My Girls

I miss my girls.
I miss Gweny's little laugh.
I miss Mikayla's hugs and kisses.
I miss Momma because she is the glue that holds this family together.
I love my girls.

I miss Gweny version of hello, which is "hi-ya".
I miss reading Goodnight Moon to Mikayla.
I miss Merilee, she is just everything.

Can't wait to see my girls. I love you completely.

Love,

Daddy, Da Da and Josh

Blog Hiatus

I have the amazing opportunity to go to Israel next week! I'm so excited about it. I leave tonight to drop my little babies off with my sister and parents in Colorado Springs. I'll be sad to leave them, but am so grateful that I know they will be safe and comfortable with my wonderful family. Then, I fly out to Tel Aviv on Saturday. Josh isn't coming with me either. I'm going with Josh's family and am looking forward to a week of quiet solitude to ground myself again. I'll get to walk where the Savior walked. I am looking forward to this experience and I promise to share tons of pictures when I come home.

I love this picture! It makes me so happy.

She's getting SO big!

C for Cyprus High!

Mikayla climbed up on these boxes to sing "How Does She Know" from Enchanted. Its her new favorite movie!

This is Josh talking to the news cameras with his happy students behind him. I'm still so proud of him for making all of that happen. I still have lots of pictures to post.

Josh's News Story

Hi all,
I just wanted to share this with you. I'm very proud of my Josh and I want everyone to know that. Read his story!!!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695269782,00.html

I'll post tons of pictures soon.

How to Make Honey

Today, Mikayla, Gweny and I went on a walk to enjoy the warm sunshine. Mikayla stopped every few feet to pick some dandylions and other weedy-type flowers. She gathered them all in her dress and babbled the whole time about how to make honey. I half-listened, adding an "uh-huh" and "sure" every once in a while. (bad mommy moment). We came home with her dress full of flowers and while I fed Gwenyth some lunch, she began to make honey. So, if you are interested, honey is made simply by putting flowers in a bowl of water and stirring it. Then, you put it in the fridge. "Then you smash it. And dat's how you make it...for daddy."

Gweny's Sucker

This is Gweny eating a sucker. I don't think you need any more explanation.

Music (sorry)

I'm going to try this music thing on my blog for a while, mostly so that I can listen to some of my favorite songs for free. Sorry if it bugs you...

Tagged Again

My friend Arney tagged me so here are 7 things you may or may not have known about me…

1. After my kids are back in school, I really want to go back to school and become a librarian. Lame, I know, but I think it would be really fun to work in an elementary school or something. I am so worried that kids are not learning to love to read the way they should be.

2. I love the Harry Potter books so much. Sometimes, I want to be at Hogwarts. It would fun. I think I would be a member of Harry’s group. I would totally be in love with Ron. Sorry Hermione.

3. I met Martin Sheen once at a Democratic Convention when my mother-in-law was running for Congress. He’s nice.

4. I can’t snap my fingers or roll my tongue. (like when your speaking Spanish.)

5. I love to sing, but it has always been a huge dream of mine to be a soprano and I’m not. I wish I could sing really high and make it sound good, but I can’t. It makes me sad sometimes.

6. For the past 8 years, my BFF Becca (Arney!) (don’t ask…) and I have been making of list of the things that we think are funny or funny things that happened to us. So far, we have over 800 things on it. And we add to it all the time! When we get together, our husbands just tune us out because we just usually end up doubled over laughing and the stupidest stuff ever. I love you Arn!! LEGEBOFF 2008 (again…don’t ask!!)

7. Josh makes me giddy. I think of him during the day sometimes and just picturing his adorable face makes me smile. I still get goose bumps when he reaches for my hand, or when he puts his arms around me. I love him so much. He makes me so happy. I had no idea that I would be getting myself involved with someone who has the ability to make me so very, very happy just by smiling at me. He’s a great father and a great husband and I am so very thankful for him. Josh, you are my life and I love you so much.

So, I tag Jenny, Jennifer, Leeann and Katie.