Dancing Princess!

Maddie loves dance. She had her recital on Saturday, and everybody came to see her shake her thang! She loves her teacher Kari, and dancing with all of her friends! She is excited for next year to start dancing again!



Maddie loves getting her hair done. She always wants me to curl her hair. The problem is that it takes like an hour, so we were pushing it on getting there on time. I won't even say how fast Tony was driving to the recital!



Madilynn with her friend Deirdra



Always posing




Maddie with her teacher Kari Medina. She is awesome and the girls all love her!

Zions National Park

My brother Jared and his wife Heather came down to visit and we had so much fun. On Saturday we went to Zions and hiked "Angels Landing" and "Hidden Canyon" I love to hike and be outside, so I had a blast! The two hikes that we did are rated "strenuous" so Tony and I were pretty sore the next day. But I have to say (because of my competetive nature) that Tony was more sore than me!!

Tony, Tim, Me, Heather, and Jared

Me, Tony, and my brother Jared

Tony and I at "Hidden Canyon"

I've been tagged!

I have never been tagged before, and my aunt slash friend (It is funny to call her my aunt because we went to school together!) just tagged me. How exciting to have something to post!



Okay here I go...



1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:30...........I wanted to sleep way longer, but Sophie would not allow it.



2. What do you usually have for breakfast? Okay..Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I have "Honey Bunches of Oats". Tuesday and Thursday "Frosted Mini Wheats" On the weekend I have French Toast or oatmeal! I don't know what it is, but if I stray from my routine I get irregular (I don't know, too much info?)



3. What is your favorite CD of the moment? I don't listen to too many CD's anymore. But I do love getting on Itunes and finding songs that I like. My favorite song right now is "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis and "New Soul" by Yael Naim



4. What kind of car do you drive? Oh, I drive a really sweet car, Almost so cool that I probably shouldn't say, so that nobody gets jealous....Honda Odyssey aka mini van!!



5. Favorite sandwich? Anything that has EVERYTHING! I like my sandwiches with all the fixens'



6. Favorite item of clothing? Skirts or summer dresses! I love them. However, Enoch is a really windy place to live I have found, so I have to make sure the wind doesn't lift up my skirts when I wear them. It can be pretty embarrassing



7. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? whoa, there are way too many places to name! Honestly I don't even know, I just want to go somewhere!



8. What color is your bathroom? It is called "Lush Brown" it's a metallic paint, and I love it.



9. Where would you retire? Retire? I don't know, I'm still stuck on the vacation question! wherever the wind takes me, I guess!!



10. Most memorable birthday? When I turned 18 My mom filled up 200 balloons and filled every single one with $1 bill. When I walked into my bedroom it was over flowing with balloons. I had to pop them all to get my money!



11. Favorite sport to watch? baseball. Two of my brothers played and I loved going to all the games.

12. Are you a morning person or a night person? NOT a morning person! I stay up after everyone has gone to bed and clean or read. You could call me at one in the morning, and I am wide awake.

13. What is your shoe size? This has always been incredibly embarrassing to me, but I have a size 10 foot! I don't know why, I am only 5' 4",

14. Pets? No, thank you. I like dogs, but I took a test online to see what my ideal pet was. I had to answer all these questions, and when it was done the results came up and told me that my ideal pet was a pet rock. Yikes!

15. What did you want to be when you were little? A school teacher

16. What are you today? A mom

17. What is your favorite candy? Just one? Candy is my weakness, I love it. I can't narrow it down to one thing specific, so my favorite category of candy is chocolate.

18. What is your favorite flower? Gerber daisies

19. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? May 3rd. It is Tony's birthday and I already have his present. It is very hard for me to keep presents a secret, so I keep looking at the calender waiting for May!

20. What are you listening to right now? Brady Bunch?! Apparently Curious George is over, but my girls are still glued to the TV, and I am so focused on finishing this that I didn't even realize.

21. What is the last thing you ate? a thin mint girl scout cookie.....I'm still eating them...I could eat them by the sleeve.yum.

