Summer!

It's finally summer! Woot woot! I am so happy that it is officially summertime. There is such an energy all around once school is out and all the kids are free! I love seeing them out and playing with their friends, eating pop-cycles, running thru the sprinklers, having lemonade stands, riding their bikes, having grass fights, making up dances on the driveway.........ok, so maybe these are things that I like to do! Teehee! Today really does feel like the first true day of summer :)

This is Sam's first summer EVER and I want it to be one he will always remember (well probably not) but at least enjoy ;) So last night I starting thinking about all the fun things I want to do this summer and I ended up with a pretty sweet list. Now keep in mind that last summer I looked like this..........

I was pretty limited on what I could/wanted to do so I am taking full advantage of feeling spry and alive this summer.....ya that's right......spry! So here it is, wish me luck!

Summer to do list~

*Play at a park at least once a week
*Go swimming
*Get our food storage up and going
*Fly a kite
*Go to lagoon and ride Wicked
*Go to the zoo
*Eat cotton candy
*Learn how to make Jam
*Go to a concert in the park
*Eat sushi in Park City
*Finish the Book of Mormon
*Learn how to run......maybe.....still deciding :)
*Have a Harry Potter marathon
*Learn how to make meatloaf...Mmmmm!
*Put together a scrapbook for Sam
*Get more piano gigs (hint hint.....call me if you want me;)
*Eat a bowl full of peaches
*Be able to do a real push up
*Take ballet class
*Do a good deed every day
*Get a Bob's Brainfreeze with cream and icecream!
*Compose a new song
*Have a reunion with all my old ballet buddies
*Take up a new hobbie.....any ideas?
*Paint our kitchen
*Do a one handed cartwheel

Well there you have it. I really hope I'll be able to cross off all these things and more once the summer is over. And of course I want to do all of them with Sam (except for ride Wicked at Lagoon......sorry Sam.....too scary!) I wouldn't enjoy any of these things if I wasn't sharing them with my boys :) (Hmmm except for maybe that bowl of peaches......hehe!) Can you tell how giddy I am?!? Well, I better get busy! I'll keep you posted and let you know how it goes!!! Stay tuned for Sam's 9 month appointment.....it'll be a good one ;)

Memorial Day

One of my favorite holiday's is Memorial day. I've always loved it. My family has a tradition where we go down to Spanish Fork and visit the graves of our ancestors. It is such a special tradition, one that we have done since I was a little girl and I can't wait for my kids to be apart of it too. It was so fun to have Sam there this year. He was all smiles all day!

We all meet at my Grandpa McDonald's grave and get the flowers ready. Then we walk around the cemetery and find our ancestors. We stop at each grave and listen to the tale of their life and what they accomplished and went through. I love listening to all the amazing stories. Here is a picture of my Aunt Rae. She is so good at telling the stories :)

Sam loved walking around and seeing all the fun flowers and colors. It is weird to think that next year he will be running around on his own!

After we get done at the cemetery we usually head to the park and eat lunch. Now if you know my family you know that we have A LOT of traditions. We just love them all so much! So it's not as simple as just going and eating lunch at the park, we have to go and get the same lunch at the same place and eat it at the same park on our blankets in our same spot. Every year for as long as I can remember we have gone to subway to get lunch. One year the subway down there was under construction and my brother Clayton had a complete meltdown! haha!!! (True story!) This year I was very nervous because last week Kevin got the stomach flu for the first time in his life and that same day he had eaten at subway............so it was safe to say that we were NOT going to Subway for lunch. I was scared that this would rock my whole family, but we got lucky for two reasons. Reason one....Clayton is out of town and reason two......it was freezing! So we all ended up going to eat inside at The Italian place instead.....PHEW!!! It actually ended up being so much fun, change and all ;)

