charmed

Yesterday after church the kiddos are sitting at the table eating their lunch and Cannon says:

"Mommy, you are precious, and you are beautiful."

Seriously?

What a LOVER.

Things like that make up for all the times he's "uncharming" (see post below).

Guess where Cannon has heard that line.

Yep, it's true.

My husband is fabulous.

Love my boys.

All 3 of them.

tour de lily

Dave decided to try and teach Lily to ride a bike on Friday night.

I rolled my eyes (yes, I did).

In my defense, it was 100+ degrees, and I didn't think she was going to learn anything before she and/or daddy suffered a heat stroke.

Little did I know . . .

And here she is today.

A bike riding fool.

Best part?
Nanny and Poppy were here to witness it all!
Way to go Lily, we think you are pretty cool.

**The grand prize still goes to Uncle Chance who took his own training wheels off at age 2 1/2, and rode off...**

Daddy

We scored.

We have the perfect Dad for us.

We love you.

We are excited to make you a Daddy of three!

We have the perfect Papa, and Poppy for us too!

Happy day.

even at the end of the day

He's still the best daddy ever.
After going in early for a patient who didn't want to have to miss work.
After dealing with people all day.
After biking 20 miles to and from work.

Seriously.

I don't even deal with half of what he does all day, and by 6:15 pm (when the video was taken) I'm not winning any "best mom" awards.

Not that I was going to win any of those awards anyway.

p.s. - Lily is instructing him to be a phantom. She learned all about phantom's, witches, and scary people from her cousin Kyson.

p.p.s. - While it looks like Cannon was practicing his "come hither" modeling poses, he is actually trying to show Daddy his diego band-aid.

easter peek

We had our second easter egg hunt this evening.

I'm too tired to post more pics, but here is my favorite part of the night - Cannon & Daddy's matching outfits.

I'll post more tomorrow or Monday.

I promise.

You know you can't wait.

I got a headache just watching these two do this.

"Let's watch TV upside down!"

It was Daddy's idea.

Yes, that's a stethoscope on Lily's face.

She was pretending to be an elephant.

A minature, upside-down, TV watching, elephant.

These peeps are entertaining. Really entertaining.

Daddy Dog Pile

Daddy was home on Friday.
It was a great day.
The kids CRAVE their Daddy.
They attack him constantly when he is home.
It's funny because every time I watch the kids light up for Daddy, I have this feeling that our family isn't complete.
I know there will be more little munchkins loving Daddy's attention.
It's gonna be fun.
This isn't an announcement, just a thought . . . :o)

The "dog pile".

Don't you just love the smile on Lily's face in this picture?
So happy to be with Daddy.

We L•O•V•E our Daddy.

We surprised him with a weekend getaway!
He is mountain biking in Sedona with some friends.
We hope he is having fun!


(Lily and Dave yesterday afternoon in the backyard - she had just woken up from a nap and was happy just to relax on Daddy's lap)


(Picture taken by the Pied Piper in April. More of those pictures will be posted soon! We love them Linz!)

Happy Father's Day.
You are great!
You make our children SO happy.
I wish everyone could see how excited Lily & Cannon get when you come home from work!
I'll have to take a video and post it on here soon!

Monkey Walk

So Lily is on week two of her swimming lessons. They are four days a week for four weeks. The teacher comes here to our house so that's really nice. I just play with Cannon in the front room and watch her out the window, she's hilarious. Always negotiating with the teacher . . . that's my girl.

She was a little afraid to put her face in early last week, but once she got in the pool with her Daddy on Thursday night (a Daddy she would do anything to please) he got her swimming across the hot tub and picking up rings, money, etc. off the bottom of the pool!

Here is a little video of the negotiator:



Can't wait to see more progress over the next few weeks. She still has a long way to go, but she's doing great!

If anyone is looking for a swim instructor to come to their house give me a call and I can get you Hilary's info!

p.s. she LOVES the goggles and refuses to take them off right now. that's gonna make for some really cute raccoon eyes.

CPS

. . . could call at any minute.

Poor Lily is just getting rid of her bruise on her cheek from falling on her scooter, and she goes and falls face first off of the swing last night!
Poor thing was bleeding and crying, and begging to get back on the swing!!

Crazy girl.



I'm just glad we had some witnesses last night so that when CPS does call we have someone to verify our story.
(Jensen's and Hatch's, you better back us up)

This picture doesn't really show you the damage, but it gives you an idea.
Once again, I'm grateful for a husband who is calm in situations like these.
I just handed her off to him and let him look her over, and this time it was even his area of expertise!

Could we all just be healthy around here?

At least Dave is home today. He is SO helpful.

I love him.

thirty-five...

So my man is thirty-five today. It's late. We've had a full, and busy day. I don't have lots of energy left to post, but I'll do more soon.

For now - HAPPY BIRTHDAYmy love.

You are an incredible Dad, a faithful husband, a meticulous dentist, a worthy priesthood holder, and you are genuine.

Your family loves you. We are proud you are ours.

When Daddy does my hair...

This picture was taken while Mom was away at the RS General Broadcast last night.