10 Reasons I love Rylee on her 10th B-day

1. She is beautiful inside and out!! She has always been such a cutie and she just continues to amaze me every year!

2. She is a GOOFBALL!! She makes us laugh so hard and loves to laugh at herself.

3. She always tries to do what is right. She worries so much about doing the right thing in every situation I admire that about her.

4. She is so dang fun! She is always willing to try new things and makes it fun for everyone around her with her smile and contagious laughter!

5. She loves her family-especially all her cousins. She is great friends with them all and takes care of everybody, even the little ones.

6. She is willing to try new things and she is good at everything she tries. She works hard and doesn't give up even when she is challenged. Whether it is cheer, gymnastics, choir or soccer she puts forth her full effort and doesn't give up!

7. She's determined and works hard at school-she is a great student. All her teachers ever say about her is that she is an ideal student. (Dont parents love hearing that!)

8. She is a great big sister! She loves Cam and is such a great friend and example for her.
9. She is a good friend. She worries about others and wants to be nice to everyone.

10. She is a special girl with a sweet, warm, inviting way that makes people want to be around her. She is a great daughter and helps me so much, I am so glad she is part of our family, she is so special to us and we love her so much! Happy Birthday Baby!!

It's a baby...BOY!

I am happy to announce that my patient husband will finally have a little buddy! We found out last Friday that we are in fact adding a little boy to the mix. The ultrasound was awesome-a lot has changed since I had Camryn's 8 years ago you could actually kind of tell what you were looking at. They were also able to take some 3-D pictures which were awesome! You could see his cute little face and his little hands wiggling around trying to hide his face. He was also sticking his tongue in and out when we were looking at his face, I told the girls he was saying "na-na here I come". Needless to say we are all in love with him already and SO excited. I am actually a little nervous about the whole thing, I feel like this is unchartered water for me-no brothers growing up and 2 girls for a long time. Everyone has reassured me that I will do fine-I'm sure it will be just as natural as the girl thing was. I'm just not really sure what to do with little boy parts and until recently didn't know that certain things happened early on to little boys-I know you are all laughing that have boys, but that's what I mean-I dont know about little pee-pee's! I am feeling pretty good and getting big but it's all for a good cause-right? Hopefully my next post will be before I have the baby-ha-ha but that's about all for now! The rest of us are doing great- busy with school, soccer, cheer, homework and all the other fun everyday stuff. Hopefully you all haven't given up hope and stopped checking my blog for updates, even though I wouldn't blame you-but thanks for those who still have a little faith in me and my blogging ability.

Long time...no blog

After hearing a lot of "crap" (sorry no other word for it) about my lame blogging skills I decided to write a little of what has been going on in our summer. I guess my life is just not as exciting as all of yours or maybe it takes too much time or maybe I am just lame so anyway first things first...
BABY HENRY #3 IS FINALLY ON THE WAY
Actually that could be my best excuse because I "feel like throw up" (in Camryn's words) all the time!! It has been so long since I have been pregnant I truly forgot what this is like and it does seem worse this time. I am so tired and sick I have to set little goals for myself like: wash my bedding and make my bed, make dinner, get dressed and I'm pretty much done for the day. I've enjoyed a lot of TV which I don't usually watch. I am a big sunbather usually but this summer being in the sun just makes the nausea worse. Enough complaining. Here are some things that I like right now:

1. Sonic Lime Rickeys (everyday about a week and half straight)
2. Tuna sandwiches with lettuce and tomatoes. Weird that sounds good being nauseous, huh?
3. Salty things- anything. Now this is weird because I am a sweets girl but not right now at all!
4. Popsicles- any kind.
5. My 2 bathroom breaks a night-already, what the heck!
6. My soft squishy body pillow from Costco which I'm sure I will love even more as tummy gets bigger.
7. My cute husband who is just fine with me laying around all day and having to pick up the slack-big time!
8. My older independent girls who have been so helpful, maybe there is something to a 7 year break-ha ha.

Well there's our big news...besides playing in the sun, a little camping, a 4th of July v-ball tourney, swimming, taking care of my garden, and hanging with the fam that's about all we've been doing. That's a very brief catch up-I will TRY to keep on top of things for you all and post more often. Oh by the way I am 8 weeks along, first official appt tomorrow, wish me luck!

Happy Birthday Camryn!

Cam in Mississippi being silly.

I cant believe my baby is 7 she is getting so big. for Cam's birthday I wanted to share some reasons I love my Cami.

1. She is truly a gift from Heavenly Father-some of you know she is born on a very signifigant day to our family and I truly believe it was meant to be that way. She shares a birthday with her aunt Michelle, whom she never met. I know she was a gift to bring me happiness on this otherwise sad day and she does bring all of us so much happiness!

2. She is so full of life-I sometimes say she is just "full of it" meaning everything. She has such a love of life and everything in it. She is adventurous and energetic about everything she does and I love that about her.

