Another video of Mia walking!!

Mia's Walking!!!!

Crazy!!!!

So life has been very busy for us these past couple of months, so I will try to keep this as short as possible!! First, Tycee had her 5th birthday (I am really behind, I know!!) The beginning of April we were in Utah, so she got to have a big party with all her cousins even though it was a couple of weeks before her actual birthday. Then on the day of her birthday, she wanted to go to Casa Bonita, then we came back home and opened presents and she got her very own big girl bike!! She then asked me if she could go to school now, because she had kept asking when she would go to school and we would always respond "when you turn five" so now she is five and wanted to go to school!! It was kindof hard trying to explain how the school years work and that she had to wait until school starts over again, nonetheless, she had a great birthday and is very excited to be 5!!

Mia is just growing by leaps and bounds!! She has already taken a couple of steps on her own, and she is just all over the place, crawling and pulling herself up on everything, she has definitely made up for her being early!! She loves to be with her sisters, if they are playing in their room, she wants to be in there with them, and if they are in the bath, she gets mad if I don't let her in there with them!! She is still such a happy baby and we are so blessed that she is doing so well!!

Next, we moved to Castle Rock where we are building our house. Our lease was up in our old place and to extend just for a few months was about $200 a month more, so we found a place here that was $200 less!! So we will be able to save a little money until we are house broke!! Plus we are going to be able to start the girls in the school they would be going to for our house, so we won't have to transfer them at all, and we get to watch the progress on our house better!! Anyway, we had lots of family come and help us, then we got to play a little with them, it was lots of fun!! Below is some of us at Casa Bonita again!! (we love that place!!)

I had my 32nd birthday (man where does the time go?!?!) and Sal took me to my favorite resaurant, Macaroni Grill the night before, then he made a cake for me and got me a new MP3 player. ( He actually got 32 candles on the cake!!)

Last, but definitely not least, our house!!!! It is going up really fast!! We just sat in front watching them work on it for like a half hour, it is so fun, but hard waiting!!

(back view)

Learning from our mistakes

A couple of months ago, Ariana got really frustrated about something (I don't even remember what it was now) and threw a very expensive Wii remote on the floor. After spending about 10 minutes in the corner, we had a long talk about ways we can vent our frustration without being destructive. Today, I was really getting after her to do her homework, so she very politely came up to me and said "Can I go scream in my pillow?" I am glad she is learning!!

Our Empty Space!!!!

We finally got the sold sign to put in our lot, after Sal put it in, of course, Ariana and Tycee had to push it in too. So it may be an empty space, but it is our empty space!!!! (and hopefully it won't be empty for long!!)

Mia's on the Go!!!!

Sweet, Simple Faith

(This is Tycee at 14 months old!!)

A few days ago, I was running late for an appointment, and could not find some shoes. Tycee, in her sweet young innocence, said "Mom, I will say a prayer that we can find the shoes". In my mind I laughed and thought this was silly, but of course didn't say that to Tycee, she then proceeded to say a little prayer that we would find the shoes so we wouldn't be late. About 10 seconds later, I found the shoes, and was taught a very important lesson. I told Tycee I had found them, and she said "See Mom? Heavenly Father hears my prayers!!" I learned that nothing is to small or insignificant for Heavenly Father, he just wants to hear from us. Now maybe he won't answer my prayer to find some shoes, (he saves that for the cute 4 year olds!) But he will listen to our small problems, and answer them, even if we think they are silly. And in the mind of my little 4 year old, she learned that He really does hear and answer our prayers. And that he loves her enough to listen to her prayer!! What a great lesson in some sweet, simple faith!!

Mia

I just thought I would post some more pics of Mia because she is just growing so fast!! You would never guess that she was a preemie!! She is over 16 pounds now, and progressing just as good as a full term baby. She is sitting up and rolling all over the place, and she loves to laugh at her sisters. The other day she was sitting in a grocery cart, and Ariana started jumping along the side of it, Mia started laughing so hard!! She is a very serious baby, just like the other two were, so to hear her laugh is so fun!! I kept telling Ariana to do it again!! Anyway, here are a few cute pics of her now.

Breakfast in Bed

A few days ago, my two cute little girls got up early and suprised me with breakfast in bed. They both walked in carrying this tray with my breakfast consisting of Corn Pops and Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch mixed together, a piece of toast with Peanut Butter an inch thick, a tall cup of Milk, and of course,

a cup of Marshmallows!!!! Too cute!!!!

Phantom!!!!

Sal and I got the chance to go see Phantom of the Opera while it was here, it was so amazing!! We had front row seats in the balcony which I thought was perfect. The acting was a little on the dull side, but other than that it was great. They did a great job on the effects, and of course the music was great!! It was so much fun to get all dressed up and go out, that doesn't happen very often!!

This is the grand staircase in the Opera House.

This is the cast list.

This is where we went to dinner before the show. We had to go through these doors and down a huge marble stairway. Very cozy and romantic!! It was a little pricy, but VERY good!!!! I had a Salmon and it came with Brussel Sprouts that were amazingly wonderful, and I hate Brussel Sprouts!!!! Such a fun night!!