My brother got married!!

On May 23rd my brother got married to Sharon. We love her and we are glad she is a part of our family! The day started off a little stressful. They had an outside wedding and the wind was blowing all day and it was raining a bit. But we kept at decorating and with a lot of prayer and faith we didn't move it inside. We got it all out with a few do overs because the wind would knock it over or blow it across the yard. About 30 minutes to when it was suppose to start it started raining and it was freezing cold. I ran home to get ready (I had 20 minutes to shower and get ready and to be back). I took the girls with me to do their hair. Maelie was so concerned about the weather so I told her to pray while I was in the shower. I heard her start to pray. I got out of the shower and was getting ready when she ran in and Yelled "MOM Heavenly Father heard my prayer, the rain and wind stopped." Sure enough it had and the sun came out and it was such a great wedding. The rest of the night was so pretty and wonderful. We love Sharon and her 3 girls that have joined our family!! Such a great day!

Maelie and Bryan's Dance recital!

Maelie had her dance recital and the neat thing about this one, is that she got to perform with her dad. They did the cutest daddy daughter dance to burning love. Her awesome teacher Shannon did such a great job teaching these girls and their uncoordinated dads this dance!! Bryan and Maelie worked so hard and they rocked the stage. I am so very proud of them. This years Dance Recitals theme was smawesome. Maelies little dance friend Lilly was diagnosed with leukemia and it was dedicated to her. She has a word of the day to help her get through each day and the day our Dance instructor went to visit that was the word. So as a dance studio they decided to make it a fundraiser to help lilly and her family! It was so neat and lilly even go to come to the beginning of each recital and tell us all the rules. They also showed an awesome video of her and her journey. Such a sweet little girl and an SMAWESOME recital!!

Malie and her Dance Teacher Shannon

Malie and her good friend Gracie

Daddy and Maelie

Miss Lilly 

Maelie's dance friends

Parkers 2nd grade field trip.

I got to go with Parker on his 2nd grade field trip. We went to This is the Place Park. Parker loved it. We had a good bus ride up. Parker and I looked for all the old houses that we thought were really cool. He has a good eye. We got to do Pioneer chores, see all the animals and see how yarn is made. He wants to go back over summer break to try all the other things they have to do. I love being a stay at home mom so I can go on these things with my kids. I love spending time with Parker and I could tell he was proud that I was with him.

Maelie's 6th Birthday!!

My little Maelie Moo turned 6. Where in the world did time go? She is such a sweet little girl and loves to help around the house. She is really laid back like her daddy and she just goes with the flow. She is such a joy to have in our family. This year she had a friend party and she chose to go to build a bear. I told her she could only invite a few friends to go with us. It was so much fun and the kids loved it! And not to mention it was an easy birthday party to prepare. No work at all!! Here is a little about her at age 6

Best friends: Gracie, Madison, Isaac and Sophie
Favorite show: Daddy Day care
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite thing to do: Dance, math and reading
What she want to be when she grows up: A vet, doctor, police, fireman and chef.
Favorite thing she did this last year: Started School
Worst thing she did last year? Got her Tonsils out.

Elaine S Dalton

A few weeks ago our Elaine S Dalton came to our Stake and spoke to our relief society sisters. It was such a neat meeting. She talked about how we are all special in our own way and we are all sisters of our Heavenly Father. It was such a great and spiritual meeting.  She was so inspired that I even heard that she felt a prompting from the Lord to talk to very specific women and girls after the meeting. I only hope to be as close to the Lord one day as she is!! I was so happy I got to attend it with my mom. It was a great way to start off a weekend!!

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. We started off with a money Easter egg hunt at Grandma Jan and grandpa Dan's on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and the kids got a lot of money!! The kids loved it!

This year was a little different. The Easter Bunny wasn't able to hide eggs around the house because he was afraid the little mice friends would eat the candy out of the eggs. So we all just got easter basket set up really high full of candy and money and stuffed animals. The kids loved it, but they were a bit sad about the eggs!! Oh well next year! We had a great Sunday program and loved being able to attend church and learn more about the savior on this special day of His!

After Church we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Jeri and Kevins for Easter dinner and Easter gift hunt for the kids. Boy did they get a lot of fun stuff. They were in Heaven and spoiled rotten! They look forward to this every year! So much fun! We love Easter!!!