1+1=4

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

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!

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!

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!

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!!!

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!

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

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

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.