse itself. I had bought it on Canal Street in New York and I LOVED that purse. It was a Dolce and Gabbana purse with these great stripes.

Anyway, it has officially been replaced by this new purse I just bought with fabulous giraffe print and red piping. I have wanted this purse for MONTHS! I have seen it with different women and most recently, my friend Amber had it when we went to Time Out for Women. I was like an 18 yr old again, flirting with the purse. I couldn't stop looking at it so I broke down and bought it.

It was at Sam Moon so the damage wasn't bad ($18)..thanks goodness for that store. This purse makes me feel young and trendy again..even though I am so not! I am on the road to recovery from my traumatic purse incident months ago..Yeah!

Time Out!

I went this weekend with some friends for some much needed TIME OUT! We attending the TOFW conference in Oklahoma City last weekend and it was great. We had such a great time eating, and of course laughing and staying up late etc! We were able to have dessert one night at the Melting Pot restaurant, which is all just fabulous Chocolate Fondue!!






The speakers and music at the conference were great also..gives me a much needed boost in the spiritual department. With me being in Primary every Sunday running with my head cut off, I definitely needed it!

We skipped out the second day for a little while to go to the Oklahoma City Bombing site. We happened to be there for the 13th anniversary and can I just say WOW! I didn't think it would affect me as much as it did. It was beautiful, emotional and such a sacred place. They have done such a great job with the memorial and as a mother, the stories of the lives lost..especially the children just broke my heart.

The memorial museum was just so overwhelming. I don't know if I have ever cried that much in public but I felt okay about it because there was such a special spirit there. The last room in the museum was a room with framed photos of everyone that died and an item of theirs. The song that played in that room was "Abide with Me" which just made me sob! It was so sobering. It changed me forever and I will always be grateful for my family and live every day to the fullest.
Anyway, if you ever have a chance..GO! I was able to get a survivor tree that they gave out that day to visitors. It was from a tree that survived the blast. They took seeds from it and planted new trees and gave them to everyone..which I brought home to plant with my kids in rememberance.

After we saw the memorial, we had to go fill our souls with FOOD! We all bought a huge sandwich and sweets to help comfort us and then we were good. It was an amazing weekend with such great people and friends! I am blessed to have them all..
Here are some pics of the memorial below..Again..Amazing-






These are the gates at either end of the reflecting pool. One says 9:01 am and the other says 9:03 am and the bombing actually happened at 9:02am where the reflecting pool is. It represents the time before and after that would change their city forever and the moment they say that its innocence was gone.




This is the field of empty chairs which were decorated for the anniversary. Notice that the smaller ones are for the 19 children that died. Heartbreaking!




This is the survivor tree that survived the bombing..and where the seeds were taken from for the tree we planted.






This statue was across the street from the memorial site in front of a church..so beautiful. The chimes of the music from the church played "Amazing Grace", "How Great Thou Art" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"



This was inside the memorial building which was the last pic I took because they were not allowed anymore after this point.

I can't believe my baby is ONE!!

Time flies too quickly and I can't believe it has already been a year since I had Spencer on April 5th, 2007. It was such a nice day on Saturday..it was so warm and the sun was shining which is so appropriate for Spencer's personality. He is such the light in our family and is such a happy kid. We had a great little party for him at Celebration Park in Allen and had a few families there to celebrate. He absolutely devoured the cake..he couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough! He was double fisting it and then put his mouth down by the tray and started sliding the cake across the tray to his mouth. None of my kids have ever gone for the cake quite like him but he is one of a kind! We got him a little tonka truck push toy which is helping him walk and so I don't think it will be long before he is cruising around the house.

We love having him our family and he is such a sweet boy. Here are some pics of the day..thanks to everyone that came and sent gifts!


Spencer with Grammie and Pop Pop