This is for you dad!

My dad's goal is to get Emery to like him! It's a running joke between Emery and him. When ever Emery talks to my dad she always says, "I don't like you grandpa." He pretends to be sad and she laughs and laughs. So dad I know you've been missing her so here are a few funny pics I've taken recently. She is beginning to love posing for the camera!

She wore these purple vampire teeth for an entire afternoon. She kept saying, "mom look I'm a vampire." I promise she knows nothing about Twilight!


Emery is in dance and loves it. It's a great little outlet for her. She gets nervous with adults and she loves her teacher and loves going.
I'm so grateful for Emery. Her humor, smiles, hugs, and need to be with me makes life so much sweeter. I am eternally grateful to be entrusted with Emery and Emmet. Emmet's birthday is this week so I'll have some fun pictures coming later.

Ode to Tai Pan Trading Company

I know for all of you who live in Utah this store is old news, but it's a novelty for us Arizonans! So much so, that this past weekend I joined Sam's mom, his two sisters, two out of my four sisters-in-laws and one niece on a whirlwind of a weekend to Saint George. Our sole purpose of the trip was to buy fun and impractical holiday decor. Who knew that beyond finding some fabulous decor we would enjoy each others company so much. I love a good road trip. We stayed up late each night yapping about who knows what. I learned some new hair tricks and slept in a bed by myself. (That's a novelty for me, my kids somehow end up in bed with me!) I came home needing a nap from my vacation!

My mom flew in to watch my kids! What a great mom. I love my kids, but a short little break was actually really nice. It was much easier to have fun because I knew they were in safe hands and they had a great time with her.

We rode in a 15 passenger van. We came home with it full to the brim with "stuff"!
We did take time to go see one movie. Love Happens. Let me tell you, love does not happen in this movie. I really don't recommend it. If you are dying to see it wait until you can rent it from Red Box even though I'm not sure this movie is worth even waisting one dollar on it or the time you will not be able to regain once watching it!!
I love driving through Northern Arizona. It's a different kind of beautiful. It's hard to explain how rock and desert can be beautiful, but it is. We stopped on our way home at a road side stand and bought some fun Navajo jewelry.

On our way home we joked that next time we need to rent an RV! I hope there is a next time it was a great quick little trip!