Ernst Family

Finally a new post and its long!

2009-03-19T21:50:00.000-07:00

It's been such a long time since my last post that this post will be super long because I had to play catch up and I was 3 months behind. But I wanted to get it done first because I like to keep it for my journal but also my sis works out of state for right now and it's almost been 5 weeks since we have seen her. I'm sure these pictures will make her home sick but I know she really wants to see the kids. These are just some random pictures so you can see how big the kids are getting. You know how Brady loves stuffed animals and I love this one when he's sleeping.

Maddix sound asleep.
Playing cars.

Look at how cute that face is.

He just looks like trouble but he is such a lover boy.

Maddix nevers fails to surprise us. She comes out in the most random stuff and it alwasy inludes underwear which these are only some of the pictures I have,

Definitely have to show her husband this one!

Maddix decided to write all over her face and the rest of her body here before we were getting ready for church.

Brady trying to be like his Dad!

Playing in the mud while Jason is trying to fix up our backyard.

This is how our bedtime turns out to be. But now it's much worse because Brady won't stay in his bed and now he just gets in Maddix's bed.

We have been trying to take each kid out seperately on date nights. So Jason took Maddix to Chucky Cheese where she was spoiled by Dad.

Jason took Brady to dinner then to the park so they could spend some alone time together. They had so much fun.

While the boys went out, Maddix and I went to dinner then to paint pottery and then we stopped in for some ice cream. It was a great mommy daughter date.

Went to Lehi days and had such a blast with my family. The kids pigged out on junk food and we all had great bbq.

Maddix had a field trip to the Fire Station. But during the middle of it they got a call and had to leave. The kids had fun anyways.

My family and Maddix and I got to go to the Desert Botanical gardens and look at the Chahulay display. It was so beautiful and Maddix loved it.

This was Maddix's favorite piece and she kept making me take pictures of it. It is really beautiful. I can't believe all these pieces are hand blown glass.

Jason and I got to take Brady to an ASU basketball game while Maddix went out with Grandma Ernst. We had so much fun and Brady was such a good boy all night. He loved watching ASU beat UCLA. We love you so much buddy boy.

Happy Valentine's day to us. Daddy surprised the kids in the moring with donuts then they each got a little present letting them know how much we love them. Then we decided to take the kids to the zoo. Before we left I went to put on my wedding rings when what the heck I can't find them. After asking Maddix, she told me she took them but she didn't know where they were. After looking in all her things, I lift up the couch cushions and find a shiny thing in the crack of the couch. I swear if someone would have sat down in the spot again then it would have been gone forever. So we go to the zoo where Brady manages to lose his Sunday shoe to the tigers. Little stinker put his feet in and when I went to pull it out it came off. The tiger was right below us and he watched it drop all the way down. Then that night we met up with our good friends Travis and Jaymie for a pizza dinner with the kids and that just turned into a huge poopy deal thanks to Brady's diaper. It was a full day but we had so much fun. And then Jason surprised me and took me out of town the next weekend with out the kids for our Valentine's. We had a blast.

Jason celebrated his 28th birthday. His parents took our family out to PF Chang's which is one of Jason's favorite places. And then on his b-day I got to spend the whole day with him just hanging out while our parents took care of the kids. It was so nice. For dinner we went to Bennehanas which we love and we had so much fun. We spent a little over 2 hours there and we didn't mind a bit. It was so nice to sit and enjoy eating your food and not have to worry about the kids.

Maddix had a talent show at school and she wanted to sing a song. She sang part of it then stopped because she was a little shy. That's ok at least she tried and everybody thought you did great. I love you peanut! We got to go to our house in the mountains and took the kids tubing. Maddix and Brady loved it so much. It was so cute to watch them go tubing where I would go as a kid. We had so much fun!

Jae and I got to go snowboarding. It's been 5 years since I've gone. I've either been pregnant or nursing and haven't been able to leave my babies. But thanks to my Mom, she watched the kids while we went.

Maddix had her first day of Primary and she loves it. And I love it to because I'm in the primary presidency so I always get to watch her. Look at her here posing. She makes me laugh.

Maddix had a field trip with her preschool at the Zoo. She is such a sweet girl. I love you so much cuddle bug!

Happy New Year to us. We had a blast with my family. This year is going to be great.

We took the kids to Flagstaff so that they could go to the North pole and see Santa on the Polar Express. It was so much fun and crazy on the train with the kids. Next time maybe we shouldn't give Brady a 12oz. cup of hot chocolate. He was bouncing off the walls.

Christmas morning at my parents house. My whole family gets together to open presents and we all help make a huge breakfast. We have so much fun.

Christmas morning at our house. The kids love their toys so much. Maddix came into our room and woke us up telling us that Santa came then she ran and woke Brady up.

Christmas Eve before we went to my parents' house for a very fun evening.

Picture after church. My parents came with us and the kids had on their Christmas clothes

I love taking the kids to get their pictures taken with Santa every year. I remember my mom always taking me. They were so excited!

Until they had to sit on Santa's lap. Not so much fun for Brady. The poor boy went crazy and when I went to grab him he was shaking. I felt so bad but he's better now.

Maddix loved it and sat on his lap forever telling him everything she wanted. She wasn't shy!

Every year we have started a tradition to watch the Polar Express in our pj's and have snacks. Maddix had to watch it in her sleeping beauty dress. And Brady won't stop chugging his root beer!

Maddix had her first check up with the dentist and she loved it. Every time we go to the gym she asks if we can go to the dentist too. She might have had fun but I had 6 cavities.

Maddix had her 2008 Christmas Program at school. It was so great to watch her. She then gave me her first ornament with her picture in it with a card. It was so cute I cried later.

AC/DC

2008-12-21T22:10:00.000-08:00

Jason and I have been waiting 8 years for AC/DC to come out with a new album and go on tour again. And it finally happened. Tickets went on sale and I was there waiting in line for 2 1/2 hours to make sure we got our tickets. So on Dec. 10th we finally got to go to the sold out show. It was my first time and Jason's 3rd time seeing them and all I can say is that the concert was one of the best I have ever been to!

Black Friday!

