A Trip to Oregon

At the end of April I took the kids down to Oregon for our niece, Nedra's, baptism.

Wyn and Myles liked seeing Neddie be baptized, but right after Wyn came up to me with a scared face and said, "I don't wanna get baptized. I just wanna watch Nedders do it." It was kinda loud so everyone heard it, but super cute! 

While we were there I got to see one of my old young women. She just got home from her mission and is just such a great person! My sister Krystal and I were her leaders when she was 15 and now she's all grown up! It was so great to see her and be with my sister! :)

Wyn and cousin Lauren. 

I adore Lauren. 

Wyn adores Lauren.

She's just great!

And a random bath pic that was not in Oregon.

I only took this picture because they never take baths all together.

Pierce loved it and was splashing like crazy. Myles and Wyn were excited for him to get out. :)

Easter 2014

This top picture is not from Easter, but it was cute so I included it.

Easter morning with their baskets ready for a hunt.

Wyn finding some candy!

After the hunt with their full baskets.

Pierce feeling happy about his first Easter.

Easter is always a fun time of year, but it is always special to explain to the kids that Easter is really about Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for all of us. We are so grateful for our Savior.

Random pics

Here are a couple cute, random pictures of the kids. 

Wyn holding a "decoration" flower, as she calls them. :)

Myles helping with the demolition of the kitchen. 

This boy has found his calling. :)

He's quite good at destroying walls. 

The House

Here's our new house. 

It was built in the 90's so there are few things to fix up and remodel, but we love it!

We are so blessed to have it!

We bought a house!

In January we bought a house! Our first house ever! 9 years in the making. :) We've been very blessed with this house.
We started to remodel the kitchen right off the bat.  That has been exciting and stressful. It has been good for me to learn to live in a mess. I do prefer things to be in their place though. Soon it will be done. Kenny has done an amazing job with it.
Hooray for our own house! :) I'll post pictures soon.

Happy 1st Birthday to Pierce!!

On the 15th we celebrated Pierce's 1st birthday. So crazy! I can't believe he's 1. It always makes me sad how fast their first birthday comes. 

Pierce has been our easiest baby for sure.  He's pretty calm and happy all the time.  The only thing that is a little hard is that he is LOUD! Especially during dinner he just lets out all his loud thoughts.

He started sleeping through the night a couple months ago and we are all feeling great about that. :) He started taking a step a day on the 9th. So far his record is 12 steps in a row.  He still mostly crawls, but is definitely our earliest walker. He loves baths and watching Myles and Wyn. He always tries to join in their fun. He also has a special relationship with his Daddy. He really likes being with Kenny, even during church! Usually I always take the babies at church, but Pierce always reaches for Kenny. It's really sweet. :)

We love our little P Diddy. 

Birthday decorations!

Birthday morning. He looks like a little football player! :)

Our smiley guy. 

Playing with new toys.

He got a few Nemo toys and ice cream punches.

Pierce has been such a blessing our family. 

New Years Goals

Happy New Year!!!

For New Years Eve we never get too crazy.  This year we watched 'Planes' with the kids and went to bed before midnight. :) 

Here are my goals for 2014:

*Play the piano every night for at least 10 minutes. 

*Eat more vegetables! :)

*Practice my Spanish.

*Speak kinder to my kids especially when they're really bugging me. :)

*LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN!!
*Smile more.

*Thrive in my hard moments. Don't just survive, but thrive. 

Love you all! I hope you have a great year!