A few of my favorite things

I have lots of favorites but these are really making me happy today.

This 2-tooth smile,

the wave is good too (wow, that's a lot of too's).

My phone ringing everyday at approximately 1:09 p.m.

A good spring storm

And...

hearing my little girl (who's not so little anymore) read the scriptures.

Hello Spring!

Seriously....

Not exactly what I had in mind for the first day of spring.

Hope they survive!

Today

This is a regular at our house!

After selecting the perfect pair for the day, and a little test run they will come find me and say....

Mom, can I have these when I grow up?

I must be the most stylish person they know (haa!).

I love it!

There are still a few members of our household who don't care as much about shoes as they should. I'll keep working on them.

One wants out and the other wants in. Funny.

Happy Love Day!

V-day was a big success. The day's festivities included lunch for our little valentines (heart hot turkey and salami sandwiches, and homemade fries. Not so good for you but oh so tasty!) My personal favorite: "Strawberry Ice" for the lemonade.

Then pedicures for everyone.

It was just lovely.

Hope you all had a great one too!

Here's a cute idea for next year.

Resolutions

So this year, as always, we made a few resolutions. For me, I wanted to take the girls on more "outings". It has been so fun, for me and them.

We also decided as a family to start enjoying life more. You know, the little things that other wise would just pass you by. Anyway, we have since noticed how many comical things there are out there. Here are a couple we laughed about.

8 years

So yesterday made 8 years for us. Eight years ago I married my best friend, turned out to be the best decision I ever made.

THEN

We went on a lovely cruise and relaxed on the white sandy beaches for 7 whole days. Ahhhhh!

NOW

It happened to fall on a Monday, kids have school and homework, the hubs doesn't get off work until "time unknown", FHE......, so we decided to get a sitter and go out on Saturday, "Just Us". On our way out the door our 3 year old threw up. We thanked our sitter and she was out the door as fast as she came in.

What a difference 8 years makes!

That's OUR lives and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks honey for all these fabulous years. I love you more with each one. Mmwah!

Our Year (in pictures)

I know, I know, most of you think we dropped off the face of the blogging earth. Well, I guess we did. But I assure you, our family is alive and well and we are back, back to blogging that is. Here are a few photos of the happenings around our house while we were away. (I could write a lengthy explanation of each one but a picture is worth a thousand words, right?, so why bother.)

DECEMBER

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

JULY

JUNE