2008-12-04T22:53:00.000-08:00

The last 3 years we havn't been able to go to the mountains for Thanksgiving so my Mom and I have made it a tradition to get out of bed and go shopping on Black Friday. We have never had to really get anything, we just like to go for fun. But this year was way different. My 2 sisters in law decided to join us for a crazy morning because this year I was on mission to get everything I wanted and they had to get what they wanted. We started off our day by getting up at 3 am then off to Kohl's we went. I didn't really have to get anything there just wanted to go for fun. So one of my sisters and I took off to Walmart so we could get there by 5. Jason met me there and as soon as Walmart said it was 5 am we went to town getting everything on our list. Then we took off to Target because they opened at 6 am. We waited in line and as soon as they opened the door we were off. I had a camera, dvd players for the truck, 2 movies, and 2 memory cards before Jason even got to the back of the strore. I was a maniac and so were the rest of my sisters. They got all the toys they needed and helped me score all my toys for the kids. After Target we ate breakfast then went to the mall and Toys R Us. We had so much fun and I was so exhausted by the end of the day I came home and slept until 8:30 pm. Thanks girls for such a fun day. Can't wait to do it all again next year.

My sister in law who is 8 months pregnant and me at 4 in morning!

Dance Class!

2008-12-04T22:48:00.000-08:00

Maddix had her very first dance recital for Christmas. This was just a little one to show the parents what they have been working on and to also help prepare the girls for the big one in April. Daddy, Brady, and Grandma were lucky enough to come and watch her. She did so great and we are so proud of her. After wards we had a little party for the girls and parents. Then we took her out to lunch and of course all she wanted was Neds Crazy Sub. She loves that place.

We could not get her to put down her cookie for the pictures.

She was pretty happy afterwards and we could not get her to sit still for a picture.

Some of the fun we have been up to in November!

2008-12-04T21:47:00.001-08:00

Hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving because I know we sure did! We had such a great day. I love my family and I'm very grateful for everyone and everything we have in our lives. We are very blessed!

I love this picture so much. I love my kids with all my heart. Maddix and Brady keep us laughing nonstop. They are very happy kids. It's crazy to look at this picture Brady looks like a little boy and not a baby anymore . Where does the time go?

Maddix loves making pies with my dad. So the day before Thanksgiving they spent a couple of hours making 2 pumpkin pies, a cherry pie, a chocolate pie and a lemon pie.

Maddix had her Thanksgiving program at school and she did so great! Daddy, Brady and Grandma all got to come and watch her!
She was singing a song here about a turkey.

She was an Indian in their little skit.

And at the end of everything they passed out corn bread that they had made for us. She was so proud of herself and I know we were really proud of her.

She was pretending to be turkey and I just had to get pictures because that hat is too cute on her. I know I want to gobble her up.

I love Maddix's Pre-School, they always get to do the funnest stuff. We went to a farm where the kids got to feed a goat, rabbit, hold chickens, pet a turkey, go on a hay ride, and ride a horse. They were also letting you milk a goat and drink the milk but as good as that sounded we passed on the idea. Although lots of people tried it and liked it.

My kids are crazy for animals. As soon as Brady sees any type of animal he goes nuts and starts screaming in laughter. It cracks us up.

California!

2008-11-16T21:33:00.000-08:00

Jason and I were lucky and got to spend the weekend in Cali. while my parents watched the kids. My brother-in-law Justin is living over there right now working a new job and he is away from his family so Jason was going to go visit him so I said, "wouldn't it be better if we make it a couple's weekend and bring his wife and me along too?" So that's what we did but Justin had no idea, that's what we were really going to do so we surprised him pretty good. Halloween was on Friday night and we went to bed at 1:30 a.m. and then left for Cali at 3 a.m., that was not too fun. I was so tired but couldn't let Jason stay awake all by himself and drive so Theresa and I both stayed awake and kept him company. When we got to Justin's apartment we had Jason drop us off a block early so we could just walk in later and surprise him. Well surprise to us because it started to rain! Then we thought we could get in the back gate and it was locked. So then we had to walk to the front gate and that was locked so Theresa had to hop the fence and unlock it. So by the time we got to the apartment to surprise him we were soaking wet. But it was worth it because we had so much fun!

We went to Santa Monica and walked around and shopped.We were on the ferris wheel on the pier.
Justin and Theresa on the ferris wheel!

Just a random dinosaur fountain.

We all went to Benihanas for dinner and it was excellent!

After dinner we went to Hollywood Blvd. and saw a bunch of weird people. This is the Chinese theatre.

Some random gold man!

We also saw Batman & Robin, Jack Sparro, and oh yes my favorite the same Spider Man that Rob and Big netted on their show. And don't worry, I didn't want to pose with him so as I was walking away and he threw this thing that was supposed to be his net at me and it caught my foot and scared the crap out of me! We all had a great trip.

October at a Glance!

2008-11-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

October was one crazy, fun, and exciting month. First off we moved! We are now renting Jason's grandma's patio home until we can decide where we want to buy a home. We love, love it here! It is so big and it has so much storage space in the house and in the garage, we can't even fill it all up. That's a nice feeling we have never had before. October was filled with fun events all month long. Here is just some of the things we were up to in October.

Maddix made this very cute pumkin all by herself at school. She is doing so great at school. She writes her name so good and she loves to cut things out and she does such a great job. I love picking her up from school. Everytime I pick her up and ask what she did in school all she tells me is that we played and played and played and that's all we did. It's so cute but I have to be tricky to find out what else they really did. I found out she knows the whole pledge of allegence and I was so proud of her when she put her hand over her heart and told me.

For family home evening one night we decorated suger cookies!I love this picture of Brady! He is trying so hard to frost the cookie but most the time he would just end up eating them. The evidence is all over his face!
The next week we carved pumpkins for family home evening. Maddix is always so excited to start the project.
Both kids put there hands in the pumpkin once and then left the rest of job for me to do. They get that from Jason because he hates putting his hands in there too.He did help me poke the holes in the pumkin when my hand got tired. And of course Maddix just had to have the witch carved in the pumpkin.
The final project completed! And I must say it turned out great!

We had a Halloween party at my aunt's house this year and it turned out great. We got to play with cousins and eat great food.

Brady was the cutest Lion. If you ask him what a lion says he will roar for you.

Maddix had a Halloween Party with everybody from preschool. She even won her class pumkin to bring home. I didn't get a picture but it was a very silly face pumpkin.

Maddix and her teacher!
She did not want me to take a picture. She was busy eating candy!

