Bub & Nelly

The Holiday's

2012-01-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

We got to have Christmas at our own home this year. It was so much fun especially because we had my Mom and Eliza with us. We made treats, and more treats and more treats, we saw lights at a cactus garden (it was no Temple Square-but fun), sing songs and play.

The girls saw Santas footprints coming up to our door. This is something that always happened at my home growing up-even when I was 20 years old.

We had a few gifts under the tree from some family, friends, me, Bub, and Santa but the real present was discovered later in our backyard.

We got a trampoline. We left all the curtains closed until we were done opening presents then we asked Hailey to open the curtains and blinds so we could get some light in our home. Hailey opened the curtains and went crazy. They have loved having the trampoline. I have loved having it, we all have fun on it, the girls will jump forever and get tiered and we are all happy. Bub and I even jump but then Mia cries:)

I feel so lucky that we got to spend so much time together in December with Bub, the girls and my family. Now that the holidays and busy time for our family is over-I miss them all so much! I can not wait to see my Utah family again soon!

Dancing at Christmas Time

2012-01-15T14:06:00.000-08:00

Hailey got to perform at The Magical Forest around Christmas time. She did such a great job-we were so proud of her.

Both of the girls loved seeing Santa this year-they talked and talked his ear off.

I love family time-I wish we all got to be together more but we will take what we can get.

Bruce & Austi Wedding Day-Draper Temple

2012-01-10T09:43:00.001-08:00

My Girls at Bruce & Austi's Reception

I have another Sister-in-Law-Austi. Bruce and Austi were married at the Draper Temple on Dec. 29th.

My girls always love seeing the pretty brides, and it is even more fun when they know them and get to hug them.

Sam, Bruce, Me, and Liza. Love you guys-so glad we get to be together forever.

My sweet little family. We were freezing that day but anytime we can get a picture we will sure try.

My Mom and her girls.

My Mom and all of her Girls, except the miniature ones.

The lovely couple.

Sam and Vanessa trying to keep our Hailey warm.

Mom and Bruce-what a special day. I'm glad we could all be together on this day. We felt our Dad close by too.

Hailey had a Birthday!

2012-01-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

Hailey turned 7 years old in December. We were lucky we got to celebrate with family around us.

This is the first year that Hailey and Bub got to go on a date and pick out her own store bought Birthday cake. I was sure she would come back with some sort of Character cake but instead she picked out a delicious chocolate cake. She said, " I just looked so good, I had to get it."

We let Hailey paint her sister's face for the party and Mia was in heaven. Look at the little girls face-she was so excited to have her face painted into a dog.

We sure all love being at Grandma and Grandpa's home. We all make our selves comfy and cozy. Cocco the greatest dog ever just lets the girls sleep on her.

Hailey is growing up so fast. There are times that I look at her and wonder how on earth has she turned into my sweet, beautiful, fun and smart 7 year old in such a short amount of time. I feel lucky to have such a great girl!

We love you Hailey-Happy Birthday girl!

Thanksgiving Time

2011-12-16T16:01:00.000-08:00

Now that is is almost Christmas time, I thought I would post about our Thanksgiving.

I made some turkey shirts for my girls, the loved them. I told Mia to be a turkey and she turned into a dog instead.

I feel so lucky that we got to go to Utah with Bub for Thanksgiving and spend time with my whole family. My brothers are both back from their missions so this is our first Thanksgiving since 2008 having everyone together. We also had two extra ladies there, my sweet sister-in-law Vanessa and my soon to be sister-in-law Austie.

The weather was perfect and we got to all go for a nice walk before we stuffed our bellies.

Hailey has been busy with dance. They have been doing a few parades-this is a picture of some of my favorite people waiting to see Hailey come by in the night parade.

We tried to do our own family pictures this year. That will be a memory in itself:)

My girls just having fun!

Mia was picking apples from my parents tree-she loved them.

Taking a stroll around the block.

Mia and her favorite animal friend.

My Dad and Sam playing some hoops.

Good times.

We couldn't get Mia to hold still for anything-but I still got a picture that I will love forever!

Love My Family

2011-12-04T20:57:00.000-08:00

Over conference weekend, we went up to Heber and took some family pics with everyone together.

Growing, Growing.........I

2011-11-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

Guess What? Mia's hair is growing. You can not really tell it is longer because it is getting more and more curly.

I feel like I need to capture Mia at her fun age-this girl is non-stop. I love her hair!

Mia is longer than the stairs, she can no longer fit perfectly in place.

Mia-I love you!

This girl has grown up soooooo much within just one year. Hailey is now reading-we are so proud of her.

Dancing it up at Halloween

2011-10-31T13:35:00.000-07:00

Mia was Rapunzel and the dress was a little big for her. Hailey was a cowgirl ridding a horse.

We took the girls to a trunk-or-treat at Hailey's school. It was the biggest school production I have ever seen. It was so much fun! I am glad we all got to be there together and spend a great night as a family.

Mia did not like the bouncy house at all.

Mia, Pascal (Gecko from Tangeled), and Me

Hailey had a dance performance at the mall and she did great! She was so nervous about people watching her, but them she got out there and smiled big.

Our Cute Girls-Halloween 2011

Fun Times!

2011-10-17T14:09:00.000-07:00

Bub is 30!

2011-10-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

Bub is the big 30!

Mia was so excited for Bub's Birthday.

I was so excited to make this cake for Bub, I knew that he would love it! We only ate a little sliver of the cake, and we were sooooo sugared out.

Bub and his girls!

Me and my hubby. I can't believe we have been together since Bub was 17 years young. Where has time gone?

Silly girls!

We love you Bub!

Mia's 2 Year Old Pictures

2011-10-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

I love these fun pictures of Mia. My brother Bruce (check out georgebrucephoto.blogspot.com) took these pictures of her this summer right after Mia turned 2 years old. I love this silly girl-to bad we could not get her to give us her beautiful big smile. I think she was a little worried about being in the long grass:)

DREAMS

2011-09-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

I had a dream last night that I could not wake up from fast enough. It was awful. By the time I was awake, I found myself standing next to my bed sobbing. I felt like a little kid that had to be held just to be able to calm down and take a breath; which is exactly what Bub did, he just held me. In my dream, I lost my little Mia, she had been hit by a car and it was all to real. But, after I calmed down, all I could think about is- I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE MY GIRLS! I love them so much, and I need to slow down and enjoy their cute faces even more. My girls make me so happy, they make me smile, laugh, learn, grow, cry, and they are the focus of most of my prayers. I love them every day, but I need to love our every moments! The girls are in such fun stages, but I am so confused at how Hailey can possibly be out of her toddler years already. And I am reminded each day by Mia's witty remarks that she is 2 years old not 2 months old. Oh how I love my girls, and I love my family of 4! And if my family happens to stay this size forever, oh how blessed I am to have my family of 4! I LOVE YOU BUB, HAILEY, AND MIA!

Funny Things

2011-09-18T22:04:00.001-07:00

We were driving in the car on our way to Hailey's Dance class on Thursday. Hailey was in her tights and leotard and hair in a bun when she said, "Mom, are these the tights that help me hold in my tummy? I only want to think about dancing not holding in my tummy too, so I need tights to do the job for me."

Oh my, I started laughing so hard.

Cancun, Mexico

2011-09-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

Bub and I are about to celebrate our 8th Anniversary. We decided to take a trip, (by ourselves) to Cancun, Mexico. This was our first trip like this and it was sooooooo fun! We saw so many amazing things that I knew existed but just in books. We got to see them in real life-it was awesome!

We went and visited some ruins, which were amazing. Really, it was a testimony builder for Bub and I both.

I took this picture laying down my beach chair next to Bub! It was paradise!
This picture was also from my Beach Chair.
Our Room is somewhere around there.
It was hard to take pictures because it was humid and my camera kept on fogging up:( But I have great memories!
We went to the market in Playa de Carmen-it was awesome!
I found these cute dresses for my girls!
Yummy drinks-Virgin of course!
We went to this awesome park called Xcaret, we saw tons of wild life, went snorkeling in underground rivers and swam with ocean fish. We had so much fun!

At Xcaret, there was a cool butterfly garden. Butterflies were all over the place- it was fun but a little hard to walk through. We were scared we would step on the butterflies.
This picture has part of the river that you float down and snorkel behind us-it was one of our favorite things.

This is the entrance to the underground river- I was so scared. I spent a long time on those stairs before I decided I would actually go in all the way.
We just finished our Snorkel trip-so fun! We were swimming with crazy ocean fish!

