Wonderful.

My sweet husband had one of the most amazing experiences of his life last month. His was sealed to his parents in the Orlando Temple. It was so sweet to see his parents take each other by the hands and kneel across that sacred alter to seal their marriage for eternity. I am so thankful for the knowledge that we have of eternal marriage and for temples on the earth today where we can make those sacred covenants.

Erin

(Like a month ago!) We had the opportunity to visit with my cute sister, Erin! She was visiting a friend in South Carolina, which is about four hours away, so we met halfway at a Chuck E. Cheese in Savannah, GA.

She is currently expecting a baby girl, whom she is placing for adoption with a family who I am absolutely over the moon about. I've never met them, but I've read their blog and seen their profile and they are without a doubt the best family to raise my sweet niece. They have waited for five years to have a baby and my sister gets to be the one to give them their first daughter!

Erin and Dallin

My son, the crazy boy :)

SUCH a brat. She's SIX MONTHS PREGNANT and still in her skinny jeans!

We just can't seem to get rid of that lollipop, can we?

Well...maybe for one quick kiss ♥

In case you were wondering...

This is what my kids look like on a two hour car trip:

(and no, I'm not a crappy photographer - the pictures are blurry because they were dancing fools!)

Sea World!

One of the (few) fantastic things about living in Florida is that if you go once to Sea World, you get to go back the rest of the year for FREE! (Except the $12 parking fee...stupid). Mike and I had a weekend off together (unheard of lately) so we took the kids down to Orlando for a couple of nights for a little family trip. We got a hotel on the cheap from priceline.com and had a WONDERFUL time!

Picture overload:

Dallin and Hayden in front of the new roller coaster "Manta" while Mike was riding.
(By the way - the back is WAY better than the front of this ride!)

My Hunka Hunka Burnign Love with my two favorite little boys patiently waiting for the Dolphin Show to start

A weird, random peacock lady during the dolphin show

That looks like so much fun to me!

This is pretty much how Hayden looks all the time. He's got some strange faces!

This is as close to the Manta roller coaster he's going to get for awhile!

Chillaxin all day long

It struck me hard how much I look like a MOM in this picture! Weird!
And notice the face on Hayden...he sure does love me :)

Strapped in for a ride!

I love how HUGE Mike looks compared to the other munchkins

This was Hayden's favorite ride

I wonder how much these guys get paid to dress up in these ridiculous costumes...
they were really entertaining though!

Hayden getting in on the drumming action

He sure is a goofy looking thing...

Feeding the dolphins

Sweet (Potato) Smile!

Tonight at dinner...

I made some super fantastic Sloppy Joes for Hayden and me and our dinner conversation went something like this:

Hayden: "This is so, so good"

Me: "Good! I'm glad I found something that you like, Hayden"

Hayden: "Congratulations, Mommy!"

Overheard

"Dallin! You did not make a good choice! Go to time out!"

"This is aggerbating me! Whetever!"

"Mommy, I just love you so much"

"Ah hah! I gotta gest idea"
(Not sure if that is a cross between "great" and "best", but it's cute either way)

A quick update

I just know that I am going to regret my lack of blogging someday. I don't take near enough pictures!

Dallin is a healthy six month old. His poor pitiful appointment is tomorrow, so I'll post official stats after work. He has to get four shots. FOUR! So sad.

Hayden is now in Sunbeams and has been doing WONDERFUL. I am told he sits in his chair very reverently and is so happy to be there. He gets so sad if he gets sick and misses it.

Mike is still working as a detail supervisor and he will be getting his A.S. degree at the end of this semester. He'll start the bachelor's program in the summer.

I am trying (not so successfully) to be crafty. I'm working on a project that flopped the first time, so I'm going to try again and will post pictures when I'm done. I'm still working at Ann Taylor and recently received a promotion to "Sales Lead" which is basically another key holder.

Some changes in our family are around the corner, and I'll be sure to keep this blog a little more updated...

Pictures tomorrow(ish)!

Buds

Today was a fantastic day for the park. The boys and I met up with some of the amazing girls from church for playgroup, where Hayden had some fun running around...but there is a small problem...he was the ONLY boy! The boys at church are SEVERELY outnumbered by about five to one (They'll love it in a few years, I'm sure). It was great to be outside and fun for me to chit chat with the tall people.

The weather was just too wonderful to go back home for the afternoon, so after some chicken nuggets and milk, much to Hayden's delight, we headed out to meet my lovely friend, Timi, and her son, Jace. Hayden loved to have someone that he could actually roughhouse with and I got in some Timi-time :)

Weeeeee