My baby girls turns "grown up"!! where did the last 20 years go?

Welcome Home Baby girl Dec. 20th 1991...We waited so long for you to join our family. You were such a beautiful baby, and good too~



It was sisterly love at first sight you loved her then and you love her now and she loves you!! Sister bond is the greatest friendship there is.....

You were so beautiful on your Blessing Day!! But we were the ones with the best blessing of having you come to our home.

And your brothers loved you too!! They were your protectors as you grew and they still are watching out for you!!(Stars and stripes stay together forever!) haha

You were always so pretty in pink... it was your color and i love it on you!! You were so happy and fun to have around...it had been a long time so we thought you were better then sliced bread!!!

You could sleep anywhere..... your first Easter was so fun... we loved you so much~~

You loved Disneyland from the first time you visited there with your brothers and Minnie!!!

It was so fun dressing you like a doll and you played it up for all of us...you were the center of attention for you three older siblings and they thought everything that you did was amazing and it was...you starting walking right about 9 months with all the help you had from your two older brothers and sister...

you were such a lucky baby and you got to go to work everyday with your daddy...in a wonderland of bikes and things...he would work carrying you all around...it was amazing all the the things that he could do with one hand and you would just acts as if that was where you were suppose to be...people would come for all over to see you and then to get their bike fix by the best repair man in town...

As soon as Brice was done with school he would be at your side teaching all the things you would need to know as you grew...this was just the beginning of a long and special friendship that would last and that you would learn many things together and share with each other~~

And as soon as Tay was done with School... YOU was the first thing she would look for... this was just the start of two girls who would grow to become best friends~~ Laughing playing together.

You were the new toy and got to  experience all the new fun things that you siblings could figure out for you to fit in... or ride on... or put over something that was around.... it was so fun to watch them learn how to make you laugh....you have always had the best giggle~~

And if you ever got hurt they were so quick to find your binky and making sure that you didn't cry too loud or too long so that they didn't get in trouble...look how cute your nose would get red when you had cried, I don't think that there were too many times that this happened..... but it did sometimes~~

There were so many games discovered everyday at the shop with your brothers and tay...this one was peek a boo over the counter and you would laugh and laugh and wait for them to pop up over the counter and then yell "gin, gin, gin" and they would do it for  hours~~



You were born a fish and loved to swim... everyday we would swim with daddy... and sometimes your cousins would visit and swim too!!

And then you turned "1" and what fun we had celebrating your first birthday... the beginning of the many firsts that we shared...we have always tried to make this day special and your day!!! WE have had some really fun times on your birthday... I remember when you came home from the hospital

on Christmas eve in a red stocking....

we just loved playing with you!!!

And you just loved playing with your cousins...we joked that you were the three musketeers but you were pretty much inseparable when you were together from the first time and ever since... even though two are married and one is going to ne a mommy herself....

From the very beginning you were one of the most traveled babies around... you have been so many places and love to travel... this was to the grand canyon with you great grandma Bangerter and grandma Richins and aunt Kristi and cousin Kaisley.... wow that looks like a long time ago.

And then she was TWO!!!

And you loves to go see the temple...

And you loved to stop and smell the flowers!!

Every summer in august we would have a family reunion at Liberty park and we would sit you three girls there and you would play and grab each others bows off your heads and laugh at each other...it was so cute~~

Your second Christmas was so fun you loved everything... even your marry doll!! But there was one thing that you asked for that didn't come for a few more months...

And then there were Five~~~ and you were a Big Sister~~

And then  you got what you asked for a Baby... but he was a brother instead of a sister AND you loved him!!! And you would be best friends!!

You just wanted to help him SO much and he had other ideas...like learning  and figuring things out for himself.... but you kept on trying and he kept growing!!!

And then it was your 3rd birthday and we were complete... all the kids were here and happy!!

You loved your birthdays and sometimes we even had grandparents here to share the day with...Grandpa Morgan Always thought you were so cute!!! and so did Brice....

Trying to decide which pic when on the Christmas card was always fun we had a photo shoot every year taking the perfect picture and you were the center of attention and helped keep Brayden happy!!

Can you remember which one we used this year??

Or was it THIS one??

or this one?? I am so glad my photo skills have improved....

I think this one is the winner for that year!! haha

First Birthday Party for a friend!!! You have always loved birthdays.... and parties and fun and present and singing and candles and cake and games and more~~~

You loved to ride in the go cart and we even shared with great grandma and grandma...and you even had on your lion king pj's.....

What a cute picture of you and your brother... one of many that will take place over the many years...

You were always so photogenic and so cute!! Four was a cute age....

Another tradition for us was the annual Family camp out!!

One of may adventures we took!! and you guys did good on the competition in Snowbird...

And you always loved to Dance... Dancing with mickey at the Provo Town Center Mall~~

Belle and Cat in the hat at the Mall... we had many adventures at the malls with dad and parties and decorating!!!

There is much more to come!!! I am only a !/4 of the way to the 20th year~~~

Kenz We Wish you a Happy Happy Birthday and are so glad you are home to share it with us!!!

YEAH FOR TIME AND RESET PASSWORDS!!

I am so thankful for these ladies!! We spent every week together(for 4 and 3/4 years) praying and talking and growing a frendship that will last a life time.
We laughed, we cried, we camped, we hiked together, we star gazed together, we did arts and crafts, we went on trips, we talked about our families, we ate together, we sang together, we danced together(at 4 stake dances) We decorated together(more things than we can remember)We had missionaries together. We took our last babies on their college trips, We had weddings together... We had grandbabies together...We had baptisms together... We learned technology together!! haha  We planned together, We TAUGHT together(and this is where i learned to LOVE them most) They are Wonderful ladies, BUT most importantly they are FRIENDS.. and i have learned so much from them... But most if all I learned more about ME from watching them. I learned to lean on the Lord and to love the Gospel more! and to Love the Green ValleyStake Young Women and their leaders!!! My Testimony has increase 100 fold...And i am so Thankful for all the blessing that I was blessed to recieve while Served with them. 

~~AND NOW I MISS THEM~~

Thank you...Lexie, Lana, Gina and Betsy~~

And know we leave together...

Family fun!!

LIFE IS COMING AT ME FASTER THAT I CAN KEEP UP!!! but it is a good thing

Feeling Confident today?

I’m not sure about confident, but I was going for happy. The kind that bubbles up from deep inside and makes me smile with my whole face, not the half-hearted, tired-mom smile, but a joyful smile–you know, that sweet feeling that makes me want to hum while I fold clothes or make dinner, even if the floors haven’t seen a mop for weeks… Like the happy that I feel when, in all the down-to-business work of getting 6-10 people to sit down to dinner while it’s still hot, cute teen-aged daughter(for six more months) said something engaging and funny and we all burst out laughing and talking or the silence of just knowing you are with you loved ones or the teenaged brother teasing the sister. It felt so good I wanted to cry. The moment passed, but feeling is still with me hours later. It makes me grateful for moments that jar us out of the mundane and remind us that all that really matters is relationships and finding joy in the moment we’re in.
I LOVE MY FAMILY AND I AM SO BLESSED.....

 thanks kenz
for redoing my blog i love it!!!! now i will not have anymore excuses!!! haha