Matt's Mission Call!

My brother Matt just got his mission call on Friday, September 19th! He was really excited, he was really hoping it would come this week! He got to the mail and saw the letter from the church and called my mom at work, who flew out the door as soon as he called her. They met at my Grandma Sparks home where he opened it for them. Melisa and I were really not wanting to wait for him to tell the rest of the family today, so we drove over to mom's house to hear him read his call on Friday. And here it is, Matt is going to be serving in the Atlanta, Georgia Mission! He will report to the Missionary Training Center on November 19th, just one day after his 19th birthday! Mom is hoping that Alexis (my stepsister) and I don't go into labor while they are down in Utah, since we are both due around the same time! With my history Matt will probably be able to meet  Autumn before he leaves! It will be really weird to have him gone for 2 years! Mom and Alex will have a nearly empty nest with Sarah being the only one at home! Here are some pictures of Matt and the girls after he told Melisa and I where he was going! And FYI, when Matt gets back from his mission Lily will be in Kindergarden and 5 1/2 years old, Cloey will be 4, and Autumn will be 2 years old! Too crazy!

More of Cloey!

It seems I am posting a lot about Cloey, with her birthday and all. However, I couldn't help posting this too. She crawled into her high chair around 6p.m. or so and just sat there, I think she and Lily were watching a movie. When I looked over at her she was totally out! It was too cute! She had a nice mark on her head when she woke up. The other picture is of Cloey's fingers poking out from under the door. She was supposed to be going to sleep while Lily was going potty before bedtime (YES, Lily is completely potty trained, YAY!). It was too cute to see her fingers under the door!

Hanging out on Cloey's 2nd Birthday!

On Cloey's birthday we decided it would be fun to go to the zoo as a family. Both Lily and Cloey couldn't wait until we could leave for the zoo. At least until we let Cloey open her presents from mom and dad. We got her a trunk that had disney princess dress up clothes. It was a pretty cool little trunk that included 4 different princess outfits and some cute jewelry and head bands. They have so much fun dressing up and playing pretend, and mom and dad get some good laughs at their cute princesses. Nonetheless, it took some convincing to get them back into regular clothes so we could go to the zoo. When we got to the zoo we all had a fun time, the girls love animals and it was great to watch them get so excited with each animal! Their favorite part of the zoo was the merry-go-round, neither of them was that happy when it ended.

There is a rose garden near the zoo that we walked through on the way back to our car. Lily and Cloey love to smell flowers and pick them, so it was tough to keep them from picking the beautiful flowers after they smelled them. We had a very fun day, and we are very grateful to have Cloey in our lives. She brings us such joy and love and hope she enjoyed her birthday!

Cloey's Birthday Parties!

We had two parties for Cloey, one with Brian's family at our house. The other party was a combined party for Sarah (Tammy's Sister), Marley (Cloey's cousin who also turned 2), and of course Cloey! She had a lot of fun at both parties and here are the pictures of all the great times she had! 

Cloey and her cousin Nauva chowing down on some

cupcakes! YUM!

Cloey opening her present from our friends Bryson and

Heather. She really loves the princess sleeping set!

Cloey modeling her new garden gloves from Uncle

Jason, Aunt Angie, and her cousin Nauva!

Cloey blowing out her candles!

Uncle Jason, Aunt Angie, Aunt Amanda,and Grandma

enjoying Cloey blowing out her candles!

Our friends Bryson and Heather on the couch, Grandpa is on the

floor, and Nauva is showing Heather her cup.

Here are the pictures of Cloey's party at her Nanny's house.

Cloey is modeling a very cute dress that her cousin Annika gave

her. Cloey put the dress up herself, it was so adorable.

Sarah, Marley, and Cloey getting ready to blow out 

there candles, with Aunt Mandy, Uncle Chad, and 

Annika watching.

We brought our kiddie pool and a bigger pool over to 

have a pool party after having cake!

Cloey is just hanging out with Becca's daughter Kaylynn,

and Annika is swimming around in the floating 

hippo. Cloey is so cute in this picture, if you click on 

the picture you will be able to see her face better. 

She really does have some funny looks!