What We've Been Doing

We are crazy enough to remodel our kitchen and we are trying to do a lot of it ourselves...so this is what my kitchen looks like right now.
Scary! We spent the entire weekend painting our cabinets and still have a whole lot to do on them. It is a way bigger project than I thought it was going to be. I just hope we finish sometime in the near future so we don't have to try to function in this disaster forever. We will post pictures when it looks better than this!!

Time Out For Women

I had such a great time with Jenny and Michelle at Time Out For Women last weekend in Indianapolis. (Steve likes to fondly call it Over time for Dads!) It was so nice to get away, listen to some great talks, shop like crazy and just hang out together. I love these girls and was so glad to get to spend the weekend with them! Thanks to my amazing husband for watching the kids all weekend. When I got home he said 'I don't know how you get anything done between feeding the baby and keeping up with Davis'. I don't know either, but sure was nice to have a break for a couple of days!

Happy Anniversary to us!

5 years! I can't believe it has been that long but at the same time it feels like we have been married forever! (In a good way!) We had a nice night out to dinner downtown last weekend and walked down to see the bridges on the Ohio River. It was great to go out without any kids! We are looking forward to a 5 year anniversary vacation later this year. Happy Anniversary Steve! I love you more than I can say.

Emery Smiles!

Emery has gotten a lot more smiley recently, especially for me and especially after she eats and is full and happy. I love it! I could sit and watch her smile all day. The other morning I went to get her up and she was just smiling away. What a sweet girl. Here are a couple of cute pics I got of her the other day with her happy face!

Emery's Blessing

Emery's blessing was yesterday. We missed have our parents and other family that are far away with us, but it was a beautiful, special day. So fun to be able to celebrate Emery and what a special little girl she is. Steve did an amazing job blessing her. One of my friends commented that it almost sounded like a patriarchal blessing. It was really beautiful and made me even more excited for her and the wonderful life that she has to live. I feel so blessed to be her mom and have her be a part of our family.

These first two pictures were taken by my friend Kathryn. An amazing woman in my ward made her dress and I think it is just beautiful.

All tuckered after a long day with lots of attention! (Plust she loves her aunt Jenny who put her right to sleep).

Mom and Emery. I think it is so cute how she is looking at me! A cute little girl in the bathroom at church yesterday said "I really like your baby. I think she is going to grow up to look just like you." I thought that was a pretty nice compliment!

Our family at the temple (next to our church). Not the best shot of everyone, but hey, we're all together!

Last but definitely not least, Dad and Emery.

Easter Festivities

We had a fun Easter. I am loving holidays even more now that Davis is getting the idea of them and gets so excited about things. This was Davis at our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. He was a little slower than the big kids, but found enough eggs to be happy with his loot.

Davis and his friend Walker, showing off their pinata winnings.

Davis' Easter basket...lots of toys, not much candy! Trust me, he doesn't need any more sugar!

Finding eggs the Easter Bunny hid around the house.

I sort of forgot to color eggs with him, so we did it Easter morning while Dad made a super yummy breakfast. Better late than never. Davis wasn't so sure about actually eating boiled eggs. I guess it is an acquired taste!

Happy Easter