Simply Jaimie

This year we decided to make a family bucket list of all the things we want to do this summer.  Some things are specifically for while we are here in California and others for when we move to Utah in July.  Here is our list: visit the farmers market have a picnic watch fireworks play with bubbles feed the ducks take a trip to the playground go to the aquarium go to the library go to the ice cream store go strawberry (or any fruit) picking take a ride on a train go to a soccer game move to Utah go to the movies (in the park) make s'mores go miniature golfing drive alpine loop visit the dinosaur museum visit temple square make homemade playdoh go to the beach make a fairy garden go to the zoo play on the splash pad fly a kite go to a baseball game walk around Gardner Village go hiking do some random acts of kindness take swimming lessons (Hannah) visit Wheeler Historic Farm visit lots of temples and eat...

It has been a whole year since we welcomed Lilly Belle into our family. From day one, I knew she was meant to be with us. Lilly is an absolute sweetheart. She loves to smile and show off her FOUR teeth. She is a total cuddle bug and loves putting her face right next to mine. Lilly loves her sister, Hannah and thinks she is hilarious (Hannah is pretty funny.) Lilly has blonde hair and blue eyes (I have no idea where they came from.) She will take about four steps by herself before deciding it is much easier just to crawl to wherever she wants to go. Lilly can not be rushed into doing anything. She will figure it out in her own time at her own pace. I love that about her. Lilly Belle can say, Dada, sister, doggie, and mama (but only when she wants something.) She loves every piece of food you put in front of her especially blueberries, peas, and yogurt. I love my little chunky baby. The only real issue we had this year was trying to figure out why Lilly's cheeks were so red an...

Hannah loves the park! At least once a day, she asks if we can go. When we lived on a military base, the housing area was full of parks. On our street alone there was three. It was easy to walk across the street and let her run around for a little bit. The neighborhood felt safe, and if you went before school got out no one else was there. She had the park all to herself! Now, the nice park, is about a fifteen minute drive. It is usually always full of kids, and it is either boiling hot or freezing cold. None of these factors bug Hannah because she is four, and a four year old just want to run. Last Saturday, I had finally finished writing the most stressful essay EVER! I was tired. I was not happy with my paper, and proceeded to spend the day thinking about all the changes I should have made. By two o clock in the afternoon, I was more than done with dwelling on this essay. I told Hannah to put her shoes on because I was taking her to a surprise. As we were driving to the surprise,...