T's open heart surgery is fast approaching and I'm quickly becoming a wreck

Today I started to feel the nesting feeling. Usually around the 4 week mark I feel the urge to get EVERYTHING done. I want a clean organized house, I want to feel like I'm in control of every little thing. Well right now I am nesting but it's for Taylor's surgery strange I know. June 6th is the official date, lucky for us we have all sorts of visits to primarys before then.

I wish it could all be over and we could be home as one happy family. But for now I'll worry and stress because I'm a mom, and that's what moms do. Bryson on the other hand prefers not to think about it? Helpful. Don't get me wrong I KNOW IT IS GOING TO GO SMOOTHLY. In fact I have true pure faith that this will be a wonderful life changing event in Taylor's life.

Oh this little girl amazes me daily. She is such a great girl. I am so proud of her and can not believe the knowledge she has in such a short amount of life. She is a walking dictionary, ask her she probably knows all sorts of  factoids about any given subject. But more importantly I am proud of the person she is, She always gives 100% in everything she does. She expects perfection from herself (she definitely doesn't get that from me! Don't worry I'm not afraid to admit the truth.) She loves the gospel and has a simple testimony. Many days I wake to find her studying the Book of Mormon before breakfast.

This is what her teacher emailed me last week: "I absolutely love having Taylor in my class! I think that she is such a special and unique girl who will do great things in her life. I love how she always has a good attitude and outlook on life. I can honestly say that she has made me a better person by getting to know her and work with her this school year. I have never had a student who has had as much confidence as to who she is and what she stands for. She is truly an example to all who know her and I can tell that her parents have played a big part in that. :)" What an amazing complement from a great teacher!

So for now I will believe in every good possibility. I will pray and fast.

You are all welcome to join me. We would so appreciate it!

Melissa and Matt's Wedding

Thanks Sky for making the picture perfect!

Melissa and Matt are now husband and wife! We are so excited for them!!! The girls have been calling Matt "Uncle Matt" since they were engaged.

 T and Sky were thrilled to be flower girls "who walked down the isle and everything". And Myles was the cutest ring bearer in  the whole wide world. Oh ya and Melissa was glowing with sheer joy and beauty.

 I made the cupcakes and cake! I loved the colors. And now think lemons and limes may be my favorite border ever!

 Look closely to see the tandem custom cake topper LOVE!

We danced our lil hearts out and enjoyed a wonderful night!

How lucky are we to welcome Matt and his two amazing daughters to the family!

They are right...

Everything is better with two!

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Hurricane Intermountain Cup 1st place

Bryson won by over 8 minutes! Holla!!!

Sorry no race pics, but not only am I team support but I have 3 kiddos to keep track of. Any who Bryson rocked it. It was great to see his hard work be rewarding and always fun to bring home the big W! Oh and we left 90 degree weather and returned to lots and lots of snow... Yep I'm sick of snow.

Skyler's puppet show

Sky's class had a puppet show. It was amazing and so much fun to hear her squirly voice over the microphone. Seriously my favorite school performance ever. Can't you just see the joy in her face. She was thrilled and so proud!

She played Narrator 1 & 2 and Miss Mic (microphone.)

She also closedt he program.

Skyler I love the excitement and sass you bring to our family. You are truly the sunshine to my day!

Children's Museum

Myles can spy an airplane for miles! He is OBSESSED, and I love it! Needless to say we visited the helicopter more then once.

9 going on 19!

Well my baby is now doing her own hair!

I remember when I marched into my mom and told her, "MOM I am now going to do my own hair!!!"

Tay has been sweet about it, but 9! I have to admit she is good at it!

Anne Frank 3rd grade

Is that Anne Frank? Oh few I thought I was seeing a ghost, it's only Taylor!

 Taylor had a wax museum/report on Anne Frank. She did a fantastic job. She even had  tons of facts memorized. She also took Anne's story very personally and was shocked at how the Jew's were treated. She loved having dark hair, and loved that so many people told her that she looks just like mom!

Tay I am so proud of the student you are. Your excitement for school is invigorating and your passion is inspiring, I feel blessed to have a child as genius as you. Keep up the hard work I promise it will pay off! LOVE YOU!

Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California

 On March 12 and 13th we made a last minute decision and pulled the kids out of school to go and support Bryson at Bonelli. I was so very excited to get to see his first national pro MTB race in years, plus we escaped the snowy weather. The kids and I just played for 3 days, don't get me wrong it is always work. But it's work at home or on vaca. The race was at an amazing park so the kids basically had a blast the whole time.

Bryson was 25th in cross country, pretty dang good for starting in dead last! And 14th in short track! We are so excited about what this year holds for him, he is amazing. We all love you so much! GO GO

St George and the first MTB race

We had a great time at the first MTB race of the year, unfortunately lady luck was not on bryson's side. A broken chain, a teenagers bike, a flat tire, and lots of running kinda sucked. But we had a blast supporting and cheering for him. Myles yells "go go daddy". And the girls are finally old enough to ride around and generally have fun!!! I seriously thought the day would never come. They rode their bikes for close to 5 hours! We heart St George!!!