My baby is 2!!!

I am a little behind but last week Maelie turned 2 years old. I can't believe how fast is has gone!!! She is getting so big and so funny. She talks non stop and is a little sassy pants. We had a big family birthday party for her. We started off the night with a birthday dinner to Red Robin, we then had all the family over to our house for cake and ice cream. Once again aunt Squirt (Elisha) pulled off and awesome cake. Maelie wanted a barbie cake and Aunt squirt did a fantastic job (even if she did have to amputate barbies legs below the knee to fit it her in the cake). So thanks a bunch Squirt!!! She got spoiled rotten from everyone and she loved everything she got. She is such a girly girl, she was so excited when she pulled out clothes and shoes!!! It was a fun night!!! Here are some of her favorites at this time in her life.

favorite friend: Parker and Carson
Favorite food: Veggies or candy
Favorite Movie: Barbie movies or little mermaid of princess and the frog
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite toy: Barbies and babies
Favorite book: Any just wants you to read to her
Favorite thing to do: Follow mommy around and do everything she does!!!

She is such a joy in our family and she for sure keeps us on our toes!! We love her very very much.Also I took her in for her 2 year old appt and boy was it an experience. She HATES the Dr. and nurses or anybody who wears scrubs!!! She wouldn't let them measure her so I had to hold her down, then they wouldn't let her weigh her so I had to hold her and get on the scale weigh both of us and then weigh just me, let me tell you it was awesome!!!! She freaked out when the Dr checked her over and don't even get me started when we had to give her shots!!! It was an experience for sure. But she is just a tiny little thing. She weighed 21 pounds so she is still in the 1% she is in the 50% in height and about the 35% for head. But boy she makes up for all of it in attitude!!!

Arbor Day Contest

Every Year Murray City Does and Arbor day art contest. All the kids in the Elementary and pre-school get to participate. They turned in their painted, drawn, colored pictures to the city and they choose one person from every grade from every school. Then the take about 10 from the 50+ students and see who would win at a City level. If they win at City level they plant a tree in the City with a plaque of the students name and year they won. Well Parker won the contest from his school and he won at a city level. He has a tree planted in his name at the nature center in Murray. It was a really neat thing and he was really excited. They had a big program for all the winner and presented them with awards and had a big lunch for them and the parents. We took him over to see his tree and he asked where the shovel was? I asked him why? He said "We need to dig it out so I can take it home." It was pretty funny. We explained that is had to stay there but we could come back and see it whenever we wanted to. Here are some pictures. It was a really really cold day so we don't have a ton.

Easter pictures I forgot I took!!!

Here are more pictures of Easter. Bryan and I dyed eggs with the kids. They loved it!!! We only dyed about 10 eggs but that was more than enough for us. The night before Easter The kids got to plant magic Jelly beans to see what would grow and be waiting for them in the morning. Little did we know it would snow that night, but to their delight the magic Jelly beans grew Easter Bunny heresy kisses!!! Parker thought that this was the coolest things ever. The Easter Bunny also left them a ton of prizes, Movies, ponies, capes, candy, cameras, abc fridge toys etc... I think They had a Great Easter!!!

Easter weekend!!

We had a wonderful Easter. It was so relaxing to just be home and to watch conference. Parker and Maelie were spoiled!!! They first had an Easter egg and present hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Jorgensen's on Saturday morning!!! They first fed us all the BEST breakfast and then it was time for the kids to do the hunt!! They got all sorts of candy and books and the cutest clothes ever!!! They loved it and Parker couldn't wait to go and find his presents!!!




Parker was so excited and talked about the Easter bunny so much that I thought it was time to teach him about the real meaning of Easter. So I talked to him and told him that Easter was about Jesus being resurrected, and I explained to him what that meant and then I told him to tell me what it was about and he explained it back to me just the way I told him. Well that night at dinner I told him to tell Bryan what Easter was about. Here is the conversation.
Me: Tell Dad what Easter is about
Parker: It is when Jesus was.... thinking
Me: Come on you know
Parker: It is when Jesus was Pregnant!!

Bryan and I were laughing so hard, so needless to say we gave him the lesson all over again. I think the only big word he knew that was close to resurrection was pregnant. What a funny kid.