HALLOWEEN! This was on Halloween. We first went to trunk or treat and that was fun but then we went to my in-laws neighborhood and took the kids trick or treating with Ryland and they had so much fun they never wanted to stop. The kids were so ecxited and caught on to the idea very quick. They would take off running to the houses and if somebody would let them pick their candy, they weren't shy about how many to take either. Thankfully nobody cared and they were just dumping loads of candy into their bags. Maddix's bag got so heavy she couldn't even hold it anymore. My favorite part of the night was when we were walking and I said I love halloween and Maddix looks up at me and yells, "me too!" then takes off running to the door to get more candy. She cracks me up.

My little ballerina and lion!
Hope everybody had a happy Halloween!

FOR RENT

2008-10-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody we are looking for renters to move in as soon as possible. We have a 2 bedroom, 2 bath town home for rent in the Eastbrook Stratford townhomes. We are asking $800.00 a month and we will pay the HOA fees. I love this town home, neighborhood and ward so much and I know somebody else will enjoy it just as much as we did. If anybody is interested or knows anybody who would be interested in renting it please just leave me a comment or call.

Mexico

2008-09-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

About 2 weeks ago Jason and I were lucky enough to go with some of our friends and spend the weekend in MEXICO without the kids! We had such a blast. We spent the days on the beach or swimming at the pools. The swim up bar had the best tacos and pina coladas ever (ours were virgin of course). We bought some great stuff from the venders. Every night we went to this bar/restaurant called Changos and had a blast. They had this Mexican guy singing American songs who was actually pretty good. On the way to Mexico we were saying how Garth Brooks has the best Karoake songs. So when we get to the bar on the wall they had a sign that said "I have friends in low places" So of course us girls had to take a picture of it. Then the last song the band sang was "I've got friends in low places" and the whole place was singing it so loud. We had such a blast and we can't wait to do it next year. One of the funniest things that happenend was when we were all on the banana boat and my sister was so scared to ride it and the boys were jumping on it so it was bouncing so much. Lindsay was in the middle of telling Erin don't worry it won't flip when all of a sudden she goes flying off with Jason and Rusty's foot was caught and he was getting dragged along the side of it. The poor boys lost their new sun glasses but thankfully they had there cheap ones on. And Lindsay just hurt so bad she didn't even want to ride it again.

Where in the world is Erin?

It was so humid outside. As soon as we went to take a picture the lens would fog up.

Me and 2 of my very bestfriends!

Me and my hubby!

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-09-10T23:32:00.000-07:00

Today was my 26th birthday. Crazy I can't believe I'm that old. It was a great day but I should say it's been and is still going to be a great week. Jason always teases me because he always says my birthday is a celebration that lasts a week and it's very true even though I don't mean it to be. Sunday we celebrated my birthday with all my family. Tuesday night my in-laws took us out to eat for my birthday and gave me a gift card to go shopping with. And today is my actual b-day and I woke up to a dozen red roses on my night stand thanks to my handsome husband. I told Jason the only present I wanted was to go shopping for my birthday which I got that but he also surprised me with new sun glasses that I love so much. Then my best friend Jaymie took me out for lunch at Crackers, then my parents and sister took me out to eat at Olive Garden for dinner since Jason had school till 10:30. That was a bummer but he is taking me out on a date Friday night. Then on Saturday I get to be spoiled. I'm so excited I get to have a facial, massage, my hair cut and colored and then a pedicure and a manicure. I'm so excited for this I can't even wait. So far turning 26 has been really good to me.

First day of dance class!

2008-09-10T23:19:00.000-07:00

So we have now entered into the world of dance. Maddix has been asking me for the last couple of weeks if today is the day she goes to dance. Well this moring she knew she was going and she woke up and ran around the house yelling, "I get to go to dance today, hurray." She had her first class ever and she loved it. I was so proud of her. She went right into class and put her ballet shoes on and listend to her teahcer. She came home and showed everybody her new moves and she was so happy to tell us all about it.

She posed all by herself for this picture. Thats my super star!

Maddix

2008-09-10T23:14:00.000-07:00

Maddix just looked to cute for her 3rd day of school I just had to share!

The end of swim lessons

2008-09-10T22:57:00.000-07:00

Swimming lessons are over. I have to give a big thanks to Mrs. Carolyn, she is the best teacher. Thanks to her, my kids have no fear of water and are really great swimmers. Maddix can jump off the diving board and swim the whole length of the pool and even take her breaths. At night she does laps with me and my mom when we go swimming, it's pretty fun. She can also do her butterfly, corkscrew, and her back stroke. She is an awesome little swimmer. And Brady did so well. He is such my little dare devil. He loves kicking his legs and will just walk off the edge anywhere and swim to us. He loves, and I mean LOVES jumping off the diving board. He will just keep going back and back until we get tired and have to drag him away from it. It was such a great summer and we can't wait until next season.

Look how good he is at grabbing the wall by himself.

Maddix is doing her canonball!

Maddix's first day of Pre School

2008-09-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Look at my little girl I can't believe she started Pre School. She has been looking forward to school all summer long so when the day came she was just so excited. We pulled up to her school and she looked at Brady and told him "This is my school, you don't get to come." And then she made sure to tell me and my mom, "You guys are dropping me off all by myself and your not staying, just I'm staying." I took her inside and she went straight to hang her back pack up and get out her show and tell item. I told her that I loved her and she gave me a kiss and then I was out the door and she didn't even notice that I was leaving. Even though I'm sad that she doesn't need me in ways like she use to, I'm even more proud of her for being such a strong little girl who is not afraid of what she wants. I love her so much and she is doing so great at school and she loves it every time she goes.

She did not let me pick out her outfit, she had to pick out what she wore on the first day and just look at that huge smile on her face. Nothing makes me more happy than to see my kids smile.

