preschool graduation

megan had her preschool graduation a couple weeks ago even though (as dallin pointed out) "she isn't really graduating because she's going back next year." but she is graduating THIS year of preschool and ending her first fun year with ms. kim.these are all the kids in her class this year. most of them are older than her and going to start kindergarten next year but a few of them will be in preschool with her again.

megan and her wonderful teacher ms. kim

i left my heart in san francisco

last week brandon and i escaped and went to san francisco. it was so much fun! i had never been there before and loved having a brand new city to explore. the golden gate bridge is beautiful! we went on a ferry under the bridge and around alcatraz.

we saw wicked!! it was amazing and ties for my #1 spot with les mis. i have listened to it non-stop ever since and can't wait to see it again.

we biked from fisherman's wharf, across the golden gate bridge into the little town of saulalito. it was a 10 mile bike ride. i love that i can say that i biked across the bridge.

right before we boarded the ferry.

beautiful boats at the wharf

ghiradelli square! here we enjoyed fabulous ice cream sundaes. YUM!

alcatraz island

this was one of my favorite things that we did. we rented this go car. it is like a side by side mo-ped. it had a GPS inside that would tell us where to go and some of the history of san francisco. we got a few weird looks and a lot of pictures taken of us but it was so much fun.

we did a night tour of alcatrz. it was facinating to hear about all that went on in this prison.

we went to the aquarium at the wharf

we found the best little desserts ever!! it is this amazing donut shop down at the wharf. they were little pieces of heaven with cinnamon sugar.

we walked down famous lombard street.

alcatraz in the evening

more views of alcatraz

we had such a great time we are already planning our next adventure!

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!!