A couple of weeks ago Mark was honor for being a Marine by the chamber of commerce. Each year they honor 2 service men from each branch of the military and Mark was nominated by his unit! I was a fun evening, with food and entertainment! This should be his last time getting in his uniform. Here are some pics!

Mark's presents for being honor!

Mark up on stage!



Being honored

First Big Accident

At the end of May we went camping with Mark's family! It was a lot of fun BUT Taylor had her first big fall... not so fun! She fell off the cool flat on her forhead=( It was horrible to see and hear, she could not stop herself with her hands so it was really scary. She was screaming and we ran into our tent, both Mark and I where very shaken up after seeing her little head hit pavement. She was screaming and her nose was bleeding and we where worried she might have a concusion. Thank goodness Mark was able to give her a blessing and couple minutes later we where still worried and she was fine! She healed very fast but I did snap some pics~

Wheeler Farm

On Memorial Day we went to Wheeler Farm and had a pinic and walked all around looking at the animals! Taylor was not too excited about getting close to the cows... they are huge and she is so tiny! She LOVED the chickens and the little chicks, and the little goats. The goat was so little(not sure what a baby goat is actually called) she loved feeding it grass. She also likes the ducks and geese... not like her mom! While we where there Mark challenged me to let one of the geese eat bread from my palm... and I did it. For those that dont know me I DONT LIKE BIRDS, DUCKS OR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THING THAT FLIES! For some reason they scare me so I was pretty proud of myself. As we where walking out we saw some Donkeys and she also loved them and sat and feed them for as long as we let her.

Her with the Goat

Looking at the Chickens

Daddy's little girl

All in 1 place at 1 time!

Us Sprouse girls where able to all get together and go out to eat with our Grandparents! With Amanda being on the other side of the country and Grandpa and Grandma in Bear Lake this does not happen much anymore

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Taylor eating all of

Grandma's ice cream!

All of us GIRLS!!

Happy Easter

Easter was a busy day for us with Mark getting put into the Bishopric! He was not able to go to my Aunts with us and we all missed him. I was great to see everyone and enjoy being outside!


Hannah and Tay... Tay loves Hannah and Hannah loves to carry Tay around!


Dani, Sara and I

Hula-Hooping ;)

We love our Mom!!!

Tay loves playing outside so she enjoyed Cherie's huge yard!

Grand Announcement

Mark was called to be the 2nd Counselor in our Bishopric! He was ordained a High Priest and set apart today. We are so happy for this opportunity for him to serve our Heavenly Father. I as his wife am so proud of his worthiness and the willingness he has to serve where he is called. At first I was overwhelmed with the fact that he will be gone more but know that he is needed to serve our ward. He is the youngest High Priest in our stake! I am also very thankful to have family and friends who love and support us! I love and am so proud to be married to a man who honors the Priesthood and loves his Heavenly Father and Savior so much... We have just started a new part of our lives and know we will grow from this experience!

Its GONE!!

This weekend was the week! I decided on Monday that I was no longer going to put off taking the binky away. Awhile ago it become only a sleeping pattern, but I knew I had to do it.

She has been teething really bad for the last couple weeks, getting four top teeth and her molars so I was having a hard time doing it while she was in so much pain. Monday I took her binky and cut the end of it off, she was so confused when she put it in her mouth. She took it out and looked at it and I told her it was broken. Well, I let her have it cause it was not use and she walked around telling me it was broken. My nap time she would not even open her mouth for it, so she cried herself to sleep... this crying only last 5 minutes before she was out. She had a farely good nap, she would sometimes wake up and crying a bit but go right back to sleep. Monday night was the WORST, Mark was at school so I was alone to put her to bed. She cried so hard she was gauging... it was so hard but only last 10 or 15 minutes! Tuesday was alittle bit easier, she didnt cry too much. By Wednesday she was just fine without it!! The only down side is she wakes up about an hour earlier without it. I have been so worried that is was going to be so hard, apparently she was not as dependent as I thought!