Super Cute Jammies!

So my mom got the girls the fabulous pajamas that match and I couldn't help but take a picture of them getting ready for bed, well because they look so cute!

Lily's 4th Birthday and General Conference!

Lily's birthdays always fall on or very near General Conference so I just bundled them together! Any time Lily sees a picture of the tabernacle choir, or especially that famous organ, she screams "mom, it is conference, it is conference!" so cute! I can't believe my oldest is already 4 years old! She was so excited for her birthday and had been telling me for weeks what she wanted for her birthday. We had two parties, one with the Keeley side, and one with my mom's side. We all had a ton of fun! Lily woke up on her birthday yelling, "Mommy, Daddy it's my birthday, its my birthday!" She was super excited! We got her a jump-o-lene, and indoor trampolene, and she was kind of weary at first, and then warmed up to it after Cloey ran in and was jumping all over the place! Then at the party with my side of the family, we had a pinata, I thought Lily knew what the point of it was, but I was sorely mistaken! All the kids had turn swinging at it, and then my 5 year old cousin, and only boy their age, took matters into his own hands! Resulting in the body of the mermaid pinata dropping to the ground leaving the head floating above! Lets just say my little 4 year old was mortified! We had to tell her we could tape it back together later, and dumped out the candy for all the little kiddies! I think the candy made things better! It was pretty funny all in all though! Here are the highlights from that fun weekend!

Watching General Conference as a family, the kids always get so excited to see the Prophet and Apostles on tv! 

Autumn hanging out during General Conference.

Getting to sustain the Prophet and other leaders of the church!

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Still getting used to the idea of her jump-o-lene, Cloey on the other hand is super excited!

Lily having a ball in her jump-o-lene!

Keeley family and Bryson and Heather, who really are family anyway!

Uncle Jonny having fun with the kids!

Nauva, Cloey, and Lily such cute cousins!

Is it Lily's birthday or Cloey's? Cloey helping her big sister open her presents, and Kaylynn just being polite and looking!

Aunt Sarah and Autumn hanging out!

Lily and her Little Mermaid cake!

Kids jumping around are so entertaining!

Hanging out at the party!

Birthday girl took the first swing!

Kaylynn's turn!

Cloey taking a whack at it!

Annika What do I do?

Cousin Tyler just before decapitation of the pinata!

At least there was candy!

Trip to Utah

Brian's grandmother passed away the Saturday before Spring Break, her funeral was at the end of the week and so we made our way down to Utah to celebrate her life. She was such a sweet woman and we are glad we have her in our eternal family. We got to spend time with family that we don't usually get to see so that was special. The girls especially had fun staying with Great Grandma Keeley and having Grandpa drive down with us!

Lily had fun coloring her coloring book on the trip, she is so focused!

Cloey having fun on the road!

Autumn was sooo good on our trip, both ways! She only cried a little when she was hungry (normal) and she was just her mellow self!

Something got on the lense of my camera and I didn't realize it until this picture, but this is Autumn's first food experience. As you can see she is so excited (not!). She wasn't a fan, but now she is starting to warm up to the idea!

Having fun with Great Grandma's cool toys! 

Having fun playing with Great Grandma! They wanted her to do everything with them, they love her very much!

We all had fun going and feeding the ducks with GGMa (what Amanda taught Cloey to call Great Grandma Keeley), Grandpa, and Amanda! The ducks were very protective about their food, we actually got to see the ducks fight over one of the last pieces of bread, it was really kind of sad for the duck that lost, but we saved a piece for him and threw it his way.

Cloey kept trying to hang on to the bars but then laughing and letting

go; hence my face as she lets go!

This one is a good one of Brian and his Grandpa Ballard

Lily, Nauva, and Cloey tuckered out at the luncheon, it was

a long day!

It was nice to get a picture with Grandpa Ballard, he 

is so sweet and enjoyed getting hugs and kisses from the girls.

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Picture Day!

So I decided it was time to switch out the pictures on my walls with updated, since they date back to when Lily was 18 months old, Cloey is only 3 months in her pictures, and well Autumn wasn't even thought of! I tried to get one of all three of them, but Autumn was done by this time so I will just have to try again another day, to get all three together and smiling! I'm not the best photographer, but we think they are sweet, and it was cheaper to do it ourselves!!

Here are Lily's pictures! She was very good, and very easy to photograph! She enjoys getting her picture take, if she notices I have the camera out she asks me to take her picture!

Cloey was hard to photograph. She is at that age where everything is more exciting than sitting in a chair for a picture! This first one is the only one out of many where she is sitting nicely and smiling at the same time! The second picture is the famous Cloey look!

