Be~YOU~tiful

Was my last post really over 3 years ago?! Time is flying...

I ran into Michelle (which was SO so fun) and then felt guilty for not updating! 

So FIRST is a message that I think every woman -- young and old -- needs to listen to. 

Be~YOU~tiful

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

(Mother/Daughter Evening for Young Women's)

Here is my presentation:

http://prezi.com/j6rfiko8lvb0/beyoutiful-be-your-own-kind-of-beautiful/

Happy Valentine's Day

We are still alive and kicking! I'm so behind on blogging - where does the time go??

I took a few shots of the girls on Valentine's Day --

Evie is getting so big!

6 month check up:

height - 80%

weight - 75%

Smiling - all the time

I loved this shot of the two of them! If you look close, Kya lost her first tooth (lost as in "wiggled" out). It's been VERY exciting - until we lost the tooth (as in - can't find it now). So we're going to have to write a note to the tooth fairy...

The girls are so cute together. There is a distinct bond they share and it's been fascinating to watch from a mother's perspective. I can't tell you how much I love having girls! I'm so cheesy - we all have matching colors we wear and coordinating outfits. I'm living it up because this will only be cool for another year!

Baby Bunny

I have these emotional snapshots of every place we've lived (a little Mitch Album for ya).

For instance, Calgary: the snow swirling and dusting the freeway.

Texas: Pitch, pitch black sky above an absolutely flat and endless prairie with lightning striking constantly-almost like fireworks--in the distance.

Well, here, it's the ski resort lights along the ridge of the mountains behind our house. At night the resort just glows as you walk out the house and it seriously calls to you!
We took Kya skiing for the first time and she was brilliant! Look at this form! I literally had to pull her off the mountain at 9:30 at night -- she was loving it.

I hadn't been in 5 years. The last time I went, Kya was 6 months old, and I felt so guilty leaving her for such a long day (she was very collicky). I happened to walk by someone in our group at the wrong time (losing their temper at the end of the day) and as I walked by, they laid into me and literally said I was a lazy mother and wife. I had just moved back to Utah with my 6 month old to go back to school while my husband was working out of state. So you can imagine how much that comment stung. I never went skiing again.
And now, I was excited to strap on my skiis (I really missed my skiis) and go with my kidd-o.

I can't tell you how proud I was of her! I didn't realize Hal was taking this shot - this is probably how my face looked skiing with her the entire time. She is so cute! Our little pink marshmallow!

So it was a huge win...in a lot of ways!

A little Wii-Off

A little late in posting, but we pulled the projector outside and had a friendly little neighborhood "Wii-Off" with all the kids.

It was really fun. Seriously cold (Winter in Idaho) and then we watched Bolt on our garage door with all our neighbors.

Here it is with a flash - and before three more families showed up.

It was so cute to see this huge row of dozens of kids. And then I looked at my baby and realized somehow she had become blond without me realizing. I knew this day would come. I'd lose my little brunette...

Still adorable.

And did I mention I cut bangs?

And yes, we're all blinded--haha

Mardi Gras!

Every year we hold a MARDI GRAS party!

(The funny part is that every year there are entirely different people there!)

It was a blast - masks, wigs, balloon popping, battle of the sexes, and of course...

the chocolate fountain.

May I direct your attention to the perfect flow of chocolate. We're perfecting it!! haha! Always, always so good.