We're Back and other random things

We are back from our yearly family trip to Mexico with my family. This year we went to Nuevo Vallarta which is basically 10 minutes out of Puerto Vallarta. It was beautiful and we had a blast! I can't post pics unfortunately since Garrett has them on his computer, but I will have him post some later. In other news, today I got to go to my cousin's wedding at the St. George temple. It was a white wedding which I have never been to before and it was really cool. The sealer was a man from my parents ward and he did an amazing job. It was really cool to attend a sealing today since six years ago I was being sealed to the love of my life in the San Diego temple. It was really neat for me to listen to the advice the sealer gave and to think about how I'm doing at being a good wife and making my marriage an eternal marriage. It was a great reminder to me to be better. One funny moment from the wedding is that Rylynn was completely enthralled with my cousin and her dress. She just kept saying, "Oh I love her beautiful white dress. It's so sparkly!" At random times throughout the day she would just go up and touch her dress. She just wanted to be by her the whole time. She told my grandma that when she grows up she is going to have a beautiful white dress and get married in the temple!

So I just want to say that I am the luckiest girl in the world and I have the best husband! I couldn't be happier with my choice to marry Garrett and I have loved spending the last six years being his wife. He is an amazing father and a very supportive husband. I am thankful that he is the spiritual leader in our home and he is always striving to perfect himself. I really admire that about him. I also have to admit that even though I make fun of his sense of humor for being old man humor, I do love it! He makes me laugh so much and I never get sick of talking to him. I could shut out the world and talk to him all day long if I had the choice, but unfortunately we live in the real world, so I am grateful that he works so hard for us in school and work. He is a wonderful provider and I am so glad he is mine!

Another random story...I am loving spending time with my extended family out here and my Dad's mom is staying with my parents right now so it has been great to see her. She will be 94 in a month and I am amazed at what a strong person she still is. Since we have been around all this family lately I have been explaining to Rylynn that her Nana is my Mama and that her great Nana is her Nana's Mama. She loves pointing out that my mom is my mama and that I am her mama. So tonight at dinner she was saying that and my mom said, "that's right, and great grandma Monson is Papa's mama." Then Rylynn said there sure are a lot of mama's around here! It was so funny. Anyway, this is a really random post but that is the update. I will post pics soon!

Rylynn's Words of Wisdom

Garrett is living in Salt Lake working and we are in St. George right now so I am going to be posting more often so Garrett doesn't miss out on all the little funny things our kids do each day, so here is the little anecdote for the day. Rylynn and I were walking around Nana's garden and we saw a little snail shell. Rylynn loves snails and calls them snelly wellies so she was very excited. However, when we pulled it off the wall I realized that it was dead and the body was all dried up. So I told Rylynn and she was sad for a minute. Then she said, "Snellie Wellie died and went to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Heavenly Father said what's wrong and Snellie Wellie said I'm dead!" So those are the deep thoughts for the day!

A Happy Mother's Day

We are in Utah for the summer and we got in late late Saturday night so I completely forgot it was mother's day when I woke up, but not for long! Rylynn ran in to me and said Happy Mother's Day mommy, and then Garrett came in and she and he sang the Mother's Day song from primary for me. It was so sweet. Garrett just got called to primary a couple of weeks ago so he has been learning the song and secretly he has been teaching it to Rylynn. It was such a sweet surprise. Then we went to my Mom and Dad's ward for church and when it was time for the primary kids to sing Rylynn runs up to the front and the kids all moved over so she could be right in front and she looked right at me and sang every word!! I could not believe it! She has guts! She isn't even in Primary yet, but no one seemed to mind. It was so cute. Then we came home early so we could talk to my sister on her mission in Estonia on the phone. That is always so much fun to hear her voice. It is the last time we get to talk to her before she comes home which is crazy to me! It has gone so fast. After that my Dad and Garrett slaved away in the kitchen and made us an amazing dinner!!! For appetizers, they made stuffed mushrooms, crab cakes, and artichoke Parmesan French bread. Then we had an avocado grapefruit salad and then the main course was chicken piccata, lemon risotto, and honey mustard asparagus!! Needless to say we had plenty to eat. Then we finished it all off with banana coconut cream pie. Thanks Dad and Garrett!! It was an awesome day! I love being a mom!

The new Me!

So I finally decided to go for the real thing and cut my hair short (above my shoulders) for the first time since I was 14! I was a little bit scared, but I think it turned out pretty cute. So what do you think? Do you like it better short or long? (sorry for the cheesy pics)

Rainy Day Blues

I wasn't kidding when I said that my kids sit and stare out the windows longingly when they can't be outside. (I promise these pics weren't staged!) Today is a rainy spring day and they have been glued to windows all morning. I think Cleveland has it backwards, isn't it supposed to be April showers bring May flowers? We have lots of beautiful flowers from April, so I guess now we need some May showers. I can't complain since we have been having beautiful weather for quite some time now. We love the Spring!!