There are a bunch of sink holes in Cancun that people jump into and swim in.
This is a picture of the sink hole (sonote) we went to. It is so scary! I made Bub jump in and wait for me while I jumped in. I think I was in the water for about 1 min. I was in and out-it was much more fun just to look at everyone else do it:)
Bub found an awesome Taco Stand-he was so happy!
This was an experience of our life time I will never forget! Thanks babe for bringing me- we had so much fun! Hopefully someday we will get to do this again. Thanks to my family for watching the girls so we could go on this trip!

Hailey's First Day of School

2011-09-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

The night before school started Hailey was feeling so anxious. It was kind of cute, I have never seen her so nervous about anything, but she was nervous about a lot of things related to school. She said she heard that 1st grad teachers are mean, she was scared she wouldn't know anyone, she was scared of getting lost at the school because now she is with the big kids. The poor girl's imagination was definitely working overtime. Bub gave Hailey a blessing that night, the next morning was uneventful and she made it to the bus with no problems. I thought about Hailey all day, wondered what she was doing at certain times of the day, I hoped she was happy. Then, 330 rolled around and I waited for the bus to drop her off. Hailey was so happy, she had the biggest smile on her face and said, "Mom, I was wrong, 1st grade is was better than Kindergarten!"

Baby Dean

2011-09-01T21:42:00.000-07:00

This little guy belongs to one of my close friends in Utah. Look at him, isn't he so cute! I have been wanting to get back into photography and I am so glad I got to do this photo shoot. Check out my photopage at nellysphotography.blogspot.com. I hope to update every 2 weeks.

More Pics of the Party in El Paso

2011-08-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

This is my sweet Grandpa Hector with my girls!
These pictures are dark and need some editing but we had so much fun, I just had to post. Hailey and my cousin's kid Megan. They danced and danced and danced, and then fell fast asleep.
Sam and Vanessa, dancing with the girls.
Hailey and Grandma Tere, dancing the night away!
My MOM and DAD!
Grandpa Dan and Mia. I am so glad my Dad got to be at the wedding and reception and had enough energy to dance with the girls.
Hailey and the cousins.

My Bros.
Dad and Sam

Cute girls, my sister Eliza and my Mom.

My Family has Grown

2011-08-28T15:36:00.000-07:00

Last week my brother Sam and his beautiful bride were married in the Albuquerque, New Mexico temple. I traveled with my girls to go see this beautiful couple married.
The reception was in El Paso, Texas. It was a traditional Latin Wedding Reception with dancing until the early morning hours. We had so much fun! The girls danced and danced and then slept for a long time the next day.

Sam and Vanessa

Their wedding day was so beautiful. It was awesome having us all be together for such a great day!

Slip N' Slide

2011-08-22T22:48:00.000-07:00

The good old Slip N' Slide. This is one of my favorite summer past times, so we had to re-live it this summer. Hailey and Mia played on this Slip N' Slide for hours this summer. I even played on it- good thing there are no pictures of that:)

Dad-You were wrong.

2011-08-16T10:19:00.000-07:00

Hailey: Dad, did you know something you told me was wrong.
Bub: What was that Hailey?
Hailey: Once I had a stuffy nose, and you told me to cover one nose hole up and blow into the tissue and my boogers would come out. And I did it. Then I felt pop-pop-pop. The boogers went from my nose to my EARS!

Bub and I were laughing so hard when Hailey was telling us this-this girl just cracks me up.

Paparazzi-So Exciting!

2011-08-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

I LOVE Paparazzi Accessories. They are so cute and fun and the best part is all items are only $5 each. Most necklaces come with earrings and it is still only $5 for the set. I was at Cedar Hills Days this summer when I first saw Paparazzi and LOVED it so I decided to join. I have to say it feels like Christmas every time I place a order and get new jewelry or hair accessories. I am loving it!!! These accessories makes a perfect give for any occasion or whenever you feel like you deserve to give yourself a reward for all that you do. If anyone is interested in seeing what I have, just let me know. If you want to have a party or get together with some friends, you can free jewelry too.

What a Blast

2011-07-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

We did so many fun things this summer in Utah. These pictures are from Cedar Hills Days-so much fun. The girls did not want to get their faces washed for a long long time.

At the Highland City water park.
My parents had a full home this summer. The girls and I were there for6 weeks . Bub showed up for a few weeks. Both of my brothers were at home and my sister was home from college. It was party time! We stayed up past midnight every night. We had so much fun. Liza and I even got into Zumba-so fun!!!
We went to so many parades this summer in Utah-the girls loved it! My Mom got the girls some "little people" lawn chairs and the girls loved them they sat down for most of the parade just waiting for the treats to fall into their laps.
Hailey with Grandpa Dan at the PG parade.

Fun times at the Wilson Home
These girls love to be silly and when they are together, they are extra silly.

Till We Meet Again!

2011-06-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

My sweet Grandma Teresa is the sweetest lady I have ever known. We were never great at talking with each other because I was never good at speaking Spanish. Our language barrier never got in the way of my Grandma Teresa letting me know that she loved me. Although we were only able to see each other a few times, she left a lasting impression on me on how you should love someone. My sweet Grandma passed away this last week. I have been thinking about the last time I saw my Grandma; it was on my wedding day. My grandparent's made the trip from Mexico to come and be at my wedding. It was great to have my grandma clasp my hands between hers, and give them a kiss and tell me that she loved me, (of course my Grandpa Hector does the same.) That I always knew and will know forever. I have no doubts that she was a great Mom as well, because my Mom has turned out pretty amazing herself. I Love You Grandma, and I am happy to know, I will see you again some day-and maybe at that time, we will be speaking the same language.

Dad's are the best!

2011-06-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

To all you men out there who are Dad's-Happy Father's Day!

Now about my Dad. Dad, you are the greatest. I could go on and on about you and all the fun times we have had, and all the great things that you have taught me. I decided thought that I would focus on my very favorite thing about you. I remember being little and whenever I was sad, got hurt, or really happy; you would give me a hug. Your hugs meant told me that you loved me, that you would be there for me, and that you are happy to be my Dad. Today, your hugs are still my favorite thing about you. Thanks for always being there for me. I LOVE YOU!

I feel so lucky to have such a great Dad, and feel so blessed that my girls have an awesome Dad as well. Hailey and Mia adore their Dad, they wrestle, play soccer, and their favorite thing to do is to cuddle with him. Bub has arms that hold our girls safe and secure and they love it. Bub, thanks for being such a good Dad to our girls. Happy Father's Day!

Graduation

2011-06-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

Hailey is no longer in Kindergarten-today she graduated. She was so excited for this day, now she is a 1st grader:(
Bub looked over at me and said, "How did we get here, we have a kid in grade school." It is pretty crazy. I feel like Hailey went from 3 years straight to 6 years old.
Hailey is holding a little plant that Mia picked for her.
Mia wanted in on some of the yummy cupcakes and Hailey was good to share. Hailey we are so proud of all the work you did this year in school. You are a great girl and super smart. Thanks for listening to your teachers and getting a green card every day the whole school year-good work girl!

Girls just want to have fun!

2011-06-02T17:19:00.000-07:00

I had a birthday too- turn out the mom's that brought their kids to Mia's party are my friends too. So glad I got to spend time with all of you!

Birthday Girl!

2011-06-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

We had a small get together with some of Mia's friends for her 2nd Birthday.

We had some yummy ice cream, cupcakes, and cake pops. The kids were in heaven!
Me and my girls!
Say, "CHEESE"
I can't believe Mia is 2, she has grown up into a toddler really fast. She is 36 inches tall and 30 lbs.
I attempted to make some yummy cake pops. It took a lot of work but it was really fun, the girls got to help me decorate them and eat them of course.

This is a picture of a pinata that Hailey made for Mia's birthday. We had no idea she made this-it was a surprise for us all. Turns out it was filled with gold fish and fruit loops.

Happy Birthday Mia Girl-We Love YOU!!!

Movies under the Stars

2011-05-25T14:27:00.000-07:00

We have had a blast going to the free outdoor movies, popcorn, and carousel rides. Usually it is a girls night out activity while Bub studies and we have soooo much fun!

It is that time of year!

2011-05-25T14:20:00.000-07:00

The water parks are open and we are loving it!

These pictures are in the wrong order- Mia spent most of her time just looking at the water and by the end of our water park day she was splish-splashing and having fun!

We love playing at this park- yeah for cooler weather so we can play longer:)

The End

2011-05-18T15:05:00.000-07:00

Soccer season has come to a end. Hailey has grown so much in her ability to play soccer-honestly I am not biased (well I might be a little:) , the girl has got some skill. This was her 2nd season of soccer and she LOVED her team. She cried and cried at the soccer party as she gave her coach and friends hugs. It was really kind of sad. On a good note, she got a trophy, she has been wanting one for sooooooo long. She is so proud of it.
THE END-Bub has finished his first two years of med school-such a happy time:) Now the next two years are rotations which is all new to us. So proud of you BUB!