Sam ♥

I love this picture so much. I love everything about this little guy :) This past week I had the fun opportunity to go back to work while the other assistant was out of town. I LOVE my job. I miss it so much so it was great to feel like I was back to my old self again, but I do love Sam too so it was an equally wonderful/hard week. It was painful saying goodbye to him everyday. My close friend took this picture while she was watching Sam and I am so grateful! It captures all of Sam's "Samisms".... hehe :)

I was having a hard time adjusting once I didn't have to go into work any more and then something happened. Sam got sick. It seriously rocked my whole world. I don't think I have ever been as scared and felt so helpless in my entire life. It really made me appreciate every moment I have with him....especially the happy ones! I have loved being a mom, but this I did not love at all. If I could have taken it from him I would have in a second. Now I realize that being a parent and being worried will never end.....my mom and dad stayed with me all night helping me because Kevin was out of town and that just shows how much they still worry and care for me! (And Sam too of course!!!) Man I love my parents :)

But enough of the sad news....there is good news too! Sam can crawl!!!!! I feel like it happened over night. He is growing so fast! So here is a little video for you to enjoy ;)






Kevin gets mad when he watches this video because he thinks it is mean that I keep pulling my phone away from him...haha! Sorry if that bothered anyone else ;) Sam is doing much better now and I think we have officially survived our first case of the stomach flu. My heart goes out to anyone else dealing with this bug. One thing I have definitely learned.......don't let Kevin go out of town......the past two weekends have been awful!!! haha :)

Friday the 13th.......

Usually I don't even notice when the 13th day of the month lands on a Friday, but I definitely noticed it this last week. The day started off normal enough and we were having a great day until Kevin told me that he would have to spend the night at a young men's camp out activity. I HATE being alone at night for even a few hours let alone the entire night.......so if you can imagine, I was in a very bad mood.

I decided to try and stop wallowing so me and Sam headed up to Smith's market place to go birthday shopping for my siblings. I was so grumpy that even looking for gifts for five minutes put me completely over the edge.....(so I called my mom and she told me what to buy. Hah!). We started driving home and I noticed that down the street was covered in smoke. As we got closer to our place I knew something was wrong and that whatever it was had to be really close to our home. Oh how right I was.......I couldn't even turn onto our street they had firetrucks and ambulances and police cars blocking everything. So I turned around and went to my parents house to hang out there until they hopefully cleaned whatever was going on up. Around eight thirty Sam was getting pretty fussy (bedtime!) and so we headed home again to find it was still all blocked off! I talked to a cop and luckily found a way to get into our place. Crowds of fellow Georgetownians were standing around watching so I got the scoop. Apparently someone had been in a bad car accident and crashed into a telephone pole and everything came crashing down.....poles.... wires....you name it. So you know what that means? Yep.....no power.

I had to change Sam's diaper, feed him, and put him to sleep all in the dark. It was very challenging! Sam loves flashlights so all of ours are burnt out except for one...luckily! My sweet parents walked over (so they could get thru) and brought me two big candles. My heroes! They left and I sat on the couch alone in the dark hoping the power would come on soon. I was so bummed because I rented that Justin Bieber movie to watch while Kevin was gone so he wouldn't have to suffer thru it and now I couldn't watch it or do anything else for that matter! So I grabbed a book and thought to myself, "Well, at lease it can't get worse then this..."

Suddenly there was a huge LOUD crash and it sounded like it was right on top of us. I ran outside and our neighbors had forgotten to take their bikes off their bike rack and pulled into the carport and it all came crashing down! Hah!!! Amazingly enough Sam stayed asleep! So after all that excitement died down I went back on the couch and sat for the next three hours until....... guess what?!? Kevin came home! They had heard what had happened so he and another guy got to come home to save the day! Yay! This story has a happy ending after all :) Hehe! The power didn't come on till early that morning but thankfully we survived the night.

We celebrated the next morning by going to our favorite breakfast joint, Millcreek Cafe', and then took Sam to Kevin's band practice.


I don't know about you, but I think Sam might be a natural ;)

My First Mother's Day

This year was my first Mother's Day as a mom and it was truly the most perfect day! I woke up to this sweet sight.........

