I Am a Child of God

I have song "I Am a Child of God" and "I Love to See the Temple" to David since he was a baby. And now, they sing it in nursery and David likes to sing it, as well as others. Tonight, we were able to catch it on camera! So cute, melts my heart!

Davids 3rd birthday and life

First up, a house update. When we moved into the dining room wall was a deep red. It wasn't awful, but it was just too dark for my likening. Plus, I knew that we would be putting down a wood color floor. I love green, a lot of my kitchen items are green, so what better color option? Green!

I love it! This year, we bought a season pass for Bear World. It has been worth the money and we have gone enough already to make it worth it. Probably Marks favorite part, is the stuffed room. Haha. He dreams of having something like this on our wall...I just dont know yet. 

Happy 7 months baby girl! She is so happy and sweet. Her smile just melts my heart. She lasted a month longer than David did in the infant seat. We'll be getting David a convertible/booster seat soon and moving Em into the Diono.

We had wind damage 3 days after we signed (welcome to home ownership!) so we opted to get a new roof now. While the roof guys were here (4 full days and 1 half day-rain got in the way) my kiddos didn't nap well...or at all. Em finally became tired enough despite the banging that she fell asleep in the bouncer. 

3? 3? Really? My baby forever, growing into a handsome little man. He got the birthday thing this year. When I went in to get him in the morning, he said "is my birthday here?" Haha. So cute. We started the morning off with one of Davids favorite foods-donuts!

Random picture, Em was rolling around in the play thing and knocked it over. 

Davids party. I found someone who did face painting. It was a huge hit! 

It was a firefighter themed part. David was spoiled all day and we're so grateful he is a part of our family. We love you Dave!

I stole these from my friend Ashleighs blog. 

-What's your favorite food? Bread

-What's your favorite sport? soccer

-What's your favorite book? thomas

-What do you want to be when you grow up? astronaut 

-If you could be an animal what would you be? giraffe

-Who is the prettiest girl in the world?  emma

New Years Eve 2012 and more!

That last post gave me a little motivation to get back to blogging. On New Years Eve, we got together with the Hargraves. Always a good time with them! The local animal shelter essentially had an open house/they needed volunteers during the holidays, where people could come and walk the dogs and play with them as well as the cats. All the kids loved it (Mark stayed home with Emma).

All the animals got plenty of loving, they were probably overwhelmed all the kids wanting to be up in their space. 

Later that evening, we headed over to Jake & Janells for appetizers and fun. Janell got the brilliant idea that we should play "Just Dance" on the wii. It was slightly embarrassing but hilarious all at the same time. Cameras were not allowed during the performance, but the kids enjoyed the show:

At the end of January I took David to the Dentist for the first time. I was so nervous how he would do, but he did great. The Dentist was fabulous, as well as his staff!

And just for fun, some pictures of David and Emma from this morning (5/4/13). They are so cute together and am so glad that they play well together (the majority of the time) and that David is so protective of his little sister. 

Woohoo, go me! Hope all is well wherever you may be, happy Thursday!

Easter 2013 and recent happenings

I read peoples blogs pretty much on a daily basis and wonder why they are not blogging way more often...and then I look at my blog and move on :-)

First up, Mark was offered a job with the St Anthony Police. We couldn't be more excited for this new adventure and even more grateful for this opportunity. We went through more unemployment than we would care to think about, but we are grateful for family and friends that have helped us along the way and to really see that the Lord has a greater plan for each of us, though it may not be "our" plan.

Mark was officially sworn in on March 11. He likes the people he is working with and already has some interesting and crazy stories. 

With this, we needed to be closer to work. It is required that you be within 10 minutes of city limits. We saw some great houses and some not great houses. Our realtor called me one day and said she had a house for us to look at, it wasn't on the market yet, but we could check it out. So we did. And thus began negotiations. A tiring process, but so worth it in the end. They accepted our offer and we will close on our first house at the end of the month!

This house is 4 bedrooms, 2 bath (the master bath has a jetted tub-a dream come true!), 2 car garage and a fenced in back yard! We again are so grateful to family and friends who help us keep the faith and encouraged us.

Easter. Easter this year was really run. David is just a fun age for these type of things. We went to an Easter Egg hunt in St Anthony. Definitely much better than Rexburg and a little less crowded. 

Emma spent the morning sleeping her stroller. 

One parent per child was allowed on the field. Mark braved the crowd with Dave

Mark was on call that day and ended up getting a call. So I took the kids on a long walk. When we got back, Dave needed to relax. It is slightly ridiculous how much he looks like Mark, but so cute!

Sunday morning, David was super excited when I told him the Easter Bunny had come. He kept wanting to see and play with the Easter Bunny. I couldn't get the video to load of David coming down the stairs. 

My mom got the kids adorable outfits for Easter. Emma is literally growing like a weed and I may or may not have had to turn her on her tummy to button her dress. 

That mostly catches us up for now. Have a great a week!