Happy Birthday William!

I can't believe my baby is TWO! As I reflect on the past two years I cant help but smile at all the wonderful times we have had together as a family! William is smart, sweet, gentle, and loving! I enjoy being at home and watching him learn new things everyday day! I love his sweet smile and all the hugs and kisses he offers throughout the day. He loves cars, trains, airplanes and balls. He loves to play with everyone and on a nice day run around outside! He loves the water and I am hoping he will take after his mother and be a swimming superstar!!! He is growing like a weed and is at the top of all the charts. Since Christmas he has rocketed into the world of words! He is already saying so much and is adding to his vocabulary daily!!! My dear sweet William I love you so much and hope you always know how much you father, mother, and all who know you cherish every moment with you!!!

Here are some pictures from the month of January which was spend celebrating Williams birthday!!!

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

December was a busy month for the our little family! I had more knee surgery and am on crutches for several months. I was able to get out to see Handel's Messiah and Beethoven's 9Th symphony with Michelle and Danielle! Will had his tonsils removed and was off work for practically the whole month. We did make it out as well as had a fun murder mystery party to celebrate Will's birthday. William was board because Mommy and Daddy didn't feel like doing much! we did make sure we went to the ward Christmas party and we drove around a lot looking at Christmas lights! We flew to Dallas to spend a week at Christmas with all of the Kearns clan which is always a blast! Wills sister and I even pulled off a fake fight in front of everyone. We toured the new Dallas cowboys stadium and we got to walk out onto the field where the team just happened to be practicing!!! Obviously we stayed to watch the cowboys practice for a few hours, (since Will is obsessed with them!) and then hit SONIC on our way home in honor of Carrie's (and Kate's) birthday! William loved ripping all the wrapping paper off the presents but really could care less about the actual presents until all the wrapping paper was out of sight! We had a quit new years at home with just the three of us. We celebrated N.Y. time and went to bed early!
We hope this post finds you well and that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to reflect on the true reason for the season, which is Christ our savior! Happy New year to you all and may God bless you and yours all year long!!!


Michelle and Danielle having fun at the cheesecake factory


Danielle and I goofing around after Beethoven


Will and I standing in the same place Tony Romo and Jason Witten get naked before the game! (I think I liked that fact more then Will)


We were on the sideline watching them practice!


The Flight home with an awesome view of Rainier!

Happy Thanksgiving

I have been taking my camera with me wherever I go so I can capture the beautiful colors of the season!!!I love watching the trees change all different colors!!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Sam n carries hill had tons of snow on it so we went sleding all morning and then we all came back to our house for to have dinner with my parents. As usual we all over ate and ended up all crashing out for a little while before Chris n Molly, Dave n Audra and there kids showed up for games and my favorite PIE!!! I am so thankful for my family and friends who have made my life better!!! Happy thanksgiving to all of you and may God bless you!!!

ROOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!

William had a blast going to our next door naighbors to trick or treat! Our street gets loads of kids and he was really enjoying running around with some of the other kids from our naighborhood!!! Next year we will have to do the whole street!!!

Its finally complete!

I painted our main bathroom a few month ago but haven't had all the right accessories until now. I got the color from the oops paint section at lowes and after deciding to use it in the bathroom (believe me it was a hard decision!!!) I chose black and white accents! enjoy!

I hate October

The only reasons why I like october is because its my birthday and halloween! The reason why I hate october is because everyone in my life who has join our father in heaven have all gone or so it seems, in the month of october! I lost a friend and two relatives this month!!! ('m not even going to list past years!) I guess its fitting with Halloween and death being intertwind, why shouldnt people die around the holiday celebrating death?! Although for me death is not the end its just a gateway to bigger, better, and brighter things! God is real and his eternal plan of happiness is one of the cornerstones in my life! I feel the love of those who have gone before me daily and I know they are in a better place and that when I return to my Heavenly father they will all be there with him welcoming me home!!!

This is a picture of the Manti temple on the way to my cousins funeral! It was amazing how it was dark and cloudy everywhere except where the temple was the sun was shinning!!!

Camping

The Kearns and Hall family got up bright and early one Friday morning and headed east over the mountains to Cle Elum. We played on the throwing rocks in the river, floating down the river, slip n slide, went for a leisure bike ride, canoeing around the lake, and of course huge fires for smores!!! The boys played all day together! Of all the things we did do over the weekend the boys favorite thing to do by far was throwing rocks in the river!!! We had a blast with the Hall family and I cant wait to go again!!!

Father son camp out

Will decided to take William to the father son camp out with our friend Kevin and Williams best friend Clark. After convincing myself that it was OK for William to go overnight, in the woods, with Will I decided to have a nice shopping adventure at the mall. While I was there all I could do was think about my boys and how much fun they were having without me that I broke down crying in the middle of the mall! A stranger stopped to see if I was OK and sheepishly explained that I was going through withdrawals from my son. Then I got up and hurried away! I decided to get a blizzard and watch AVATAR from the comfort of my couch. The boys had a blast! William and Clark had a contest to see who could get the dirtiest the faster and loved throwing rocks in the river! They played on the big toys and the swings all before bedtime! They did the same thing all over again in the morning before heading home to me who was pacing by the front door! Next time I might have to just happen to be in the same place at the same time!!!

Like Father Like Son!

Wills Mom (Donna) likes to share a story about Will when he was little. He was a great escape artist, especially at night when they were trying to put him to bed. She would place him in his crib and hurry out of the room like all mothers do. Before she could make it to the bottom of the stairs he would climb out of the crib and be sitting at the top of the stairs laughing. Fortunately for me my son hasn't learned how to completely climb out of his crib yet!!! He does have his own unique was of escaping...I really hope he doesn't try it when we are not around! My favorite part of the whole thing is that he is almost laughing to hard to even do it!
ENJOY!!!

I want to ride my bicycle...

I want to ride my bike...I have started riding my mountain bike in the mountains!!! I know crazy but I am having tons of fun!!! Will, my brother Dave and nephew Drew are teaching me lots and we have been on some crazy trails and I didn't break anything!!! AMAZING!!! Its great exercise and my knee feels ok doing it!