A wedding, Easter, and some changes

Wow, its definitely time for an update. Some big things have happened!! I'm sure most everyone knows already, but my dad married Brenda Robertson. We love Brenda! She is from Lovell, which is the town Michael grew up in. Michael went to school with her sons and we couldn't be happier to have her a part of our family. I am so grateful and relieved that my dad has a companion! Our stake president who married them, reminded us during the ceremony that the man is not to be without the woman and its so true! They will compliment each other and enrich each other's lives so much I'm sure. An extra bonus that we're getting out of this deal is that Michael and I will get to move into Brenda's house in Lovell, so we'll get to live in town again. I'm sad to leave our little house for lots of reasons, but excited to live in Brenda's house since she's made some recent improvements (newly remondeled kitchen and bedrooms), its closer to Michael's work and it will just be nice to live closer to things. I am so sad to leave Lovell 4th ward though. I love Lovell 4th ward and think so much of the wonderful people there, but I know Lovell 3rd ward will be great, too!

Jan and I took the kiddos to the Cowley Easter egg hunt today. The weather was o.k. on the drive up and right up until the Easter egg started. Then the wind started blowing like crazy and we felt little snow flurries. So needless to say we grabbed our loot (with lots of extra help from mom & gma :) and made a mad dash for the car to go run some errands and head home. I am excited to listen to conference and spend the weekend with our family.

Our little kiddos continue to make us so happy every day. Stetson's vocab is taking off and I'm surprised by the things he says (Mostly humored). :) Kandace is our little princess who is always wanting to be where the action is!! She LOVES her dad, drinking milk, taking things out of the dishwasher, playing in Stetson's room and she's finally letting me read to her a little more. One big difference between Stetson & Kandace is that Stetson LOVED to be read to...from birth he would sit on my lap and let me read to him for a long time. He wouldn't ever grab for the pages, try to turn them before I was done or try to get down. He just listened and loved it. Kandace on the other hand does all those things until recently, she's showing a little more interest. They both take a nap at 2p and it is mommy's most favorite time of the day. :) We're going to buy a computer soon and I can't wait to get back on the blogging train because I have missed it so much!

This post is strictly for journaling purposes, since I have good intentions of one day making my blog into a book, so don't expect anything impressive.
First and foremost, spring is coming!! I am busting at the seams with excitement for the long awaited sunshine and the chance to take the kids out to play--they are loving it and we've been taking a lot of walks down road 18 these last few days.

Michael is working like a crazy man. He works 5am-1:30pm this week but he checks the heiffers at 4, so he gets up at 3:45 am to leave. He's such a stud. I'm in the process of training to work for Eluetians. For my non-Wyo friends, this is a wyoming based program that hires teachers to teach english to korean students via internet. I'll miss being at home but luckiy it will only be a couple nights a week in the evening.

Michael and I both spoke in church 2 Sundays ago and I gave the R.S. lesson this last Sunday. I'm glad its all over! It has defnitely made me grateful for those who normally teach R.S. and give talks--things that we as ward members take for granted. Well I've gotta run.

Our sweetheart turns 1!

My little girl turned 1! We celebrated at gpa Simmons' house and had a full house! I so appreciate the support of our wonderful family. We found a heart shaped pan at a second hand store in Billings (actually Michael spotted it) so we baked 2 of those and used our new frosting tips (purcased at Ross of course) and it turned out cute. I never knew motherhood's job description included being an amatuer cake decorator, but I'll do anything for my babies! She got lots of fun presents from everyone and had a great day. Happy birthday Kandace! Here are our favorite things about you:
*still sleeps thru the night like a pro
*you say "ma-ma" and "da-da"
*started taking steps about a month ago, is taking more at a time every day
*you're starting to point to things and make sounds and I think its adorable
*I think oranges are your favorite food, but you also like bananas, granola bars and spaghetti

*you love to do what Stetson is doing and sometmes you two play well together and your mom loves it!

*you are weaned from mom and drinking whole milk like a pro

*you have a mohawk (lots of hair on top but not much on the sides)

*we think you have the most beautiful big brown eyes and I get compliments everywere I go!!
Happy birthday, baby girl, we love you! XOXOXOXOXOXO

opening presents (with plenty of good help of course :)
proud dad