A Conversation Emma and I had

Emma- Hey do you have some money?

Me- What?!

Emma- Do you have some money in your wallet?

Me- Ya

Emma- Can you give me some money?

Me- Why?

Emma- For my car

Me- What's wrong with it?

Emma- The back up doesn't work.

This child is crazy!

Dragon fly

This huge dragon fly flew in to my house staight in to the side of my
head and then decided to just hang out on the curtains.

Time Out!!!

Little climber

Yesterday we got together with some friends to play softball, I actually just hung out and Coy played. But it was fun, the highlight for me was when I looked over and saw Ella
CLIMBING the fence! She is crazy, and so ambitious, she didn't get much higher then what you see in the picture but I think it is still very impressive.

Story Time

On Tuesday we went to our local library for story time. It was lots of
fun, the stories the lady read were all about food. I think Emma and
Zachary enjoyed it but mostly they were distracted by the other kids,
I think the more we go the more they will understand what's going on.
After the story they had several different stations set up with
snacks. You could make spiders out of cream cheese, ritz crackers,
pretzel sticks, and raisins, or silly faces, and even a lady bug using
pink cream cheese and chocolate chips. I think that is what the kids
enjoyed the most, even Ella was able to join in on that.

Happy Anniversary!

> 4 years ago today I was all glamed up and walking down the aisle. It
> was a lot like today's weather, it was rainy. I remember trying to
> decide if we should move the wedding inside or just hope the rain
> would stop. Well we decided we would to keep it outside, anyway....
> I remember being so excited and anxious, it was here, the day I
> dreamed about since I was a little girl (I know typical). More than
> the wedding I was excited that the man, waiting out there for me,
> was amazing! I knew that I would always be loved, taken care of and
> respected. I felt so blessed that the Lord had chosen such an
> amazing man of God for me.
> I saw this couple the other day and I had to snap a picture, they
> were so cute! Even in their old age this husband was still
> chivelrious helping his wife to the car. When I saw them I thought,
> if the Lord should tarry, I hope Coy and I can be like this couple.
> Cute and old. Although I wonder how we will dress?

> By the way the rain stopped right before I walked down the aisle.

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Caught!

I found Ella in her room rearanging clothes, she was putting Emma's
pjs in her pants drawer. This actually is a step up because typically
she just pulls all the clothes out as fast as she can.

With my big sister

Ella loves her big sister she follows her around the house always
wanting to be near her. Most of the time they play well together and
Emma is really sweet with her.
Ella climbed up on the chair all by herself so she could enjoy her
sippy with Emma.
The thing that scares about this is that I have 2 kids that like to
climb!

What is Happening?!

While doing my hair today I noticed a hair that did not belong with
the rest. It was a very bold white hair! Already!! Is this supposed to
be happening, for a moment my whole life flashed before my eyes, then
I realized it's not the worst thing that can happen so I relaxed a
little. What do I do? Color my hair over one white one, do you pluck
it or does that cause them to multiply? I guess I could do nothing and
maybe I will look more distinguished.

I love these girls!

I really do! I am do blessed to have two amazing daughters, they make
me laugh everyday. Emma is so smart and has such a big imagination,
and I love how caring she is. Ella is a bundle of joy, she is silly
and so determined in everything she does. They are so amazing and I
just wanted everyone to know.

Story Teller

Lately Emma has been telling stories. Todays story was about a deer
that flew over the town with it's wings. I missed the rest of the
story but I think it was pretty action packed. She has such a big
imagination!

Fresh Baked Pie

As always Coy had a great idea, bake a cherry pie! So I did, well
actually Elisha and I did. I have made pie before but never pie crust, I have always been so intimidated by pie crust because you can easily mess it up. but we did it! and it came out pretty darn good, aside from that it was beautiful!

Always set a Timer

In all my years of baking I rarely use a timer, it is almost a
tradition for me to forget about the last batch of cookies until I
smell them burning. In our (almost) 4 years of marriage Coy has tried
to retrain me, but failed apparently. I was using a timer for awhile
but have stopped, maybe I will start again.

Happy Fathers Day

I wanted to say happy fathers day to all you dads out there.

I was thinking this morning how much I love being a dad.

I'm so blessed to have two wonderful daughters. 

They astound and humble me everyday and 

are moment by moment reminders of God's grace towards me.

I was also thinking how much I love my dad. 

In a world where so many families have absent or uninvolved fathers 

my dad was alway there. So much of what I have learned in life

I learned from him. He is a wonderful role model for me, even to this day.

