Dressing Oneself

I have been seeing a lot of this since William had been potty trained and dressing himself. Most the time I don't say anything because I don't want him to feel bad. If others are going to see him that may something then I might suggest we changes some things.





Whenever I see him like this I can't help but sing "Mac Daddy'll make you Jump! Jump!"

I LOVE that he is potty trained.

Old news

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks that I never posted for one reason or another. I have decided that they are post worthy so here they are.
Rub-a-dub-dub two cuties in a tub


Are you talking to me?

Here is Gracie just chillin' on Mama and occasionally eating her toes.

She thinks she is such hot stuff

Cheerio bum

Inbetween Conference

This Conference was so wonderful. I can tell I am getting older because after every session was over I would say, "that's it, it's already over?". In between sessions on Sunday we took some peanut butter and jelly sandwich's to the duck pond and had a lovely picnic. It would have been perfect if it wasn't so windy.
Gracie loves sitting on her dads shoulders. She loves sitting on William's too and I need to get a picture of that because it is really cute.

William loves throwing sticks in the water and it was so windy part of the time that no matter how hard he threw them, they would not go in the water.

William also spent a lot of time jumping at a swarm of gnats trying to catch them saying, "come on guys, we have something to do." I am sure that is from a movie, but I have no idea what.

He finally did catch some.


My favorite talk in conference was by Elder Ballard. Loved it. You can read it here.
And I loved being able to sustain the new prophet, what a wonderful man he is.

Geez Spring Break was long

So now that that is over with here are some more recent pictures...Like an hour or two ago.
Rub-a-dub-dub two chub-a-lubs in the tub (I know my kids aren't chubby, I just like to pretend). They would give each other kisses too, but I couldn't catch it on camera. I love watching William and Gracie together. I can't even describe how happy it makes me.


Gracie started pulling herself up on stuff and she thinks she is such hot stuff...until she falls. This picture was of the beginnings and now she is standing next to anything she can reach.


Cheerio bum and soft, squishy thighs


This is how Gracie was sitting on me after her nap. She would just smile... and then eat her toes.


and I don't know if I can put Gracie in tights much longer because she does this. And could care less about William telling her "no".


Being a mom is STRESSFUL and HARD but oh, so worth it. I love these little guys, even the very defiant three year old.


Oh yeah, here is a picture of my kiddos on actual Easter Sunday. We had a lovely chirch meeting but it was bright outside when we got home and everyone was tierd and hungry. So basically the worst time to take pictures. I love Williams outfit because is features his favorite color: orange. And I made Gracie's dress (well, my mom hemmed it for me when I ran out of time and she made my matching dress that is not pictured, but lovely).

I HATE apartments!

I know hate is a strong word, but I do I hate them. When I think of the many reasons I don't like them I try and put it out of my head and not think about it and be positive, but then something like tonight happens. I am sitting here minding my own bees wax and I hear a beeping noise. I ask Russ if it is coming from the tv and he says no. It is not to loud so I ignore it and soon it goes away. A few minutes later I smell smoke. Yep, they burned something in their kitchen and my eyes are still burning and hour later. Plus it stinks. These same people I can here going up their stairs and sometimes it sounds like someone is coming up my stairs and that really scares me. Here are some other reasons I hate living in apartments.

• People don't like to pick up their dog poop. Even though there is a sign and bags for them to do so they don't. I don't have a dog because I don't want to deal with dog poop but I guess because I live in an apartment I have to. We have a neigh boor 2 doors down that always leaves dog outside (tied up) and after it poops brings it in and does nothing with the poop that is going all the way across the sidewalk. I witnessed this one day and later that night when I was going somewhere wrote "pick up your dog poop" with sidewalk chalk on their doorstep. It worked!
• I love natural light so I want to have my windows open, but right in front of those windows is the sidewalk everyone walks down so it makes me feel weird. Huge lack of privacy and it drives me nuts.
• they have crappy everything. Appliances, counters, you name it, it sucks.
• Unless the carpet is new when you move in, it is gross.
• Having your car so far away from your dwelling sucks, because when you have to carry and baby and groceries and lock the car and unlock the apartment door and go back for another load, it gets old real fast. Especially if there is snow.

I want my own house so bad! I dream about it ALL the time.

Spring Break day 8 - Huston Easter Picnic

For the past couple of years my family has met a Freestone park for an Easter Picnic. It is always so fun (and warm! are you kidding me? it's March!). The kids ride the rides and have an Easter Egg hunt. I always have a ton of pictures, here they are.
The Merry-Go-Round



Ferris Wheel


William's favorite - The Train


Flying Kites




Egg Hunt






Feeding the ducks


And just having a good ole' time



and here is Connie and I in our matching Easter shirts

It was such a great day.

Spring Break day 8 - Twilight Moms

Not a ton happened this day except that I bought Enchanted and this is me taking a break from getting ready to watch the musical number in Central Park. I love it.

After I got ready I went to a Twilight Moms dinner with Connie, Mimi, and Isela. It was a lot of fun. Twilight Moms is a web group where people get together that love the Twilight books and are married, 25, or have a kid. Sorry the pics are so small.