Catching Up...

So I realize that I have become almost too busy to even blog! But I wanted to spend a spare minute and play catch up. We have been busy, very busy! Chris with going to school, myself with teaching school, and the girls with, well...just being very busy little girls....very busy cute girls!!

Mckenna has been going to Sunbeams and LOVES it! She is always singing primary songs and telling us stories. She also is going to "Princess Preschool." Grandma Debbie watches the girls everyday and they started doing preschool lessons part of the week. Mckenna named her preschool. (as if I needed to say that! :) She loves learning and I come home from school each day and ask her what she learned about that day and sure enough, she can tell me tons of things she learned. I am so happy and lucky to have such a great mother-in-law that will help teach my children!! Thanks Debbie!!

Sydney is going to be 1 in two weeks!! I can NOT believe it! So much has happened in the past year. It really did fly by. Sydney is so adorable. She has been walking for over a month now. She started taking steps at 10 months. Mckenna was walking at 9 so we were just waiting for it to happen. Now that she is really mobile, she is all over the place, and I mean ALL over the place. She tries climbing up onto everything. She loves anything that her big sister is doing. If we can't find her, we know that she will be wherever Mckenna is. (or on Mckenna's bed!) She loves climbing up on her bed and playing on it. It's really funny to go in their room and just find her sitting on Mckenna's bed! She is still the happiest baby around and you can always get a big smile out of her. We love her so much!

We had a great spring break last week. Chris and I both had school off together so it was fun to spend the week together. Spring break really made me anxious for summer break though. I really miss being home with my kids and getting to do whatever I want...like projects or just up and go shopping or to the park! I miss that! :( But, I also enjoy teaching and know that I am doing what I need to be doing right now for our family. Chris is busy with school and I know that he needs to be focusing on school and I am happy that I am able to help out financially so he can go to school.

Life is good, just always busy! We are very blessed. Chris and I got to go to the temple last night with Chris' parents and sister. We had such a wonderful time. I sometimes forget how hectic my life really is. It was nice to just sit and not think about my classes or students or whatever else always is occupying my mind and just be with my husband and think about what really matters.

Here are some pictures that I took of my sweet girls for Valentines Day. Enjoy!! :) I love them so much! Chris and I are very blessed to be their parents!

What a week...and it's only WEDNESDAY!!

This has been a crazy week. To start if off, Sunday night Sydney started getting sick. She was running a little fever and a little runny nose. Well after work on Monday, I came home to a still sick baby with a high fever and Mckenna who was missing her fingernail!! Apparently she was out shopping with Chris' mom during the day and got her finger stuck under the wheel of a shopping cart and it tore her fingernail right off....whole thing!! Can I just say that even thinking of it still, I cringe! I can't imagine how painful that must be. Poor little girl!

Sydney still has a fever, a cough, and a runny nose. We took her to the InstaCare last night and the doctor gave us an antibiotic. He thought she might be getting an ear infection. I hope they start making her feel better. She has not been a very happy baby at all the whole week! She won't sleep for more than like 30 minutes at time, even at night!!! Chris and I have barely gotten any sleep this whole week. It's been so hard.

Then to top off my lovely half of a week, I got back a test from one of my 3rd students today and written completely out on her test was f*** you. Wow!! Thank you students for making me feel great! I was honestly in shock! I mean her name was on her paper and she even did her test. There must be more to the story. I honestly feel bad for this student. She must have some other problems that need attention. I hope this "cry for help" gets her what she needs. Kids these days never cease to amaze me! Everyday teaching reminds me of that!!

So, it's only Wednesday and that much has been going on...what else can happen? I better not jinx myself!! Thank goodness for tomorrow!! I hope you are a better day!! :)

Mckenna's Prayers

Mckenna has gotten really good at saying her own prayers. The other night before bed, she said the cutest prayer. It went something like this...

"Please bless that Heavenly Father will sleep good in his bed too!"

