6 Years!

Billy and I celebrated our wedding anniversary yesterday. It’s been 6 years! It was nice that it landed on a Friday night. My sister Natalie was really sweet and watched Ryan for us so Billy and I (Dani came along too) could go on a date. I finished reading The Help this week and loved it. I told Billy I wanted to see the movie. He suggested that we go see it for our anniversary. I look up nearby theatres and only 1 had it still playing in theatres and the only time was in the morning. Since Billy had to work yesterday I decided that we’d just wait and go see it when it moves to the dollar theatre and that we’d do something else instead. Being the sweet guy Billy is, he called me from work yesterday and said that he found a theatre in Awatukee that was still playing The Help and that he thought we should go. We grabbed dinner (fast food because we were short on time) and saw the movie.  We opted to not get dessert after since Ryan had already been at my sister’s for over 4 hours…Billy made us milkshakes instead. It was a fun date and wonderful to have some time together..oh and if you’re wondering, Dani did awesome at the movie. Didn’t cry once!

I’m so grateful for Billy and the amazing man that he is. I’m so happy we have 2 beautiful girls and that we are an eternal family! I love you Billy!

My Favorite Things…

 

The other day I saw Ryan holding her blank, her special balloon she got when Dani was born, sticker book (when I took the picture she put it down on the table), sunglasses on, and her bracelet on her arm (one of my hair things that she likes to call her bracelet). These are some of her all-time favorite things. I thought it was so funny that she was walking around while holding all of these items…I had to take a picture!

Fun in the Tub…

All I have to say is that this little girl loves taking a bath!

Dani: 4 weeks old.

1 month

I’ve been slacking at blogging lately…actually, there’s 2 words for it: Two kids! I started teaching preschool again this week and teaching preschool combined with a 2-year old, newborn, calling, and life I  am so busy. Dani is now 5 weeks old, but Billy took these pictures at her 1 month mark.

The photo shoot didn’t start out too well.

Then it got much better and we got these super cute pictures.

This Year’s Picture…

 

Every year Billy draws a picture on the whiteboard of his seminary classroom. The picture stays up all year. It takes many different thicknesses of permanent markers, a lot of patience, several hours, and a steady hand; but the final outcome is always marvelous.

I Love to See the Temple…

This past Sunday we took Martha to the Temple to walk around the grounds. It was a beautiful evening. It’s finally starting to cool off in AZ. This is the weather Billy and I love and we can’t wait to start wearing winter clothes.

My sweet Ryan girl!

Dani is 2 days shy of 3 weeks in the picture. Ryan adores her. We definitely have to watch her every move (she’s already offered to help pick her up), but she’s learning.

Our family! It’s amazing to see the similarities and differences between Ryan and Dani. Dani looks a lot like Ryan did at this age, but her complexion is darker and her hair is a lot darker than Ryan’s was. Ryan would wake up every time you put her down to sleep; while Dani loves being snugged she does take naps on her own without being held. Billy and I are in love with these 2 little girls.

Grandma Blair Comes to Visit…

Billy’s mom came to help last week. She was here for a whole week and we had a lot of fun having her. She made dinner for us just about every night and Ryan loved helping her cook. She played, read books, cooked, and did lots of snugging. Since I don’t have my mom here to help it was so nice having Martha here. Thank you for coming Grandma! We really appreciated all the help!