Today is my brother in law, Kirk's Birthday! I just wanted to post a little something to tell him Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday Kirk! Ever since you became a part of our family, you have been an incredible blessing in all of our lives! Thank you for always being there for me! You have been an amazing big brother to me. I am grateful for the blessing you have been to me and my family. You are such an incredible husband to my sister! You are an amazing father to Addison and Uncle to all of our nieces and nephews! I love you! I hope that you have a Happy Birthday!
Brecken is the second of my nieces and nephews. He is such a sweet little boy and really cares about other people! Brecken gives the very best bear hugs! I love Brecken and I am so glad that he is a part of our family. I can't believe how fast he is growing up! I got back from school a month ago and I remember seeing Brecken and thinking he had gotten so big! He grows more each day! I always notice more sweet things that he does every time he comes over to our house! I love this boy and I am so glad that I am his aunt!
Holding Brecken for the first time in the hospital! I was already in love!
Lexi is my first niece! I love her so much! I remember when she was first born, I was in the sixth grade and I was so stinkin excited to be an aunt!! I can't even count how many blessings this little girl has brought into our lives! She is adorable and I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. She is in the Chinese immersion program for first grade this year and she has learned so much! She is becoming such a wonderful young woman! I love her so much!
Lauren, Lexi and I having a sleepover (when she still sucked her thumb! Cutie!!)
I have been trying to Index a little bit more the past few weeks. I know that sometimes it can seem stressful to start indexing, especially if you have never learned how to before. I just know that by indexing we can really help move the work forward. I have a really strong testimony about the importance of indexing and family history work. I know that I really have not done a ton, but honestly, I know that every little bit helps. I have seen the blessing of being able to bring your own family names to the temple for baptisms for the dead. It is a really amazing experience to be able to do the work for your own ancestors. It is really cool to see that you are helping bring your own family together more!
I really want to encourage you to try and do just a little bit more indexing and family history work. It can really be an awesome experience. There are family history specialists in each stake that are willing to help you learn how to get started on your family history work (or help you remember how it works if you already know!)
People have been raving about Frozen ever since it came out on Thanksgiving and I have been dying to see it ever since! A few days ago I finally got the chance to see it! It was really good! I loved the musical aspect of it and how it had so much singing. I also loved the characters and the story!
The only thing is that I would still have to say that Tangled is my favorite {new} Disney princess movie. I love how in Tangled they developed the characters and concepts a lot more than they did in Frozen. I also absolutely LOVE the story line in Tangled! So there are a few reasons that Tangled is still at the top of my list! I could watch Tangled about a million times over! Don't get me wrong, I did really like Frozen and I will definitely see it again! I am so glad that I finally got to see what all of the hype was about! If you haven't seen it, I would definitely recommend that you do! It was worth it!
Sarah and Emily ready to go see the movie!
Granny and Emily ready to go see the movie!!
Emily sitting in her own big girl seat at the movie!
The other day I went to the waffle truck. It is delicious! I just thought I would share how great I think it is! If you live in Utah or Arizona you should definitely check it out! They even just opened up a new store in Provo! The link to their website is: http://www.waffluv.com/. You can even follow them on instagram to find out where the trucks are going to be each day.
I got a waffle with nutella, strawberries and cream! It was so delicious!
So on Saturday December 21st my Mom came to pick me up in Rexburg, to move me back home. We were driving home and when we were about two hours away Lauren called letting us know that her water broke and she was in labor! We got there right on time! It was an awesome experience being at the birth of Addison and I can't wait to experience having children of my own someday! Lauren was so amazing and I am so glad that Addie waited for me to get home to come! She is such a cutie!
We had some fun on Christmas! Here are all of our presents set out the morning of Christmas after Santa visited!
Halle had a sleepover before Christmas break was over! I love this little girl! She is growing up so fast! I still remember the day she was born!
Emily snoozing away!!
Crysta and Ryan moved back from Washington! I have loved being able to see all of them again! I missed them so much!
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