Happy Birthday Dad!!! (a few days late!)

Happy Birthday to my GREAT Dad!!! It was my Dad's birthday on Sunday, and the poor guy had to spend the day at a million church meetings, and pretty much by himself....my Mom was doing sister and cousin duties in Michigan! Luckily Whitney took care of him and had him over for dinner! It's a good thing she lives in California! Here's 10 things I love about my Dad:

10. He is so funny! He always makes me laugh! 

9. He is a great Grandpa!

8. He works really hard to provide for his family that shouldn't need providing for anymore! But we really are grateful for all the help!!

7. He handled/handles 4 girls so well! When we were little he would let us do his hair and put every single hair clip in his hair! He is the perfect Dad for all girls!

6. He loves my mom and has shown us how we should be treated....and shown our husbands how to treat us!

5. He always makes time when I call. I know I won't be rushed and he will let me ramble on as long as I need to!  

4. When we are at his house he plays with Emma, they have had countless tea parties and he has read countless books.

3. He tells the best camp stories! (Bomb the Biffie!!!) I still laugh at some of the songs he taught us...and I can't wait until Emma learns them! (Little Annie!) 

2. I have never heard my Dad complain about all the duties (church, work, family) that he has to accomplish! 

1. He just is the best Dad!!!

Love you Dad! I hope you had a great birthday! 

Happy Birthday Sophie!!!

I can't believe Sophie is ONE!!! This year has flown by! Sophie has been such an easy baby! Although there isn't any middle ground with her....she lives each emotion to the fullest...if she is happy, sad, angry, or tired! Luckily she is happy most of the time! Since I haven't updated she started walking on March 29th (I know Kim, on your birthday!!!! It made it easy for me to remember!) She loves playing with Emma and thinks that Emma is the neatest person! She has been more of a daddy's girl than Emma was...but she still knows that her mom is the best! Sophie is willing to give a kiss to anyone...it's a little embarrassing! Here's a look back at her first year....

Taking Sophie home from the hospital! She was born in Kentucky, although we moved when she was 3 weeks old, to California! Her life was nothing but busy with a vacation to lake lure at 2 weeks, moving, Ryan and Whitney's wedding, and another move! She was perfect throughout it all! 

Three Months old- We moved to Utah and instead of being busy going everywhere, she was busy being loved by 15 cousins! Her good nature and easy smile were very appreciated by Jon and I while we were trying to figure out the whole Dental practice thing! 

6 Months- This is about the time we realized that Sophie was very busy! She couldn't hold still! Emma was a pretty kick back baby, it was funny and confusing to have such a different baby! 

9 months- She decided it was time to walk around everything, and crawl and get into anything that was in reach! I am not sure how she has not choked! She puts everything in her mouth. She loves laughing! 

Today! One year old! Crazy! I can't believe how much she has grown! She still seems so little to me! She only has three teeth, but 5 SLOWLY starting to come in! She loves dancing and trying to keep up with Emma and all of her cousins! And gladly she loves my Mom way more than Emma ever did! I am always amazed how much change there is from newborn to 1 year old! Thanks for being the best baby Soph! (Jon asked when we are going to get our bad baby! I hope never!)

Easter

Yeah I know I am the worst at updating! Now that the guilt trip is over....Easter was a little crazy! If you read my mom's blog you know that Jon and I went to California for the BYU game in the NCAA tournament (it was a sad game)! We went without the girls, much to our joy and my parents dismay! We decided to get back saturday night so the Easter bunny could come and we would be here! Anyway it all went well, except I never took a picture! I also made Jon's family wait to hold their annual easter egg hunt until the week after easter, promising that it would be better weather! We had missed 5 years of the Fairbanks Easter hunt and I didn't want to miss it again! Well of course, the weather was cold, luckily the snow held off! It was fun to just hang out and find Easter eggs!

January to present....

