Summer in Florida

Florida is a wonderful place; Beautiful beaches, warm winters, awesome thunder storms, and lots of sunshine, but the summers are hot and humid!! Leslie loves to play outside and is always begging to go out so I have to be ready with a bunch of activities to keep her occupied. Thankfully we have some wonderful friends here that she can play with. We have been going to the beach every week which has been great. We've made butterfly feeders, gone to the mall playground, eaten lots of frozen yogurt, but mostly played and played in water. Leslie and James both love the pool! Summer is great, even if it's 95 degrees with like 90%humidity! 

Father's Day

I wanted to make Bryson something special for Father's Day this year. I took some cute pictures of him with the kids and made some presents. I asked Leslie some questions about her Daddy. Her answers were so cute. According to her, he is 5 years old, loves beans, and My Little Ponies. From James I made a hand print thing. Bryson served his mission in Louisiana, so for dinner I surprised him with some fried shrimp Po Boys. He loved it! I am so grateful to have such a carling, thoughtful, hard working husband. Our family is so blessed. 

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend this year! We dyed eggs and Leslie loved it. She was so cute watching them as they changed color. Of course she wanted them all to be pink! She is such a girly girl. After dying eggs we went over to one of Leslie's best friends house and had an egg hunt. She got so excited when she found one. It was fun to watch the two girls. Leslie just wanted to find more eggs, while her friend stopped and ate the candy in each egg she found. :) On Sunday, our ward had a wonderful meeting. I love the music of Easter time. I can always feel the spirit so strongly through music. I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and His love for me. 

                             

General Conference

This past weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to hear the words of living prophets and apostles. It is such a marvelous opportunity to learn. Now when you listen to Conference with a two year old, you definitely don’t hear every word of every talk. You try to listen while you color, get snacks, change diapers, and chase your little one around. Although I didn't hear all of the Conference, I felt it. I could feel the spirit stirring within me as I watched. I am so grateful to have the light of the gospel in my life; for the knowledge of my Savior, Jesus Christ, and the cleansing and enabling power of His atonement. I have personally felt its power in my life. I know the He lives and is at the head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  He speaks to us through the Prophet, Thomas S. Monson.  I know these things to be true and want to share this message with my family, friends, and all those I meet. 

Kids Are So Fun!

 I love being a Mom!! Sometimes it is hard and it takes a lot of sacrifice but it is also incredibly fun! Leslie and James are amazing kids with such wonderful personalities. They make me laugh every single day. Here are some fun moments from the past month:

Here's Leslie and Daddy decorating the King Cake cupcakes we made for Mardi Gras. 

When Mommy isn't looking....

James is getting so big. Isn't he such a cutie!

I pulled out the walker toy for James to try out yesterday and he loved it. He was so cute playing with the toys. And of course once James was playing in it Leslie had to play with it too. Thankfully we have two so she got to play too. :) Silly girl.

Our Big-Girl

We finally did it! Bryson and I have been talking about having Leslie get rid of her pacifier (or "Mine Mine" as she calls it) and we did it a few weeks ago. She hadn't had it during the day for a few months but she always had it when she slept. And she was pretty attached to it.I was worried we were going to have some really rough nights when she didn't have it but she did pretty well. The first few nights she woke up a few times but it was a lot better than I was imagining.We decided it would be the best if Leslie decided to give away her pacifiers herself so for a week or so we talked to her about being a big girl and giving away her mine mines to babies who needed them and that if she did she would get a big girl present. We had her collect all of her binkis and put them in a bag and them in the mail box to send to the babies who needed them. She was really excited about being a big girl. While Daddy took her out to mail her mine mines, I got her big girl present out. Lesle loves My Little Pony so we got her a backpack with a few coloring books, crayons, stickers, and the movie Frozen in it.  She loved it. She was so excited. That night when we put her to bed she cried about her mine mines but she calmed down when we reminded her she gave them away. She woke up that night two times but she calmed down relatively quickly with some singing. The next night she was better and she is doing great now. She still talks about giving her mine mines to the kids who needed them but she isn't sad about it at all. I am so proud of her but this step also makes me a little sad. My little girl is growing up so fast! It is crazy. I am so glad to be her Mom. She is such a special light to our family. She loves giving hugs and kisses at random times throughout the day. She brings so much joy! Even though it is sad to see her growing up so quickly, I am excited to see the wonderful girl she is becoming. 

Spring Time Fun

We had so much fun playing in the backyard this weekend. Leslie has such a fun personality. She is so independent! She loves wearing her sunglasses.

Sitting Up

James is growing up so fast! He rolled over this week and he loves sitting up in his Bumbo. What a cutie!

Disney World with Cousins!

 We were able to go to Disney World yesterday and meet Shane, Charrli and the girls. It was so much fun! Leslie absolutely loved playing with Attie and Bella. They were so cute and sweet with her. Cousins are the best! 

 James did great! He even got to go on quite a few rides. 

 Leslie had a blast at the splash pad. It's great to live in Florida where you can play in the water in March!

 The babies! They were so cute with each other. Callie loved reaching out to James and he was smiling at her the whole time.

Splish Splash, Laughing in the Bath

James is now full on giggling and I LOVE it! Baby laughs are about the best sound in the whole world. He started out laughing a little as we changed him a few days ago but now he's graduated to the full on laugh. Here's a video of him laughing in the bath. You're welcome. :)