It was seriously the cutest thing ever! Even after a long day of 3-year-old fighting and tantrums, she still knows how to melt her mommy's heart! =)

Feeding the Ducks

We love to feed the ducks! It is one of those times as a family, where everything else doesn't seem to matter and we can just enjoy being together!! Saturday was one of those beautiful "Winter" days in St. George. Perfect weather for visiting the ducks. It was Sydney's first time seeing the ducks. She loved it. Mckenna absolutely loves feeding the ducks. I am so thankful for little moments like these spent with my adorable little family!

We have been really busy lately! Here are some of the things that have been keeping us so busy during the month of December:

• Chris's school! He just finished his finals this past week! He did so awesome! We are all very proud of him and are glad he has a few weeks break from school to spend time with us!
• Becca's school! I'm so busy teaching school! I got offered a new position just this past week. I was offered to take over as the 3rd grade math teacher! I accepted it and am excited (I think...) to take on the job. It should be fun, but will take a lot of getting used to. I get to spend my holiday break planning for that class...not looking forward to that but I am looking forward to this great opportunity for me. I will miss being an aide for Kindergarten. I loved my little kindergartners so much! I will miss helping them out each day, but I feel taking this new position on will open up new doors for me and give me some good experience.
  
• Mckenna....she keeps us very busy. She is always finding new things to get in to and always wants new "projects" that are suppose to keep her out of trouble.Ha ha...we try out best to keep her entertained. She loves being at grandma's during the day and keeps her very busy as well! (Thanks grandma!!)
• Sydney....well this little girl is very much like her sister and is very busy. She is the fastest crawler around and pulls herself up onto EVERYTHING! She can stand by herself and will be walking in no time I am sure!
  

We just finished up a short trip to SLC to see the Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring David Archuleta and Micheal York. IT WAS AMAZING! Chris and I loved it. It really got us in the Christmas spirit. We were able to spend time at temple square withe Mckenna and Sydney and Chris' parents and sister too. It was a lot of fun. Mckenna loved the amazing Christmas lights!

I am excited that this year we get to go to Moab for Christmas. It will be so fun to be with my family for a week or so. We haven't gotten together for a while, so I'm very excited!

I love this time of year and am so thankful for all of my wonderful friends and family. Chris and I are truly blessed in our lives. I am thankful for this time of year where we get to pause and reflect on the most important things in our lives...friends, family, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us all remember the true meaning for the season...the birth of our Savior. I am thankful for him and I am also thankful whenever I get a small excuse to teach Mckenna about Jesus. Christmas is the perfect time to teach our children about Jesus. She loves the manger scenes at the temple and our nativities in our home. She loves Jesus so much. What a wonderful time of year! Merry Christmas to everyone!

Life...

Well can I just start by saying LIFE IS TOO BUSY!! Between Chris's full-time school schedule and my full-time teaching schedule, we never seem to get a few spare minutes just to relax. Even our weekends are always jam packed with stuff we need to do and errands that need to be ran. What a crazy life we are living right now! But, I honestly wouldn't change a thing! :) We are doing what we need to be doing right now, and for the most part enjoying it! We are both happy and healthy. Our kids are both happy and healthy....I guess there isn't that much to complain about! Life is life and we are definitely living ours to the fullest right now!! :) I am thankful for life! (and I am thankful that Thanksgiving break is right around the corner!! =D)

Halloween 2010

We had such a FUN Halloween this year. My girls were "The Princess and The Frog." They were so cute. Kenna wouldn't be anything other than a princess, so we worked with it and made Sydney a frog! They were adorable. For school, I wanted to dress up in something easy so my mom made me a costume so I could be Little Red Riding Hood. Chris found this great "big bad wolf" costume to go along with me! It was so fun. Mckenna and I put fake Halloween finger nails on too. Mckenna picked out some for her princess costume. :) I was surprised they had some so small for her nails, but they did. I figured since it was for Halloween it would be fun. She loved them!! They were really cute too. (didn't last very long...but they were cute while they lasted!!)

We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Kenna had a lot of fun. She got LOTS of candy. Chris was pretty thrilled about that. We carved pumpkins Friday night with my sister Sarah. Chris carved a transformers pumpkin, I did a Cinderella one (at Mckenna's request), and Sarah and Mckenna did a "cookie cutter" bat and star one together. I think they turned out really well. We had a lot of fun making them. I love Halloween!