Last night I went to my friend Miriam's place who is Veteran Mommy on Wholefoodmommies.com. Her mom met Sherri Hall the wife of Kevin Hall who wrote an amazing book called Aspire-The power of words. Kevin agreed to come and speak to a small group at Miriam's house free of charge! It was amazing! I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. His is big on discovering your purpose and your passion in life and inspires those to reach and exceed their potential, very neat guy.

Halloween Party

On Friday night we went to Grant and Emily's for a Halloween Party and it was great fun! Gabe and I dressed up as Cleopatra and Caesar!

Jasmine and Chase playing the "Apple Game". Couples had to hold an apple between their foreheads while Gabe called out commands, hilarious game!

Me, Emily, Jasmine and Samantha

The boys had to go through a plate of whipping cream and look for little spiders, the Milk Man won!

Family Pictures

So I finally decided to jump back on! Thanks to Becky ;) We took some family pictures last week and as Heidi knows it is hard to get "normal" pictures of my girls because Mercedes has the cheesiest smile and Kayla LOVES to pose and make faces. So out of about 100 pictures here are my favorites! The editing is thanks to Laura Taylor!

Family Vacation!

Last week Gabe, I and the girls went to Cancun! Gabe won a trip with work so we went as a family. We had a blast and I wouldn't say it was a "relaxing" holiday but it was great getting outside with the girls and swimming and playing!

Kayla's "boyfriend" Travis

We went to Xcaret one of the days which was a bit like sea world.

They had these tiny little baby turtles that were adorable!

We probably saw about 100 Iguanas on the grounds, and when Kayla saw one she said to Gabe, "His head looks like yours dad, because he lost his hair too!"

Gabe swimming with the girls!

Little did we know it was spring break so the hotel was packed but luckily we were in a different part of the hotel then all the students!

The resort had a ton of restaurants and this is us at the Thai restaurant having some lunch

Playing on the beach!

In Your Name

I have been immersed in helping my Mame out with her genealogy lately and it is easy to forget the importance of what you are doing as you are going through the motions. But every once in a while you are reminded. As I was flipping through the February ensign today I came across a poem by Sharon Price Anderson that read:

Descending

below all things,

bleeding sorrow

from every pore,

He was fully

bathed in grief

that we might be

cleansed,

rescued from

death and hell.

I descend marble

temple steps, enter

baptismal waters.

Completely immersed,

bearing His name

and yours,

I hold my breath,

emerging, rising.

May you inherit

everlasting life;

together may we

dwell in heaven.

Silly Girl

So this is a conversation I had with Kayla today that I got a kick out of!

Kayla: Momma, boys aren't smart.

Me: Really? Why do you say that?

Kayla: Because, they don't like girls!

Me: Oh...are girls smart?

Kayla: Yes

Me: Why are girls smart?

Kayla: They just are.

Too funny!!

A few pictures

Just wanted to post of few pictures of my girls! They are so cute together, and we were wondering when the novelty of Mercedes would wear off for Kayla and I think it is just now starting to. Mostly because now Mercedes can annoy Kayla and steal her toys and bite her and pull her hair! So cute! Actually she hasn't bit her or pulled her hair for a while but she definitely went through a time when she thought that was fun.

Kayla just started primary this year and loves it of course. She is also in preschool and I am shocked at how much they can learn in such a short amount of time! They are just little sponges. One of her favorite things to do right now is laugh like spongebob and say "just kidding" all the time, she is always a joy to have around.

Mercedes is obsessed with Barney right now which is funny because she was never interested in TV until she discovered him. Now she will tolerate other shows as well, such as spongebob! She has a million words now and I am always shocked at how much she understands. She is 16 months and acts like she is 13. I joke to my mom that she is a teenager trapped in a toddlers body. She is very attached to me but luckily she seems to be ok when we get babysitters and she doesn't really notice that I left. But for the most part she won't tolerate any one but me and on occasion her own father!

Kayla and Mercedes are so cute together, and I can't get Mercedes to smile any other way!

Kayla imitating Mercedes

Mercedes denying Kayla a kiss!

Messy little baby girl