HAPPY BIRTHMOTHERS DAY!

We sent you an email with a short video. I couldn't get it on here. We just wanted to tell you how much we love you. Kate will often show her friends your picture in her room and tell them you are her birth mother. She is such a wonderful little girl. She is growing up so fast, and getting so tall. I pick her up and she is all arms and legs now.

She is always busy setting up play dates. Kate loves her friends and spending time with them. She will wake and say who is coming over today mom. She loves to color and is getting really good at it. She can write her name, knows the sounds of all 26 letters of the alphabet and even does a math game on Troys phone. There are pictures and she can count them and answer correctly. She loves learning and is asking funny questions.

She asked me the other day why Jesus made toes. We then had a short conversation about how Jesus made us to look like our Heavenly Father and the He had a body so he made us to look like Him. Then she asked who Jesus was and I tried to give a short version of the preexistence and the war in heaven. "Jesus is our brother and he volunteered to die for our sins so we could make our own choices here on earth. I then told her about Satan and that his name was Lucifer... not thinking she would get much but little did I know she was listening. Later in the day she got a mini bunny pillow pet and wanted to name it lucifer. I laughed so hard and asked her how about Lucy? We had a little back and forth and then she settled for nuh-aa. So the bunny is named Lucy Nuh-aa. I think the cat in the movie Cinderella is named Lucifer too so maybe she was thinking of the cat? Either way she makes us laugh every day .

We think of you everyday. We love you and pray for you to get lots of blessings. You have given us a very precious gift and we just hope you know how much that has meant to us.

All our love!!

Troy, Brooke and Kate

The other day Kate and her friend were playing out in the kitchen. I kept hearing the garbage can lid open and close. After the 3rd time I thought uh oh? This is what I found. They were so excited to show me their new hair cuts. I then told them they shouldn't smile what they did was bad and they were in trouble. (I was laughing inside though and sort of in shock)

We are lucky to have a gifted visiting teacher save the day.

Sunday we made necklaces for grandma to give to the youth in Yeravan, Armenia at youth conference. I enlisted some of our young women to help me. It was a lot of fun stamping the word courage on 90 washers. Here is a link to do them. Use a magic eraser to wipe off the sharpie off. They are not perfect but made with lots of love.

http://downloads.sugardoodle.net/images/stories/wn1.jpg

My sister gave me the cutes little vases perfect for my tulips. I just wanted to show them off. We really need the sun to show up for more than a day. I want to garden so bad. I can't wait to get started this season.

EASTER!!

Dad and me.

Easter Dress.

The trail led to this.

Bunny POOP, ewwww!

When I woke up sunday morning I discovered Bunny poop in the hallway.

Saturday night we decorated our eggs with dye, stamps, glitter and stickers.

Friday we went to dads work and decorated cookies and had our face painted.

THE FAIR.

This is my 3rd attempt at doing this post. My pictures will not upload. So if they do not upload again you will just have to imagine these pictures.

We went to the Clark County Nevada fair. I was a lot of fun. The kids all got to go to the carnival, the dads go to go on the rides with them. The moms ate fair food. Troy and I took the kids on a very short camel ride which was very cool. Then it was straight to the pony rides. Each kid had their own pony and had a great time.

yay it worked!

4/3/11

This is one of Kate's best buds. I caught them buck naked getting into costumes. Then once they were dressed they put on a performance.

"Strike a pose girls."

This is what we woke up to today, 5-6inches of it!

We had a fun dinner with the family too. I was the favorite aunt for supplying the caffeine free Mt. Dew. We BBQ'd despite the snow that was falling and ate a ton of 2nd favorite aunt Melissa's sugar cookies.

March

We made bunny buns. It is from the friend magazine. I wonder why they put faces on the bunny buns but maybe the bunny is looking over his shoulder. Ours are just the "buns."

We got to spend the day with our friends. The play dough was a big hit. We (mom) made doggies for everyone, and a bed, and a ball, and a bone...

Kate came into my room asking for her "toes." I had no idea what she was talking about so I told her to go find them. She came back with her "tools" to fix my drawer like her dad fixes the truck.

MARCH 2011

Princess

Dinner for a princess

Kate is a wiz on the iphone. It is one of her favorite things to do with her dad.

V is for volcano. Preschool craft. Edible cake volcano with frosting, candy rocks, toy dinosaurs and a tea candle to light.

The last month has been a little crazy. Kate has been a super big girl helping me. I did another IVF cycle but it didn't work, or we say the babies didn't grow. She understands a little and we all were very sad. It just isn't our time I guess.

We have also been busy with gymnastics, preschool and playing with friends. At night we are reading our scriptures and Kate has her own little mini Book of Mormon. She likes to find a number three and says she is reading that scripture. She repeats after us and reads two verses a night. But everytime we say "wherefore" she says, "wherethree" and gets mad if we don't say it too. It cracks me up. Last night it was "where-eight." Kate's sense of humor is strong and she loves to joke around all the time. To our frustration sometimes, especially when we try to get ready for bed.

She loves playing the three little pigs. One of us gets to be the wolf and we chase her around the house. This saturday we are going to a production of Peter and the Wolf. We have watched the Disney version of it and we love to sing the music around the house. I think it is a ballet and symphony for kids. Kate loves music a lot.