22. Do you wish on stars? nope.

23. What faith are you? Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

24. Who is the last person you spoke with on the phone? my mom

25. Hair color? blond, it has never been anything but blond.

26. Name of your favorite school teacher? Mr. Blatter H.S. English. I thought that he was cute, and everybody knew it, even him.

27. Chocolate or vanilla? easy, chocolate.

28. When was the last time you cried? a few days ago because I am stressed out!

29. What is under your bed? carpet.

30. What did you do last night? Got my temple recommend renewed, watched "The Biggest Loser", then went online to vote for who I wanted in the finale for "The Biggest Loser"

31. Favorite smell? Good shampoo.

32. What are you afraid of? The dark

33. How many towns have you lived in? 7 Livermore CA, Pleasenton, CA, Denton TX, Spanish Fork, Provo, Orem, Enoch.

34. Do you make friends easily? Lisa had a good answer...........When I want to, yes.

Okay, I'm done. I tag Kristen, Ashley, Kathryn, and Kelsie

Maddie and Sophie

My girls love to pose for the camera. At least everyday Madilynn wants me to take a picture of her! Sophie just loves to say "CHEESE!" When I get the camera out she balls up her fists really tight and shouts "CHEESE!"

Soft Carpet

Sophie is training to be on a carpet commercial. See how dedicated she is, she won't stop. She has been at it now for about two hours.

What really happens is I put her down for a nap and because she sleeps on a mattress on the floor, she gets right back up. So I hurry and shut the door. Then she knocks on her door for about 20 minutes until she just conks out. But to be honest our carpet really is soft!!

10 Things I've Learned Living In Enoch

10.) Everyone is related. Somehow, one way or another, it is all one enormous family tree!

9.) Secrets do not exist in small towns. I know everything about everyone, and they know everything about me.

8.) It would be perfectly normal to have a few goats or a couple chickens living in your back yard.

7.) Polygamists really do exist. If you don't believe me go to St. George Costco any day of the week. (they buy in bulk)

6.) Burn Day starts on April 15th!

5.) Mac make-up is only available online! WHAT!?!

4.) You would say that you were going "into town" if you go to the store. For example someone might say; "I'm going 'into town' do you need me to get you anything?" Then I would respond "No thanks, I will just get it when I go 'into town' for the 100th time today."

3.) Another Enoch-ism would be "going up North" If you travel anywhere North of Nephi then it would be considered "going up North" Here is an example of how that phrase would be used in a sentence; "I'm going to 'go up North' to buy some Mac makeup, because I cannot wait that long for UPS.

2.) There is a really good pizza place that has a cinnamon roll dessert named a "Cow Patty" not to be confused with the "Cow Pie" which is basically normal bread sticks shaped like...well.. a cow pie.

1.) You can make best friends anywhere you live. I have a lot of good friends here, and I love them all! I hope everyone knows that I am teasing, and I enjoy poking fun at the town I now live in.

Baby

I wanted to write down my feelings that I have had this past week. I want to tell our family and friends how grateful I am for them. I have felt your kindness and love, and we are so thankful and feel truly blessed to have you all in our lives. I have appreciated the thoughtful phone calls and visits. I am grateful for my loving husband who lets me cry on his shoulder. He is a comfort to me and I love him very much.

For those of you who didn't know; I was 17 weeks pregnant and went to the doctors for a check up. I had an ultrasound, and our baby had died. I cannot describe in words how I felt. It was an incredibly difficult day. Tony was by my side the entire day, and I was so grateful for him. It was hard for him too, but he was strong for me in my time of need. I had to have surgury on Thursday. Because I was so far along in my pregnancy I have since had to deal with post baby contractions. My doctor also told me that I will experience baby blues.

Even though it has been a very hard week I am grateful for the things I have learned. I am grateful for our Heavenly Father who offers comfort to me in my real time of need. I have learned, as Elder Maxwell has so eloquently taught, that "the submission of one's will is placing on God's altar the only uniquely personal thing one has to place there. The many other things we 'give' are actually things that He has already given or loaned to us. However, when we finally submit ourselves by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God's will, we will really be giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give"