Sugar 'n Spice

Alaria is turning in to such a big girl so fast! When she was born I remember telling my mom I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a little girl walking around the house. I never thought it would be so cute!
She is talking so much and will repeat everything you say! She knows what a doggy, kitty and birdy all say and she walks around talking all day. She gets so excited when she hears the garage door open every day because she knows it means that daddy is home. She loves to play with her brothers and loves her dollies and babies! She loves eating and is especially fond of meat. She loves to cuddle and give hugs and blow kisses. Bathtime is always a treat! She lays straight back in the water so she is lying on her back and kicks and splashes and laughs as hard as she can. She likes to climb now and I usually find her standing on the coffee table everytime I come into the room. She has also learned to say no and shake her head when she doesn't want something. It is so cute.
She is at such a fun stage and is definitely our little princess.

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes I just can't help life, and I don't want to share."

-Cole Gillespie, age 4

We had a really fun Memorial Day weekend. We were finally able to go down to visit my family. Of course the weather was horrible, but we had a great time. We really had a

Fun Stuff

Wow! What a fun and crazy weekend! Friday night I went with some friends in my neighborhood to the Stephenie Meyer book discussion and signing at Thanksgiving Point! It was so fun to be with so many excited fans and to hear her talk about her books and then actually meet her! We thought we were going to get stuck in there for hours waiting for our turn to get our books signed, but thanks to Jessa's sweet little baby, Keeley, we were given the chance to go up on stage after the second row and got through super fast!

Then on Saturday I met up with a couple of friends at the Provo Library for the Children's Book Festival and was able to meet Shannon Hale! These are my two very favorite authors and I got to meet them both in one weekend!! (I know, I have turned into a book nerd!!)
Then Jessa and I also met Brandon Mull and had him sign our Fablehaven books
Even Alaria was worn out after a crazy week! She is so particular about where she goes to sleep - she has to be in her bed! I was laughing SO hard when I found her asleep still standing up like this!

Saturday night we had pizza night with Kris' family while his sister Julie is in town. Just wait til you see what is behind these hands....
Gross or cute? I think Alaria likes chocolate cookies almost as much as me!
OK, I'm a little behind on blogging, but these are pictures from Mother's Day. I was so excited to come home from church and watch the Jazz game (So thankful for Tevo!) before we went to dinner so we make a carpet picnic for the kids so we could have lunch while we watched the game.

My cute kids. We took a bunch of pictures and I don't have a single one where everyone has their eyes open!

It Was Possible

Kris finished sinking our tramp last night! He dug the entire hole by hand with a shovel. We've never seen the boys so excited as when the tramp was finally going in (though I think they were just the tiniest bit sad that they couldn't slide down into the pit and dig anymore). The first thing they said when they woke up was that they wanted to go out and jump!

The beginning of the hole....
The boys were actually great little helpers and loved going out to work with daddy in the yard!
By the way....if anyone needs a lot of dirt - I know where you can get some!!

Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Well I don't know if I would exactly call it "sleeping" but this is where I "slept" last night.
Me and a neighbor went down to Borders at 2:30 a.m. to wait in line to get tickets to go to the Stephenie Meyer book signing and discussion. There were people that had been camped out since 2:00 Monday afternoon. I have never camped out for anything like this before, but it was actually quite fun!

The good points - we got tickets! and copies of her new book, The Host...also a caramel apple cider from Starbucks (yes, I actually cheated on the no sugar - but this one time it was worth it! It gets COLD out there in the wee hours of the morning!!) AND I still have the signing to look forward to on the 16th! Oh - and the movie Bella that I've been eager to see comes out today! Pretty good day!! (if I can just get in a little nap somewhere....)