Family Camp Out

2008-09-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

So my family and I decided we are starting a family tradition to go camping every year together on Labor Day weekend. So my parents went up early and got us the most beautiful spot right next to this huge creek. It was so perfect we had tons of forest around us with this beautiful creek behind us and right in front of my parents they put in 120 pounds of fish. We were all excited it was going to be such a fun weekend. So most of our family came up Friday and and it was such a great day the weather was perfect Jason and the kids went fishing and we had so much fun. Saturday morning the day started out perfect Jason and the kids went fishing again with my brother Mike and they cought 4 fish in like 1 hour so they were happy. Well Jason and Mike decided to go paintballing with a bunch of friends and about an hour after they left the rain started. So the kids and I went running to the tent just to find that our tent was leaking so bad that everything inside was getting wet. My wonderful brother Damon and my Dad helped me get tarps put over my tent but there wasn't enough to cover the whole thing. So I spent 2 and a half hours wiping up puddles and keeping 2 kids entertained in the tent. Maddix was pretty funny and she was mostly keeping us entertained. Her and Brady were in his porta crib that we had in the tent and all of a sudden she was standing in the corner of it and yells out I am Nacho and then tackles Brady! I was cracking up laughing because the weekend before we were watching Nacho Libre in Payson. Well Jason finally got back to camp and the rain just came down even harder so being stuck in the tent for 7 and half hours with a 3 year old and a 14 month old we decided to pack up camp in the pooring rain and so did everybody else because the rain just wasn't going to stop. We headed on over to our Cabin in Vernon for a nice warm and cozy place to stay. We finished the weekend off by riding quads, shooting guns, playing with the kids outside and having a Thanksgiving feast that my wonderful Uncle Mike and Aunt Chris made and it was so good. We had a blast hanging out as a family but I think from now on we will move the camp out to Memorial weekend when it's not the rainy season.

The kids are making a chocolate mud pie. Yummy.

You think this kid needs a dog? Brady loves animals. He spent all weekend rolling and laying on the dogs and sweet Angus just let him do whatever he wanted.

We were really bored being stuck in our tent so the kids staring making funny faces making us laugh.

My Uncle Arden loves Jason and he gave him his hunting riffle awhile ago and we had to go pracitce shooting it. We took along some shot guns for fun too.

My brother Damon always cracks us up!

Payson

2008-09-10T20:51:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago Jason and I took the kids up to Payson to spend the weekend up there. It was so nice to get away and just play with the kids. One day we took Jason's grandparents out to lunch. They are so sweet and we love seeing them. We played at the parks and just had such a great time enjoying each others campany. I love my family so much!

I love this picture because this is so Brady. He is always teasing us and he is always on the go. Those poor ducks never got a chance to rest he was chasing them every where.

Tempe Splash Park

2008-08-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

My friends Holly and Tiari and I went to Tempe Splash park to the let the kids play and let us visit. Holly came down from Texas and we were so excited to see her. The kids had a blast!

4th of July

2008-08-09T21:25:00.001-07:00

For the 4th of July we went up to our house in the mountains like we always do and we had so much fun. We went to the Show Low parade which Maddix loved cause she got a bunch of candy and Brady also didn't mind since he got to benefit off of Maddix supply of suckers. We watched the fireworks which was fun to do with the kids since Maddix was so into it. Brady was just so tired he kept trying to fall asleep anywhere he could. We spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with family and going on quad rides which Maddix can't get enough of with her Dad. My parents took Maddix to the Springerville rodeo which she also loved because there were a lot of cowboys and horses there. She is so into Cowboys and Indians right now because she watches Westerns with my mom.

Needless to say, we just had a blast hanging out all day and all night with our family.

Viva Las Vegas!

2008-07-01T23:44:00.000-07:00

This past weekend my Mom, Sister, and I went to Las Vegas for a girls' weekend. What a fun filled weekend we had. We went up for the Las Vegas beauty convention that they have every year. Our plane left at 7 a.m and my sis and I only got 3 hours of sleep. We were so loud on the plane, I swear everybody probably thought we were drunk because we were laughing so much but we were just high off of caffeine to try to keep us awake. We got to do a lot of great things. We went to a lot of great classes, went shopping, got dressed up to go to dinner, and mostly we just got to live it up in Vegas. And if anyone knows my mom, my sister, and me together, you know we will probaly have more fun than what we should. We had a blast and we can't wait to do it all over again next year. This is in the airport because we kept teasing the guys that we were going to the show!

This was a picture we took of the Las Vegas strip as we were stting on the plane waiting to come back to AZ. This was also the scariest flight I have ever been on. I guess it's not a good sign when your on the runway and the plane goes black inside and they have to jump start the plane. And then they tell us this like it was supposed to make us feel better. Then I swear it was the pilot's first time flying. I have never been in a plane where it would make so many sharp turns to the right then to the left then go up and down. I was freaking out. I finally felt safe when the plane landed, oh wait the alarm goes off in the plane and we are stuck on it for like 20 minutes with a loud ringing in our ears. It was a horrilble flight and I don't know when I will be flying again.

Random News

2008-07-01T22:38:00.000-07:00

So here's just a couple of things that have happened in my life lately.

1. I'm so happy to say that Jason passed his board exam. He is now a licensed Occupational Therapist. Yea, I'm so excited! It's been really weird because he doesn't have to study anymore and it hasn't been like that for awhile. But I better live it up while I can because those of you who don't know, Jason is planning on going to medical school so I better take advantage now of all his free time.

2. There's going to be another little baby coming soon to our family. And no way am I saying that it's going to be me having it. But I am proud to say that my older brother and his wife are expecting there first baby together. My brother already has 2 children from his first marriage so now it's time to add a 3rd to the group. We are all so excited but I think my other sister-in-law and I are more happy than the rest because we don't have to be the ones to give birth to it and we can just enjoy watching her. Love you Allison and Damon, you will be great!

3. This is just kind of funny to me and maybe not Jason so much. I have never been a reader. I've just never been able to sit still long enough to take time to read a long book. Well that changed maybe because I like my quiet time to myself more now rather than before due to the fact that I have 2 children and that I never get any alone time. So a couple of my sisters-in-law, my sister, and mom all talk books on Sundays and they were talking about Twilight and about the movie a couple of Sunday's ago. So I decided I should give it a chance because I want to see the movie with all of them when it comes out in December and I don't want to be left in dark on what's going to happen when they all know. Needless to say, I read the whole book in 3 days and I've started on the 2nd. I sound like a total dork but I have to know what happens to Bella and Edward. So Jason was annoyed because he spent all day studying so we could have the night together and that's the night i decided to start reading my first book and I couldn't put it down. If your like me and have never read a book, I would suggest reading this set.

Happy 1 Birthday Brady!

2008-07-01T21:25:00.000-07:00

Brady was flying high on his birthday, due to Uncle Damon, pizza, his own birthday cake, and his presents. He was having the time of his life. His birthday was a blast and it was so much fun to watch him dig into his cake. Hope you had fun buddy because I know we all did. We love you so much!For Brady's actual birthday, my family and I took him to Pei Wei for dinner where he and Maddix had a blast with chop sticks. Maddix is actually quite good.

