Cemetary Trip

On Thursday I decided that my girls needed to see the graves of some of their other family members since we were in the Valley anyway.  My sister, Heather, and sister-in-law, Allie and I packed our kids up and headed out for the Mesa City Cemetery.  I have quite a bit of family that is buried there and wanted to show my girls that there are other cemeteries besides the one here in Taylor.

Addie couldn't get over how big the place was!  I told her that it was a lot bigger than ours and when she saw it all she could say was, "you're right Mom, it's huge!"

The only regret that I have is that we didn't take flowers.  We were in a rush to get there and see everything that I let it slip through the cracks. 

We first stopped off at my Great-Grandpa and Grandma Norton's graves but unfortunately the ground in their area had just been irrigated so we didn't get to see them.  Next we headed towards the Richardson's.

Here are Kennedy and Addie at my Uncle LeRoy's (my Dad's brother) grave.  

He died the same day he was born. 

Little Kimbie at my Great-Grandpa and Grandma

Richardson's grave.  Ironically, he died exactly 10 years, to the day, before I was born.  They were wonderful people who left the Richardson family with a great legacy.  If your last name is Richardson and you have never heard the phrase "What will you do with our name?" then I question your relationship.

And this is one of the best parts for Addie.  She got to see the headstone of one of the people that she is named after.  Addie was pretty excited and when I showed her that Wendy was an actual person, it brought it all full circle for her.

We also stopped off at the grave of my friend Stephanie Hise.  I was pleased to see that since the last time I was there, she now has a gorgeous headstone.  One of these days I will have to write about Stephanie and what a good-hearted person she was.  I am sure that my Anasazi Friends know just what I mean.

Cemetary Trip

On Thursday I decided that my girls needed to see the graves of some of their other family members since we were in the Valley anyway.  My sister, Heather, and sister-in-law, Allie and I packed our kids up and headed out for the Mesa City Cemetery.  I have quite a bit of family that is buried there and wanted to show my girls that there are other cemeteries besides the one here in Taylor.

Addie couldn't get over how big the place was!  I told her that it was a lot bigger than ours and when she saw it all she could say was, "you're right Mom, it's huge!"

The only regret that I have is that we didn't take flowers.  We were in a rush to get there and see everything that I let it slip through the cracks. 

We first stopped off at my Great-Grandpa and Grandma Norton's graves but unfortunately the ground in their area had just been irrigated so we didn't get to see them.  Next we headed towards the Richardson's.

Here are Kennedy and Addie at my Uncle LeRoy's (my Dad's brother) grave.  

He died the same day he was born. 

Little Kimbie at my Great-Grandpa and Grandma

Richardson's grave.  Ironically, he died exactly 10 years, to the day, before I was born.  They were wonderful people who left the Richardson family with a great legacy.  If your last name is Richardson and you have never heard the phrase "What will you do with our name?" then I question your relationship.

And this is one of the best parts for Addie.  She got to see the headstone of one of the people that she is named after.  Addie was pretty excited and when I showed her that Wendy was an actual person, it brought it all full circle for her.

We also stopped off at the grave of my friend Stephanie Hise.  I was pleased to see that since the last time I was there, she now has a gorgeous headstone.  One of these days I will have to write about Stephanie and what a good-hearted person she was.  I am sure that my Anasazi Friends know just what I mean.

"Monters"

When there are "scary monters" in your room and all else fails, crawl in bed with your big sister.  That makes everything better.

"Monters"

When there are "scary monters" in your room and all else fails, crawl in bed with your big sister.  That makes everything better.

The Belly

My girls have really enjoyed watching my belly grow from week to week.  In their minds I am going to be incapacitated before this baby arrives.  They say things like, "Mom, pretty soon you won't be able to do this because your belly will be too big."  They normally say that while I am tucking them in bed, buckling them into their car seats or something like that.  The only thing they may be right about is "pretty soon you won't be able to lift me up because your belly will be in the way."  And they love to touch it.  Addie always puts her hand on it to feel the baby move and says "I feel something hard right here."  9 times out of 10 she is wrong, but I let her think it anyway.

They have made this pregnancy so fun and such an adventure.  It's been great not knowing what we're having because we feel no rush to prepare one way or the other, just enjoy each day of it.

And so here we are at 26 weeks-

PS- I just got a message on Facebook from someone requesting me as a friend.  They asked if I was really having twins or if that is just a rumor.  I'm not going to reply just to drive them nuts!!!

The Belly

My girls have really enjoyed watching my belly grow from week to week.  In their minds I am going to be incapacitated before this baby arrives.  They say things like, "Mom, pretty soon you won't be able to do this because your belly will be too big."  They normally say that while I am tucking them in bed, buckling them into their car seats or something like that.  The only thing they may be right about is "pretty soon you won't be able to lift me up because your belly will be in the way."  And they love to touch it.  Addie always puts her hand on it to feel the baby move and says "I feel something hard right here."  9 times out of 10 she is wrong, but I let her think it anyway.

They have made this pregnancy so fun and such an adventure.  It's been great not knowing what we're having because we feel no rush to prepare one way or the other, just enjoy each day of it.

And so here we are at 26 weeks-

PS- I just got a message on Facebook from someone requesting me as a friend.  They asked if I was really having twins or if that is just a rumor.  I'm not going to reply just to drive them nuts!!!

Faith

Monday was gorgeous.  I told the girls that we were going to wear capri's and stay outside all day.  And that's just what we did.  At dinner that night Jared told the girls they smelled like they had been swimming because of the sunscreen.  I love it!

Then Tuesday came and brought the wind with it.  Wednesday was worse.  But, I haven't been grocery shopping (other than picking up some milk and eggs) in well over a month so I finally decided that it was time to get a few necessities.  (I am still protesting getting everything we really need, I just get enough to get us by.  I kind of like the get-by-with-what-you-have game.)  So I checked the weather and saw that it was going get nasty after 11 am.  We hurried ourselves up, ran to the store, got everything on our list and headed home.  Once we pulled in we all sat in the truck trying to muster up the courage to get out and unload our groceries.  We even contemplated staying in there all day watching DVD's.  Then Addie had the brightest idea!

"Mom, I know.  Why don't you say a prayer to Heavenly Father and say 'Heavenly Father, please make the wind go away.'"