Here are Autumn's blessing dress pictures (Grandma Keeley made her beautiful dress!). I know her blessing was almost 2 months ago, it has just been very busy. She was hard to smile for the camera, but daddy got her to give some good smiles!

Lily and the 13th Article of Faith

I am the primary music leader, and this year we are working on singing the articles of faith, learning one article each month. January we learned the 13th article of faith, and to reinforce it I have the girls repeat it with me at night after scripture reading. Well Lily surprised me and said the whole thing by herself! I taped it but it won't load onto the blog for some reason! So as soon as I can figure it out I will add it to this post, if anyone know why it might not be loading maybe you have a tip for me!

Yay for School!

So Brian started college last week, and it is an adventure. He works so hard for his family, and I am so grateful for him. He is going to school full time and working at nights. All the homework was piling up, especially the reading. I was trying to figure out how I could help him with his load. Brian and I both like to listen to audio books, and I got to thinking about making his textbooks into audio books so that he could listen to them while he works at night. I found this program that would turn recordings into mp3 files. So today we tried it, I read one of his psychology chapters into our computer's internal microphone and turned it into an audio book! I am so excited that it worked and I get the chance to help him with his studies! I love him so much! Our daughters are so blessed to have him as a dad, and I am blessed to have him as my husband! We welcome this new path in our life and can't wait for him to accomplish his goal of becoming a pharmacist!

2 Month and 2 Year Check Up!

So our pediatrician told us to just bring Cloey in for her 2 year appointment with Autumn's 2 month appointment.  Even though Cloey turned 2 last August. I thought it was great so we would save a trip. So here are the stats from the 14th of January:

Autumn weighed 10.94lbs, and she is 23 inches long!

Cloey weighed 31.38lbs, and is 36 inches tall!

So we have 2 very healthy girls! Cloey did great with the shot she received too, she didn't even cry! Autumn, on the other hand, she cried! But to come to her defense she did get 3 shots as opposed to Cloey's 1 shot! We are so glad that all 3 of our girls are doing so great and are so healthy!

Great Grandma Bunn's Birthday

It has been a while since I have posted and will catch in a couple of days.  However, today I want to pay tribute to my Great Grandma Bunn. Today would have been her 89th birthday. She passed away 2 years ago this September. It doesn't seem like it has been that long, and then other days it seems like it has been forever since I saw her face and hugged her. She was such  a wonderful woman. I was always in awe of all she went through as she grew up. She lost both of her parents by age nine, and was passed around the family after that. She lived through the Depression, and had 5 beautiful daughters. She lost her husband, and went through the heartache and pain of having to say goodbye to him. Even with the pain and struggles that she went through, I remember her humor, her love, and her sweet smile. I remember her love of dolls, and crocheting. She was so talented. She crocheted doll dresses for all her dolls, some were so small I couldn't believe she could have made them. 

She was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in the last few months of her life. I remember when I had gone to her home to give her medication before and after church. I was so sad to see her memory struggling. Days after that the realization was made that she could no longer live on her own. When I heard this news the thought came to my mind, "Am I my brothers keeper?" I talked it over with Brian and we decided that if she would allow it we would invite her to live in our home and take care of her the remainder of her days.  I remember being at my Grandma Spark's home when the hospice nurse was going over the options that they had with her daughters. I asked Grandma Bunn and her daughters if she could come and live with our family. I was so glad that the answer was yes! So we moved Lily and Cloey into our room, Melisa had her room and now Grandma Bunn had hers. Yes it was a very full house, but it was so full of love and I would have had it no other way. I will never forget the memories of the late night stories and talks she had with Brian and I. She had hard time at first, she missed her home very much, and I felt terrible that she could not go back. I hope that we gave her all the happiness and love that she so greatly deserved in her last two months. I know that I have grown so much from that experience, as did my family. Lily and Cloey have memories of her that they might not have otherwise had. Every time they hear a song by Enya that we played in her room after she slipped into a coma they both scream "It's Grandma Button's song!" That always makes me smile and think of how I wish we could have had more time. 

I want to say thank you to all the family who came over and visited her. She really appreciated it. I especially want to thank my husband for all his support and love that he gave not only me but Grandma Bunn as well. But, I really want to thank my Grandma Sparks and Aunt Renee. They came over almost every day! They were there to tuck her in, to help her and love her. I am so grateful for their help and for the sacrifices they made to take care of their mom. I love them so much. I miss my Great Grandma very much, I am so blessed to have been able to take care of her and to have known her. Not only known her, but to have had her as my Great Grandma!