So my little Brady boy turned 1! Wow where did that year go too? I honestly can't believe that he is one and that just a year ago I gave birth to him. You decided to come into this world with a bang so after being in labor for 12 hours and pushing for 4 you just wouldn't budge and so we had to get a c -section to get your little butt out. But ever since that day you have never slowed down. Brady, you are such great addition to our family. You make us laugh so much. And you are seriusly the strongest baby I have ever met. You started crawling at 4 and a 1/2 months, standing up around 5 months, crawling up the stairs by 6 months, and walking full on by 10 months. You sure are a busy body and you have kept us on our toes. You will climb anything in sight and that includes climbing on top of the table, the kitchen island, and anything else that might look interesting to you. You are a dare devil and that scares me but I'm learning to get use to it. You love to play with Maddix and want to do anything she is doing. We love you so much buddy and we can't wait to watch you grow. It's exciting everyday to watch your sweet smiling little perfect face light up when you get excited about something or when you figure something out. You are one of the biggest blessings in our lives and we love you with all our heart.

Fathers day!

2008-06-19T00:19:00.000-07:00

Father's Day was such a great day. We took Jason and my Dad out for breakfast. Then at breakfast we surprised Jason with a new mountain bike. He has been wanting one for a while and that's all I heard about for weeks. So being the great wife that I am I had to surprise him with one. He was so excited about it and I must say he gets a lot of use out of it. After breakfast we came home and had a huge B-B-Q with all my family and we went swimming. By the end of the night we were exhausted. This is the picture I gave to Jason at breakfast. I wrote on it and it said, "Look Daddy at your new bike!"
We got bored at breakfast which made us put Maddix's sun glasses on Brady which he did not like.
Jason you are such a great Daddy and I knew you would be. You have been hands on since the day Maddix was born. The kids look up to you and love you so much. You work so hard at school and work so you can provide such a better life for us and we are very greatful for that. We all love you so much and we want you to know how grateful we are for such a wonderful husband and father that you are to us!

Splash Park

2008-06-19T00:04:00.000-07:00

My good friend Tiari and I took our kids out for lunch then headed to San Tan Mall to let the kids play in the splash park. We thought it would be bigger but the kids didn't know any different so they had a blast. And what is a better way to end the day then by having Dairy Queen? Thanks for the fun play date, we will have to do it again soon.

The drive in movies

2008-06-18T22:24:00.000-07:00

So Jason and I wanted to go to a movie since it's very rare that we get to go, so we decided on the drive ins. I was so excited since it was Jason's first drive in. We were just hoping the kids would fall asleep since thay didn't get naps but of course that didn't happen. So we spent on hour trying to entertain a 3 and 1 year old. After the horn honking, the kids yelling, and a bag of popcorn dropping in between the seats of our truck, we had to leave. But wouldn't you know as soon as we got on the road the kids fell asleep. We will just have to try it again later when the kids are older. But we did have a lot of fun before the movie started.

Memorial Day

2008-05-27T23:03:00.000-07:00

This past weekend for Memorial Day, my Mom and I took the kids to our house in the mountains. We thought there would be beautiful weather and that we would be able sit with the kids on the yard and let them play and have picnics. But we were sure wrong. We left Thursday morning and by the time we got to our house it was a winter wonderland. It must have snowed at least 5 inches by sun down. And then all night it kept snowing and all the next day it was so foggy you couldn't even see the mountains. All you could see was pure white everywhere you looked. These pictures don't do it justice because I forgot my camera and Jason had to bring it when he came up Friday, so these pictures aren't even close to what it was like but you can get a good idea. But who has ever heard of it snowing this late in May? But we still ended up having a great weekend. We went to all the boutiques and ate some great food. Jason came up Friday then on Saturday we went back down to Payson to finish the weekend off there with the Ernsts'. We had a lot of fun just relaxing and going out to dinner. And then on Monday we came home and had a huge BBQ and swim party with my family. The weekend was a lot of fun and it was just really great to get away.

The family in Vernon!

Brady asleep at Pizza Hut in Payson!

The kids climbing all over the beds in Payson. Brady climbs everything, it's kind of scary for other people but i guess we have just gotten use to it. This is one of the easiest things he has climbed.

Maddix's birthday/Mother's Day!

2008-05-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

May 11, 2008 was Maddix's birthday, she turned 3! But it was also Mother's Day which was even more exciting for me because she is the reason I even became a mommy. It was a lot of fun to share the day with her. We started the day going out to eat breakfast with my parents and then going home to get ready for Maddix's big birthday party! She has been so excited to turn 3, she kept asking us for weeks when is it going to be my birthday, is it my birthday yet, how many more days? So when the day came, you could just imagine how excited she was. We woke her up in the morning and the first thing she said before getting out of bed was, "it's my birthday, let's go open a lot of presents," then she proceeded to say, "now lets go eat some chocolate cake." We had such fun party. We wore her little butt out. We had a Hawaiin Luau and we all went swimming and had a BBQ. The lucky little girl was spoiled with so many new clothes and toys. We had such a great time with all our family and friends. Right now Jason and I are loving that she's 3. She understands so much more and she makes us laugh so hard. She's at the stage where she asks why and what all the time. And she asks, "are we allowed to say that word? We can't say that word. Mommy did you hear them say that word?" It's really funny because they hear everything and point out everything. I also must say that Maddix is finally potty trained. At times I thought I would go crazy but we did it. I really wanted her to be potty trained by the time she turned 3 and she did it. It's been over 2 1/2 months since we had an accident and she doesn't even wet the bed at night. We are so excited. Way to go Maddix!

This was us at Mother's Day breakfast and it was so yummy!

Maddix in her special birthday shirt that says, "Birthday Girl!"
Maddix dressed up for her Luau Party! She looks so freakin cute!
Maddix getting ready to open presents!

She loves Dora so we just had to get her a Dora cake!Maddix fast asleep in her new birthday PJ's!

