Thanksgiving 2011

We had such a fun Thanksgiving weekend with Grandma and Grandpa and lots of cousins to play with.  Molly was in heaven!  We had so much fun playing, shopping, eating deep fried turkey and spending time together.  Molly was so sad Sunday morning when she woke up and everyone was gone.

 Molly and Cha Cha.  It's so fun to have a cousin your age to play with.  We went and saw Arthur Christmas.  It was Molly's first time going to the movies and she loved it!

 The lights at the Mesa Temple

 Playing "chase"

 We love Grandma and Grandpa!

 Smile!

 Yum!  Watching the Krispy Kreme assembly line.  It smelled heavenly.

 The lights at the Mesa Temple.  See the wise men with their camels in the background.  So beautiful!

Grandma bought fun holiday p.j.'s for the kids

18 Months Old!

Little Miss Molly turned 18 months this week and has become quite the little chatterbox.  She  loves to be part of our conversations, talk on the phone, and read her books aloud to herself.  Her favorite new word is airplane (a-play) and when she hears one flying by she points and runs for the nearest window repeating,"a-play, a-play". 

 Molly's favorite song is "once there was a snowman". She puts her hands up like this when she wants to sing it.  She does all the actions including sinking to the ground when the snowman melts.

Molly loves shoes.  Today when I went in to get her after her nap her legs were sticking out of the crib and she pointed at her shoes saying,"shoes, shoes".  She wouldn't move until I put her new shoes on and then she tried to stand up and her feet were stuck.  It was so funny!

Shane's parents came to visit for the weekend and we had so much fun with them.  They are so cute with Molly playing with her toys, reading her stories and going for walks. 

 Her favorite thing was taking a book to Grandpa's room, getting on his bed and having him read the story over and over again.  So sweet!  Thanks for coming Grandma and Grandpa!

No, No, No...

It's hard to imagine our sweet little girl has decided, practically overnight, that she loves to say no.  This is how a typical conversation with Molly goes at our house these days:

Me: "should we play with the toys?" 

Molly:  "no"

"do you want to color?" 

"no"

"Let's read a story." 

"no"

"Do you want to go outside?" 

"No.  Shoes?" and she runs to find her shoes.

She cracks us up!

Shane and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this week.  He surprised me with these beautiful roses that Molly helped him pick out.  And I made these fun pillows for our bed.

Happy Anniversary to us! 

Family Wedding

When Shane joined us in Utah for the wedding, Molly and I had already been there for a week.  We were so excited to see him!  I saw his car pull into my parents driveway so I grabbed Molly and we opened the front door.  When Molly saw Shane get out to of the car she let out a squeal of delight and held out her arms for Shane.  It was the best welcome ever!

Our niece got baptized the same day as Sarah's wedding and we really wanted to attend both.  It made for a busy morning: Salt Lake Temple for wedding at 9am, family pictures at 10am, baptism in Riverton (25 minute drive) at 11am and back up to Salt Lake for the wedding luncheon at noon (we were 5 minutes late).  It was close, but we were able to fit it all in and stay awake with the help of a little diet mountain dew!!

Molly was giggling all night!

All of my brothers and sisters!  I love my family!

Moving Out and Moving In

It's official!  All loaded up (including our cars) and ready to make our move out West.  Arizona, here we come!

After a week of hotel living we are eager to get into our home

As we were unpacking the kitchen Shane asked,"do we really need all these dishes!" Of course not, silly. But I WANT to keep them ALL! 

 

More boxes to unpack...

Our Little Helper!  Molly was all to eager to get her hands on the screwdriver after watching Shane's handyman skills in action!

 After a week of unpacking (our stuff arrived in Arizona on Monday) I'm happy to report that I have uncovered the kitchen counters and table.  Hooray for small victories!

Family Fun

A trip out to Utah to visit family has put me a little behind.  Here's a little snapshot of our fun filled July.  I'll try to get more pictures up later in the week.

Molly loves the water!  This was her first time in a swimming pool and she had a blast!

We love playing with cousins!

Shane had a work conference in Lake Tahoe so we left Molly with my parents for a couple of days and I went with him.  So beautiful!  

Happy Little Family!

A little bit of catch up...

Sunday April 18th 32 weeks old

Honestly I don't know where the last 10 days have gone...I had every intention of getting these pictures from our trip posted last week. Along with all the other catch up I was doing, we had computer problems, so maybe I'll just blame the delay on technology! Here are some of the highlights of our trip out west:

Molly and I drove up to Alberta Canada with my parents to spend Easter with my sister's family but mostly to see baby Nixon who as born 4 hours before we arrived.

Big girl in the stroller! This was the first time we used the stroller without the car seat. Molly loved being able to see so many things on our walk.

Anything you can do I can do better. Kyle and Molly sticking their tongues out at each other.

Happy Easter! Molly is 7 months old!

Playing with Lindsey. We had so much fun with our family!

Molly & Charly BFF's

Chillin' on the plane. Our friends were on the flight with us out to Utah. So Fun!

Family Pyramid after a competitize game of miniature golf.

Molly's first time golfing. She loved it!

Our Eternal Family

Saturday March 27, 2010 our sweet Molly was sealed to us in the Jordan River Temple. Words can't describe how wonderful it was to be in the temple as a family. We are so grateful for the sealing power so that we can be a forever family.

Our little family in front of the temple

I love this picture of Molly!

Sunday - 2 months old!

Our baby's 2 months old! It's amazing how much she's grown in such a short amount of time! It's so much fun to see Molly's personality develop:

Happy

Sweet

Content

Determined

Curious
Alert

Grandpa and Molly

Molly loves her Grandma!

Getting Molly ready for church.

So You Think You Can Dance

Our favorite show starts tonight and we are so excited! Watch for my sister Debbie and her husband Christian at the Seattle try-outs. They are the cutest couple and will be dancing ballroom.

Girls Night in...

When I go to Utah it is a tradition with my mom and sisters to get together one night with the girls in town to eat, talk, and play games.  My mom suggested tying one of the quilts that I'm making for our baby (I'm making a boy and girl quilt so that we're prepared whenever our baby joins our family).  I was worried that my sisters wouldn't want to spend our girls night tying a baby quilt but I was wrong.  Not only were that happy to help, but they took it a step further and when we finished the quilt they surprised me with a mini baby shower!  They gave me some adorable little onesies, burp cloths, and other necessities.  It was so sweet of them and such a fun surprise.  We truly are blessed with such an amazing support group of family and friends who love us and help us remain positive and full of hope during this adoption adventure.  We know that our baby will join us soon and we are so excited for that day!