I have a wonderful hubby!

I have the best husband! For the last couple of weeks we have been sanding down and painting Abram's old bunk bed for the girls! I didn't want to buy another toddler bed and mattress. I was looking online for a new bunk bed but Abram likes to make old things new! I thought this bed was ugly but once we painted it white and put it up in the girls room I think it looks really nice! Abram did most of the work because I didn't want to be out in the heat.

I tried to help a little but Abram has more muscle and was able to sand the wood faster.

This is our finished bed with our sweet little Amalee on top! She got to pick out her own sheets! She picked cute ones with hearts!

Amalee is looking down at Maggie! We tried to get Maggie smiling but she just wanted to go up top with her big sissy. We had to keep telling her no. I don't want her falling off.

This is just one more reason I have the best hubby! After dinner tonight I came into the computer room and he cleaned the kitchen and then surprised me with this wonderful ice cream sundae! It was the best one I have ever had! When he walked in with it he set it on the desk then gave me a back rub! I love you Honey!

Family Vacation!

This is Mine and Abram's favorite picture of the girls. It was sweet seeing them having fun together and Maggie actually wanting to hold hands with her big sissy! She usually isn't a touchy person.

I need to learn how to put the pictures in order. The second pictures you see are of the second day of our vacation. We went to Strawberry and spent the night in Grandma Carrie's cabin. She is sure a sweet lady to let family use it! We went down to Fossil Creek and let the girls play in the water. They got so cold. The water is always moving so the sun doesn't have time to warm it up. We had a blast and wish we could have stayed longer!

This is Maggie just waking up. Abram takes cute pictures!:)

Amalee woke up really early and said she was hungury. I told her that I would be up in a couple of minutes. But, of course I wasn't so when I finally woke up at about 8:00 this is how I found her!

Someone at the creek was nice enough to as if we wanted a family picture and this is what we got. I think it turned out pretty good!

I just told Amalee if she wants her princee scooter that she had to smile for the camera! By this time she was ready to go. She was shivering a ton.

Just a very sweet picture of Maggie! She of course is ready to go and shivering a ton too!

This was the first day of our trip! We went to Out of Africa. It is up in Camp Verde, AZ. I like it a ton better then the zoo. You see the animals up close and they look 10 times healthier. They are always out playing. They have a show called Tiger Splash and the worker and Tigers swim and play together. They don't train the animals to do any tricks. The tigers are just playing! As you can see in the first picture the black bear is pretty close behind the girls.


This is Maggie at the Critter Court. She wasn't afriad of the snake at all:) One of the workers tell you about the animal and then they let everyone in to pet the animal.



This Maggie touching the snake. She was being so gentle. She just let the snake move under her hand!

Amalee wanted to swim with the tiger too! This picture is right after the show! Amalee was asking the owner of the park if she could go swimming too.

We went on a "safari trail" the zebera and giraffe come right up to the bus and you can feed the giraffe carrots and pet them!

Amalee was sitting at the front of the bus acting like a helper!

Abram and Maggie jumping into the creek! I asked Maggie if it was fun? She said "u-ha!"

We told Amalee if she would jump it to Daddy that she could have the Princess Scooter she had seen at Wal-mart. Of course she did it! Twice.

Cute video of us feeding the giraffe! Maggie even touched it's nose before the giraffe walked away!

Random Cuties!

Last weekend we went to California for my cousin's wedding. My brother Greg has casts on both his legs so he ended up watching all his sleeping nieces! Doesn't he look happy?

Today 06/19/2008 I finally gave it and gave the girls a popsicle. I hate messes so I try and aviod messy food at all costs. But don't they look cute?

Maggie just looked so comfy laying there so I just had to take a pic! I love her smile:)

Of couse if I take a pic of one little girl I have to take one of the other!
She is such a sweetie!

Maggie has the cutest smile she is such a clown!


Amalee has Maggie's shirt on her head. She really can make us laugh!

Just another cute picture of the girls with their popsicles!

It's a BOY!!!

We went to our 20 week ultrasound and we found out for sure we are having a BOY!! Abram of course is very excited. Before we got there I asked Amalee "what if it is a girl" and she said "no it's a brother" she of course was right!!!

For those who can't tell the 1st pic shows that it's a boy!

Profile pictures are so cute! We think he will have a cleft in his chin!

I told Abram that Dallin is signing "Daddy" you finally have your son!

Flashback Babies!

As everyone that looks at my blog knows I'm pregnant! I find out what I'm having on Monday the 16th! So I started to look back at what my two wonderful girls looked like when they were born and what they looked like on their blessing day! I can't believe how fast and how much they have grown!

The first picture is Magdalene the day she was born! Her face has changed so much! What a beautiful baby!

I crocheted her blessing dress! Doesn't she look sweet?

This is Amalee in her blessing dress my mom made! She is such a beautiful baby!

This is Amalee the day she was born! She was so small.

I am finally getting excited about having another baby! We of course hope it is a boy but if we have another girl we will still be sooo happy to have her in our home. This pregnancy has gone by so much faster. I'm 1/2 way through!

Last Day of Swim Lessons

Amalee holding her certificate for

completing her swim lessons!

By the second week there were

only these 3 girls left in the class!

(Naomi, Amalee, Kaeden)

I was really happy that her class was so small! Amalee got a lot more one on one time. I think it helped her be able to swim! She really had a ton of fun and I hope I can have her do one more session this summer! She needs to work on taking breaths.

Amalee's Swim Lesson!

Amalee with her class the 1st day of swim lessons!

Amalee blowing bubbles in the water:)
Here she is swimming to get her ducky!
Coach Sean helping Amalee float on her back:)

Today was Amalee's and Maggie's first day of swim lessons! I was able to get pics of Amalee because her class isn't a mom and Tot class. I think she did pretty good for not having lessons for over a year! Maggie also did a ton better then I thought she would. The only time she cried was when the teacher had her do "monkey walks" on the wall and go under water then grab onto the wall. She learned how to blow bubbles and loved doing that while kicking her legs! I'm so proud of my girls!

Sunday Morning!

Abram and I try to sleep in on Sunday mornings but it doesn't always work. Our girls wake up when the sun comes up:( I need to get darker curtains on their window. So when they wake up I tell them to go play and that usually works for a little while. Today they didn't even tell me that it is morning and time for breakfast. I just heard them downstairs so I told Abram "I wonder what Amalee is getting them to eat?" About a minute later Maggie is by my bed with her Chocolate donut in hand! Amalee has learned how to open the fridge and got out the donuts!

So this is what I get for trying to sleep in!

Two very happy girls with donuts for breakfast:)

I really do think that Amalee thought she was being a big girl and trying to help! She knows how much I love to sleep. Of course she was being sneaky about it too!