Still Dancing

Well, wasn't I a proud mom a few months back when I posted about how cute Mae was in her dance attire, all pink and leg-warmered up.  Well, boy am I proud now.  Mae had her first dance performance.  Now these are all firsts for me,  you seasoned mothers probably have been through some pretty funny ones.  I expected some wrong turns, a hat malfunction, even crying if necessary, but what Mae gave me was so much funnier.  She stood there with girls on either side just staring.  Not just looking, but she had an expression on her face like, "What in the world are you fools doing?".  Dave got mad at me because he thought she was crying but I could tell she wasn't she just was not going to dance.  My Father in law said I should get a refund on the lessons but I thought it was worth every penny that was the funniest thing I had seen in a while.  I was crying, I was laughing so hard.  And the funny thing is...She was the star of the show without lifting a toe!

Make-Up Lessons

Make-up Lessons, Make-up Lessons for a limited time only Elle has decided to offer lessons on make-up application.  She has many techniques that will get you noticed!  If you are interested just bring any brushes, shadows, creams you would like mixed and ruined.  Although a unique look, we expect her appointment book to fill up, so please book today!  

P.S.  The fees for the lesson are just the price of your favorite cosmetics.

Snow Crazy

If you ever want to feel like a kid again go jump in the snow! My girls and I were driving home on a beautiful day and I thought what the hey. So we got bundled up and headed out. I towed them up and down our street, threw snow balls at them and took some pics. Two hours later and a lot of "snow cones" they finally wanted to come in. That was so awesome I can't wait till they snowboard (but by then they will probably be too cool for mom). Oh well we had fun for now.
My little Elle was having a sweet snow picnic.

Updated

Thank you all who have commented. I got some news. My next little one could take some more time getting here. I got pregnant so fast, too fast I guess, I am no longer prego. But I know my children will come. So with that, thanks again.

On a lighter note, I have two little chicks to keep me busy. Yesterday we played in the snow for two hours. We made a lop-sided snowman and tried sledding without a hill (doesn't work that well). Maybe in a couple more years we will refine the art of snow play. We had a blast! Love my girls!

A Mother

Well, after 7+ years of trying to get pregnant, adopting our little angel Mae, 9 months and 10 days later having sweet Elle. Elle is now 2 1/2 and we are please to announce after 1 month of trying we are pregnant again! That just goes to show how important it was that we have our daughter Mae. Every time I think of how sweet she is, the blessing she is to us, I think about her birth mother "Katie". I am so grateful to her that she had the wisdom at such a young age to sacrifice her own feelings to give Mae a better life. Not because Katie couldn't love her, or wouldn't give her things. But gave Mae instead a mother, a father, a little sister and now another child who will love her. We can not imagine our lives without her. All this because one girl let herself grow in ways we will never understand. That is what I think about when I am pregnant. I am so grateful for the love of a young mother who changed our family.

I guess it is time to update. Well, we have been very busy with Thanksgiving. The one thing I am grateful for is the health of my little family. This past four weeks my friend Mindi and I have worked with many volunteers to do a Marrow drive. What that means is getting people who are willing to literally give of themselves to help save a life. It sounds like a cliche, but it has been amazing. There is a nine year old girl in our ward with leukemia and we, along with others, have been trying to help her family. If people knew how easy it was, my hope would be others would join. In case you want to know more...marrow.org. This has reminded me of how important we all are to each other, we survive sometimes through the kindness of those around us. We all have challenges and we need to not judge. Amen sister!