Lets just say...

2011-05-08T16:32:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this picture of me and my MOM. My Mom is an amazing Mom, every day I hope that I can be a little more like her. Mom, thank you for always making me smile and be happy-I know it was not always easy, and you still make me smile every day:) I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

Lets just say this little butterfly slept really good that night. Oh yeah and she also ran up on stage with a hand full of tootsie rolls and gave them the the guitarist. This girl is not shy at all. Love you Hailey!

Easter Time

2011-05-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

We tried to get some pictures on Easter Sunday with the girls in their dresses, guess I did not get much of the dress-but I sure love this girl!
Hailey wanted to take some pictures too, so she shot a few of Me and Bub.
Bub and his girls!!! Mia was crying and in between breaths-pretty good huh?
Good morning girl- Sunday morning the girls went to the backyard to find the eggs that they dyed the night before with some friends.
We had a fun Easter Egg hunt at the park with some friends from the ward. Mia was so funny, she would find a egg and then stop hunting to open it and see what was inside-she was so excited every time.

Checking out their candy with their friend Jake.

Mia my Dancer

2011-05-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

Mia dances all day long. She dances in the car, at home, in her crib, and in the stroller. Sorry this is such a bad quality video-but I just had to capture my cute girl doing a little boogie dance and all I had available was my phone.

Enchanted

2011-04-26T21:29:00.000-07:00

I love when the world stops spinning for a minute and I get to spend some sweet one on one time with my girls. Tonight I was cuddling with Hailey while watching one of her favorite movies-Enchanted. Prince Edward found Jazelle and they were leaving. Jazelle had to say good-bye to her friends when I heared Hailey say, "I didn't know that was going to happen, that is so sad. I have tears coming out of my eyes and I can't make them stop." It was nice reminder that my fun loving girl is as sweet as can be! I love you Hailey!

FUN TIMES

2011-04-21T13:30:00.000-07:00

Grandma Sandra came to town and we had a lot of fun with her! We drove up to Utah and went to Grandpa Wallentine's 80th Birthday Party and had a game night with all the Las Vegas Longenecker. Thanks for coming to see us!

We Loved going to the county fair in Logan and miss those memories so we decided to go to the Clark County Fair and see what we could find. My girls were in HEAVEN with all the baby animals!!!!
Isn't this so cute! The first time I counted there were only 6 little pigs but then one appeared from under all the other piglets and then there were 7. Mia was "oinking" non stop.
BAAAAAHHHH
Hailey begged us to let her bring this little guy home she said she would even sleep on the floor and the goat could sleep on her bed.
I'm so happy we got to spend some time as a family just enjoying each other.
I was so close to throwing up on this ride-Hailey was the happiest girl ever.

The girls having quiet time in the back yard.

It's hard to tell the truth.

2011-03-23T14:05:00.000-07:00

Bub and I thought that during family scripture time yesterday we should talk with Hailey, (and Mia but she does not really listen,) about telling the Truth vs. Lying. Hailey girl tells little lies all day long. They don't hurt anyone, I think she tells them for shock value when telling stories-haha she is a funny girl. Anyway after a good 10 min talk we thought she totally had telling the truth down pat. The end of our conversation went like this......
Me: Heavenly Father always knows if you are telling the truth or not.
Hailey: Yeah, cause HE sees everything that happens; just like Santa, the elves, and Leprechauns.

Conclusion-I guess the TRUTH can be confusing when your Mom and Dad tell you that Santa's elves are always watching:)

Hailey has learned about fiction vs. Non-fiction. Last night she wanted to tell us the story of Jona and the Whale. The story started with Once upon a time...... and ended with "Jona lived happily every after.

Oh man, this girl makes me laugh every day!

Awwww Yeah!

2011-03-12T23:49:00.001-08:00

A new soccer season has begun and the Longenecker home is super excited. Hailey is playing for a new team, it is an all girls team called THE BUMBLE BEE'S. Hailey has a bumble bee-Pillow Pet so of course she is super excited. Today was her first game and she scored two goals! It was so much fun getting to be outside in beautiful weather and watching my girl play and have fun. Keep up the good work Hayhay.

Love Every Moment

2011-03-12T23:18:00.000-08:00

Wow-life is amazing! You know when you have those days when life is good, you feel on top of the world, you are just having fun with your hubby and babies? Well, I love those days.

The last few days we have not been feeling so good or on top of the world-yet I feel so so blessed! I know my Heavenly Father loves me because he has given me the opportunity to love my husband, to know what TRUE LOVE is. Bub has not been feeling on top of the world- poor guy:( During this time- I have realized how important my family is to me and to cherish the NOW, our every day lives and to never wish moments would go by more quickly. I feel so crazily blessed with great friends, who are our family to us-we are so lucky. We have family who are always supporting and praying for us. I feel surrounded by God's love and I am so thankful for that!

What a dream come true!!!

2011-02-28T23:44:00.000-08:00

THEN...
NOW---Just over 2 years ago my brother's left to serve mission's. NOW THEY ARE BOTH HOME, AND WE ALL GOT TO HANG OUT AS A FAMILY-EVERYONE-ALL TOGETHER! NO DOUBT -BLESSING HAVE BEEN ABUNDANT FOR MY FAMILY!

Time to Say Good Bye

2011-02-15T14:08:00.001-08:00

We had to say goodbye to the Jeep yesterday. Bub and Hailey both wanted to cry. I cried too but because I was so excited to get a Honda Odyssey. This morning I took Hailey to school in the Odyssey and she sat in the back and yelled, " Mom can you even hear me from back here, this is awesome." So much fun!

San Diego

2011-02-06T16:50:00.000-08:00

My parents took us to San Diego for Christmas. We stayed in a beach house on Mission bay and the view was heavenly! People thought we were crazy, playing on the beach wearing summer clothes and thinking it was warm, but we sure had fun! Look at Hailey's smile-seriously- she was the happiest girl in the world!
This beachy area was right outside our door to the beach home. SOOOOOO FUN! Now we just need to do this again in the summer time:)
Many hours were spent just hanging out, we really did not have any plans but just to spend time together.
We played Frisbee and soccer in the sand.
There was a fun playground right their too-I'm telling you-it was awesome!
We were on the quest for the best Mexican food and we found this place in the old down town, by far the best. I think we had Mexican food like 4 nights in a row- yes it was worth it!
Sunday, we decided to have a little fun and do an indoor pinata.
My poor Mom, the boys made sure to take advantage of this moment.

It was nice to have our own little home away from home to stay in and be comfortable, until...... Night came. So, we were all asleep when I woke up and thought someone was trying to break in the house. Then we discovered there were racoons and rodents that lived in the ceiling. UHHHHH, they were horrid, so loud, these must have been really healthy animals. We really thought they were going to fall through the ceiling and land right on our faces. Turns out sleeping at night was a little rough but hey it was exciting.

2 Months Later

2011-02-06T16:38:00.001-08:00

Okay so, time to catch up! Christmas was so much fun-my family came down from Utah Christmas Eve and we had Christmas morning at our new place all together! The best part was watching Mia and Hailey, they were so excited. On Christmas Eve night, we were all hanging out when Hailey looked at us and said, " You guys are crazy, I'm going to bed so I can get presents in the morning, I hope Santa does not see you all awake." And then she went right to bed. It was awesome.
Christmas morning-so fun!
Good morning girls!
We were really good this year!
You all know that snow from the North Pole does not melt, not even in the desert. Santa's sleigh tracks and foot steps were right outside our door.

I was just so excited!

2010-12-06T17:21:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pictures-more to come! I love having friends who are awesome at photography! We went to this really cool ghost town to take these pictures-tons of fun!

I have been searching for days and days for some of Hailey's old clothes for Mia to use. I found a box full of clothes just Mia's size hidden in our garage. I was sooooo excited. I felt like I just went on a shopping spree and did not spend any money-it was great! So great-that I had totally forgotten what time it was and did not realize Hailey's bus had already passed by to bring her home from school. YEah-I was like 15 min late. I jumped in the car with Mia and drove like crazy-caught up to the bus and found Hailey all sweaty and she said, "Mom, I've been so nervous." Poor girl I felt so bad. So this morning hailey said, "Mom, promise to not forget me today." :(

THRILLER!!!!!

2010-11-15T12:23:00.000-08:00

OKAY, I FEEL SO LUCKY, WE GOT TO GO SEE THRILLER THIS YEAR IN ST. GEORGE WITH MY PARENTS. IT WAS FREEZING-BUT SO MUCH FUN!
GOTTA LOVE IT!