January and up to now can pretty much be summed up in two words: SNOW SNOW SNOW & SICK SICK SICK! I can't believe how much it has snowed this year! If I remember right I think in the first week of the new year there were 4 storms that came through! When we started talking about moving to Utah, Jon asked if I would be ok with the Snow. I told him sure, I had lived here for 5 years and it didn't snow that much! Well I was wrong....it snows like crazy! With the snow has come lots of colds and other crap (I hate that word...but it's the only one that really states how I feel!) Sophie got RSV, I was really nervous, but we were lucky and it was only bad for about 5 days. She didn't have to do any breathing exercises or anything. She got an ear infection on top of it, and then a few days later passed it all onto Emma. The worst part of RSV was that it is so contagious that we were pretty much stuck inside for 2 1/2 weeks! I thought I was going to go crazy! On our last doctor visit, the doctor told us that we were probably just adjusting to moving here, and it would probably take a year to get used to! After hearing this news I called my mom and planned a two week trip to sunny California! Hopefully the sun will melt away all of our germs! We leave tomorrow and are so excited to see everyone there! 

On a side note I realized I forgot to mention the most important news.....Jon finally purchased the Practice in Herriman December 3rd! It has been a little bit stressful getting used to the business part, however he is loving the dentistry! It will be good for us to get out of his hair for a bit, so he can just worry about the practice! 

December (Part two)

Emma's First Dance recital!

Emma had her first dance recital 12/16/07, it was great! She did such a good job and actually danced pretty much the whole time! I had envisioned her freezing and then running off the stage! But she was so cute! Thanks to all the family that came to see and support her! 

Emma's Birthday! 

I can't believe Emma is 4! We had a pretty normal day, since we had already had her birthday party. She still had school and then she opened presents from us. Sophie loved being able to eat all the ribbon from the presents! And then we went to dinner at the Pizza Kitchen. 

The Glory of Christmas!

My parents treated us all to see the Glory of Christmas, a live Nativity at the Crystal Cathedral. We had been a few years ago and when we were little. The singing was awesome. The little children that sang had the most amazing voices. Emma was a little scared of King Herod and was really upset that he wanted to kill Baby Jesus. But she loved how the angels fly over your head in their pretty white dresses. We went with Whitney's husband Ryan's family too. Emma was even excited to pet the real animals after! 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Christmas Eve we went to my Aunt Marcia's and opened presents and had a great dinner! It was lots of fun just to hang out and have everyone together. Christmas Day was so fun. Emma was so excited! She was so excited to get her dollhouse! Sophie looks a little sleepy! We then had lots of fun playing the wii and kareokee and having way too much good food the rest of the day! 

Later that night, Lindsey thought it would be a great idea to get Sophie crawling! So she sat and rolled little balls all over the floor until Sophie was crawling after them. I told her I expected her to come over everyday so I could get stuff done....it hasn't happended yet! 

A (quick as I can) December Post!

Fairbanks Christmas Party

I feel like I have to start from where I left off! So I am going to try to sum up the past two months as fast as I can! We had a great Fairbanks Family Christmas party...I am pretty sure it was on the 8th of December. We played games, ate dinner, decorated cookies, had a white elephant exchange for the adults. Played the wii, and sang some kareoke! It was lots of fun just to all be together!  

Sophie gets a kiss from Toby

Emma Decorating cookies

Playing a not-religious nativity story with candy bars...and yes that is Jana who won the candy!

Then it was time for some serious kareoke...this is Eric...and even Grandpa Wally joined in!

Emma's Birthday Party 12/15/07

Emma decided to have a cooking party for her fourth birthday. It was lots of fun to have her friends and cousins over. It was pretty crazy, and I learned lots with my first kids party. They played a fun M&M game, and then made pizzas, decorated cupcakes, opened presents....by then I was exhausted and still had an hour to go! I was VERY grateful for all the help! My mom, and sisters were there, and then Kim stayed with Anzley and Jana stayed with her boys! It was so fun to watch Emma...she was so excited! 

Emma and Anzley

Opening presents

Emma and Grandpa....check out the darling aprons my mom and Whitney made for the party! 

blowing out her candles!

It's not letting me add any pics so I will have to do part two....

President Hinckley

Only this could drag me out of a blogging block....I am so sad to hear that President Hinckley has passed away tonight. And at the same time I am so happy that he is back with his sweet wife. We were so lucky to have him as our leader of the church. He truly taught us to work hard, to endure, and to enjoy life. I loved his sweet sense of humor and his amazing ways of helping me understand the gospel better and have a desire to follow. I am so thankful for a guided man that was able to help carry the church across the world. He truly will be missed.