Here's a picture of the get together on Saturday night in Utah. The other two are in the hospital when I saw little Jordan. I felt so lucky to see him before I left, though I only could stay a few minutes. I told him if I have any boys I want them to look like him, he's so cute, he looks a lot like my kids, but a boy version. I couldn't believe he actually had more hair then Natalie when she was born. I definately see myself with a little boy just like him.

Surprise

By the way, Marc took off work on Friday while I was in Utah. I had a babysitter lined up for Natalie, but he told me to call and cancel. He said he was taking off and he wouldn't tell me why, but he had to do it that day and not on Saturday. I'm thinking it must have something to do with my birthday since I haven't found out the surprise yet. My b-day is coming up on the 17th of May, so I'll let you know if anything exciting happens, or as soon as I find out what the surprise is and why he couldn't do it on his day off. I guess we'll see!

My trip to Utah

Here are some pictures of my Utah trip. I went out there April 9th through the 14th. It was so much fun. I had Julia with me and Natalie stayed at home with my parents part of the time and Marc part of the time. Paige, Terica, and I went out there for Gloria's shower. We thought it would be a great time to all get together and spend the weekend. I stayed at Jake and Sariah's the first two nights. On Thursday we had a fun craft day where Sariah convinced Terica and me that we have to have a Kricut machine. (It's a fun machine that cuts out letters and shapes on paper, vinal, material and I'm sure there is more then I really know.)Then Sariah drove me down to Provo, where we met Paige and Terica for lunch at Cafe Rio. I went shopping with Sariah and then she dropped me off at Gloria's and we picked up Nicole and went to dinner. I stayed with Adam and Gloria on Friday and Saturday. I was glad that Matt and Sarah live so close, I got to see them a lot, too. Plus I got to see their daughter Dianna for the first time. On Saturday I got my hair done. Then we had the shower and everyone stayed at Matt and Sarah's for the rest of the night to hang out and play games. Then Sunday morning Adam dropped me off at Marc's brother, Rob's house where I stayed Sunday night. That night Gloria had her baby. Rob stopped at the hospital so I could see the baby and then took me with them to the airport where they went to Hawaii and I went home. Needless to say I had a blast, but I was glad to be home, I missed Marc and Natalie.

Hey everyone, sorry it looks like it's been almost a month since I last posted something on my blog. Let me tell you it's been a crazy month, too. Everyday I think, "Today I'm going to make time to post something on my blog, but as you know, some things are just more important. Well any way I wanted to post some pictures of a fun trip to the park we had with the kids. We call it the rocket park and it's one of our favorites. We had so much fun that day!

Here are more pictures of the beautiful quilt you saw in the blessing pictures. No, unfortunately, I can't take credit for such an amazing quilt. This was made by Ann Maddox, my mother-in-law. Didn't she do a great job? I only hope someday I can make something this great. Thanks once again Anne!

Last Tuesday April 1, 2008, I opened the door around 6 pm to show Natalie the rain and she said she wanted to go play in it. I never let her stomp in the puddles that collect behind our house because we always have to go somewhere and I don't want her all wet. So I decided to put on some big snow boots and her blues coat and let her run around in the rain and through the puddles. She had a great time! She just kept running back and forth back there while Marc and I watched from the porch. Finally after a while, she fell down a couple of times and got really wet. We decided it was time to bring her in before it makes her sick. She was so upset with us, but it was worth it to see her run around out there and have a good time. And I'm glad to report that she still listens to me when I tell her to walk around them.

More about Julia's blessing

Sorry I've been out of the blog world for a couple of weeks. But I wanted to talk about Julia's blessing which was on March 30, 2008. We were blessed to have a lot of family and friends their. From Marc's side; his dad and mom, Robert and Ann, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Paul, and his brother Kevin. From my side; my dad and mom, Don and Joy, my brother Andy and his wife Terica and their 4 kids, Bennett, Jadeyn, Cortland, and Maddox, and my sister Cherise.(Cami and Marc were sick) Then our friends JT and Bonnie and their girls, Ellise and Lucy also got to come. The dress was made by a lady in my ward named Sandie Beckemeier, she made Natalie's dress, too, and they both turned out to be so beautiful! There were two other blessings and a lot of ward buisness that day so testimonies lasted about 15-20 minutes and they went over time. The actual blessing was very sweet, Marc did a great job, but it was a little hard to hear, because the microphone wasn't close to his face. The part I remember best was when he said that Julia would be a good example to her brothers and sisters and be a sweet addition to our family. I wish I would have heard more, but what can you do, it was still a great experience. I also got the oppertunity to bear my testimony that day. I felt the spirit so strong that I had to get up there. Plus I thought it was a great oppertunity to let my family hear my testimony. I talked about how blessed I was to have such beautiful children and a wonderful husband. I also bore my testimony of the Savior and how I've had many oppertunities to testify of Him lately, especially to the Young Women I work with. I hope that they will come to know their Savior as well and choose to follow Him. Just as I am striving to follow Him more and more each day. I have to say once again how strongly I felt the spirit that day and I know the Lord inspired the words that Marc said. I'm so grateful to have the priesthood in our home and that Marc is worthy of it. We then had everyone over after chuch for a ham dinner and to socialize for a bit. It was truely a great day and I hope I will alway remember it!

Julia's Blessing Day

This is Julia, she's smiling a lot these days. Today (March 24 2008) I put her on her play mat and she started grabbing the rings. And the other day she started looking at her hands. I love seeing all the phases they go through, it's so fun. She has started to be more and more content, the older she gets. For a while there she had some rough crying spells, but I think we're through the worst of it. She was never that bad, but she's had her days when no matter what I do she doesn't want to settle down. Marc says whenever she gets away from the milk smell, she freaks out. But I think she's getting better. She watches Natalie as she runs around the house, I can already tell she adores her. Her face just lights up whenever she sees her. And Natalie loves to play with her and talk to her. I can't wait for them to get to play together.

Last Wednesday March 19, 2008 I took the girls to a place called the Oakland house. It's a big old house that they've redone. They open it up every Christmas and Easter. It's $3 a person. They do a puppet show, pet a real bunny, meet the Easter Bunny, and get to make a bag with candy in it. Natalie is so cute, she kept saying, "That's the mommy easter bunny, where's the daddy easter bunny?" Most of the kids were scared of the easter bunny, but Natalie went straight up to him and hugged him and asked him to pick her up. She had such a fun time. The little old ladies were so sweet, the kept telling me how beautiful my girls were. I bet they just love seeing all the kids come through there.