Birthday time!

2010-11-15T12:19:00.000-08:00

Bub had his 29th Birthday a month ago-I'm way late posting pictures but here they are. We love you Bub!

Soccer Days

2010-10-20T22:41:00.000-07:00

Hailey LOVES soccer!!!!! Bub and Hailey practice soccer every day together and then once a week with Hailey's soccer team.

I love watching Hailey and Bub just playing together-they have so much fun playing one on one.

Turns out Hailey is a tough little girl, she is getting torn up (look at her knees) on the field but keeps a smile on her face. This girl has grown almost 3 inches since we have moved to Henderson and is a fast little runner- she is growing up way to fast:(

During Hailey's first soccer game a kid on her team touched the ball with his hands. She was so upset and went straight to the referee to tell him, "Hello, that was a hand ball." Hailey you are hilarious, thanks for being so honest but next time only tell the referee when it is someon on the other team:)

Love ya girl!

Three girls and a guy!

2010-09-27T16:11:00.000-07:00

We just celebrated our 7th Anniversary! We got to spend the whole day together, we went hiking at Red Rock (with Mia), went to the temple, dinner and a magic show on the strip. The best part was just getting to hang out with each other.
I love this man-he really is my best friend! We told Hailey that we would not be home until late that night because we were going on a date, and the girl lost it. "A Date, a date, what does that even mean, why can't I come? I don't want to have a babysitter, why do you get to go somewhere with out us. This is dumb." Which just let us know maybe we should plan on dates a little more often-it was great!

Mia loves the outdoors!
These girls are hilarious. Not only do they make me and Bub laugh, they do crazy things, dance moves, funny faces, etc. to make each other fall over with laughter.
Hailey has decided what to be for Halloween. Every day after school this is what Hailey puts on.
Mia loves the camera too, who would have guessed.
Scrub-a-dub-dub.
Hailey started her first season of soccer, and she loves it. She is actually pretty good for a 5 year old. This Saturday is there first game so we will see how it goes. So far, this has been a great sport for our family. We all know Bub played soccer and is a crazy soccer fan, especially for Real Salt Lake. I played soccer too, Bub and I are both left footed and guess what-so is Hailey! Hailey has loved soccer practice and plays hard and then comes home and sleeps great! So, once again-I love that she is playing soccer:)
Hailey's first day of school!

Sam is Back

2010-09-19T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sam is back from his Mission!!!!! Yes we are all super happy that he is home from Colombia, except for him-he is missing the mission really bad. Sam got home about 1 month ago. Hailey was so excited to see Sam, as soon as we pulled into my parents driveway Hailey got right out of the car and ran to Sam and gave him a huge hug! It was really cute-and Sam and Mia got to meet for the first time! We Love You Sam! 5 more months until Bruce gets home-that will be exciting too!

Back to Life, Back to reality!

2010-09-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

Bub has been back to school for 1 month now. We, the girls, have been trying to adjust to not seeing his face around so much. The cutest moments I have ever seen, are when Bub is home and his girls just run to him for hugs and cuddles. The first year of medical was nothing compared to what the second year has brought. I have always heard about the second year just being a killer, but know we are living it and I'm glad it is Bub in school not me :) We love ya Babe! Supposedly after this year it gets much better, so we shall see.

Now my baby is in school! That is right- Hailey is in a full-day kindergarten where she is learning Spanish as well. Life is so crazy! The other night Bub gave Hailey a School blessing because she was super nervous. After her blessing she was excited to make new friends and started to draw pictures to hand out to all of her new friends at school. It was cute! So the first day of school came and Hailey missed the bus, I figured I would just drive her to school, after all it was her first day. My dang car keys were no where to be found- my keys are always hiding. So I called Bub and he left school to take Hailey to her first day, which made Hailey super proud and happy to have her Dad with her!

Now I'm at home with Mia and when she is napping, well........
........................................I just think-Am I really 27 years old, I thought I just got married. Right?

Bear Lake

2010-08-17T18:00:00.000-07:00

You got to love when you try to take pictures of yourself:) Here are a ton of pictures from the Wallentine Family Reunion at Bear Lake.
Hailey is winding up to hit the Bear Lake Monster Pinata.
THE LONGENECKER'S 2010
This picture is a keeper, it takes a lot of work to get all of the Longenecker's in one place together. We had so much fun and it was awesome that we all got to be together. Now we are all home and spread across the country. Love you guys! Bear Lake was beautiful! The temperature was perfect, the mountains were green, the beach, the water, the boating, ahhhhhhhhh! We decided it was the perfect time to take some family pictures while we had some pretty scenery. One little problem-we didn't have a photographer. Thanks to my sis-in-law she help us take some snap shots, and now we have some memories to keep forever!
I love when Bub smiles!
I Love My Girls, they really are great!
Mia was crying or eating sad most of the trip. So here we are trying hard to get Mia to smile:)
Hailey and her favorite man-Daddy!

Hailey was being super brave and let her Dad cover her in sand.
So this is how my girls spent most of the day, playing in the sand and the small pools of water that had been heated by the sun. They were in heaven!
Yum Yum!
The Longenecker Boys!
Oh happy days! Ha Ha!

Cascade Springs Baby!

2010-08-03T23:37:00.000-07:00

Boys Boys Boys...

Okay so Utah is way more beautiful than Nevada, example-Cascade Springs. We love playing in the mountains and this really is one of my favorite spots. It is on the Alpine Loop Drive and soooooooo pretty. This place has been year round fun for me since I was young. We would end up at Cascade Springs while taking a Sunday drive up the canyon or snowmobile up there in the winter. We had tons of fun!

My Favorite Holiday Ever!

2010-08-03T23:25:00.000-07:00

I Love the 4th of July- and this year it was a whole weekend of fun! We went to the Freedom Parade in Provo with the Wilson's. It was actually 60 degrees that morning and it was great! Here are a few pictures from our wonderful day!

Faith

2010-06-07T00:34:00.000-07:00

We were driving in the car when Hailey was singing a primary song about faith. She stopped in the middle of her song and asked Bub and I, " What is faith?" Bub tried to explain to Hailey in 4 year old terms what faith is. Hailey said, " Like how we have faith in Jesus!" It seemed like the lights went on and Hailey understood what we told her. A few minutes went by..... then Hailey said, " Hmmmm, I thought faith was about being good, not being invisible. :) I think we need a FHE lesson on Faith!

Up to Date

2010-06-02T22:38:00.000-07:00

Bub has finished his first year of medical school!!!!! I am so proud of him, it took a lot of hard work and he did great! He just started a part time job at his school to keep him somewhat busy for the summer!

I turned 27 years old---yikes!

Mia had her first Birthday and we celebrated with some friends and family in Utah. Mia is such a cute girl-she walks, has 4 teeth, and is pretty tall.

Hailey graduated from Preschool and a really cute singing program. The funniest part was Hailey was super nervous, so not like her. (Pictures soon to come.)

We closed on our house and we are painting and getting ready to move in. Hurray!

I am a Mom!

2010-05-05T18:40:00.001-07:00

I was at the park the other day with Hailey and Mia. It was getting to be close to leaving time so I walked over to Hailey and I overheard her talking with a little boy. She was talking about ME. So I listened for a little while. Hailey was telling this boy how I take her to the library and that we read books together. She said, "my Mom is not great at cooking so she is teaching me so I can be great at it and now I know how to make orange sandwiches." She said, "when my Dad is not home we like to dance like crazy." And she told this little boy, who actually looked like he was listening- "My Mom has two girls because I am a big sister now and my Mom never knew how hard it would be to take care of two girls. I smiled and thought Hailey has found a great new friend who she can share everything with, because he didn't say a word. Then Hailey said, "And my Mom knows everything, sometimes I think she is wrong but then I find out she was right the whole time. Sometimes she is like magic."

I have to say, I stopped right in my tracks and thought, Holy Cow, I am this girls Mother!!! I know this should not be a surprise to me, seeing that I have been her Mom now for 5 years, but it hit me hard. I'm not just some girl with two kids, I am there Mom, (is that crazy). And then I thought about my Mom, and everything that I have shared with her, and all that I ask her on what to do with my girls, how to make my favorite food :), all kinds of things, and I realized my Mom knows everything too, and if I have ever thought something she said was wrong, it turns out I was wrong and she was right the whole time.

I hope I can be even half of who my Mom is to me, for my girls! The great thing in striving for that, is that I have a great Mom who I can try to be like. I Love You Mom!!!

The happiest place on earth!