3. She has such a strong will and spirit. When she was a baby she was such an angel she sometimes was too good that it made me nervous. Now I know she was just preparing me for later. She is a fighter for what she wants and believes and I admire that about her even at such a young age-I hope she doesn't ever lose this quality.

4. She is SO friendly and outgoing. We use to joke when she was little, about 2, she knew everyone in our ward. Who belonged to what family their names and everything, it was amazing. That has continued-she is a social butterfly and is always making friends wherever we go. She will make friends art McDonald's the park anywhere. Then a month later she will refer to them as one of her good friends. With Cam-everyone is her friend.

5. She is hillarious! Her sense of humor is great she loves to make everyone laugh especially her Dad. When she gets a laugh out of him she will keep going until he cant laugh anymore. She keeps all of us laughing.

6. She loves to learn and read and is so smart. She loves books and I constantly catch her reading when she is suppose to be in bed sleeping.

7. She is such a good girl and always tries to do what is right! She loves to work on things she wants to do better and is always trying to be better.

Camcorder-we love you so much and are so glad you are part of our family!!

Husband Tag

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER? Married, 10 this last December.

HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? 1 year before he went on a mission to Toronto, Canada. 4 months after his mission.

WHO EATS MORE? Tom, unless it's anything chocolate.
WHO SAID "I LOVE YOU FIRST"? Tom, I did soon after.

WHO IS TALLER? Tom by one foot exactly 6'4" and 5'4"

WHO HAS MORE SPEEDING TICKETS? Me-funny we were just "discussing" this today.

WHO IS SMARTER? Tom for sure. He wont belive that I said that. (refer to question about who's more stubborn)

WHO IS MORE SENSITIVE? I would have to say me, although I am married to a sensitive man and am so grateful for that.

WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY? ME, unless I get behind then Tom will pick up the slack.

WHO DOES THE DISHES? Both.

WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT? From the foot of the bed, me.

WHO MOWS THE LAWN? Usually Tom, I do sometimes.

WHO COOKS DINNER? Usually me but latley Tom has been experimenting in the kitchen on his pretend cooking show "Tom's kitchen". It is hillarious!

WHO DRIVES WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER? Tom-it's just better that way for both of us.

WHO IS MORE STUBBORN? This is a close one, it depends on who you ask me or him? Of course I will say him.

WHO KISSED WHOM FIRST? I did! He asked and then waited for my reply, so I just moved in.

WHO PROPOSED? Tom did.

WHO HAS MORE SIBLINGS? Tom, he is from a family of 11.

I love Tom so much-he is my best friend. It is amazing that we have known each other for 14 years and I love him more EVERY year. He is such a strong and wonderful husband and father. He loves our girls so much and is such a fun dad. He has such a good heart, and is loving and so sensitive to me and our girls, he is always worried about our needs and wants over his. He has made many sacrifices for our family, and works so hard for us. He has such a strong conviction of his beliefs and values, there is no gray area for him, and I am so grateful for that. He honors his priesthood and covenants. He is forgiving and compassionate. He loves me and is patient with me and helps me to be a better person. He is passionate about things that he loves and feels strongly about. He can always make me laugh and does so often. He isn't afraid to laugh at himself. He is always genuine. He loves me unconditionally. I love you babe!
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Disneyland

Our family.

Tom and Cam

Is it just me or does Angie not want to bo on this ride??


My cute hubby (he's such a kid at heart)

Jasmine and the girls (I had too many princess pics to post so I chose 1.)

We LOVED the turkey legs!!

We went to Disneyland the week before Spring break and had a blast with our family. I dont think you really appreciate Disneyland until you take your kids there, it is a magical place. It was also a magical kingdom for Tom. He'll be so embarrassed that I'm putting this on here but for some reason the characters (mostly the females) really loved Tom, the first day I thought it was just coincidence but throughout the week everyday there were little things that happened-wanting to get thier picture with just him, shamelessly flirting with him while in the parade and several others that were hillarious-so I think it wont be hard to convince him to go back. What can I say he is a babe! The girls loved it all! Our girls are perfect ages for everything, we went on all the rides together and had a blast! Thanks to G&G Holmes for the wonderful time!!

Line of the week by Tom

So we took advantage of the nice weather this Easter weekend and went to the driving range with the girls. They love it and it's fun for me and Tom too. Of course this is the first time I have swung a golf club in about 9 months so I'm a little rusty, but Tom was observing me with my first few swings trying to get "the feel" again when he said "C'mon babe get athletic." First of all what exactly does that mean? After laughing for about 5 minutes I asked him. Anyone who knows Tom knows he's a great athlete and that was his way of pointing out that I didn't have it down yet!! He then proceeded to show me how I was standing with my knees straight and butt pointing out-apparently not the proper stance. Maybe I'm not as good as I thought, I will say I did improve after listening to his instruction. I do love that man!!