A lot has happened!

Happy Father's Day Anthony!
I love Anthony so much. The kids all love him just as much. He is a terrific husband and a wonderful father. I love watching him play with the kids. He gets on their level and has so much fun with them. Our children are very blessed to have such a great father in their lives. He is always growing and learning. He wants to do the best possible job and makes sure that he is on the right path. I decided to give Anthony nine days of Father's Day this year. I started last Saturday and gave him a gift every day. I think he has enjoyed it. I love him very much! Thanks for being my babies' daddy Anthony!


I received my endowments at the Bountiful Temple yesterday. I definitely had some forces working against me that day. Sam has never been cared for by anyone other than me or Anthony, so I was leaving him for the first time ever. That is a big deal, I cried when Zoe was four-years-old and Anthony planned a surprise sleepover for her so we could go out on a date. I left him with Kaytlyn and Maria (two of Anthony's sisters). I was not concerned with their abilities, I was more concerned with Sam's fever of nearly 103 degrees. I spent so much time hugging him before I was able to leave, that I forgot my entire bag of Temple clothes. We got there and I realized, so I had a total meltdown and decided that I did not want to go any longer. Anthony went and found out that I could buy garments there and just rent my clothes. So I got out of the car and arrived thirty minutes late to my appointment. There were a few other factors working against me also, but I will not go into full detail on all of the embarrassing facts. Anthony and I are planning to get sealed in the San Diego Temple in September. Everyone is invited!

Zoe finished her very own 200 piece puzzle! She has been doing 100 piece puzzles entirely on her own for about four months now. She is always willing to help us with our 1,000 piece puzzles, but she can get a little frustrated. We bought her a "last unicorn" (all unicorns are the last unicorn according to Zoe) puzzle to do on her own. She tried a couple times before putting true effort into finishing it entirely, but she did it! Now she asks to do it every couple of days.

The boys are now going to be spending the night at our house on the weekends. They have been too little to both come in the past. Now that they are a little older we are going to have them stay the night. Anthony bought all the kids new pajamas to kick off their first weekend at Dad's. The boys both have capes on the back of their pajamas, so I am sure you can imagine how wild things have been.

Anthony's cousin, Shannon, has started making hair bows. I read about this on her blog. She has two boys and a third on the way, so I commented that she should send some of those bows my way. Within a week she had mailed me a package full of brand new handmade bows for Zoe. Shannon is an amazing woman. She is always doing the nicest things for us. I have never even met her! She mailed me a ton of brand new clothes for Sam when I was pregnant with him. She always mails me things. She is hilarious, if I leave her a voicemail message she will return my message with a mailed (handmade) card. I love her ways! Thank you for being so wonderful Shannon!

This is a video of Zoe doing her Bella Dancerella dance instruction video. She gets so into it. All of the daycare kids just sit and watch her and are not sure what to do. This is her singing the Bella Dancerella theme song.