2010-04-13T09:26:00.000-07:00

Bub just had spring break and we decided to go with some friends to Disney land. We wanted to surprise Hailey and not tell her where we were going. We made it all the way inside of the park and she was still clueless-she had no idea where we were. I asked Hailey where we were and she looked around, and quietly said, " Are we at Disney Land?" And that was it- not big scream or jumping up and down... it was pretty funny. A few minutes later we saw the parade and that is when it hit Hailey, she had a grin from ear to ear!

I have to give it to Disney Land for making an awesome balloon. Two weeks later and this balloon is still floating high in Hailey's room. Good thing too it was the most expensive balloon I have ever bought!
I was so proud of both my girls they really were great the whole trip! We all had a blast and I think we went on every single ride we wanted to thanks to stroller passes and fast passes we hardly ever stood in a line. It was great!

Hailey really was kind of scared of the characters. She was being super brave to get her picture with Woody.

Awww, Hailey loves Jake! Hailey keeps on asking when we get to go on another trip with Jake. And look at the Dad's they did great too- they did not cry to much on this trip either. :)
Cheese... Thanks for the fun time!
Hailey got drenched on Splash Mountain! Don't let her sad face trick you- she loved it!
Hailey is amazing! I always knew she was a brave girl but this girl went on every ride. She went on the Tower of "Tere" (she thinks its cool because it's named after her Grandma). Anyway, she went on this two times, she went on Indiana Jones and every ride that scared me. She is super brave!
My True Love
Mia is making her Grandma face in this picture. I love it!
My sweet girl!
Hailey and Jake having a great day!
We had a great time- it was so nice to spend time together as a family!

Easter!

2010-04-13T09:19:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get a cute picture of the girls in there new Easter dresses! This is what I got!

Swimming time already!

A Hailey Funny
Hailey: Mom, you know how our village is the USA?
Me: yeah!
Hailey: Well, did you know Heavenly Fathers village is heaven?

Hello...

2010-03-21T23:51:00.000-07:00

This is Hailey's leprechaun trap!
Mia makes the funniest old grandma faces. You know like Grandma's who have lost their teeth!
Sorry these pictures are not the greatest, they were done on my phone. But we found an awesome Mexican Restaurant. We still miss our Mi Ranchito in American Fork.

I have been horrible at updating our blog. I love checking everyone's blogs and love that they are updating them but then I forget to do mine. Oops! Anyway, we are doing good. So much has happened since my last post. My Mom came to visit and help watch the girls as I started my new job. Yes, I am working again and so far its a pretty good deal. Umm, we bought ourselves a home. We are not living in it yet but come summer we will make the switch. I am super excited about this, and we have our family and friends to thank. Everyone has been so awesome in helping us watch our girls while I work! Thank you thank you thank you!!! St. Patrick's day was so fun. I honestly have never liked this holiday. My grandma would come visit us at school dressed as a leprechaun. This was not just in elementary people- I'm talkin High School too. Anyways, Hailey was really good at making sure everyone had green on. She was pretty concerned that a leprechaun might come around and pinch someone. So, she set up a leprechaun trap. It had a string cheese and some coins, because they love pots of gold! She is so funny!

1+1=4

2010-02-16T00:18:00.000-08:00

What do I love most? Cuddling with my babes- Bub, Hay, and Mia! I love this picture! I know some of Mia's toes are hiding but I love it anyway! We had a picture just like this when we lived in Logan without Mia so it had to be updated.
It has been beautiful outside so the girls and I went to a county museum. It reminded me a lot of Utah history museums with old homes to walk through and trains to climb on. Anyway, we all had fun being outside and Hailey got to run around so it was great!

What is her arm doing? Such a little posing queen!
Imagine that, Hailey found a horse. She is our horse girl.
Today I decided to finally get my camera out and shoot. I don't know why but I haven't done this in a really long time. I forgot what I was missing-I love taking pictures. I think the break did Hailey good because she was coming up with all sorts of poses and places to take pics. Yeah-I'm going to have to take advantage of this.
My little Mia. This girl loves to be outdoors. She really is a good girl anyways but you will never see her cry if she is out under the sky.

I love flowers! Thank you Bub!

New Names

2010-02-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

So I was driving somewhere in Vegas totally lost when Hailey had this conversation with herself... which is funny anyway!

"Mom we should make new names. Your name can be Caring because you take care of your girls. My name will be Loving because I love all of the animals. Mia's name can be.... hmmmmmmm.....

Noisy- cause she's such a stinkin' loud cutie pie!"

Oh wow, I love this girl!

Not one but two!

2010-01-31T15:13:00.000-08:00

I think she needs needs bigger pj's.

So I was sitting in sacrament meeting today when I realized Mia has two teeth! The cute girl went to bed last night with nothing but gums and a tongue in her mouth and today-two teeth! Crazy!

We have been having some seriously beautiful sunsets. Every night Hailey looks outside and lets me know when she spots a sunset. I guess Nevada does have some beauty!

From the mouth of a 5 year old!

2010-01-10T19:44:00.000-08:00

I found Hailey hiding in a corner making a funny face-not a good thing. So I asked her to go to the bathroom and then she told me she needed to tell me a secret. Once the secret was told, I explained to Hailey that I think she is constipated. She thought about it for a while and then said, "Mom you know what I think is happening? I'm getting my super powers, yeah I'm so excited!!!"

Wow this girl keeps me laughing every day.

So Cold and Fun!

2010-01-01T22:26:00.000-08:00

Our little Hailey is five and not so little anymore. She is a kid- nothing toldler about her. She can even carry Mia while standing up. Hailey goes to Preschool, is always on the go, and makes us smile and laugh every day!

Happy Birthday Hailey!

Fun at the kids museum!

Hailey and some kids from her preschool went to a nursing home and sang some holiday tunes. The kids wore these cute elf hats that they made. Hailey is a lover! She loves everyone and everything- which is why she says she does not eat animals (except fish)! So, naturally Hailey gave hugs to a bunch of the elderly and told them Merry Christmas!

Hailey wanted to go to Chucky Cheese for her birthday! So we partied it up with Chucky Cheese, with Hailey's cousins and aunt and uncle. We all had so much fun, but I think Bub and his brother Ryan had the most fun there!

Making birthday wishes!

We went to Utah for Christmas and we had so much fun! We made gingerbread houses, went to see the Salt Lake Temple lights, went to Timp Temple, hung out with friends, went to a family reunion, went to a concert, and had a wonderful white Christmas!

The girls in there new PJ's and Bub on Christmas Eve!

"Hailey, is that Santa"s foot steps?" Oh yes, it is! The footsteps are made of "special snow". It never melts!:)

So fun yet sooooooooo cold! Hailey was so tired and kept falling asleep so did what we had to and bungee cord her to the stroller. It was pretty funny!

I loved having a white Christmas but wow, we froze in Utah! I never remember it being so cold in Utah. Thank goodness we were not in Logan! We went to see the Salt Lake Temple lights with my family and Liza's boy. My Mom is taking the picture.

Long lost friends together again!

We had a family gathering on the Wilson side of my family. Hailey and Jonas got to play together again and it was so fun to watch these two just pick up and play as if they have never missed a day playing together. Hailey misses Jonas so much and she had so much fun sledding, playing games, and of course being silly and crazy with Jonas!

I love this picture too. My Dad and Mia! Mia loved playing Peek-a-boo with my Dad over Christmas. She would laugh her belly laugh, it was so funny!

The boy is ours!!!

2009-12-13T19:29:00.000-08:00

Bub did it; he finished his first semester of Medical School! How many does he have left? We just don't think about that question. Bub did not have to study this weekend so we had a fun filled weekend as a family and with some friends.

We took the girls on a "Santa train ride" in little Boulder city ( 5 min. away) It was not the "Heber Creeper" but it was a lot of fun.
Just before we were returning to the train station Santa and Mrs. Clause showed up! Hailey liked Mrs. Clause but did not really like Santa.
Mia loved pulling on Santa's beard.
Mia loves her tongue.
I was sneaky and got a picture of this train guy. He looks awesome and fits the part completely! He is like straight from a movie.
My girls!
Here we are, on our way to board the train!
We went to a Christmas party with our med school friends who husbands were all able to hang out now. The kids decorated this ginger bread house. They did awesome!

Happy birthday to Hailey and Asher!!!

Thanksgiving in Las Vegas!

2009-12-01T15:35:00.000-08:00

My parents and my sister came to Henderson for Thanksgiving! It was so nice to have them, I wish they could have stayed longer. We tried to fit a couple of activities into one day while they were here, so we took them to see the big horn sheep. And the girls went and saw the New Moon, movie. :)

Liza is in stealth mode!
I am thankful for my family, and I can't wait to have my brothers back for future holidays! Our family feels small with them gone.

