Happy Birthday Megan

So, I was going to pick one picture from each year but I couldn't help myself, I had to add more.

Megan was such a cute little thing (she still is).

Here she is 6 years ago:

One of her first smiles.

One year old

Two years old (this is when she turned into our Blondie)

Three years old

Four years old

5 years old

AND HERE SHE IS NOW, A BIG 6 YEAR OLD!
Meg's requested "Birthday Menu"
Breakfast: German Pancakes and sausage
Lunch: Roman Noodles
Dinner: Chicken nuggets, homemade fries, and Rice a Roni
Notice the lack of vegetables. ;)

Megan is a firecracker and most people don't believe us when we say that because to the outside world she can be very shy. It's like she holds it all in during the day (at school/ church
etc. ) and then she comes home and BAM she lets all that energy and personality out. If she ever gets over her stage fright I think she would be great in theater. ;)

Megan loves to dress up and changes her clothes multiple times everyday. She also loves to have her picture taken in her various outfits. Last night she asked us what passion means and after we explained it to her she declared,
"I have a passion for fashion!"
She always keeps us laughing and she is an awesome big sister. She has a special bond with Davis, he just adores her and she loves to lug that big boy everywhere she goes.

We sure love our Megamoo!

Happy Birthday Meg!

Dinnertime conversations

Every night we have someone in charge of our dinner conversation. They can ask each of us questions or come up with a topic they want us to talk about during dinner.

Hallie is such an animal lover her dinnertime conversations always have something to do with animals. Do you remember our past conversations over dinner???? heeheehee
Some recent questions she posed to the family:

*What is your favorite African Mammal?

*Name your favorite carnivore.

*What is your favorite dog breed?

Yep, that's our Hallie. I bet you can guess what she wants to be when she grows up. ;)

7 months and still growing

cookie dough anyone?

Chocolate chip cookies are a favorite at our house we especially love to eat the cookie dough while we make the cookies.


Campbell is very familiar with cookie dough, he LOVES it. If he sees me mixing anything in a bowl he comes over with a spoon and says, "cookie?"


A few nights ago I was making cookies and called to the kids to, "come and get a spoonful of cookie dough." They started squealing and running into the kitchen but Campbell headed over to some other drawers and started searching through them.


When I went to give Campbell his spoon full of cookie dough he said "no" and pushed it away and continued searching for something. Finally he found the big ice cream scooper and turned to me and said, "dis one!"

He's no dummy.

Roadtrip Summer 09

Last Wednesday we started our much anticipated "road trip" by driving and driving, and driving, and driving, and driving

up to Palmyra, New York.

Davis used the time to catch up on all of his summer reads.
We stayed in a great family friendly hotel (LOVED it), The Palmyra Inn.Hanging out in the hot tub was just what we needed after a long day in the car.
Thursday morning we headed over to "The Smith's House" for a tour.
It was amazing to go through these humble homes and think about the miraculous things that happened there.

My favorite part was the Sacred Grove.

While I was in the sacred grove I found myself snapping pictures right and left trying to capture the beauty but more than that to somehow capture the overwhelming peace that I felt as I walked through the grove in photographs.

Here are two of my favorite pictures and every time I look at them I can't help but wonder if maybe just maybe one of those spots were where the vision occurred.

Next, we headed up to Niagara Falls.

What can I say? The falls are amazing!

We wanted to get a closer look so we put on our blue ponchos and jumped on "The Maid of the Mist".
There were a few terrifying minutes when the boat captain kept trying to get closer into the "horseshoe" of the falls where Trevor and I looked at each other and made a quick plan just in case we capsized ("You grab Campbell and Megan and I'll grab Davis and Hallie"). Luckily we all survived but even with the ponchos we were SOAKED!

Check out Campbell in this picture. I'm pretty sure a two-year-old with a plastic bag over his face is a bad idea.

The next day we found a great park by the river and stopped to take pictures, pick wildflowers, throw rocks into the river, and pet stranger's dogs.

Then onto Cleveland to visit our dear friends.

