Princess Abby is 3!

Dearest Abby,

Mommy can hardly believe that you are already 3! It seems just like yesterday I got to meet you for the first time. You sure have changed a lot in these 3 years. As a baby you were very easy going and let everyone have their way. As you have grown you have developed a very strong personality. You know what you want and are not afraid to fight to get it. I love how much you care about everything! It is so neat to see what is most important to you and how you are going to get it. (granted sometimes I wish you would just listen to mom!;))
Your favorite thing to do right now is wear dresses. You HAVE to wear a dress every single day, because as you say Princesses wear dresses, and you are a princess. Mommy did have to limit your dresses down to 2 a day. We were running out of dresses faster than I could wash them! Luckily for your birthday you got 12 more, so I can cut back on laundry ;)! You even sleep in your dresses, because how else does a princess sleep!
You have started to want your hair up, which makes me SO happy! I love to do your hair and get some time when we can just talk and giggle at our self's in the mirror!
You like to make jokes and love to make us laugh! Every morning when you wake up you come into my room and tell me all about your dreams. I love hearing about them (even though I think lots are made up!) and listening to you talk. You are a good snuggler!
You do not like that Jackie leaves you for school each day. You keep asking me when she is coming back. When it is time to leave to get her you shout YAY and run to the car. As soon as we get Jackie you ask her how her day was. I love how much you love your sister and that you guys are little buddies!

I love you Abigail. You are and will forever be my little princess!

Happy Birthday Sweet Jackie!

Can you believe my Jackie FIVE! I sure cant!

Dear Jackie,

I seem to remember 5 years ago like it was yesterday. I was walking around our apartment CONVINCED i the pain in my back was not labor. I was going to head into work. Your Grandma kept pestering me to go into the hospital to be checked. I decided I would go to the doc first. I went in and sure enough I was in labor. They sent me straight to the hospital.
After a while a was rushed into surgery because your heart was not doing so great. I still remember the little purple baby they pulled out. I did not get to see you for about 4 hours. It was one of the longest four hours of my life!
As soon as they brought you to me and I held you, my heart just melted. You stole my heart. You made me a mom. I love being your mother Jackie. You are such a cute sweet little girl! I dont know how we got so lucky to have you! You listen, are sweet to others, rarely do you cause fights with your sister. You are a peacemaker. You always want to make others happy. You are the easiest kid ever! You love to be by my side helping me at all times. I love that about you! Thanks for all you do to help me around the house!
I love how hard you try to do what is right. You always want to make sure that the actions you are doing are the best! You care what foods you eat, how much you play outdoors, and that what you are doing is something mom and dad want.
Everyone always tells me how much of a joy you are. Your Sunday School teachers always love you. They say you love to comment and help.
Never lose that sweetie! Always try your best, always do what is right!
School is starting soon. You keep telling me how nervous you are. Don't worry though sweetheart. You are going to do great at school! You have such a thirst for knowledge, you are going to love it. I have no doubt you will make some good friends quickly. I know you will learn lots and enjoy being away from home. I cant wait to see what you do with school.
Love,
Mommy!

Summer!

We have been enjoying our big back yard this summer! Best thing about our new place is that it has a HUGE back yard with garden area and fruit trees!

Jackie and Abby love looking at our garden and eating the cherries off our tree! :)



The girls love the slip n slide-and are slowing getting closer to making it to the end when they slide ;)



Our crazy sprinkler. Abby laughs her head off at this. She loves how it wiggles! lol



Swimming pool is their fav though!

Last week we had a big water party play date for our ward at our place. We meet some people which is nice! We are slowly making friends up here-and Jackie and Abby are loving that!

YAY for summer! Now lets hope we can stay cool with a swamp cooler! Wish us luck!

Life

Hmmmm sooo I guess I just dont blog anymore.....I think I am now soooo far behind that I hate playing catch up! So I am just going to blog like everything is normal-and I have been blogging all along haha!

Jackie started T-ball! She looks sooo cute in her uniform. :)


She is having fun and slowly getting better! Hopefully by the end of the season she will remember how to hold  a bat ;)


We are having fun going to her games. Watching 4-6 year olds play T-ball is entertaining. I love how they all run to the ball no matter where they are standing.

I love how they get so interested in the grass and dirt. It is pretty fun to watch! No matter what though as long as they get their treats at the end of the game life is good! ;)




I sure love my Jackie! She is such a cutie!

I am still alive...promise

So I guess blogger decided to change since I have not been on. Super LAME! I just wanted to let everyone know, Yes we are alive.