This is the biggest Christmas tree I have ever seen. We had to get a picture by it!

Update on my girls: Hailey is busy, busy, busy. It really takes all I have to attempt to stay caught up with her. She is so much fun and has been learning a lot of songs at preschool, so, she sings and sings all day long! Oh yes, and she gets into my make-up.

Mia: This girl just warms everyone's heart. She is super sweet and guess what she says? "Momma" It's true, I'm pretty proud. :)

I feel like life is just crazy and hectic right now but I am so glad we have holidays and times where I can take a breather and see all that I am blessed with including all those who we love! Happy Holidays everyone!

Halloween & the White Coat

2009-11-11T11:16:00.001-08:00

We found mountains! We went to Mount Charleston and it reminded us, just a tiny bit, of home!We had so much fun this Halloween. It was so nice to not be freezing while trick-or-treating! Hailey really wanted to have a fire and roast marshmallows. So she made one with her cousin and the pretended to roast candy pumpkins.
We took the girls trick-or-treating at an outdoor mall and Hailey found someone very important. "Mom look it's Santa, he wanted to come and help give people food." Santa did not see her but we reminded her that Santa knows if she is being good or not.
Bub and the girls getting some candy!
Hailey was a dragon this year. She love her costume because it was uncle Bruce's from last year. Mia was a cute little giraffe (longenecker) Get it! I still think the Longenecker/ giraffe thing is cute after 6 years.
Bub had his white coat ceremony for Medical school last weekend. It was cool to watch all of the students get to put on there white coats for the first time! Bub's brother and his family came and so did my Mom! We had a lot of fun with everyone. Thanks for coming!

My Mom and the girls got to play together this last week. I started a new job ( we will see how it goes) but my Mom was super grandma and came to watch the girls for us for my first few days of work. It helped put me at ease to know my girls were with Grandma. And thanks to some awesome friends for helping out with our girls too. You guys are the best!

Birthday Time

2009-10-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

My pictures are out of order woops!
Bub had his 28th birthday! Hailey loves parties and she was so excited to pick Diego party hats and soccer plates. Bub got a fun game called Blockous! We play it a couple times a week. Mia's first time eating food. She was such a mess but it was so cute to watch her try to eat.

Mia was supposed to be taking a nap when the phone rang and I went to get it. I came back to my room and found this. Hailey immediately said, "Mom don't worry, I'm just being a good big sister." I love that she got a wipe and put it on Mia's head. She is my little nurse in training.

Bub is not a cake kind of a guy. But really, you can not have a birthday without cake. So, we got him a little piece and the three of our shared it with a lot of ice cream.

Dad, brother, sister, baby,....WHAT?

2009-10-18T14:12:00.000-07:00

Me: Hailey put your seat belt on babe.
Hailey: Why did you just call me babe?
Me: Cause' you are my baby too.
Hailey: I'm your baby too cause I came from your belly like Mia did?
Me: Yep

Hailey: Well, why does Grandma call you babe?
Me: Cause I am her baby.

Hailey: ...................Huh..............................................

A minute goes by

Hailey: Well why do you call Dad babe, is he my brother?

Washington DC

2009-10-14T15:14:00.000-07:00

Bub's little brother Jaymes just got married to the cutest girl named Emmalani. They really are a cute couple and we are excited to have her in our family. They were married in the Washington DC temple so Bub and I took Mia, ( Hailey went to her favorite place ever- Grandma & Grandpa Wilson's).

Me and my sister-in-laws - minus the bride!

Little Mia and her Daddy!

The bride and groom! Look how cute they are! I got lucky and got to take some cute pictures of them at the temple. Check my photography blog to see more from their special day!

We loved getting to see the Longenecker clan again. My neice Kate loved holding Mia, it was cute!

It's National Geographic

2009-10-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

There is an awesome park in boulder city, which is 10 min. from where we live, where hundreds of big horn sheep come down from the mountains and graze, fight, and yes as Hailey learned, they mate! It's totally National Geographic right in front of you, it's crazy!

"What are those things" Mia's eye's were huge the whole time just looking at the big horn sheep.

These sheep come to the park every night and you can get pretty close to them. There are warning signs posted saying that these are wild animals and to not confront them. I wonder if anyone has been attacked. I was scared when two of the sheep started to fight but Bub was in front of us so we were okay.

I took the girls to the Children's Museum in Las Vegas. It was so much fun we were there for 6 hours and we only played with half of the stuff at the museum. Hailey loved it, I think she is the perfect age for playing there.

There was a cute kid size grocery store. Hailey played here forever. I started telling her that I wanted some grapes and other groceries when she said, "Okay well you are my sweetheart and I will get whatever I want for you- Okay!" I thought it was funny.

There is a outdoor carousel at this mall by our place.

Panda bear and Horse ( Hailey's favorite stuffed animals) come everywhere with us since we have moved to Henderson. They come to preschool, car rides, grocery shoping, water parks, bed, everywhere. I hope this just slowley ends by itself soon.

6 Years and counting...

2009-09-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

THEN...

YEah, today is our 6th wedding anniversary!!! Wow, I can't believe how fast time flies, 6 years, two kids, and tons of fun times!

NOW...

This is my favorite picture from our wedding day! This is our first picture as a married couple and we are all smiles and so happy that this day finally had come!

I Love You Bub, you are my best friend!

Touro-A Jewish School

2009-09-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

Moving to Henderson has been a great move for us. It is still crazy hot here but there are so many great things that have happened that makes the heat not an issue.

Perks-
We live in an awesome ward.
We have made great friends.
Bub loves what he is learning!
Hailey is in preschool and loves it!
Oh yeah, Bub has a new calling, he is in NURSERY!
I'm still at home with the girls!

And another great perk--
Touro is a Jewish school and the students get Jewish holidays as well as the normal holidays off. I love this! I have never paid close attention to the Jewish holidays until now but I have learned that this time of year there are a couple. YEah, we will get to have Bub home more often. Bub had this last Friday off so we had a game night with some friends. I was tons of fun!

Oh yes and my favorite perk ever-
Bub has a class called osteopatic manipulation (something like that). Anyway, he comes home and gets to practice on me and Hailey! We love it, it's basically like an awesome massage!

$GAS$

2009-09-18T21:11:00.001-07:00

I was collecting some garbage from my car while filling it up with gas when I started to hear gas dripping on the cement. All I could think about was, "Oh no, there goes my money!" I hurried over to the gas hose and pulled it out of my car and gas continued to shoot out of the hose at full blast. I thought maybe the handle was stuck, so I squeezed the handle but the handle was completely loose. I pushed every button I could see to get the gas to stop coming out of the hose but on and on it came. A very nice guy was on his way back to his car when he heard me yelling, "Help, I need some help." He came over asking if the lever was stuck and he tried everything to get it to stop. He handed the hose back over to me and he ran up to the gas station building and pushed the emergency shut off button. Yeah, the gas finally stopped. It seemed like it was going on forever which I think it had because now there was a small river of gas from me all the way to the building and down the gutter. The gas station lady came out asking the guy what he thought he was doing then she looked down and saw the river and started freaking out. She started to put up cones so nobody could come into the gas station to fill up, not like it would matter now that the gas had all been shut off. Then my nice helper started yelling, "Nobody light up, nobody light up." Anyway, it was pretty exciting and I was covered in gas meanwhile Mia is crying in the car and Hailey is screaming, "I need to pee let me out!" We are safe, got all our money back and got a free car wash! YEah!!!!

Take me out to the ball game.

2009-09-12T15:24:00.000-07:00

We went to watch the Las Vegas 51's baseball game with the Longenecker's. We had cotton candy, drinks and yes, peanuts. It was so much fun! Thank you Longenecker's for the tickets, we had so much fun hanging out with you.

Sorry about the belly shot.
Hailey loves hanging out with Jaden and Alissa (her cousins). Alissa and Hailey being silly while eating a yummy treat!
The girls and I went to Utah this last week while Bub had his first block (test) week. We got to sleep over at Cam and Addy's and we had so much fun. Hailey and Rio played with babies all night and the next day. Rio saw me with my nursing cover on while I was feeding Mia then the next thing I saw was cute Rio with the cover around her neck and she was holding a baby. It was pretty funny but really she was just wrapping her baby up in a blanket that goes around your neck? :)
My Mom and Dad teach temple prep and family relations class at a singles ward. I went to listen to the lesson and was a little out of place with my Mia. Anyway, my Mom and Dad are awesome teachers!
My Mom got to drive back to Henderson with me and it was 15 times better to have her there. She drove the whole way while I took care of the girls! Thanks for all your help Mom!

