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!

My Little Rocker

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch with Tay, I was holding Dani's Ipod. Dani walked in the room and started laughing and told me to look at Tay. She was holding one of the head phones in her ear... so I turned some tunes on for her! She was totally jamming out. When the song would stop she would let me know! Then I changed the song to Beyonce's Single Ladies and she started singing the with it.
Here are song pics-

Spectrum 10k

Last Saturday my Dad, Mark and I ran in a 10k. It started up Snow Canyon and ends in the city of Ivins. The first 3 miles are so pretty, the canyon is amazing. Then you come and and finish running through the streets and end at the church. Running in races is so much fun I love it. Mark is always waaaay ahead of us, his long legs kill me!! Dad and I run together, which is so much fun cause he is the one who got me into running. This year was different cause Dad had been sick for days and he was even up the night before the race sick. His thick head was going to run anyway... I felt so bad cause I think he ran just for me. Throughout the whole race he had cramps in his stomach, and could not run and full pace. I stayed with him until mile 5 when he told me to take it in strong. I cant lie I was so excited cause I wanted to pass someone people and make up some time. I sprinted from just past 5 miles to the end... thought I was going to throw up! I came in at 60 minutes, okay but I would have been happier at 57! Mark came in at 44 minutes and Dad came in at 62.


Sprinting towards the end! Mark finishing




Us at mile 3!

Playin' around in St. George

Last week Tay and I went to St. George with my parents. They had to work down there so we tagged along!! The weather was amazing and Tay realized how much fun she can have outside.

At first she was not sure about the grass but soon became fond of picking it..

That soon got boring and we moved on to dirt... Much more fun!

We had been out playing for 40 minutes so I decided to head back to the house... Taylor did not agree with me. Right when we stepped inside she lost it and keep reaching for the handle, so I let her play in the backyard for 20 more minutes. Over the next couple days we had many more adventures and she soon got smart enough to not want to turn around knowing we where headed home. She also got better about crying when it was time to go inside. We are so excited for summer to come and look forward to many days out in the sun.

Thursday Night Fun

Every year our youth is challenged by the Bishopric to do a "Bishops Challenge." In this challenge they have a list of things to do, which include Reading the BOM, memorizing the Articles of Faith and the First Presidency and Apostles and passing them off, reading some talks and scriptures, and going to the temple, sharing your testimony. We have from October to May to complete all this. To help our girls we planned a night of Game Shows, Whitney did a great job with a Game of Jeopardy with the Apostles. Then we did Dont Forget the Lyrics with the Articles of Faith. To end the night we did some Karoke, we had a blast!! It was great to see all of the girls enjoying themselves and getting CRAZY... I truely love my calling, we have amazing girls and great leaders.