Happy Mother's Day!

Jimmy and I were both blessed with wonderful mothers. Here are some words we thought of to discribe them.
Mom(s), we hope you both enjoy your day and thanks for all the love you give us, the time you spent teaching us about the gospel and the examples you are for us and our kids. We both have great memories of our Mom's and wish we lived closer so we could spend some time with you today!





(Lynette)
M- Makes the best pies, rolls & bread
O- Organized
T- Testimony
H- Hard worker
E- Enjoys spending time with family
R- Raised 6 kids!


















(Joan)
M- Makes life fun
O- Owl (a night one)
T- Tennis player (a great one)
H- Heart of gold
E- Enjoys family gatherings
R- Raised 6 kids!

Snakes, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails......

That's what my little girl is made of. On Saturday, Kali was playing with a lizard all day and on Monday the kids caught a snake. She definitely has her girly side; she likes to get her nails painted, play with stuffed animals, dress up, dance and play girly things with her girlfriends. Then there is the side to her that likes to play with the boys; she gets muddy, she gets sweaty, she catches mice, lizards and snakes, runs in the fields and make forts with the boys. When we first moved here we were the only ones in our circle and as the houses filled in so did the boys. We finally got some girls in the circle but it didn't stop her from hangin' out with the boys. I'm glad she gets along with everyone and doesn't let gender keep her from being friends. When she gets to be a teenager, I hope these boys all look out for her like she's their own sister.

On Sunday, we got together with Ken (my brother) & Gina their kids and Steph (my sister) and Matt (her fiance). We had dinner and a birthday truffle for Gina and her daughter Emma. I am so glad we have some family here in Utah to hang out with. We sometimes go weeks without seeing each other and it's always fun to catch up. I found out last week that my younger sister, Camile and her little family will be moving here the end of the month. We are so excited to have them live close. Sophie has been the little one all this time when we have get togethers and when Camile moves here she'll have Carly (3) and Ellie (2) to hang out with.

This morning at 3 am Sophie woke up. She went right back to bed but then I couldn't. I finally got up and caught up on every one's blogs. If blogs post the time comments are left that will explain the 4 am messages. I finally went back to sleep at 5:15 and then Jimmy was nice enough to let me sleep in until 8. Hopefully, that won't happen again for awhile- I know it happens to my mom a lot and she says it gets worse the older she gets. I have so many things I think about doing that my brain won't slow down to let me fall back asleep. Does that ever happen to any of you?

Welcome May!

Well, May greeted us with snow a few days ago. Thankfully, if has warmed up a bit since then. We are looking forward to when the nice weather will be here to stay. Does that ever really happen though?

Last weekend, Kali, Sophie, and I hitched a ride with Steph to Idaho for the weekend. Our family friend, Brant, got baptised last Sunday so we wanted to be there for it. We also got some more things done for the wedding. It was fun seeing my parents and I got to hear my dad give a great talk for the adult session of regional confrence in Rexburg. (Dad, you still need to email that talk to me) My girls, sat through a lot of meetings. Kali did great but Sophie isn't used to being still for so long. We had the adult session of regional confrence, regional confrence and then the baptism all in a 24 hour period. I learned that bringing Nemo fruit snacks to church is not a good idea. Sophie gets so excited to see the Nemo pictures that she shouts Nemo over and over again. Sophie enjoyed playing with Kali while we were there and Kali enjoyed helping Nanny Nette make butter cream mints. Steph and I enjoyed helping her eat them.

Yesterday, Kali and some of the boys in the neighborhood caught a lizard. They named the lizard Taylor Morgan Fisher. Kali and our neighbor, Kyler, enjoyed playing with him the most. They went in the field behind our house and made a little house and yard for him. He even had a train. At the end of the day they let him loose because they didn't know what it feed him.

Conner and our neighbor, Mason, got some extra pipes and put together a fort. I am so grateful we have such wonderful neighbors. Kali and Conner also got to go over to the neighbors last night and roast some marshmellow and have smores. It sure has been fun living here the last year and a half. We were some of the first ones in our neighborhood so we have enjoyed meeting the new neighbors as they move in. (notice the fence- we are doing one side now, it won't do much to keep Sophie in but at least we don't have as much later. Why do fences have to be so expensive??)

This is a picture of Sophie coloring in Jimmy's office while he's working. She loves to draw. She switches hands while she colors depending on what part of the paper she wants to color on. So we don't know if she is a leftie or a righty. She does the same thing with eating too. (notice Kitty is never far from where Sophie is)