I have a high standard to live up to as a father. The supreme example of 

my Heavenly Father and life of sacrifice of my earthly father... big shoes indeed.

I was also thinking that, I don't tell him how much I appreciate him, enough.

So Happy Fathers Day Dad! I love you very much.

Odd Couple

Emma and Zachary are great friends, they balance each other out well.
Emma is more of a free spirit, she is loud and doesn't stop moving.
Zacahry is quiet, and will sit and play with one toy for 30 minutes
and be content. As you can see from the picture Emma's desire is to
climb the fence when Zach is ok with just shaking it.

A Dog Named Grace

The neighbors have a dog named Grace, she is a sweet, well mannered
golden retriever. Emma loves when Grace is outside, she will sit with
her and feed her grass, or run back and forth along the fence while
grace does the same. It's like we have a dog but without all the
responsability, it's great. For awhile Emma would tell people she had
a dog named Grace and now finaly I think she realizes she is not her
dog, but she still loves her and enjoys playing with her through the
chain link fence.

Yummmmm!

Coy wanted to make cookie the other night but we ran out of flour, he
was so disappointed and so was I. But I didn't want to bug the
neighbor so I got creative. I thought what else do we have.....cake
mix! Yes but no frosting...boo! Well then I got even more creative and
googled "other uses for cake mix". I found exactly what I wanted, a
cookie recipe....yay! The recipe was so simple I have it memorized
( cake mix, 1 stick butter, 1 egg, and 2 tblsp of water if using
chocolate cake mix) I also added chocolate chips.
As I baked these cookies I told Coy "these would work great for ice
cream sandwhiches," he immediatly got up and went to the store to get
ice cream. I was right they were amazing!
I am so excited about this new recipe, I wanted to keep it a secret
and just make them for people but not tell them how, but it's so
amazing I must tell everyone!

More babies!

No I don't mean Coy and I, but Emma's fish. Apparently her mickey
mouse platy is a boy and dalmation fish is a girl, and they love
eachother. Let me tell you the story....
A few days back Manna (girl fish) started acting weird, her tail would
float up like she had no control of it and she would spin in circles.
I thought she must be dying, and a few times I thought she was dead.
She would be completely still with her tail up completely vertical.
This went on for 3 days.
Well today she seemed to be swimming normal she just seemed weak. Emma
and I were looking at her when I noticed a few tiny little fish
swimming around, I freaked out and then realized why Manna seemed to
be dying, she had been in labor. So we have 9 new fish making a total
of 11. Apparently the mommy and daddy fish will eat the babies so they
are currently in a seperate tank, all I have to say is I did not sign
up for this....
You can barely see the baby fish but there are 2 in this picture, they
are the orange dots in the center.

2 Crazy Girls!

Ella is getting to the age where she can actually play with Emma, this is pretty much what they do.

Napping

On days that we're busy and Emma doesn't get a nap she has quiet
reading time instead, she still has down time and I can still do the
things I need to do. Well today I guess she was a little more tired
than normal, because this is the way I found her.

Off To A Good Start

I'm so thankful that we get to raise our children up in a Godly home,
that from a young age they can know Christ. I love when Emma walks
around the house singing worship songs, or when she reminds me that
"Jesus died on the cross and came back to life". The other day I was
studying outside while Emma played, and on her own she decided she was
going to read her Bible, and journal. These are such precious moments
and I hope she continues seeking the Lord as she gets older. Her 2
favorite Bible stories are Noah's Ark and the story of Jacob and Esau.

Another Climber

Ella is about 8 1/2 months now and she has been crawling around for
awhile now. Just a few weeks ago she started walking along furniture
and now climbing. Yes she has discovered the step stool next to Emma's
bed, she still doesn't understand that you can't just walk off the
stool without falling but she will figure it out.

Story time with Emma

Emma decided to do the story telling tonight. She said this is a new
story- Goldie Locks woke up and saw the three little pigs and was so
scared and jumped on the Big Bad Wolf's face and ran away and never
came back.
What a crazy girl!

Shoot off

Coy and Levi are having a shoot off with an iPhone app called shot
gun. Things are getting scary in here.

Quote of the day

"I can feel it in my tummy", that's what Emma said after taking a sip
of her vanilla steamer this morning.

Who does she think she is?

"remember, mommy when you finish your food you can get down and have
candy."
I gave her a sucker just because she is so cute.

So Sad

Please pray for Emma she has early stages of pneumonia.