Awww, So scared!

2009-08-26T22:01:00.000-07:00

Cute little Mia was sleeping so well. So, I pulled out my camera to snap a picture of my sleeping beauty. I got right above her when all of the sudden, BAM, her eyes popped open and all she saw was a camera in her face. Yeah, I think she was a little scared.

Mia is three months old today! Time did not go by this fast when she was in my belly. My girl is growing so fast and she has to most awesome thigh rolls that we all just love to pinch. We love pinching her cheeks too, her face cheeks that is.

Her personality has totally burst out of her this last week. She is such a smily girl and loves to talk. Oh and she is very ticklish. Bub can get her to giggle when he tickles her. Super cute!

3 months old!

I am so in love with my girls and we have been having a lot of fun getting to hang out over the last 3 months.

Super Girl!

2009-08-26T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hailey loves to pretend she is a super hero. She keeps on telling us she doesn't need a seatbelt because she is a super hero. This is a fight she never wins!

It gets so windy and stormy here. We had a scary lightning storm on Sunday and Hailey dressed up in some awesome clothes with her cape and was Super Hailey. I thought she was going to fly away, her cape was all over the place. She felt totally cool!

Hailey got her hair cut! She looks so cute and her hair is so much easier to do. I love it and she loves it too! She keeps asking if she can have purple (her favorite color) hair. Scary, I know!

Yeah so this is what I do with Hailey while I'm feeding Mia. Seriously, Mia is there, just not in the picture thank goodness. Hailey seems to feel a little left out during this time, so we take pictures.

Dress UP!

2009-08-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

My Cute Mia is getting so big. She is starting to talk, well babble. She also makes cute faces!
Hailey wanted Mia to play dress-ups. I'm not so sure she really liked it.
My cute girls playing dress-ups!

All kinds of fun!

2009-08-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

Bub's brother Ryan and his family were sealed in the Las Vegas temple. It was one of the coolest experiences I've ever been able to be a part of. We love you guys! This is a picture of all the grand kids with G&G Longenecker.
My parents and sister came to Las Vegas and helped us get settled and watched the girls while Bub and I were able to go to the temple. Thanks so much for your help and support. We love you guys! My sister wanted to go to the strip and see the water show. (That is what is behind us)

We have now been in Henderson for 1 1/2 weeks. It really is a nice place and has it's own kind of beauty. We already miss the mountains and the nice night breeze. It gets pretty windy here but it doesn't cool you down it just feels like a heater is blowing right in your face. Anyway, when we moved in we had our internet, phone, and cable hooked up. The cable guy was black which Hailey must of thought was pretty weird. Why? Well, 1 week later I took her to this cool park with water toys everywhere. And the best part is that it's all free. I guess that is the kind of parks you get when it's over 100% consistently. Anyway, I was telling Hailey that we needed to get some sunscreen on. And this is how it went down.
Hailey: I hate sunscreen
Me: Hailey, you need it so you don't get burned.
Hailey: Pointing to some families around us says, " Okay, I don't want the sun to burn me and turn me black like that guy who came to our house and like all of those people huh?"
Me: spraying the sunscreen on and totally embarrassed, "Okay, now go play with your little friend."

Who is LDS in Las Vegas?

2009-08-18T18:51:00.000-07:00

If any of you want to find out who is LDS in Las Vegas, well all you have to do is borrow Hailey and take her to the store with you.
I took the girls to Target ( a nicely air conditioned building) and Hailey started singing "I am a child of God" at the top of her lungs. I was trying to get her to quiet down as people were looking at us really weird. Then some nice lady with some kids of her own smiled at me and said, " Oh how cute, she must be in Primary." It was kind of weird how reassuring it was to know that that lady was LDS too and that she thought Hailey's singing in a store was cute instead of odd like the others who were annoyed by the loud singing.

GETTING OUR MOVE ON!

2009-08-04T22:27:00.001-07:00

The time has come. We are actually leaving our tiny apartment and moving to Nevada! Bub got into Medical school so we are off to a new adventure. We have lived in our little place for 5 1/2 years and we have accumulated so much stuff. It was so nice to declutter. We loved Logan and all of our friends who live there.

Here are some pictures from the 24th of July. Pioneer day is a lot of fun in Logan and we got to spend it with cousins and friends! We love you guys and will miss you a ton!

Oh so Feminine!

2009-07-24T14:14:00.000-07:00

You would think that having 3 girls and only 1 boy in a home would make your home nice and sweet and full of fun experiences. Well my experience just the other day was anything but dainty. Hailey has some weird fascination where she like to watch Mia get her diaper changed. So, I was changing Mia's diaper and I was just about done when she sneezed. And what comes out at the same time? Poop. Yep, she got it all over me, not just my clothes but my arms too. Anyway, Hailey starts gagging like crazy and I was trying to tell her to get out of the room- then Hailey decides to throw up! Yes that was on me too!

Wow, there is nothing like being a Mom, but I truly love it!

The need for speed!

2009-07-19T18:12:00.000-07:00

When ever we are driving with Hailey in the car she is always telling us to go faster. She loves to go fast! So the other day, Hailey said, " faster go faster Mom." Of course I was going as fast as I can without getting pulled over. Then Hailey says, "Mom, I have a great idea. Just go super fast when there is not a police man and when you see one, then you can go slow.-k- So, I don't see one so go fast now!

She always has these great ideas!

July is Fantastic!

2009-07-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

July just screams summer which is why I think it is the greatest month out of the whole year! We had a family reunion at good old Bear Lake. Yes, the water was freezing but we enjoyed making sand castles and spending time with Bub's family as well as my parents.
Our cute Mia was blessed at my parents home with our family and friends around. It was such a great blessing and we loved having people we love to be there. Thanks for everyone's support.
Woops, This picture is in the wrong spot. Anyway, Bub and Logan made an awesome sand castle at Bear Lake.
Bub with his girls at a 4th of July cook out! Yes, we were all wearing jackets because it had been raining and supper windy. We still saw fireworks that night! Bub and Hailey also got to go to the Real soccer game and Hailey was so excited to see fireworks that night too.
Poor Hailey. She was playing with an exercise rubber band and it snapped at her right on the lip. I thought she needed stitches but bub did some work on her and now you can not even see a scar. Promise!
Hailey wanted me to paint her fingernails and I told her to hold still so her fingers could dry. Yep, she fell asleep. I put her to bed after I took this picture-promise!
We love Tony's Grove, it is so beautiful! We took Bub's brother, Logan, to hike around the little lake. He took this picture for us! Man we are going to miss Logan and Logan canyon when we move.
Cute Hailey!
Me and my girls!

Like I said I love July!

Climb up the mountain!

2009-07-05T22:53:00.000-07:00

Hailey: Mom, did you know that Heavenly Father lives close to us? Just up in those clouds.
Me: Really
Hailey: Do you know how we go to see him?
Me: How Hailey?
Hailey: We just climb up the mountain and bring a trampoline with us, jump up and down and grab unto the clouds and climb up! That's how we can go and see Him, cool huh?

Mia and my Vegetarian

2009-07-02T12:26:00.000-07:00

I know there are tons of pictures but I had so much fun taking Mia's baby pictures. I love the one with her smiling really big!

Hailey is an animal lover. She probably loves animals a little to much.
The other day we were all in the Jeep going for a canyon drive when Hailey asked if we eat horses? When we responded "no", she got concerned about the ladybugs that live in the grass that the hoses eat. Of course everyone knows ladybugs are so smart and fly away to another pasture while the horses are eating grass. Anyway then she started to cry and said that she doesn't want to eat animals anymore. We asked her why and she said that she just wants all of the animals to live. Anyway, we tried to drop the subject when she stated, "Hey, Mom, Dad, did you know that fish are not animals anymore so we can only eat then okay."
So the other night we had BBQ chicken (as far as Hailey knows- BBQ fish) The other day we went to Wendy's and had a hamburger-I mean a fish burger. Hopefully this is just a stage and she will get over it soon:)

We are made of Engines!

2009-06-15T10:33:00.003-07:00

Me: Hailey what did you learn about at church?
Hailey: about falling apart
Me: following a part?
Hailey: No, falling apart, you know like the song
Me: what song?
Hailey: we're all made of engines cause everything bends from the top of my head way down to my ends. Or else you will crack. You know, that song.
Bub: Hailey it's hinges. Hinges let things bend and move.
Hailey: I know Dad, engines make things move like what the cars have.

Check it out!

2009-06-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

Check out the White's photo session at nellysphotography.blogspot.com

That is one big baby!

