Life is good again!!

The weather is finally nice enough (again) to lay in the hammock in the evening! Now that it is warming up McKenzie likes to spend time outside playing in her sandbox or driving her pink Barbie Jeep. She also likes to throw the ball to Conan and then get mad at him when he looks at her like are you crazy, I'm not getting up just to get that ball! She loves her puppy, but he is a little clumsy and I don't think he knows really how big he is an often knocks her down. She usually gets mad and calls him a naughty puppy and then five minutes later she is chasing him down again so she can pet him!

We are all doing better since the last time I posted. Most of you know by now that I had a miscarraige (I was 10 weeks along) a few weeks ago. We were all a big mess for a few days, but we are okay now. Thanks to everyone for all your love and support (that sounds kind of cheesy!) but really, we have the best friends and family ever. It has really helped to have McKenzie around to focus on, she has gotten pretty spoiled the last few weeks. Bodie and I felt so bad that she was so scared because of how upset I was and how "sick" I was that anything she has wanted has been hers. We are trying very hard to get her over that now! I guess we kind of shot ourselves in the foot when we started doing that, but it made us so happy to see her happy. She is a great kid. Yesterday was memorial day and Bodie got most of the day off, so I asked Mckenzie what she wanted to do and she told me she wanted to go shopping. Then today she asked me if I wanted to play "money buying stuff". She told me that the way you play is that you pretend you are going to the store and buying everything. Yeah, I think we're in trouble!

I went to Lily's preschool graduation last week with camcorder in hand so grandma could see it when she gets home from China. Lily did so good. I am so proud of her. McKenzie watches the video everyday and tries to sing all the songs with them. She is getting excited for her birthday coming up in June, but is a little frustrated that she is only going to be 3 because she really wants to be 5!

Anyway, there is our little update. Not much going on (anymore), but that is a good thing, I think! Again thanks to everyone. We love you all so much!

McKenzie and her friend Blake...all he wanted to do was be spiderman, but she made him be her prince!

A Fun Day

We all had a really bad day on Wednesday, especially McKenzie. We felt really bad, so we decided to take Thursday last week and just focus on her. Bodie took the day off work and we went into Salt Lake to the Gateway. We told McKenzie we would take her to Build-A-Bear so she could make a piggy like Lily's. Well, we got there and there were no piggys. She wasn't upset or disappointed or anything and she picked out a turtle instead. Then when we were looking for clothes for the turtle, she came across an Ariel outfit. Most of you probably know that she loves Ariel anything and had to have it. So...we bought her the turtle with the Ariel costume. I have posted a picture so you all can see how "cute" it is. She loves it though and it made her happy, so it was worth it!








After we made the turtle, we went to Taifoon for dinner...it was so good. Thanks Melissa for turning me onto that restaurant! Then, we spent about an hour or so just playing in and around the fountains. McKenzie's favorite part was throwing money into them. She had such a good day, it made everything better to see her so happy. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful kid!

This is the BEST therapy!!

Playing in the fountain with Dad (I didn't want to get wet!)

Oh yeah, she ended up getting soaked and I wasn't prepared, so she also got a new outfit because it was too cold to get all the way back to the car with wet clothes. It was a good day for her!

Vegas again!!!

Bodie and I in front of the Paris...I think!

Me and Amanda outside the Paris

Amanda and David

So, we went back to vegas last weekend. My sister and her husband and bodie and I all went down with no kids. It was great. We went down to see the Bodies exhibit at the Tropicana. It was so cool. Other than that we mostly just walked to strip to get cheesecake from cheesecake factory and eat at the seafood buffet at the flamingo....sooooo good! We met up with Bodie's sister Jordan and her husband and kids for some shopping at the outlets. We found lots of good deals and it was so fun to see the Cecil's. They have the cutest kids. It's amazing how fast they grow. Mostly it was nice to have a weekend without kids and hang out with Amanda and David since we only get to see them about once a year.

Vegas!!!