The Good Old Days

Lately Emma has been acting like a baby, I found her like this in the
room all by her self.

Fun with Carrie

The other night we celebrated Tori's birthday at Carrie and Elisha's,
even though neither of them have kiddos it's still a fun places for
the kids. That's because Carrie is awesome and has fun toys (Elisha
you know I think you're awesome too). You can't tell by the picture
but it is very noisy, they are all playing instruments and singing
worship songs really loud. Songs like "one way Jesus, you're the only
1, 2, 3, 4" Emma's version. Or "Jesus you're my super hero better than
spiderman, better than Alaina" Alivia's version. Yes Carrie is great
with the kids and we live her for it.

Wild Girl

Growing up so fast

Ella has been just like Emma in that she started crawling pretty
early. Ella loves to explore where ever she can, and she is getting
fast. But today she shocked me when she saw something she wanted on
the chair and she pulled herself up, it didn't last long but I was
still very impressed. What a very determined little girl. She is
actually about to fall in this picture but don't worry I caught her.

Dress up

Emma and I played dress up today, she did our make up, and I did her
hair. Then she put on her princess clothes and looked so adorable. I
was going to post the pictures of me with my make up done but I just
couldn't do it. This is her ignoring me, but it looks really sweet.

The strand was a bakery

Bruce at the museum showed me this picture of the strand. Before it
was the Orpheum it was a bakery. Did you know that?

Oh Well

I must start this out by first saying Coy is a very loving and
involved dad and a great husband and he works very hard for us. But he
has his moments, like when I was out the other night and he put the
girls to bed. He told me he was putting on Emmas PJ's when he realized
the shirt was to small because it was Ella's, but instead of finding
Emma's Pj's he figured let's see of the pants fit, and according to
him they did. If you don't know Emma is 2yrs and Ella is 6 1/2 months.

In the dark

Emma's new favorite thing is to be completely under covers whether
it's on one of the beds or walking around with a blanket on her head.
She calls it being in the dark. She sat on our chair and had me cover
her up about 10 minutes ago and she is still sitting there in complete
silence and has moved much. I can't think of the last time she sat
still and didn't talk for even 1 minute. I peaked at her to see if she
was still awake and she is. I guess her and Goofy are just hanging out.

Just A Little Fog

Yay Fishies!

Frankie bought Emma two little fish the other day, we figure fish are
low maintinence and cheap enough for us to own right now so we allowed
it. . Emma named the fish "Donald" and "Daisy", although I was told
both fish are male. She likes to scare them by getting really close to
the tank and then yelling FISHIES!! Hopefully they don't die of shock.
My fears are that one day I will find the fish and a large puddle on
the carpet, or I will find things in the tank that don't belong, I
guess we will see.

Craft time

As Emma gets older there are more and more fun things that we can do
together, like play with play dough. I made the snake just in case you were wondering, and Emma's is the scary one that looks like it could hurt you. I think is some new species of snail that is deadly.

Bubble stache

That's right, we have mustaches made of bubbles and were not ashamed.
It's the latest look in Europe.

Crazy kids

We were hanging out at the Guidos the other night, Zachary and Emma
were both up past bed time and were very hyper. They were screaming
and wrestling on the couch, Emma fell off several times on purpose and
they both were very funny. See it's ok that Zachary is mostly around
girls because Emma is tuff enough to wrestle with him and still girly
enough to have tea parties with Alivia.

Good friends

Last night in the nursery Zachary was chasing Emma around while riding
a toy car. This is something that happens often with them, Zachary
loves riding cars and Emma loves running and screaming so it works out
well for them. She was using the trash can as a sheild so he couldn't
get her, they are so cute together.

Happy Halfers

Wow, Ella is six months old today, I can't believe half a year has gone by. She is the age Emma was when we moved to Montana, crazy. Ella is such a great little girl, she is always happy, if she's not smiling she is looking really confused, its funny. She is so ambitious, not crawling yet but rolls everywhere, she is usually content as long as you're in the room with her. I love her big blue bug eyes and her toothless smile that she gets when you talk to her. It is so great to see her little personality, she is just such a joy and we are so blessed to have this great little girl. I look forward to see how God will use her joy and all her ambition to bless others as she get older. Happy Halfers Ella!

Tea Time

Emma, Coy, and Sulley had a tea party last night. I joined them for a
moment and was given a saucer to drink my tea out of.

Drooly

Ella was chewing on a toy elephant and in the process soaked her shirt
in drool. She is very happy about it.