Rebecca, it's your birthday!

Our little five year old!  With her stuffed dog and bandage marks on both knees!  We sang to her and fed her cake when she came to our room in the morning!

 Then it was time to open presents from mom and dad, Omi and Grandpa, Berit, Kristin, Michael, Annalie, and Aaron.

 

 

 

 

Then it was time for preschool at Hannah's house!

Her adorable primary teachers:  Mandalyn Rich and Tanya Roylance dropped by during preschool to sing happy birthday and give her a present!

 Lunch at her favorite place with momma and daddy (and princess Celestia):

 She also had swimming lessons that day...and phone calls from Utah,  Louisiana, and Germany.

Mimi was able to stop by and give her a present.  She also showed us the gorgeous painting of Rebecca she finished! 

 Happy Birthday, Little One!  Thanks for letting me keep you a 4 year old, even if it's only "in my mind".  I'm so proud to be your mom and I love you so much!

Life is good!

 

Our little snake catcher!

 

Easter Egg Hunts 1-4 !

Hunt # 1 - Em and Natalie put on this huge hunt in their back yard!  There were tons of kids and everyone got a basket-full! 

Hunt #2 was at my parent's house and it was for kids and adults too! I forgot my camera. I'm sure I will get some pix to insert.

Hunt #3 was on Easter morning to follow the clues to find her basket from the Easter Bunny.  He left some candy, a coloring book, crayons, sun glasses, and a new Barbie toothbrush!

 

Hunt #4 was on Easter Sunday.  We got together with three families from our ward and had dinner and a hunt for the kids! (We did recycle some of her candy from previous hunts...shhhhh...don't tell!)

 

How blessed we are to have such wonderful friends and family. How blessed we are to know that our Savior lived, and died for us. And that he did rise again!! Because of His sacrifice, we have the opportunity to rise above sin through repentance, and we will someday be resurrected, as He was and is.  I know He lives!

Yah...that happened!

Rebecca and Taylor climbed this pine tree to the top!! It is HUGE. Kim and I were freaking out. Of course, I tried to keep my cool on the outside, but as I coached her down through the branches and limbs, I almost had a heart attack! Here are the pictures from my phone and Kim's phone after they had made it down safely.  They were pretty proud of themselves.

 

 

This dinosaur was found at daddy's office!  Jorg made some calls to find out whose it was, and got permission to bring her home to his princess.  All the neighborhood kids took a ride.  Rebecca named her "Ashley" and she sleeps in Rebecca's room to watch over her each night!  Ashely is driving me nuts because she's pretty huge and always in my way.  But I shall endure...

 

 

I went to Bear Lake with the Young Women and Young Men in my ward for Youth Conference on April 12-14th.  Fun was had by all!  And I appreciate my mom, Jorg, and the Braithwaites for holding down the fort and keeping our girl happy while I was gone.  I missed my family, but it was a neat experience to get to know the youth better.  I am in the Young Women's and I love my calling!  These girls truly bless my life!  Here are some pictures I snapped with my phone as we hiked to some wind caves.
  

 

trip to st. george

 

We took a road trip to St. George with the Sloan cousins!
March 22-25th
I wish I would have taken more pictures.  But at least I got the hike :)
My whole immediate family was there.  I love you guys!  And it's always a party with the Sloans.  What a delightful trip!
 

 

 

 

sibling picture without Lane

Sibling picture WITH Lane (editey BY Lane)

 

Fiesta Fun bumper boats!

6 wonderful years!

We spent a weekend in Las Vegas for our anniversary trip!!  Thanks to my parents for watching Rebecca.  It was a beautiful weekend in March and we loved sending time together.  We stayed at The Point where we relaxed at the pool, went to a movie, cruised the strip, did a little shopping at Trader Joe's.  Road trips are fun with Jorg.  Because he's my best friend.  And he's fun and handsome!  Thanks for 6 wonderful years, Jorgi Smorgi!

 

 

St. Patrick's Day

There was a tricky leprechaun who turned her bath water green!

 

(I saw this idea with the toilet and thought it was cute...didn't think of how the water would've turned green, until Jorg pointed it out to me...duh!...but luckily Rebecca was thinking it was with his magical leprechaun wand and he had to stand up there so he could reach the water!!)

 

 

 

It was a happy lucky day and our 6th wedding anniversary!!
Rebecca also got to go to a St. Patrick's Day party at Brooklyn's house that day.
And we her parents had a fun date night at the Outback steakhouse.  We sat in the same booth we sat in on our second date!  What a lucky coincidence!!  I adore my Jorg and I'm so happy to be his wife!

fun with friends

photos taken with my phone:

Dance party at the Braithwaite's!

 

Farm Country with the Johnson's

 

 

waiting in line for the slide at the park with Taylor

Steve Songs

Steve is popular with the kids here in the U.S. He stars in some short music videos on our public broadcasting t.v. station. This was his first time in Utah! We were invited to his concert because Brooklyn's dad works for KBYU. Brooklyn is Rebecca's preschool friend. The day we were there, was also Dr. Seuss's birthday. So there were a lot of festivities at the pre-show.

Rebecca, Brooklyn, and Max

 

 

 

 

 

she was pretty cute dancing up there (dark blue shirt). We had such a blast!