A Staycation!

Every now and then you need to just get outside. Well when you are super swamped and life is just too busy, just park it in your backyard and sleep outside. To explain the pictures this is Annabelle hearing the train, she loves to hear the train. The second picture is in the morning, she actually sleep in till about 8:00. That is late for her when the sun is shining into her "bedroom," and you can hear the neighboors sprinklers.

Swing Time!

It is finally the season to play outside in the backyard. Every night Annabelle would beg us to go to Uncle Joes to play. Well they have a trampoline and a swingset and a slide...every lil girls dream. So we found the perfect set, all three. This is Brian pushing her on the swing and throwing Annabelle up off of the trampoline. Notice the joy in her eyes as well as his. Of course Dad is hard at work putting it all together to make his lil girls dreams come true...got to love him.

Momma I wanna go riding!

This past weekend we went out to Rabbit Creek to go riding. The weather was beautiful, the company was awesome, we had a wonderful time. Thank you family. My sister in law took our family pictures...Thank you. Notice the joy on Annabelle's face. Yeah!!

At the base of a "mountain."

Us at BYU.

Poppa and Annabelle in the tent.

Yes, dinner in the tent!

And yes they actually slept in the tent.

This past weekend I had the amazing privilege of going to Women's Conference in Provo, Utah. I had a wonderful time of bonding with new friends and being uplifted and motivated by the spirit. We had a great time, I can't remember the last time I meandered through a mall. So back at home, at the base of Mountain Living Room Furniture, Jeff and Annabelle pitched a tent and camped all weekend. They even had Smores with Grandma and Poppa Hankins, cooked over a real flame. When I got home Annabelle told me all about the tent and the Smores, she had great time and made great memories with her dad. I have such a wonderful husband!!!

Whee!!!

So it has been a long time! Our lives have been very busy these days. We moved!! Yes that is again. We are now in a subdivision again. Ironic!! But hey the house is nicer and not as much yard to take care of. We are told time and time again to live within our means....yes this means within, not at our means. So much contemplation and prayers we decided to box up again. We are still in the 20th Ward, which is awesome!! This sums up the past month!!

With all of this change going on Annabelle is growing up day by day. She is potty trained!!! Okay the move has definitely put a monkey wrench in her routine but we are adjusting. Her vocab is definitely getting better and better.....funny note....Grandma swore this morning and to our surprise a little curse word creeped out of her pure little mouth. I laughed.

Aunt Lacey took her 2 year photos this weekend, ahhh pure perfection. Jeff is gearing up for a busy April...Hooray!!! And I am gearing up for Girls Camp and of course unloading boxes.

Our highlight for the past month is this weather....we finally got to gear up and go for a ride. Now what kind of parents would we be if we didn't take our little motocross star with us. She was so good about getting her pants on and her boots and of course her helmet. She was all game face. It is going to be a fantastic Spring!!

The Big 2!!

The big day!

August, Go Broncos!

January, Walking all my myself!

July, Sitting all by myself!

Day 1. So Tiny and Perfect.

Happy Birthday Annabelle!

I just wanted to share this joyous time with each of you. Annabelle is officially 2. Hooray finally a big girl. She is working really hard at being a non diaper wearing girl. We are at 4 days with only 2 accidents. I think that she is doing better with it than I am. She knows how to count to 4. "I am 2, my mom and dad are 27." Whenever I clean she has to be helping me, she is quite the little sweeper, and vacuumer. The other day she actually grabbed a rag out of the drawer and wiped up the floor. My lil angel. She says, "I get married" so I say where? "In the temple." Again tear! She finally loves nursery. She is a movie quoter, I caught her just the other day saying a line from Sleeping Beauty before the lil fairy said it. She loves to sing Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, and I love to see the temple. Oh and of course "I know you I walk with you once upon a dream." from Sleeping Beauty. I just wanted to share a little bit about my lil big girl.

New Year Adventure

Jeff and I always try to get out and see new places. So what better day then the 1st of January? So we set off to the south. There is a lot of nothing down south. But to our surprise we found a beautiful over look of Bruneau Canyon. Since we were that far from home we had to see the Bruneau Sand Dunes. I love Idaho!!!