20th Wedding Anniversary: April 10, 2013

Today we celebrated our 20th wedding Anniversary. I can't believe we have been married that long... and yet it just seems like just yesterday we knelt across the altar from one another for the first time.

We tried to make several different plans for a vacation but nothing would work... including going down to Manti and staying at a B&B with our girls and going to the temple on our anniversary with them. How amazing would that have been?! We figured there was a reason and decided to stay home and plan  a great day here. First we got up and went to the temple and did initiatories, followed by the endowments and sealing of Dan's great-great-grandparents. It was incredible. Too sacred to share any of the experiences we had... but we were also able to seal his great-grandfather to his parents along with an infant sister. I love that we share the anniversary of our sealing with them now.

 After the temple we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to Sanctuary Spa at Southtowne and had an incredible couples massage. BEST massage I have ever had. And that's saying a lot!!!

We then headed to Salt Lake and went to our favorite "special night out" restaurant...Flemings. It is incredible. This was our dessert to share.

                                                    Wish this picture had turned out better....          

It was an incredible day... sure love my sweetheart!!!! When we got home we spent a little time with our girls and read scriptures... and then the phone rang. Bishop Dan had a major event to deal with at just after 10:00 pm. That was when we realized WHY nothing we had tried to plan would work. We needed to be home that night. It was a wonderful anniversary... I am so grateful for the husband and father that Dan is for me and the girls... and the Bishop he is for our ward. Love you!

Misc... Temple and General Conference...

General Conference is coming soon... we stopped by Cheryl's and she showed us this amazing General Conference board she was making for her girls... it is so cute!

 Courtney wanted to go to the temple this morning with Dan and I... it's Friday and conference is tomorrow and Sunday. We didn't think about how BUSY it would be with people in from out of town for conference. We are so glad we went though... Courtney loves going with her daddy!

 Courtney and her friend Abby made these adorable games as projects for Young Women's. It is called "The Path To Happiness"... and it is really fun to play!

 And lastly... Cheryl made Kenna some PJ pants like these for Christmas.. and decided to make Courtney some for Conference. She can't wait until tomorrow to wear them!

Easter 2013 and the General Young Woman's Meeting...

Our girls asked us if we could do Easter Baskets on Saturday this year. It is so nice to have our kids be old enough to realize that some "fun" holiday traditions can get in the way of focusing on what we should. After finding their baskets the girls and I got ready for a fun girl day together.... 

 Wearing their new Easter outfits.....

 We went to find shoes and went to an early dinner at the Olive Garden. We had an extra ticket... so we invited Kristin Perry to go with us. Christine VanWagenen got us awesome seats up front which was really fun. Today was her last event before being released at General Conference in a few weeks.

It was so much fun to have Courtney be old enough to finally get to go with us!! What a fun day! Oh... and tomorrow I am speaking in Sacrament meeting. What is it with me and speaking on Holidays?!

Courtney's little man...

I almost don't even need to write anything. Is this the cutest little man you have ever seen or what?! Courtney absolutely loves babysitting for the Perry family... and this is one of the 4 reasons why. 

Courtney had been at Clearcreek for a few days and when they returned to the school this is what she found waiting for her...

 Her own little "Cupid"... wings and all. Like his beautiful mom doesn't already have a million things going on... but she still took the time to make Courtney feel amazing!

                                                      So cute!!! Happy Valentines Day!!!

February Swim Meet Fun

Our little fish qualified for the BC finals in February... and the Davis family made her this adorable candy bouquet. She LOVED it! How cute is that?! 

 The BC finals for short course were held in Bountiful South Davis Rec Center pool. McKenna and her best friend from when we lived in Bountiful were thrilled to get to spend some time together. Holly came and cheered on Courtney with us. Aren't they cute?! They were besties until 3rd grade when we moved to Saratoga Springs... and we still get them together as often as possible.

 Courtney impressed all of us so much when she competed is the BC finals. She had been REALLY sick all week and hadn't been to practice... but she had worked so hard to get here. Her times were either tied with her best times or within a second or two. Pretty remarkable when you think about how crappy she felt. So proud of her!!!!!

Sweethearts 2013

I know I have been terrible about putting pictures and updates on my blog... and I am committing myself to changing this. The problem is I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 for Christmas... which I LOVE by the way... and so I just don't take pictures with my regular camera like I used to. Gotta change that! 

These are pictures from the Sweethearts dance in February. These kids are so cute! McKenna asked Cody Enslow and Kamree asked Taylor Davis. They started out the day at the temple and then later came to our house and watched a movie and had dinner.

I didn't want to them to spill on their nice clothes so I gave them my adult version of "bib". 

Love these cute kids! They had a really great time and lots of fun at the dance!  

Senior Year Registration and Dress Shopping

What a weird few days... it started last week when I found myself registering McKenna for her Senior Year of High School. Wow. That was a sureal moment. She had to work right after school so we outlined what classes she wanted to take and when... and I braved Skyward on my own. I have come a LONG way. The first time I registered her for classes on Skyward I literally hucked the worlds largest lemon across the room. Don't ask. Not my proudest moment. No one was injured. No property was damaged. And the lemon met an untimely death later that day... but did in fact survive this event.

We were able to get her all the classes she wanted so she was thrilled! (except College English 1010... it would have taken 4 of her 8 class periods.) That is the advantage of being a Senior. The classes aren't all filled when you get on to register.

 

Now for another event that left me feeling old. Dress shopping with McKenna. Sweethearts is coming up this weekend and she is going with her good friend Cody. She and her friend Kamree decided to ask their friends Taylor and Cody and have been having fun planning ever since. I wish I had a picture of the cake she gave Cody to ask him... They had little frogs on them and a note that said... "Of all the frogs in the lake... you're the only prince I want to take". So cute. The guys answered with "princess" puzzles with "Yes" written on the back. It is semi-formal, so we went out dress shopping yesterday. Dan had a $50 gift card to Men's Warehouse that he gave her to buy a tie for Cody because we weren't sure what color dress she would end up with, and we didn't want him to have to try to find one to match. It ended up being easy... black and white!

 

Doesn't she look great! She loved this one the moment she put it on! She is beautiful!!  

 We took Courtney with us... and of course she put the time sitting and waiting to good use. She can hardly wait until it's her turn to go dress shopping! Very dramatic...

 

I keep telling my girls that they need to slow down and not grow up so quickly! It is fun... but am I really ready for this?