Hermione is Eight....

Baby H

First day of Preschool

six years old

Happy sixth Birthday

first day of kindergarten

bffs

first tooth lost

love you even when my head hurts...

Uncle Davy's Wedding

four years

four years

Happy fifth Birthday

Look who's seven?

Happy girl

I can't believe how grownup you're getting... Auntie loves you Boo! So excited to see what this year has in store.

Davy's Birthday

Now when Davy was born I was four in a half and personally just saw him as another boy who would drive me crazy. When he was little I dressed him up in all my cute dresses and pretended he was my little sister. The one I always wanted... it wasn't until he became a teenager that our relationship truly blossomed.
  He has helped me through some of my hardest times in my life. He has a beautiful testimony and a go getter personality that could make anyone tired. He knows how to be funny and serious at the time. He has been a strong example to all of us with his unwavering testimony of the gospel.

Thanks for giving me an awesome sister in law and making me smile every minute I'm with you! Happy 25th Birthday little bro!

Abby is four

baby bean and auntie
2wks old

Abby 2 yrs
Dec.2012

second birthday

first birthday

loving ice cream

u

three months

I can't believe you're four! It seems like I just got the call that you were born. I love you Diva and can't wait to see what this year has in store for you!

PT Graduate....

So back in April on the fifteenth I dislocated my knee. I finally finished my last physical therapy appointment! My knee is healing and I'm doing my best to keep it on the mend. I wear the brace for strenuous activities and when I know I might be bending and twisting lots.
It is so nice to have it not hurt constantly and to be able to do some of the simple things we take for granted.

Bye bye Buddy and Buster... hope that I don't ever need you again!

Independence Day

Thank heavens that the fourth happened to be on a Friday this year. I kind of wanted to come down Thursday night after work, but knew that with Hoho's back being the way it is that wasn't going to happen. Between Mom, Dad, and Hoho's issues this last year we all decided on a nice BBQ at the parentals and invited Sissy and the kiddos over as well.
 Hoho and I picked up the kiddos from Nana around four so Sissy could come straight over from work.It was nice to see the kiddos and they were excited to go to Papa Pete and Grandma Janet's house. Dinner was great and we enjoyed each others company. It was a hot day so we told the kids that we'd do fireworks as soon as the sun went down.
 I handed over the fireworks to pyro and he and Kman enthralled the kiddos with poppers, smoke bombs, screeches and spinning flowers. We ended with sparklers for the kiddos and rushed to the deck to watch the city fireworks. I snapped this picture of the kiddos in awe as they watched Murray City's fireworks from Papa Pete and Grandma Janet's deck. It's the little moments like this that I love most.

Charlotte playing outside on the deck

Abby and Auntie Becca

Hermione being silly

Auntie Becca and H watching fireworks

Abby using momma as a chair

Pyro

Becca, Shany, and Charlie

Sissy showing the kiddos how to play with sparklers

watching Uncle Davy

Aiden's ham face

Infant Endorsment

So my coworker and I have been hustling to get our infant endorsement done. This requirement entails forty hours of training, which had to be done by the end of this month. When I worked at Kid Station, we did all our trainings on site. This classes were taught in a classroom at UVU.
Over the last two months we've taken thirty hours of classes. I never knew that you could climb up the career latter in child care. I'm excited to go to classes and learn more. Our next class is early childhood development in August.
It has made for some late nights and long weeks but I've enjoyed learning. I'm one of  those whom could study subjects until I died.

Day for Dad

I don't know why I can throw something together for mother's day and feel good about it, but have the hardest time coming up with the perfect gift for father's day. My mom could yell at me growing up or state her opinion on something I'd done and it'd roll off my back. (now I'm not saying I don't take my mother's feelings and suggestions to heart) My dad always had away of piercing my soul or hitting the spot when it came to things. I never wanted to disappoint or upset my dad.
 The last year and a half has been really hard. As a child I always pictured my father as the super hero that could fix anything. If the boys did something dad fixed it. If mom needed something fixed dad did it. If my bike was flat, dad fixed it. A few years ago dad's brain surgery and close to death hospital stay made me realize that my parents, especially my father wasn't invincible.
 Last year I'd just graduated with my Bachelors in Creative Writing and found myself back under my parents roof after two years out on my own. My mom told me a few weeks after I moved back how excited he was for me to come home. I enjoyed spending time with him, but at the same time tried so hard to find a job so I wouldn't be seen as a burden to my parents. At the time my father was struggling with a crippling pain that made it nearly impossible to walk, stand, or move his arms above his chest. I spent the time I wasn't looking for a job, helping my father and keeping the house clean. I wanted so badly to find a job in Salt Lake so that I could continue helping my dad, but felt the urge to branch my work possibilities out.
So I applied in Heber City. Shortly after I was hired as a aid my father was diagnosed with a rare form of arthritis. It was a relieved  to know he had an answer and could begin some medication that would help him mend. After his rough Father's day and birthday last year(part of which w's spent in an ER) I was determined to do something special for him this year. So I began asking. I was a bit disappointed when it ended up being a card and money to put towards a new piece for his smoker.
 So dad I just wanted to let you know that I'm so proud of you and all you do. You taught me the importance of loving others and a love for nature. I hope you had an awesome Father's day, because you'll always be my superhero!