what we do

we’ve been doing lots of this lately

sunglasses, outside time, water, swimsuits, walks, jimmer time, family time, baseball, books, enjoying my free time before school starts, watermelon, costco ice cream bars {yummmmmmmmmmmm}, piano playing, and some more family time.

there is nothing better than the sound of hymns being played on the piano in my very own house. i love it. especially when its coming from my husband. we are loving the piano as you can tell. i love being able to just sit down and play. i missed it so much.  oh, and instead of having dance parties to youtube, we now have dance parties to our very own piano music :)

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speaking of school starting. i am SO excited/nervous. i am trying to soak up every minute i have with maddix and brig though because i know it will definitely be limited in a few months! 56 days {8 weeks} from today i will heading off to dh school in my brand new scrubs :) can’t wait to live in those for 2 years. seriously though.

speaking of family…please watch this. i love President Monson. he is an incredible man and most definitely a prophet of God.

triathlon & mothers day

On Saturday Brig had his triathlon at Tempe Town Lake. He did SO good. Especially considering he was the only one NOT wearing a wetsuit and the only one that didnt have a fancy road bike {he used a mountain bike…there is a huge difference incase you didnt know}. Luckily he’s a fast runner so that helped! It was so fun to go out and watch him. Such a stud. Awesome job Brig!!

   

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sunday morning brig woke up with maddix and let me get some more rest. he made me waffles and then we just relaxed and enjoyed the day! i wasnt feeling super well so brig was such an awesome help to take care of maddix so i could just rest. for mothers day brig got me a lay out bed for the pool {so i dont have to lay out on the floor :)} and some of my very favorite chick flicks EVER. he is the best at gift giving. he always gets me stuff that i would never buy myself but that i would love to have. thanks so much for everything brig!! i love you! after church we went to my parents for dinner and had a little program and got a sweet gift from my mom :) then we went to his parents and had dessert and just visited. what a great day. {saturday brigs dad paid for all the girls to get pedicures for mothers day. so nice!} 

happy late mothers day to my mom!! she is so kind, loving, thoughtful, spiritual, happy, beautiful, always serving, and thinking of others, so helpful with maddix, talented, amazing voice, and so incredible in every way! we love you mom!

happy late mothers day to my mother in law! she is hilarious, fun to talk to, stylish, always willing to help with maddix, kind, fun to be around, smart, dedicated, always serving, loves her family, and just plain awesome! we love you gaylene!

i just love moms. arent they just the best thing ever?? and im so happy to be a mom. i wouldnt change it for the world. i never understood how much a parent could love a child until i had my own. being a mom equals pure happiness. it is so hard sometimes, but that just makes it more worth it. i have learned so much as a mom. i love that maddix can now say mama and wants to be around me, and loves when i sing and read books to him. i love that he brings  us the ensign so that we can flip through the pages and point to pictures of Jesus with him.  I love that he can now recognize when he sees pictures of us or of Jesus. I love that he wants to feed himself and wants to do what we do. I love that i’m learning patience and forgiveness and just really how innocent children how. I love that i get to be the one to get maddix out of bed every morning and have him greet me with a big smile or with his arms reaching for me to hold him. I love how he picks up his “silky blanky”, pulls at my leg, then walks over to the rocking chair so i can just hold him and cuddle with him. I could go on and on…

 

motherhood is such a special role that we as women have. i am so grateful for the opportunity to be a mom and to raise my precious boy. i am so grateful for my Savior that gives me the strength and guidance everyday to be the mom he wants me to be. i am not perfect, but i sure am trying to be a better mom everyday! luckily i have such awesome examples to follow.

i hope everyone had a wonderful mothers day :)

boston&new york

my sister melanie lives in boston and i’ve been wanting to go visit her so bad, but just didn’t think it was going to ever happen. well, we made it happen finally! my little sibs and i took a trip to see her last week. we had such a blast! we are all so close so we had fun teasing each other, laughing over inside jokes, sleepovers in mel’s tiny {but adorable} room, and just spending quality sib time together :)

on thursday morning we drove to new york and spent thursday night in the bronx and then spent all friday in nyc and headed back to boston late friday night. we were all a little nervous to be sleeping in the bronz and had no idea what our hotel would be like. it ended up being super nice! we wanted to stay there longer!

new york consisted of a picnic in central park, the american museum of natural history, the shake shack for dinner, yummy cupcakes for dessert, nyc temple, times square, forever 21, h&m, statue of liberty {3 hour line just to get on the ferry!}, ellis island, wall street, ground zero, starbucks hot chocolate, chinatown, mcdonalds ice cream, and lots of subway rides!

central park

   

subway rides

   

ground zero

Boston consisted of John Adam’s house, Eagles deli, Crema Cafe, JP Licks ice cream, Harvard square, shopping, Freedom trail {USS Constitution, location of boston massacre, bunker hill monument, paul revere’s house, old north church, historical cemetery, Easter dinner with friends, really yummy pizza, homemade burritos made my mel, she’s the man, mary poppins, singles ward, canoli’s from mike’s pastry’s, and lots of walking!

Harvard

 

 

John Adam’s house

U.S.S Consitution

 

Paul Revere’s house

Bunker hill monument

cemetery where paul revere and john hancock are burried

i love MEL!

cool firehouse

 

Thanks for being an awesome tour guide Mel! Love and miss you!!!

Oh, and a huge thanks to my mom, reagan, katie, and of course brig for helping out with maddix! :)

24

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIG!

on saturday brig turned 24. i just laugh every time he says that he’s past his prime, his body is falling apart, and his metabolism is now coming to a halt.

we celerated with….

Oregano’s wings & free birthday pasookie, out to see a movie, cycling class at the gym, new shoes for him, new suit for maddix :), lunch at YC’s, relaxing afternoon, no yard work, playing in the backyard, family walk, cousin’s wedding reception, joe’s farm grill, an attempted movie night at siblings {maddix killed that one}, church on sunday, and dinner at my parents house. what a fun weekend.

brig, thanks for being such an awesome guy. i am so lucky to be married to such a handsome, smart, athletic, talented, kind, loving guy. thanks for always loving me no matter what. you’re the best! can’t wait to spend lots more birthdays with you! i love you!

{tan square= brig does not like to show off his large muscles online.}

p.s. i’m heading out of town on wednesday with little brother and sister. nervous to leave my boys, but excited to see mel and the amazing boston AND new york!!!