Mike Graduated from BYU!

 Mike participated in the commencement ceremonies this morning! I am so proud of him and all of the hard work and determination he had to finish his degree. He really is the smartest guy I know and worked really hard to get his BA.

 Here is Mike walking to get his degree, it made it all worth it when Lilly yelled "Good Job Daddy!" It actually brought tears to my eyes. Boy, this has been quite the journey and it really was a learning experience not only academically but spiritually. Mike and I have acomplished many things during these past four years and we are stronger and wiser because we now know we can do hard things and rise to the top.

The girls and I made Mike this awesome banner too :) it has a few of his favorite things on it, guns, trees, fish, stars and hearts :) Congrats Mike! Now, as BYU tells you to do "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve."

March 2012

March 2012

 Mike and I celebrated our 13th anniversary in February, but didn't really celebrate until March. We wanted to go to Zion's or Arches, but it was a blizzard, so we thought it best to just stay around town. We took the girls bowling and had a great time!

 Lilly had to have the pink ball :)

 We used a ramp for the kids and they really enjoyed being able to push the ball down the ramp.

 My older sister had her cute, chubby baby blessed in March and I was able to take a couple of cute photo's for her of baby Tanner. :) He is such a cute, pleasant baby I wish we lived closer so I could hold him more. Babies grow too quickly.

 I just love baby feet, especially in black and white.

 Is it Spring? Lilly's new favorite thing to do is climb up and down the slide, she is pretty darn fast at doing it too.

 Emma loves to 'ride' on her bike :) She hasn't figured out pedaling yet, but hopefully by the end of summer.

 Our family dog, Bryn is getting kind of old. But is still a very patient loving doggy. We all love our Brynny pooh.

February 2012

My grandma kindly reminded me yesterday that I haven't updated my blog since my post about Lilly's birthday, that was in JANUARY! Oops! I am going to post lots of pictures from the past few months to make up for my lack of blogginess :) (love ya Grandma) :)

February 2012

 Lilly and Emma love to help Mike cook us breakfast :) I love their morning hair :)

 Lilly's really cool snowman, she made it all by herself!

 I love this artsy photo of the girls, can you tell that Mike took it :)

Emma thought you had to lay down in the sled, Lilly was a good big sister and would drag Emma around the yard.

 Is it Spring? We had some crazy weather in February and we really enjoyed the nice sunny days.

 I think Lilly caught a bit of the Spring Fever!

This picture is pretty classic, Lilly sitting at the table doing about an hour of homework every day. She was tested at school and is at a 3rd grade reading level and has almost completed her first grade math. Lilly will be switching schools next year and joining a Chinese Immersion Program. I am pretty excited for her, I think this will be something that will challenge her and something that she will do really well in.

I will post March 2012 soon :)