Playing Pretty Pretty Princess with my brothers and sister Madie....it's tradition.

I am loving bows and headbands! She is so fun to dress up! Soy loves to dress her up to---he is always putting hats on her.

Joel's home!

Yay! I have my other half back.....I'm so glad for so many reasons! Work is going well....I still feel way out of my comfort zone at times but I love the home visits......it's just all the paperwork and the staff....I miss the CVICU! I miss my manager and all the staff! It's just not the same here......I feel like an outsider and we just don't laugh at the same jokes ya know? But it won't be too long. London is cooing and holding her head up like a champ. Sawyer is crazy and loves racing around the house. He is a chocolate fanatic...he asks for it every hour. (Thanks alot Grandma) Blake Luthey came home last week from his mission in Argentina....and I think I hear wedding bells for Madalyn (my sister). He is a great guy and not bad on the eyes. He is really fun to have around and we are so excited for them!

New Years Resolutions

So here they are.....besides being a less controlling and more loving, adoring wife....
*exercise 3x week
*Write on my blog like a journal at least once a week
*Study my scriptures daily
*Laugh more

Weeks of Single Parenting

So I'm a single parent for a couple weeks....but not really because I'm staying with my parents and have 5 other people to help me. But I miss Joel. It's hard not being together as a family. But I'm glad that I can at least stay with family. Lee and Sarah took out their endowments and were sealed this week. It was an awesome experience. The temple sealer was the temple president and he did such a great job--I laughed and cried. He talked about being equally yoked with your spouse and seeing them and loving them as God loves them. He also reminded them that whenever they were feeling down they should return to the temple to be uplifted. I think sometimes I wait to feel like I'm spiritually ready to go the temple but maybe sometimes I need to go to be spritually ready. I'm enjoying my two kids so much but I miss my husband and can't wait til he is done with this job and I can have him all to myself! (yeah right....this is Joel we are talking about)

Favorite Moments of the Day

I decided I needed to start writing down some of the sweet things that I see and experience every day before I forget them.....
*Making London coo and smile---she has such a big toothless grin and such cute dimples!
*Watching Sawyer pick up his toys and put them in his backpack and then drag it around wherever he goes
*Listening to Sawyer talk to himself or his stuffed animals after I've put him to bed.
*Watching my dad rock London to sleep.
*Hearing Sawyer say "Hi Momma" and giving me hugs and kisses.
*Sawyer saying "hold you, hold you" until I pick him up.
*Hearing his little run across the floor.

London's Blessing Day--She was so sweet and looked adorable in my blessing dress! My Dad came up to me after the blessing and said that he felt the Spirit really strongly during the blessing and that he felt like she would accomplish many great things.