For our sweet little Maddix. We hope you had such a fun birthday. You are truly an angel and a blessing in our lives. You have the sweetest little heart. You are always there to help us and your brother. You always have a plan and you love to stick with it and you won't let us forget it. You are a very independent little girl but you know how to get the job done. You love adventure and love to explore new things. You make us laugh more than I can explain. Watching you grow has been one of the most enjoyable things I have done in my life. Every day I get to live life as if I was a kid again. You know how to melt our hearts. Like the other day I helped you put your clothes back on and you started to walk away then you stopped and turned around and told me "mommy you are the best mommy because you always help us when we need help." I love when you crawl into bed with me in the morning and give me a big kiss on the cheek and then snuggle me. These our just some of the reasons why being your parents has been one of the greatest things that has ever happened. We love you so much peanut!

Family Update!

2008-04-18T22:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Maricopa County Fair and my moms best friend helps to put it on every year so she gives us free passes to get in and for all the rides. It was alot of fun. We have been going every year with Maddix and this was the first year that she got to go on all the rides. My girl is exactly like me she loves any type of ride or roller coaster. We had a blast together and we went on every ride there was. And I must say they were all fast and they took us up really high I couldn't believe how much she was loving it. She never wanted to stop. She just kept telling me what ride she wanted to do next. It was so much fun bonding and spending that time with her. I think we both had smiles on our faces from ear to ear all day. Our favorite rides were the swings and the elephants. She could't wait to tell the whole family how much fun we had. We also went and saw the bunnies and chickens and of course Brady and Maddix both loved that. Maddix is wanting a bunny now but she hates the poop she tells me. Thanks mom for taking care of Brady while we did the rides and Mitzie for all the free stuff!

Maddix has started taking swimming lessons for the second year. Her teacher is so awesome and so amazing. It's crazy to see these kids so little and already swimming. Maddix is a little shy in her class but that is her personality when she is around alot of people. But when we are at my parents pool she is crazy and never wants to stop. She loves to swim and do super man, jump off the diving board and get the rings at the bottom of the pool. Every day Maddix ask if she has swimming lessons. Mrs. Carolyn is her teacher and I would recommend her to anyone. Brady is going to start when he turns 1.

Maddix and Olivia had there last play date for a while. They are such good friends and they loved to play with each other so much. They have already talked on the phone once and it was so cute to hear them. We love you Olivia and we will see you soon!

We got 2 new members in the family. Jason brought Maddix home a fish one day from work and we decided to get Brady one too for family home evening. Maddix's is the red one and she named it Dora, Oliva or Maddix it just depends when you ask her. And it's already been to the the fish doctor (died 2 days after we got it) and now it's back thanks to daddy. Brady's is the blue one and Maddix named it Swiper after Swiper the fox on Dora it's her favorite character.Maddix loves the fishies and every day she is so excited to tell us how big they are getting .

For those of you who dont know our family was sealed in the temple last month and it was the best day of our lives. Thank you everybody who came and supported us we really appreciated the it. I dont have alot of pictures from that day because my brother has them on his camera but here are just a couple that I had.

Easter!

2008-03-27T23:33:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend was so busy but very fun. Saturday we had a family picnic with all my aunts, uncles, cousins and their kids. It was such a nice day out and we all had so much fun enjoying each other's company and watching the kids play and seeing them have an Easter egg hunt. That night we went over to the Ernsts' for a while and the kids got Easter baskets from them and got to have another Easter egg hunt. Easter Sunday was so nice. My family all went to my parents' where we got to eat dinner and have another Easter egg hunt. Maddix got real good at this and would call her eggs when she saw them so her cousin wouldn't get them. But she was sweet and they both ended up sharing there eggs and candy.
What a handsome boy!

What a beautiful girl!

Maddix finding Easter eggs at the park.
My mom and I took the kids to see the Easter bunny and Maddix loved him and didn't want to leave and Brady wasn't to sure about the whole thing.

Rodeo! Yee Haw!

2008-03-08T22:32:00.000-08:00

Last week my parents' Stake had a rodeo and I have been going to it since I was a little girl and now Jason and I get the chance to take our kids. Maddix was so excited and has been talking about it for weeks. She really wanted pink boots to wear that day so my mom took her out and bought her some pink boots and a whole outfit. Thanks Mom! She was so excited that day, all she wanted to do was ride a horse and chase a chicken. I have been hearing this for weeks. So when the day came she was thrilled. She got to chase chickens but didn't catch one. She was so close to catching one but as she went to pick it up a little boy pushed her down and he grabbed it. I was pretty close to pushing that kid down. I know thats not nice but it really made me mad. All was well because her cousin got a chicken and she got to pet it. They also had an event where the kids could chase a goat and grab a dollar off of it and of course Maddix wasn't going to let that pass her by. She went up to the goat and grabbed the dollar, I was so proud of her. Now thats definitely my girl. We had so much fun. Maddix keeps asking when she gets to go to another rodeo. Thankfully we go to one in the mountains every year for the 4th of July.

What a nice way to end the day!

Poor Brady!

2008-03-08T21:42:00.000-08:00

Maddix loves being a big sister but poor Brady gets the bad end of it sometimes. But I don't think he would have it any other way because he will follow his sister anywhere she goes and takes everything she does to him with a smile on his face. This is just a couple things Maddix did to him over the past couple of days.

She wrote all over his face with chalk and in the car she took a pen to his face while she was sleeping but I don't have a picture of that. What does she think, that he's an open canvas?

Two days in a row she has decided that she would like to do Brady's hair. This is what I hear from her, "Mom what are you doing?" and I say, "nothing just packing the diaper bag" then she will say, "ok I'm just doing Brady's hair." Then this is what I find, his hair matted to his head with gel greased in it.

Snow Day!

2008-02-22T21:47:00.000-08:00

We went to Jason's parents cabin in Payson last week and had so much fun as a family.We took the kids to the snow on Saturday and we had such a blast. It was so deep Maddix kept sinking in it up to her waist. We made a snowman named what other than Frosty. Every snow man we make Maddix names Frosty. Obviously, she loves that song but in the song she changes the words to frosty has a very shiny nose. It's so cute to hear her sing it. Jason also pulled the kids around on the sled. We had a little snow fight and we ended the day by making smores. I love spending time with our little family and just watching Maddix have so much fun, and watching Brady touching the snow for the first time just wondering what it was. He kept trying to eat it and he would get the funniest face when he realized how cold it was. I'm so lucky to have such great family and I can't wait to have more fun times together.

Hanging out relaxing after a long day in the snow!

Happy Valentines Day!

