Salt Lake Temple

Just outside of the North Visitor's Center. What a great afternoon we had!

Museum of Church History and Art

On Friday we went on a little outing to the Church museum and to temple square. Here are the kids with Angel Moroni.

Dressed up and holding on the iron rod from Lehi's Dream.











They made it to the Tree of Life.










We had fun at the I Am a Child of God exhibit. The kids got to build a temple with blocks, dress up for the nativity.

Baptism dress pictures

These are some pictures of Gretchen in her baptism dress. Her Grandma Becky made the dress and it turned out so cute. I know it was a lot of work and we appreciate her doing that! What a special memory for Gretchen. We took the pictures at Gardner Village for an invitation that we are doing.

Gretchen's baptism will be April 12, bright and early at 9 am. What a special day!

Tagged

~ A- Attached or Single? attached!
~ B- Best Friend- Mike
~ C- Cake or Pie? Cake, as in Cheesecake
~D- Day of Choice? I kind of like Mondays, we get back to our routine after the weekend and then we have family night, which I love
~E- Essential item? Camera!
~F- Favorite Color? Black & White
~G- Gummy Bears or Worms? Kinda like them both
~H- Hometown? Born in Biloxi, Mississippi--my dad was a pilot in the Air Force so we lived all over
~I- Favorite indulgence? Chocolate
~J- January or July? January, time for resolutions and my b-day month!
~K- Kids: 1 girl and 2 boys.
~L- Life isn't complete without? Incredible food, I'm definitely a live to eat girl
~M- Marriage date: May 27, 1995 (it will be 13 years this year, crazy--by the way I was only 20 when we got married)
~N- Number of Brothers and Sisters: 3 awesome sisters
~O- Oranges or Apples? Both on this one, too. It just depends what I'm in the mood for.
~P- Phobia and fears: I'm kind of scared to ride roller coasters (lame I know), my stomach is so sensitive to the dropping
~Q- Quote: "God believes in me, therefore my situation is never hopeless. God walks with me, therefore I am never alone. God is on my side, therefore I can never lose." A. Philip Parham
~R- Reason to Smile: My life-- I'm so blessed, great husband, wonderful kids, good friends, and the gospel
~S- Season of choice: Spring. I love seeing my daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths peeking up through the dirt, the blossoms on the trees, my kids playing soccer, Mother's day, etc.
~T- Tag: Stephanie L., Tiffany B., Jenny M., Kristen P., Amy L.
~U- Unknown fact about me: I was the sports anchor on a local teen tv show in San Antonio, TX my senior year of high school
~V- Vegetable? spinach
~W- Worst Habit? letting clutter accumulate, I'm always reading books about staying organized, but can't seem to do it on a regular basis
~X- ray or ultrasound? ultrasound.
~Y- Your favorite food? Shrimp
~Z- Zodiac sign? Aquarius

There ya go, thanks Jamie for tagging me.

My other March baby

Dylan had his 3rd birthday on St. Patrick's Day (you can't tell by everyone's shirts, can you?)!


He was so cute, so happy and excited about each present he opened. He added Chick Hicks and Mater to his cars collection, he got a new racetrack, some Thomas stuff, clothes, and a basketball hoop. Dylan really is a big boy now, too. He is totally potty trained and gets dressed completely by himself. He expresses himself very well and is also very observant. He points out some interesting things to Mike and I. It is so weird to have a 3-yr-old and no baby. I haven't been in this position since having kids.




Mike's parents came down to help us celebrate. We had a fun "green" dinner and a nice Easter family home evening.

Happy Birthday, Dylan!

Happy Birthday, Gretchen!

It was Gretchen's birthday yesterday!

I can not believe she is already 8!

It seems like we were just bringing her home from the hospital, feeling so happy and completely overwhelmed. She really is a wonderful daughter. She really tries hard to do what's right. She is kind and thoughtful. Gretchen helps take care of her little brothers and is a big help around the house. She is doing well in school and loves it. I couldn't be more proud. I love her so much! I am excited for her to be baptized next month.

Here she is around 6 mos. old.



We had a fun day. Gretchen woke up and found her birthday presents in the living room. She got her brothers up, just like it was Christmas morning. We had to keep telling Dylan, the presents were just for Gretchen. Then she had to come watch Mom play basketball at the church.

Later we went to dinner as a family and went bowling!




Trying out the automatic timer...

Dads (well, Grandpa) and Donuts

Last Thursday was Dads and Donuts day in Kindergarten. Mike was out of town, so Grandpa filled in for him. They had a fun time...drawing each other's picture, making shaving cream art, doing some graphing with fruit snack, and of course eating their donuts and drinking milk. Thanks, Grandpa for taking the time off of work to do this! Lucky Taylor then got a special night with Dad when he got back in town.

Can you match up the heads and the feet?

You can click above to see a bigger picture.