PiGtAiLs!!!

Sadie's hair is finally long enough for pigtails. I was so excited that I immediately went to Wal-Mart and bought her all sorts of ties and clips. Maybe now people will stop asking if she's a boy or a girl (even though I already dress her in pink and purple).



So adorable!

Cake, Cake and More Cake!

For those of you who don't know, I have been taking cake decorating classes to learn how to make lots of yummy cakes. It has been so much fun! I'm in the process of making my mother's birthday cake, which has a basket weave around the side and lots of hand made flowers (pansies, apple blossoms, daffodils, primroses, daisies, violets, mums, rose buds, etc.). Pictures of that cake to come.

However, I do have pictures of Alex's birthday cake and the cake I made for my Aunt VeeAnn's wedding (Valentine's theme).



Speaking of VeeAnn's wedding, I just wanted to tell her congratulations! Mark seems like a really great guy. It was fun to go to Monroe and spend so much time with family. Love you all.



Sadie Update:

Sadie is quite the talker. She jabbers all day long, usually making animal sounds. Some of the animals she imitates are elephants, monkeys, gorillas, lions, alligators, birds, bees, bears, horses, cats, dogs, fish, sheep, pigs, snakes, giraffes, bunnies, and others that I can't remember right now. I know that seems like a lot of animals and it would be impossible for a 14 month old to know all of the sounds they make, but she does!!! For many of the animals, she also has a motion to accompany the sound. For instance, she raises one arm for the trunk as she blows the elephant sound. She scratches for a monkey, makes the chomping motion for the alligator, and puckers her lips for a fish. Sadie loves animals. I took her to BYU's Bean Museum (taxidermy animals) and she had an ear to ear grin the entire time.

In addition to animal sounds, Sadie has learned many other useful words like teddy, mil (milk), dooc (juice), nanas (bananas), teess (cheese), ball, nie nie (night night), mama, dada, baby, tan tou (thank you), tinky pee eww (stinky/dirty diaper), mo (more/food usually), sesus (Jesus), aah ooo (uh ooh), hi (with her princess wave), bye-bye (usually when pointing to cars), and of course, no no no no! It's amazing to me how many words she understands already, even if she can't say them all yet. If I ask her to go get the dragon, a book, or a teddy bear, she does just that! Little children are so smart.

My new favorite game to play with Sadie is hide-and-seek. If I cover my eyes and count, she hides. She's funny to watch because she'll hide somewhere that allows her to still see you, but she can easily cover her head when you look her direction. If she covers her eyes, that means no one can see her, right? Sadie is really good at not making a sound until you find her. This worries me a little. I can only imagine how much fun it would be to look for her at Wal-Mart as she is hiding inside a clothes rack. Oh the joys to come.

The Happiest Place on Earth

We were so blessed this past weekend to meet up with Alex's parents in Florida and go to Disney World! This was my first time at Disney World and I enjoyed it so much that I want to go back every year. Three out of our four full days were spent at Disney World, one day per park we visited. The three parks were Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios.



My most favorite rides were Space Mountain, Tower of Terror and Rockin 'n' Roller Coaster. Of course, we found lots of characters to take pictures with. For Sadie, every furry character was a kitty.




It was a bit tricky figuring out how to go on the rides Sadie was too small for. We finally mastered the fast passes and switch passes.



Florida welcomed us with rain. There was light rain on Saturday, but Monday was the day it hardly stopped. The positive side is that no one wants to go to Disney World when it's raining, so the park was practically empty. We were able to walk on to most of the rides.




Every evening back at the condo, we played bridge. Boy was it great to spend some time with Alex's parents. I am so lucky to have them as in-laws.



Thank you Grampy and Mimi for a wonderful trip. We loved every minute of it!

Kate's Internet Debut

Kate, Alex's sister, loves to sing. Currently, her favorite artist is Miley Cyrus. Last summer, while we were visiting in Massachusetts, Kate put on a show for Ruachel. Now, without further ado, Kate's debut.

Butterfly Fly Away:

Girl's Night Out:

Let's Dance:

Bust a Move

Sadie has become quite the dancer. Today she was busting a move to the Mission Impossible theme song. Enjoy!