2008-02-22T21:25:00.000-08:00

We had such a great Valentines. Jason only had to work a half a day so he took us out for lunch. He also gave me a present to go get a 2 hour massage. I'm so excited to go because my mom goes all the time and tells me how good this lady is and I've been wanting to go forever. This is the best present!

Happy 27th Birthday Jason

2008-02-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

Jason turned 27 on February 7th. For his birthday I surprised him and took him out all day and night so we could spend the day together just like old times. We had such a fun day. Jason is my best friend and I have loved him since the day we met. We have been through so much together. He is such a wonderful man, husband, and father. I love him for so many reasons. I love when he sings rock a bye baby to our kids at night to help them go to sleep, or when he's there for me when I've had a long day and I just need somebody. He has worked so hard in school to provide for our family . He is a blessing in my life and I know with out a doubt he was meant for me. I love you so much and I cant wait to spend many more birthdays with you!

We went to Tempe Town Lakes and took a paddle boat onto the lake. It was so much fun and so relaxing.

Happy New Years

2008-02-22T20:04:00.000-08:00

Over New Years we went to our house in the mountains and it was so much fun. We spent New Years night there after we went to dinner and a movie with our family. The kids stayed up so late and Maddix was so hyper. She was up till at least one in the morning yelling happy new years and dancing. Still to this day she will tell us to have Happy New Years.

We had a bonfire with our family and it was so cold.

Maddix loves the snow! She would barely come in the house for a second to warm up. My dad loves her so much and spent over 2 hours outside one day building a snowman and taking her on the sled. This is my Dad, Maddix and Frosty. Maddix loves to get in the kitchen and cook everybody dinner.

Christmas 2007

2008-01-25T07:56:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so much fun but it was a very busy day. We started off the day with opening presents at our house. Maddix was so excited that Santa came she ran into the bedroom yelling Santa came to Brady so that he would wake up. It was to cute to see her so excited. And all year she has been telling us she wants Santa to bring her a bike and he did. After we opened presents we went back down to my parents house where they cook us a huge breakfast and we open presents down there with all my brothers and sisters. It is alot of fun but takes a long time because there are 9 adults that come and 2 children and my parents spoil us every year. After my parents we head over to the Ernst house where we spend the rest of Christmas day and the kids get to open more presents. We had so much fun at both houses and by the end of the day everbody crashes. But wait not Katie because she spent the rest of Christmas night so sick and just vomiting. Up until that point Christmas was a blast. We got to spend time with our familys and to see the excitement on Maddix's face all day long brought us so much joy.

Maddix's new bike! She took it every where we went that day.

Christmas morning at my parents house!

Christmas day at the Ernst house with more presents!

Christmas Eve

2008-01-24T23:04:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve was so much fun. I have the best family and we had such a great night. We went over to my parents house and my dad cooked everybody this huge feast. And if you've ever been to my parents house for a party you know you will have every type of food plus every dessert. We all stuffed ourselves and sat around and had a little Christmas progam. It was such a blast to see how excited Maddix was. It's so great that she understands it now. I also have to thank my Dad because he is the very best Dad in the world. Jason and I where up until 2 in the morining Christmas Eve because we could not find the cord to charge our video camera. So I decided to text my Mom to see if they had it at there house thinking that she would get the text at about 6 in the moring but no she got it at 2:30. So my parents got up and looked for it in there house and they ended up finding it at about 3. So my saint of a Dad then says he will bring it over to me. He new that it would make me so sad not to have Brady's first Christmas on camera. He is the best Dad and I love him so much. So on Christmas Eve my Dad and I ended up going to bed at 4 in the morning and then I had to get up at 6. It was a very long Christmas day.

Christmas Eve 2007 at my parents house

Maddix standing still for one second during our Christmas program

Brady kissing his Cousin Rylee who is 2 weeks younger than him

Maddix and her cousin Connor stop playing to grab a bite to eat!

Maddix had to leave cookies and milk out for Santa that she helped make!

Daddy and Maddix leave a note for Santa

Brady and Maddix sound a sleep on Christmas Eve 2007 waiting for Santa to come!

Baby food time

2008-01-24T22:47:00.000-08:00

Brady started to eat baby food about a month ago and he loves it so much. He blows bubbles and his food just blows all over. It's so funny. He is just getting so big now.

Look at him go!

2007-12-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

So my strong little boy is just growing up way too fast. He just turned 5 months and for the last 2 weeks he has been crawling, pulling himself up, and also pushing himself up into the sitting position and he will just sit up so straight and stay there all by himself. We can't believe he is already doing all of this. It's crazy because he's so little to be doing what he's doing. But I always new he was active because I was pregnant with him for 9 months and felt his kicks the whole time . He is the sweetest little boy and we love him so much. We call him a little flirt because he giggles every time we kiss him. I can't help it because he has the best cheeks ever. Our children are such wonderful blessing in our lives.

Getting into all of the toys!

Crawling to mom!

Sitting and just playing so good with his toy!

Thanksgiving

2007-12-05T21:43:00.000-08:00

So I just have to say Thanksgivng was so much fun. We had all our family there and there was a bunch of good food that we ate too much of. My Dad is one of the best cooks I know and he makes the best stuffing that I could always eat more of. The day before Thanksgiving my sister, Maddix, and I helped my Dad make pies. We had so much fun. Also I have to say I'm greatful that I didn't break my fingers. X-rays showed they are just very briused and swollen. I was bringing in a jello salad on Thanksgiving morning and I tripped and fell and my knuckles got cought between the glass pan that weighed liked 5 pounds (not kidding) and the cement. It hurt so bad, I think the whole neighborhood heard me yelling. They are still so swollen that my wedding rings can only go on an 1/2 inch down my finger. I hope that they get back to normal soon because it's hard for me to even grab anything. So Mandy, if it looks like I'm being a wimp in your class I'm really not meaning too. So other than my finger throbbing all day and me having to ice it every hour, things went good. I'm thankful that I have such wonderful family and friends.

Maddix had to be like Mommy so Dad had to wrap her hand too. I love her!

Tag I'm It!

2007-12-05T19:08:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged by a couple of people and I'm just now getting to it. So here's 6 things about me!

1. I love to jump on the trampoline at my parents house. I love to do back flips, front flips and anything else. I was a gymnast when I was younger so when I get on one it just makes me feel so free like I'm a little kid again. I have some of the best memories of me on it. I really cant wait to get one when we get a house so I can teach my kids how to do flips and just wacth them have fun.