So, I just got back from Vegas on sunday, and there are no pictures becuase I found out about a day before I left that my camera was broken, so you'll just have to use your imagination! I went down with my sister and three other friends. We all left husbands and kids behind...it was so relaxing and very much needed! We got down there on friday and did our shopping on the strip...we had to get that out of the way so we could go to the pool all day Saturday. We had spray sunblock and it was kind of breezy, so we all got really wierd sunburns (lots of patches of sunburn). We headed back up to our room at the excalibur around 3 to get ready for the Bon Jovi concert which was at the MGM grand. We also had to give ourselves plenty of time to go to In-n-Out Burger for dinner before the concert. The concert was awesome. I was a Bon Jovi fan before, but now I'm a huge fan! Sunday we spent the day shopping more and then decided it was time to come home. By the way, Jordon, sorry I didn't get a chance to come see you, but Bodie and I will be back down in a couple weeks!

McKenzie had a fun daddy-daughter weekend. She got to spend friday with Lily, Lucy, and Luke. When I told her they were coming over and I would be leaving she said that was okay and she volunteered to babysit Lucy and Luke and Lily could be in charge. I still haven't really asked (nor do I want to) about how that turned out! Then Bodie took her down to spend the night at Grandma Topham's. I am glad they got a chance to go down...McKenzie was crying for her Grandma Topham the other day! She also got to see her Leavitt cousins and see their brand new house. Overall...it was a good weekend for all of us!

Happy Easter!!

McKenzie in her Easter dress...posing like a princess

McKenzie's Easter basket

McKenzie and Taylor

We had a great Easter and hope that everyone else did too! The Easter Bunny came to our house friday night while McKenzie was sleeping, so she woke up Saturday morning to a basket full of Easter candy and the movie Enchanted. She was so excited and watched her movie 3 times on Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Topham came up for a visit with Ethan and Emma (McKenzie's cousins) saturday night and they stayed until sunday. They had lots of fun playing with toys, dyeing easter eggs, and driving McKenzie's barbie jeep around the front yard. They left Sunday afternoon, just as Kaysie and Taylor (cousins on the other side of the family) got to our house. They came over because Tyler had to work and the rest of the family was in St. George. We spent the day playing the wii, watching Enchanted (again!) and of course...eating. It was so fun to spend time with the family this weekend!

McKenzie is growing up so fast and has a very active imagination. Every day she pretends to be Belle or Tracy Turnblatt, or Ariel, or Giselle, or any other princess. I usually have to be the Beast. When she is pretending she is someone else and I ask her to put her toys away or clean up her room, her answer is always well.....I'm Belle.....appearantly princesses don't have to help clean up!

Murder Mystery Weekend

Ali and Damon...ready for the murder mystery dinner
Les and Nate
Me and Bodie
Troy and Melissa

Okay, so I know am way slow at putting this up, but I finally got the pics on the computer from our murder mystery dinner. Every year, we go with some friends up ogden canyon for a murder mystery weekend. We usually get there friday night and the boys play x-box or playstation or wii while the girls hang out, eat snacks, talk, etc. Saturday morning the boys get up bright and early and go snowboarding all day. The girls start the day by driving down to the maverick and getting fountain drinks to take to the hot tub. Then we spend most of the day sitting in the hot tub, only going back to the condo for a lunch break. When the boys get back, we all get cleaned up and have our murder mystery dinner. We have been doing this for 5 or 6 years now, and I hope we don't ever stop. It is something I look forward to every year. McKenzie, Lily, Lucy, and Luke got to spend the weekend with Aunt Janece and Uncle Tyler. They were in heaven. McKenzie loves spending time with her cousins!

Lily, Lucy, and McKenzie at Janece's house
Madi, Lily, McKenzie, Lucy

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I think that this is the very reason McKenzie enjoyed Valentine's day so much!! Bodie was out snowboarding all day, so McKenzie and I decided to make cookies. I got out the heart shaped cookie cutters, but I guess they weren't fun enough for her, so she got out the halloween ones. By the time we were done, we had about half of them frosted and the bottle of sprinkles only made it on about 3 cookies. McKenzie was pretty excited also when her dad brought her home a huge stuffed animal, and she got a princess valentine card, and new cinderella lamp, and some princess markers. Her love for all the Disney princesses makes me so excited to take her to Disneyland to see all of them. I was shopping last night with my mom and sister and her kids and we decided it was good practice for Disneyland as I was pushing my stroller with McKenzie in it, Lucy was holding on to the stroller so she didn't get lost, Leslie was holding Luke (the baby) and pushing her double stroller (empty), while Grandma was holding Lily's hand. Oh...and kids were crying, needing potty breaks and diaper changes, and wanting snacks! Despite all that, I am still really excited!