And see their sweet new baby. (not the baby above, he is all mine)

We had front row seats to the city's firework show in Dave and Marla's front yard and the kids enjoyed some sparklers too.

PERFECT!

We also met some of the local wildlife as this little guy kept sneaking in the back door in search of the bag of peanuts.

Saturday we toured the Kirtland Temple.

I thought a lot about all that the saints sacrificed to build this temple. It really stands today as a testimony of their faith.Love this pic of Campbell and DaveyNext, we toured the church owned section of Kirtland. The Newel K Whitney Store was so neat. Almost all of it was original including a lot of the furniture upstairs where Joseph and Emma lived for a time. The table where Joseph sat and recorded some of the revelations was so cool to see. There was a sign that said, "please do not touch".

Trevor touched it anyway but I did not... I wish I had.

Here are all of the girlies. They had such a great time together.

Our road trip of summer '09 was so memorable and totally worth the 22+ hours we spent in the car. It won't soon be forgotten.

I wonder where our road trip summer 2010 will take us.

Fear

Oh my goodness sakes, am I the only one who is freaking out about our government right now? I have seriously stressed about some of the choices they are making (like losing sleep stressed). I worry about our future and our children's future and I sometimes find myself overwhelmed with it all.
Last night I was watching BYU TV and heard the following quote by Elder Jeffrey Holland. I LOVE this and need to apply to all aspects of my life because I do tend to be a bit of a "worry wart".
Anyway, I thought I'd share and maybe it will help you too.

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

Referring to this scripture Elder Holland said:
“I submit to you that this may be one of the Saviors commandments that is, even in the hearts of otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally disobeyed…. I am convinced that none of us can appreciate how deeply it wounds the loving heart of the Savior of the world when he finds that his people do not feel confident in his care or secure in his hands or trust in his commandments.”

I've never thought of that verse as a commandment and I certainly never thought that being fearful would "wound the loving heart of the Savior".
Anyway, something for me to work on.

Randomness

*Trev had is last 30hr shift last month. We celebrated with pizza in the hospital parking lot. No "on-call" shifts in 3rd year WAHOO!!!!!!

*Hallie and Meg are doing swimming lessons and loving it.

*Davis is sleeping so much better... thank goodness!

* We celebrated our 2 year anniversary in Kentucky last month! Being here has been such a great blessing in our lives in so many ways. We love our "old Kentucky home".

* Trevor is officially a 3rd year!!!

* I've been surprised that Campbell hasn't figured out how to climb out of his crib yet since he loves to climb but this morning when I came in his room he was holding a huge screw that he had somehow removed from the crib and insisted that I give it to "daddy". Apparently he is just going to disassemble the crib to escape and apparently Trevor is in on the plan. ;0)

*Last night Megan asked me if I have ever eaten meatballs inside of a cave... she was serious... now THAT'S random!

Davis at 6 months old

Davis had his 6 month appointment last week and we were dying to see how much he weighed (I don't know why we didn't just weigh him on our scale at home!)

So here are the stats:

Weight 21lbs 2oz(96%) Height 28.5inches (97%)

There is NOTHING average about this big guy!

I had to take a naked picture with all those rolls.

Isn't he scrumptious!

A few things about Davis:

He is Extremely ticklish from his head to his toes. Even when I change his clothes he just giggles... it is absolutely adorable.

He is so easy going. He loves to just sit and suck on some toys and watch his brother and sisters run and play around him. Even when Campbell gets a little rough with him Davis just grins at his big brother (once he stops crying ;0).

He is eating solids and even loves the peas and green beans.

He sits up and grabs at everything.

He isn't a great sleeper and since he hardly ever cries it is SO HARD to let him cry it out. I feel like I am abandoning him when he is trying to tell me he needs me... ugh. Still working on that one.

He is the same size his brother and sisters were when they turned one so you can imagine the biceps I am developing and you should see Hallie and Megan carry him around, it is almost comical. They LOVE to hold Davis. Megan feels especially grown up when I let her walk around holding him but I do worry she is going to hurt her back... seriously.

What else can I say? He is just such a lovable lil' guy!