2. My favorite holiday has to be Christmas and my B-day. I am probably the biggest kid I know when it comes to Christmas. I love the whole excitment of buying and giving gifts. I love Christmas Eve because my family has a big party. And I still wake up at 2 in the morning just to go look at all the gifts. I will never stop that and I'm sure I will wake my kids up just to go look with them. I love my B-Day because it's like the birthday that never ends. It's seriosly like a 3 day event and I love every minute. Jason and my parents always tease me because it's so true.

3. I have amazing feet even though Jason always makes fun of them. I can pick up anything with my toes and I can do alot of things with them. Jason calls them tingers; half toes, half fingers. He's such a dork but that cracks me up. Sometimes when Jae is sitting on the floor and I'm on the couch I will start scratching his head with them and just to freak him out. It's so funny. But if you got talent use it.

4. I love roller coasters. I have always loved them and anything else that will give me and adrenaline rush. They are so much fun going up high and then letting them drop you. It's just so thrilling. My family thinks it's so amazing because I get car sick over everything but nothing ever happens to me on roller coasters. I love going to Six Flags, Disneyland and even the Fair. The whole atmosphere is just so much fun, who wouldn't love it?

5. I always have plan no matter what it's about or how far or close the event is. Whether it's my kids B-day and what type of party it will be to where we are going to eat for dinner or even what we are doing for a holiday. If it's in our future, there is a plan to go with it. I have to have a plan so I know whats going on. I hate not knowing something and not to be in control over a situation. My whole family knows this, that's why we always have my baby showers at my mom's because I can plan and help with the whole thing. I'm kind of a freak about it but I love it and if anyone needs a party done I always know what to do.

6. I love numbers. Kind of wierd but they are so interesting to me. I love to add, subtract and multiply numbers. I guess it started in 4th grade when we use to have races on who could multiply the fastest. My favorite number game is Suduko. I will sit and play it on the cumputer when the kids take a nap or at night. I make sure I always figure it out. I can't walk away from it unsolved or I will constanly be thinking about. Jae laughs at me but I remind him that it's so good for the brain.

So now that you know 6 dirty things about me tell me 6 things about you! I tagged Allison and Tairi and who ever else wants to!

Who cracked the egg?

2007-11-08T21:44:00.000-08:00

So I was really in a hurry this morning I was meeting my mom and I was trying to get ready. I was down stairs and Maddix was playing with my jewelry. I needed to go upstairs and Maddix said she was coming up with me. Well she never came and she was being way too quiet. I came back down stairs to check on her and found her cracking all my eggs. She broke every egg in the carton. I just started to laugh because you know it's just one of those things that will only happen once or at least you hope it will only happen once so you just have to laugh. Jason and I still laugh every time we see a picture or just think about it. But I must say this was a nasty mess to clean up.

Brady's Blessing

2007-11-08T21:23:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday was so special. Brady had his baby blessing in church and it was so special because it was the first time Jason had ever got to give a blessing. He did such a good job. The spirit was so strong and I was so proud of him. Linda Peterson free hand the whole blessing and printed it out for us to put in his baby book and we thought that was really cool. Brady also looked so cute in his outfit I left him in it all day. Thanks to all of our family and friends that made it out, we really appreciated it.

Happy Halloween

2007-11-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

Halloween was so much fun. I had a blast dressing the kids up and they looked so cute in their outfits. Brady was a monkey and Maddix was a fairy. We went to trunk or treat at the church and we all had so much fun. Maddix was pretty shy going from car to car but she loved the fact that she got candy so she always made sure dad was by her side to lead her to the next car. Maddix's favorite part was of course eating the candy. At one point she had three suckers in her mouth at one time. What could I do, she was having so much fun just being a kid. I figured one night wouldn't hurt. And Brady was such a trooper. He was so laid back the whole time and just took in everything. He is so sweet and he looked so adorable as a monkey with his chubby cheeks.

Oops!

2007-10-19T10:18:00.000-07:00

So we are trying to potty train Maddix and she's starting to like it more and more. So today I was getting her ready for her bath and I left the bathroom for just a second to check on Brady. When I get back Maddix is on the big potty squating and she say's to me "mommy I'm going pee pee on the big potty." Well she was going pee on the big potty but maybe next time she'll remember to lift the lid up. Oops! These are the wonderful gifts you get when your potty training. But all I could do was laugh because she was so proud of herself and so was I because at least she is getting the concept. Maddix always gives us something good to laugh about.

2007-10-17T21:21:00.000-07:00

She's a natural!

2007-10-15T20:46:00.000-07:00

2007-10-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

I just started my last rotation for school at Mesa Public Schools. I work with autistic and learning disabled kids which at times is difficult. Maddix and Brady are getting so big. Maddix is talking so much now, she can basically carry on conversations with us and her favorite thing is to sing everything she says. It cracks us up. Brady just started rolling over and is trying to crawl. Katie is staying real busy being a mom.

2007-09-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

Brady was born on June 18th, 2007 and weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz.

2007-09-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

Here is Maddix on July 4th wearing the skirt that Mandy made for her. Isn't she so dang cute!

2007-09-11T23:01:00.000-07:00

This picture is from my graduation day on August 4th, 2007.

About Us

2007-09-11T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! So we finally took the plunge and created a blog. Currently, Katie is having a blast being a stay at home mom and I am finishing up my Master's in Occupational Therapy degree. I have one more internship and the certification test and I will be done. I can't believe that it's almost over. I just presented my thesis today which is a huge weight lifted off my back. I am still working at Rehab Arizona, hopefully the company I will be with forever. My goal is to be a Certified Hand Therapist which is quite challenging since you are required to practice in hand therapy for 5 years before you can be eligible to take yet another certification test. I still get to play basketball once or twice a week but I have basically retired to church ball which is always a good time. Katie wants to begin doing facials and skincare out of the house in the future. Katie is the best mom and teaches the kids so much. We have 2 beautiful kids named Maddix and Brady. Maddix is 2 years old and is seriously so girly it scares me. Brady is almost 3 months old and is such a good, mellow baby. They are both so much fun and we love them so much. It is always exciting at our house! For those of you that do not know, I was baptized into the LDS church about 6 months ago. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made for myself and for my family. It has truly blessed us.