It doesn't get much cuter than that! Sam and Kevin were so excited to show me all the fun things that they got for me..........

All of my favorite things! Mmmmm!!! Then Kevin made me french toast (his is the best in the world) and me and Sam played all morning long. His favorite thing in the whole world is all his fun books!



Church was wonderful and Sam was such a good boy. I can't wait till he will go up and sing with the primary! I can't believe he will actually be that big one day. We came home and headed over to the Davis family for dinner and to talk to Kevin's bro Johnny who is on his mission. The best part of the whole night was the steak Tom made....amazing! (if you know me you know I love a good piece of meat :) I love my in-laws, they really are so fun! We had lots of good laughs ;) We ended the night at my mom's to wish her a happy Mother's Day. I love watching my dad play with Sam and how sweet my parents are about how clever and strong Sam is. Makes me so happy and so proud :)

I am so lucky to be a mom....and not just a mom.....Sam's mom ♥ It really is the best and most wonderful thing in the world. I love my two boys and the sweet life we have here. I'm so grateful for my mom and the perfect example she is on how to love. There is no greater gift than that. Love. To me, this is what love looks like :)





I just love my little family so much!!! (can't you tell....haha!)

Silly Sam :)

Just thought I would share some funny moments we captured on camera. As you will see, Sam loves to play and have fun and listen to mommy make monkey/dolphin noises! haha! Love this little guy ;) Enjoy!!!

April Fools and April News!

The first day of April is one of my most favorite days.....April Fools. I have a lot of good memories from past years. Cellophane on the toilet, rubber band on the sink hose, a broken leg, getting evicted from our apartment, being pregnant, being pregnant with twins..... the list goes on and on. How can I say this best..... I LOVE PRANKS!!! My only trouble is that I usually ruin them because I can't hold in my laughter in time for the prank to take place! But this year I did especially well :)

Kevin is scared of one thing and one thing only......snakes. So naturally this is the direction I wanted to go. I "borrowed" a fake snake from my parents and kept it hidden in my car until the perfect moment would arise. Kevin left to go on a run and I knew this was my opportunity. I grabbed the snake and put it in his drawer knowing that when he got back he would take a shower and go straight for that drawer. Needless to say my plan went just like that ;) He came home and I was rocking Sam in his room. I was giggling all through his shower and when he got out I held my breath and kept my head down. He went straight for the drawer!!! I heard him open it and immediately I heard a "OH MY GOSH" and two loud thuds. The first thud was him slamming the door shut and the second was him flying backward and landing on his back! At this point I was crying with laughter and Sam was pretty smiley too :) Kevin was not amused at all and I could tell he was trying really hard not to punch anything! He kept pacing around trying to calm down and I felt bad, but I couldn't stop the tears from pouring out!!! (you should know that right now as I am writing this I am laughing uncontrollably just reliving this moment) It was priceless! Don't worry, he eventually came around and laughed it off too! After all this I decided not go through with the other prank I had in mind for him......lotion on the toilet seat.....hehe :)


I still wanted to pull a prank on some of my friends and family, but I knew they would know it was an April fools joke so I decided to invent "Belated April Fools" and wait a few days. I sent this picture out on my phone and I tricked everyone who got it! So no I don't really have bangs!


What a fun time of year! We had Sam's 6 month appointment and here are his new numbers.

-Height- 25 1/2 inches-25th percentile
-Weight- 15 lbs 9 ounces-10th percentile
-head circumference- 25th percentile

So it looks like he is a tiny guy, but I swear that by looking at him you wouldn't think so! I am going to start feeding him solids everyday now and try to get his weight up a bit. He is so wonderful. I love his little personality and the sweet spirit he brings into our home. My favorite moment of our appointment was when the Doctor was trying to look in his ears and eyes with the flashlight and Sam kept grabbing it from him! He sure does love flashlights and we sure do love him ♥