2009-06-10T13:56:00.001-07:00

Mia had just finished her bath when I told Hailey to hop into the bath. I got Mia dressed and then went to supervise Hailey and this is what I found. One big baby in the baby bath! Hailey absolutely refused to get out of the baby bath. She stayed in there for 45 min. I could only get Hailey out once I told her that Mia peed in the baby bath. He he! It worked!

Mia is so calm in the tub and loves when we wash her hair.
My girls in their PJ's. Now to get them to sleep. What a trick!
I had to take this picture of Mia. Turns out all of the girls in our family sleep like this including me!
Wow, I love these girls so much! I took Mia to her two week old Dr. appointment and guess what? She is now 7 lbs 10 0z. and she has grown 1/2 inch. Baby steps!

We really have not been up to much lately. We just stay home, hang out, and try to keep thing under control. It is like 2pm before we are even ready to think about leaving our home. Props to all you moms out there. You are all amazing, it takes a lot of hard work to be a Mom. I'm trying to learn how to take care of my two girls and every day feels like I've started back at square one, but I sure am enjoying my time with them. I love you Hailey and Mia!

Baby Mia Anabel

2009-05-28T19:22:00.000-07:00

Mia was born on 5-26-2009
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6:39 PM
She was 7 lbs 5 oz
20 inches long
Hailey is so excited to finally be a big sister!
She has already been a big helper and likes to burp Mia!
Beautiful Sisters!
Daddy and his girls!
Seconds old!
No longer a family of three. Hailey has been excited for weeks asking me every day if the baby was coming. Then she came to visit me before Mia was born and asked, "Why does the baby have to come today?" She told me to be brave and to only cry a little bit. I love my little but growing family. I am one lucky Mommy to have such awesome girls and a great hubby! Thank to all of our family and friends for your prayers and love!

What it's May!

2009-05-16T12:07:00.000-07:00

So I guess it's the middle of May. What have we been up to? Well, here are a few pictures of what has been going on.
It has been warming up so we went with some friends to go feed the ducks at first dam. Those ducks are really brave, they ate bread right out of Hailey's hand.
Bub's parents came to visit for graduation. Here is Hailey making sure Grandpa Tom is all taken care of.
Hailey has expanded her talent of cutting hair from not only her hair but Cocco's hair! Yep that is coco's fur on the carpet.
We went to our first Real Soccer game this year and then Hailey went and had a sleep over with the Whites.
Hailey had her dance recital yesterday. She did such a good job and was supper excited that her Dad brought her some flowers.

Yeah, the day has come. Bub graduated from Utah State University with honors!!!! I'm so proud of you Bub, you have worked so hard for this day to come! Good Job!
Awww, what a smart and handsome guy!

Best Friends!

2009-04-26T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hailey and Jonas have become such good friends! Hailey gets to go and play with Jonas every day I work . When I come to pick her up- she will chase Jonas down and give him hug and kiss because she will miss him. Jonas is a good sport!

This is my favorite picture! My cousin Crystal took the two of them to the park to play. Look how cute-they have there arms around each other. We are so glad to have the Bradley's living close by, thanks for all you do!

Kangaroo

2009-04-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

I know I just posted but this is funny!

Hailey just came into my room with nothing but some underwear on. Then she started to hop around and say that she was the kangaroo on the Horton movie. As I watched her leave my room I saw this big round ball that she had stuck in the backside of her underwear. "Hailey what is in your bum?" She started to bounce back to my room and said, " It's my little Kangaroo mom, this is my pouch." And away she went, with the ball in her bum and her crack hanging out. She does make a pretty cute Kangaroo.

I took a picture but I figured it's probably not a great one to put online, but I am totally saving it!

Eggs Everywhere

2009-04-15T14:22:00.001-07:00

We went down to the UC this weekend and had tons of fun!
Hailey and Grandpa riding the scooter!
We had a Easter egg hunt with the Wilson side of the family at the AF cemetery. Kind of weird, I know but it was fun. Hailey became attached to this cute little dog.
Hailey's favorite easter egg hunt was at my parents home. She had no competition. Look at the speed this girl has. She'll do anything for candy.
Hailey and her eggs.
I think I've only dyed easter eggs like twice in my life. We did it at my parents this year and it was so fun! We'll definitely have to do this again, we learned some tricks as we went along.
Grandma and Hailey having fun!
At the neighborhood hunt!
Hope you all had a great Easter!

Hannah Montana

2009-04-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hailey: Mom, did Hannah Montana come from Heavenly Father?
Me: Ummm, yeah.
Hailey: YES, I have the best idea! I just have to tell Dad the Hannah Montana come from Heavenly Father and then he will like her to huh?

That's my girl!

Hailey started to like Hannah Montana when she saw her at the dentist and she found out both of their names start with the letter "H". Bub hates Hannah. Anyway, Hailey thinks it's funny to ask Bub if he like Hannah Montana because he gets mad (pretend). So, now Hailey is sure she will get her Dad to like Hannah and she is so excited!

It is a crazy life!

2009-04-05T18:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some updates in our life:

So many changes are about to come our way. What are they you wonder? Well now, that is a good question. Bub is graduating in May (yeah), so he may get a new job or not, he may get into a school or not,we may move or not. One thing is for sure, there is a baby coming whether we are ready or not! We really are so excited for a little one to be in our home but time is just flying. The baby will be here before we know it.

One year ago last month my Dad was diagnosed with cancer. It has been a whole year and he is doing awesome. The doctors are amazed at how well he has responded to treatments. He is such a strong man and yes he is still running. I love you Dad!

Bub is in warm Las Vegas this weekend for an interview and he gets to see his brother and his cute family! We wish we could have tagged along. I am still working and it has been crazy busy lately. Of course just when I am slowing down and bending over is not such an easy thing, is when my job picks up. But hey, I'm thankful for a job and even more thankful that I will be going on maternity leave. Yeah! As for Hailey, the girl has spunk and personality. She just started a tumbling class with Jonas (her cousin) and another friend. And she loves it! We sure love that girl!

2009-03-15T12:54:00.001-07:00

During our car ride-
Hailey: Mom, when you have your baby are you going to say ouch?
Me: Ummm, probably.
Hailey: Oh, well I don't want to be there okay.
Me: Sounds good to me! Hailey do know how mommy's baby is going to get out of her belly?
Hailey: Ya, you going to sneeze really hard and it will pop out of your belly button and you will say ouchy.
Me: hmmmm, sounds about right!

Yes, I know this could have been a great teaching experience, but I don't even like to think about it. So, sneezing and having a baby pop out sound great to me!

A Family of 3.5

2009-03-15T12:10:00.000-07:00

Spring break in Cache Valley of course comes with 13" of fresh snow, so we decided to take some family pictures. Our last ones with just us three!
Right when the timer went off to take the picture, Bub feel through the snow! It was pretty funny to watch him try and get out of it. The snow was as deep as his waist!

Bub had spring break this week and we got to spend more time with him. It was so nice to have him home around 6 when he got done working instead of midnight.

We ended spring break with a vacation to SLC! A huge trip, I know, but super fun! We stayed over night in SLC and took Hailey to watch Disney on Ice. Then we had lunch with my family, walked the temple grounds, went to a free art class for kids, went swimming , and just enjoyed each others company!
And here is baby number 2! The baby is growing so fast and moving around like crazy. The baby must be a soccer player. Thats what Bub is wishing for!

Animals in the Temple?

2009-03-03T19:20:00.001-08:00

We went to the Draper temple open house and it was so pretty. Hailey was able to come with us. She was so excited to go and she told us she thought Coco (our family dog) would want to come. I told her animals cant go inside the temple because they will get it dirty. Anyway, we started on the tour of the temple and made it into the baptismal font. Hailey stopped and said, "What, the animals get frozen when they come inside the temple?" Then Bub tried to tell her that the oxen were made of stone. "Stone, the animals got turned into stone, good thing Coco didn't come huh?" It was pretty funny. I hope she's not scared of the temple. She did love the beautiful lights.

I've never seen anything like that before!

2009-02-19T17:27:00.000-08:00

I love Hailey! She says things every day that just make me laugh. Early this morning I was driving in the car with Hailey when she gasped for air and said, "Mom look, Mom look, I see some blue sky. I've never seen anything like that before!" She really was so excited to see a sliver of blue sky behind all the clouds and inversion. Poor girl, it must seem like it has been winter for her whole little life long. She let everyone that day know she saw a blue sky, her cousin, the UPS guy, her dance teacher. It was cute!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2009-02-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

I was Tagged! This is the 6th picture from my 6th folder on my computer. This was the day I graduated from Weber State! Awesome family picture!
Happy Valentines Day everyone! We love you all!