memorial day weekend

we had to practice our fish faces after see all those fishies

the fam at the aquarium
Craig actually had two days off in a row, so we felt like we HAD to go somewhere...anywhere. We went down to Salt Lake. I know, it doesn't sound excited at all, but we had so much fun. My sister Annabeth came with us, and she is "the favorite Aunt" (and Kim), so the kids would have had a blast just for the fact that she was with us.
One day we went to an aquarium, and it was really cool. After that we went and played a little mini golf, and Carter was actually pretty dang good at it. That night we went to this restaurant called the Mayan or something, and that was very entertaining. They had these divers that dove off about 50ft cliffs, it freaked me out, but it was good. That night we watched the funnest movie called "confessions of a shopaholic". I laughed so dang hard, and would for sure recommend it to a friend.
The next day we went to Holgo Zoo, and what fun we had. The best part was being together as a family. With our full schedules we don't get to do that very often, so it is always a treat. I have the best husband in the world, super funny kids, and a rockin sister.

Black eye cutie pie

Layla had a fight with her dresser in the process of falling out of bed...and the dresser won. It was actually one of those moments when you feel like "Man, I am an awful Mom!", and wonder if you should really be spawning. She had been sleeping really bad the past few nights, so I would run to her when I heard her cry, and she would go right back to sleep. This night I decided I was going to let her get herself back to sleep. She started crying at 3:30, and I told myself "Susan, let her cry, she is ok. She will go right back to bed. Just leave her". I was wrong. She cried for about 20 minutes. I finally went out to her, and there she was standing with blood running down her cheek. HOLY CRAP. That was the freakiest thing ever. It really just scrapped the top layer of skin off, but it looked really bad at first. To make it worse, it was the beginning of Mothers Day. Happy Mothers day to me. haha.
Craig took a picture of me and the kids that make me a Mama. I love these little people more then I could ever explain. Happy (late) Mothers day to all you Mamas.

Layla turns 2

In case you don't know by now, Layla believes with all her heart that she is a princess! To confirm this, Craig's Mom gave her a super cute pink princess skirt for her B-day....and she has barely taken it off ever since. She has worn it to the grocery store, the park, the gym, a primary activity, to play with her friends, and of course, to her birthday partaaay. Here are a few pictures of my Princess.
Layla, you are the sunshine in my soul. Without fail, you make me smile and laugh every time I feel like crying. I admire the way you can fall off a playground and not cry, yet have a broken heart when someone else gets hurt. You are so loving to everyone else, and such a nice sister to Carter. I'm so grateful I get to be your Mother, can hardly wait for the adventures I know are waiting for us. I LOVE you Layla.
Love, MOM

Chirp, chirp

The other day Carter and Craig concocted a plan,and it was "a secret from Mom". Being the female that I am, my mind started racing. What could it be? A family vacation, a night out with Craig, a new cat (our cat, Catfood, Disappeared a while ago), a dishwasher, who knew....but it was sure to be something wonderful, right? um, not so much. They came home with two chickens! Chloe, and Charley, according to Carter. So my super exciting surprise, yep, they eat worms and poop allot.



It has actually been really fun to watch the kids with them. They are very careful, and love to "baby sit" the "sickens" in the back yard. Gotta love it.

KY, and the KY Durby

I went to Louisville for 8 days with my bro Matt, and my kids. We visited my other brother Paul and his family. He was graduating from dental school, and we wanted to see the Durby, so the timeing was perfect. My sister in law, Jenny, drove from Atlanta to see us. Sadly, I didn't have my camara that day, I'm so mad I didn't get any pictures with them. However, we did have a wonderful trip, and I'm so glad I got to make it.


















Paul and Janelles house. It is for sale if anyone wants a super cute 4 bedroom house in Louisville.

A Bunch

I have a whole heck of a bunch of pictures, so enjoy! About 10 minutes after we got to Paul and Janelles house we saw this clown across the street, so Carter and I had to run over and say hello to him.
Easter Egg hunt at grandma Halls
Layla got this hat to wear with her Easter dress, and she has worn it almost every day since. She even wore it with her pj's on the air plane, and through the air port. We got LOTS of nice comments from strangers. So cute!
Our family on Easter
Layla & Carter
Layla and Grandma Karen on easter
Layla finding what the easter bunny left her
Carter finding his Easter suprise
Part of the Luau crowd (my family)
Carter gets his crazy face making skills from is papa...for sure!
Carter, Layla, and Kaiden at the Luau I put together.
Laylas First hair cut, but I forgot to get an after. rats. it did turn out super cute.

I gave Carter this bash tub body paint, and he had fun painting himself, Layla, the walls.

This is Laylas half of thier room, pretty cute.
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