Maybe one day I will blog lots again. We are busy very busy.

Me~

It is good. I am enjoying being home with the kiddos. Working from home is pretty awesome, but sure keeps me busy! I sure love my job. My company is pretty awesome! I do buy a heck of a lot more now that I see things in person! lol

In case you were wondering my goals because I did have them!
March was simple survive. I did it too! :)
This month my goal has been to kick my butt back into shape. :) I am still working on this one but it is coming together. I am sure I will post more about it some day.
May-I have not decided yet!

Jackie-

Well she had her Kindergarten orientation for her school. She is going to a good charter school near us. I am super excited for her. It makes me sad to think she is getting so big though! She is supposed to forever stay my baby!

Abby~

Is getting so dang big. She talks all the time, has SUPER strong opinions, and is adorable! I love her to death. :)

Derek~

He is good. :) He is not as busy with work since the season ended so we see him more which is nice!

Okay. that is a SHORT post to let you know we are alive.

Blogging slacker

YES! I am a slacker SO much has happened and I do not blog about it. :( I am going to do  a quick update!

1. We are MOVED YAY! We are loving our new place! It is nice and have a lot more space, AND I got my dishwasher back. :) We are pretty much unpacked just need to get pictures up! The girls love that we have stairs and climb up and down them all day long.
2. While coming home from cleaning our old place i was hit on the freeway. Not my fault and lots of cosmetic damage but everyone was okay.
3. I was offered full time at my job at steal network! YAY! We wanted that to happen and took a leap of faith moving without it, but it sure all worked out!
4. My full time job does require me to work Sundays here and there. I am feeling okay about it though. The fact I get to be with my girls more helps make it okay to me. :)
5. We did date nights with the girls last night. They both LOVED them! Derek took Jackie to see Alvin and the Chipmunks and I took Abby to Chillies. :) It was nice to spend some alone time. Next month we plan on switching it up! :)

Well that is about it. Simple and short! :)

I love Derek!

Do not let the date of this fool you.  This is supposed to be for Derek's birthday.  Yesterday he turned 29.  :)

Due to our move it was a pretty low key birthday, but after he got home from work the girls had a few goodies for him! Just some of his favorite treats from our local Smiths haha.  We made him some brownies and took him out to Sushiya so he could eat his favorite food that i HATE more than anything.  He enjoyed his dinner and i hated mine....:). 

Afterwords he decided to take the girls to the mall to let hem run around and play, and then we went to look around at his favorite stores....and some of mine where he tried to buy me things.  lol hes too sweet!

Afterwards we came home to do brownies. I had bought trick candles and the girls thought they were the funniest things EVER!

After brownies Derek went to go play hockey his favorite thing to do ever! :)

I hope he had a good birthday! I sure love Derek he is such a great husband to me! He always puts my needs above his own, and cares about what makes me happy.  He loves our daughters so much and they love him and always want to play with him! He has such a strong testimony of the gospel and I am so happy to have the Priesthood in our home.  Derek really is my better half.  He knows me so well, sometimes i swear it's better than i know my self.

Love you Derek!!

Jackies talk

Jackie gave her 2nd talk yesterday in Primary.  She was so cute and did such a cute job! She wrote it mostly by her self.  I helped add a few words and the scripture.  She wanted me to make sure we put pictures in it so she could "read" it all by herself.  She did pretty good too! I was so proud! 

I think one of the greatest joys i have so far discovered in parenting is seeing my little girl gain her own testimony of the Church and share it! I love always hearing what she is learning at church.  I love and hate how big she is getting and how quick she is growing up! 

You can read her talk and see the pictures she picked to help her remember her words. 

 

HI I am Jackie, and I am talking about Choosing the Right. 

 

Choosing the right means we do what Heavenly Father and Jesus wants us to do. 

 

 

They always want us to choose the right. If we do what they say we will get blessings

Blessings are not just when people put hands on our heads, it’s also when we get things we want and need, that make us happy.

There are lots of ways Heavenly Father and Jesus tell us what to do.

 

Prophets tell us what to do to Choose the Right.  Our Prophet today is President Monson. 

 

Our mommies and daddies help us know what to do to choose the right

 

Our teachers also teach us what we should do too! 

 

We can also know what we should do by reading the scriptures.

2 Nephi 10:23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life. 

 

When I choose the right it makes my heart happy.  I hope we can all listen to the commandments and follow them. 

I want to bear my testimony…..