My big helper..

Aubrey helped me clean the bathroom yesterday. What a big helper already! Today she's cleaning the leaves out of our rain gutter (I hate climbing ladders). :)

Guess who's walking!

It's true. These last two weeks were big ones for Aubrey. In a few days she went from crawling and cruising around the furniture to taking big steps. On Wed the 6th, I came home from a Temple visit to a smiling little girl in the tub and a proud daddy telling me that she took a lot of steps while I was gone.

Now she is a great walker and all over the place. Great job, Aubrey!

Mommys rock!

I got the best Mother's Day present from my mom. One whole week of us three girls! Ryan was in Washington DC for a GSA conference and so we had the house to ourselves. Lots of Ben and Jerry's, shopping and relaxing. Thanks for coming, mom! We love you!

It's true...God is good.

Now, I love to read other's blogs. It is so fun that I get caught up and don't update my own. I have come across some amazing women out there who are great examples of christlike living in their home. Many of them are of other denominations, and many LDS. Their testimonys of Heavenly Father's love in their lives really has me thinking.

Although, it feels a little unfamiliar when hearing phrases on the other denomination blogs that I don't normally come across in the LDS culture (such as "God is Good, Praise the Lord," etc as opposed to "I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father," "I feel my Savior's love," etc). I have come to enjoy reading blogs of all our fellow sisters.

I find myself more happier, and looking forward to praying to my Father in Heaven and reading scriptures when I feel so many other women honoring Him with their family blogs. So to all you gals out there, great job! You truly are an example to me and I am learning so much from all of you.

So you are what I am grateful for on this Gratituesday! What is Gratituesday? Click here to find out! You might find another great blog for your blogroll!

Funny little girl...

We just got back yesterday from visiting Utah for my sister's BYU graduation. (Go sis!) We had a great time and got to visit with friends and family. We miss good ol' Utah.

At a layover in the Las Vegas Airport, Aubrey started to get a little restless. So I walked around a bit with her on my hip (our usual mode of transportation) waiting to board the next plane. Now, we think Aubrey is cute and others have told us she is...so I usually don't think much when other people smile at her or say hello. Usually Aubrey will wave or smile back. So I found it weird that at this airport people were laughing when they saw her? They were laughing and then turning to their friends and laughing more! It kept happening the more I was walking around. I started making my way back to Ryan because it was so weird and I glanced in her direction...

She had her finger in her nose (past the first knuckle -mind you) and was just keeping it there. She looked at me with her finger still in her nose - and I started laughing... hard. She started laughing back (finger still in place) and continued to relocate her finger as I tried to remove it while laughing. Of course my laughing only encouraged her. Funny little girl...

Why did the Turkey cross the road?..

...To get away from Ryan!

We recently saw this gobbler not far from our house. Ryan had to take a picture of it. Watch out, Turkey!

Goodbye Kitty...

We sadly have lost our dear kitty. She was 19 years old. Ryan got her as a little kitten when he was in 6th grade. She had a good life, but we will miss her furry little self around here. She was so good with Aubrey. We buried her yesterday.

We love you and will miss you, kitty.
(Here are some pictures from last month)