women's conference

a few weeks ago i went with my mom and sister to women's conference. it was so much fun. my mom and sisters are my best friends. i laugh with them and love hanging out with them. my sister, deelynn, couldn't come with us and we missed her tons but still managed to have a great time.

can i just say that i heart the sweet tooth fairy!! i dream about them and am counting down the days til the one opens in st. george. is it completely pathetic that i will drive an hour for a cupcake? i think not!!

this was all that was left. just thinking of it now makes my mouth water!

my mom and jess

we are going to make this trip a yearly tradition. i learned so much and came home loving my divine role as a mother!

fair time

it's that time in logandale again...time for the fair. we had such a fun time at the fair this year. we went with our good friends julie & lucas and their kids. it was good weather and the kids had so much fun together. we ran into my nieces and nephews while we were there. i looked up and saw my nephew brett being so kind to his sister bonnie and megan. i just had to take a picture!
the kids favorite part of the fair is riding the rides. i didn't get any pictures of dallin though because he was off with the boys.

the kids also love getting their faces painted. this year dallin was a lizard.

megan got a butterfly

dallin did the high jump

and did a few flips

megan wanted to ride the ponies (big surprise!)

it was a great time. we can't wait for it again next year!

my neices...my girls

they are graduating high school so we had a photo shoot for their announcements and while i know that they are adults now when i look at these pictures all i can see are...

the little babies in the hospital nursery on the day they were born...
the little babies who used to take naps on my chest...
the toddlers i watched learn how to walk...
the toddlers i played with in the waves on their first trip to the ocean...
the excited faces of two little girls at disneyland...
the little girls i had campouts with in the backyard...

i pray that my kids don't grow up as fast as they did and while i know that they are now adults they will always be my girls!!

meet the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

It was a beautiful day with my beautiful boy.

it is a tradition that Grandma Becky makes all her grandkids baptism quilts. dallin was so excited to get his.

i don't want to loose this memory...

the main reason i do this blog is to preserve memories. and for some reson today i remembered a memory with dallin and wanted to write it down so i will never forget...

when he was 4 i would pick him up from preschool and we would play 'i spy' everyday on the way home.
one day...
he said "i spy something green and sticky."
me "hmmm....grass?"
dallin "no"
but he is laughing so hard in the back seat i can hardly understand him
me "hmm...a tree"
dallin "no mom. it's green and sticky!"
me "i don't know. i give up. what is it?
dallin " a booger!"
me "yeah...i guess you're right. a booger is green and sticky."
dallin "no mom, i picked a booger and flicked it in your hair!!"

needless to say i wasn't very happy about having a booger in my hair but his laughter was so contagious that we both laughed hysterically about it. to this day i can not play a game of 'i spy' without remembering it! dallin at 4 years old