Then Sunday we had Easter over at my Parents with my Brother and Sister and there families and then my Aunt Annette and Uncle John and my Cousin Mike and his wife Bailey and there kids!!! It was so much fun. We had a wonderful lunch and a the kids did a pinata and had an egg hunt. Parker found the golden egg this year with a $5 dollar bill!!! It was a lot of fun. I forgot my camera so I didn't get pictures so I stole this one off Bailey's blog!!!

This boy loves to Swim!!!

We put Parker into swim lessons and he loved it!!! He did such a great job!!! Everyday he looked forward to going to his class and playing in the water in fact we had to be there early because he just couldn't handle waiting and longer. This boy is not afraid of water at all!!! He loved to jump off the side into the deep end and watching that made me grateful we had him in a swim class!!! He was so good and I was so proud of him. We had to take a break so he could take a Soccer and T-ball class, but as soon as they are over we are back to the swim lessons!!!

Playing on the Utah Jazz Home court!!!

Everyone at Bryan's work had the opportunity to go and play basketball at the Energy Solutions Arena!!! They let all the little kids come early and play and then the big boys got to play for a few hours. It was really really neat. I have never been down on that floor and looking up you realize just how big that place really is. Parker thought it was so cool to play basketball on the Utah Jazz home court.He also got a Utah Jazz bag, Tattoos and Frisbee. He was in Heaven. Maelie just liked to run and play and climb up the bleachers. But I think the most excited of us all was Bryan!!! Boy was he so excited to go and play with the guys from work. The whole week leading up to this day they were trash talking each other and just ready for a good game on a pro court!!! Of course Bryan got pushed the first game and had a huge bruises on his knees and elbows, but he thought it was cool because he not only played on the court, he got hurt on the court too. He continued to play the rest of the time, but when he got home he had a hard time walking and he had a knee that was swollen. But like I said he was proud!!! It was an awesome experience and we are so thankful that Bryan works for such a great company!!!

Family fun at the zoo

Bryan and I decided to take the kids to the Zoo on presidents day. It was a little rainy and cold, but kids loved it and most of the animals were out and about, plus it wasn't very busy because of the rain. Towards the end we were cold and ready to leave but we still have a good time. We love spending time together.

On our way to the Zoo

The BYU cougar
SissyWE Love having Daddy with us!!!!

Touched by a strong little boy!!!

I usually don't do post where I express my feelings (mostly because I am not good with words). I usually just blog on what has been happening with my family, but today I feel that I need to share my thoughts. Things have been crazy around here lately and I have been a little stresses out. Little things have been driving me crazy, like having a messy house all the time, or my kids fighting and screaming or just having to be home all day with no adult interaction or having to fix our car and it costing a fortune. These things are small, but to me lately they have seemed big and out of control. That is until today, today I realized that these are not just small things these are tiny little things compared to what other people go through. Let me tell you a little about a boy that has touched my heart. I don't know him personally and I have never met him or his family, but my heart goes out to them. My nephew Kaden has a really good friend named Spencer. Last month Spencer was diagnosed with cancer. Kaden is always doing stuff to make his good friend feel better and it is so sweet. Spencer has touched my heart more than he will ever know. He makes me realize that I should not worry about the small stuff. What him and his family are going through makes my heart ache!!! I could not imagine having a child with cancer. You can read about his story on his blog http://www.mysuperspence.blogspot.com/ Make sure you have a box of tissues when reading!!! Like I said I don't know him but he will always be in my prayers!!! What a strong little boy and what a crappy thing to go through!!!! As you can see that I am not the best with words, but this little boy could use all the prayers he can get and I felt I needed to pass his story along!!! Pray for Spencer!!!

A little behind!!! AGAIN!!! Enjoy our New Years!!!

My husband told me today that he was tired of looking at my Christmas blog. So here I go again. Bryan and I hosted a awesome new years eve party for our families. It was a Blast. We did a Murder Mystery Dinner. The Theme was Las Vegas. We had a lot of fun!!! Everyone came dressed up and looked awesome!!! Bryan ended up being murdered. He played his part very well. But then again so did everyone!!! If you haven't done a Murder Mystery Dinner Party I highly recommend doing one. I got mine off the Internet so that we could have more people play. Most games you buy at the store only 6-8 people can play, but the one we bought off the Internet 18 people could play. We had a dang good spaghetti dinner and it was a fun fun night!!! We love being with our family and we love that they get into this stuff!!! Enjoy some pictures of our FUN night!!!

As you can see we had a Blast!!! These are some wild and Crazy people I am related to!!!!!!