My cuttest little balerina!

Our little Marilyn Monroe!

We realized that we had the entire ballerina outfit down to the slippers and the bun, she loved it!

I love this hopeful picture!

showing off our new deck that our wonderful daddy has built!!

Cheese!

trying a plea!

My baby princess ballerina!

Cookin and Cool Cruisin

This how Kensi helps make cinnamon rolls, she is the designated frosting checker.

This is what Jessie found kens doing in the kitchen the other day. She likes to stack some cans.

Thought we would through in the cinnamon roll picture if anyone was hungry.

There was a great classic car show the other night right on Route 66. It was a fun night of cars and a good oldies band. We had a great time.

Just Hangin Out

Kensi was just sitting around getting ready for the big birthday party this week with her curlers in her hair. My birthday was great and Feel like am older. Grandma sent a cute little cheerleader outfit for kensi and as you all can see she loves it.

This is us just relaxin after the huge birthday party.

We tried to tire Kens out even more but once again she won.

We have had a great month of July and we are looking forward to a wonderful August. Sorry about the infrequent updates to the blog. We will try to get better.

my mind is worling

Wow I have just recieved information that a seminary teacher of mine is on trial for multiple things I don't know exactally what it all means but when I read about it my heart was breaking. I'm not here to say whether it is true or not but I keep finding my self wanting to hear it from him. He is an incredible man!!

In high school I recieved a note from him because I was going a little crazy and ditching seminary and other classes, that changed me. He talked about the savior and decision making and he never pointed fingers or stated that what I was doing was wrong but the fact that he wrote it and of course did not sign it but I know that it was his writing it ment so much to me. So I never ditched again and truly was able to look at seminary a different way and loved seminary after this point. he also challenged me to befriend someone in the class only to find out later that that person was considering suicide. We became close friends and that is a relationship that I wont forget!

I am amazed if this is true and I realize that I have no place to judge because I am far from perfect. But wow! He is such an amazing man my mind wont let me believe it. As I read the article I realized that there is alot of the story that I don't know or that anyone knows there is always another side. If he is chaged guilty I will be sad and if he is inocent I will be sad becuase this accusation will change his life forever whether it is in prision or not!

Well to you this wonderful seminary teacher of mine you are still amazing and I hope that I can forget this whole situation and remember only the amazing things that you taught and I pray for your family and also I pray for the young girl whoever she is that she will too someday also be able to look past this horrible situation!!

grand canyon visit

Okay I have no idea why this is underlined but anyway. We decided to take a trip to the grand canyon which by the way is like 45 min from our house, and now we have a season pass so when we have so many visitors we can take you all to the grand canyon. It was a little scary with kensi there were not rails around very mucy so you could walk out clear until the ledge crazy but amazing, truly a breath taking sight!

here is our cute family some man took the picture of us and no I'm not preggo the picture makes it look like I have a belly so don't even think it!

Kensi was pointing at something that she was trying to show me and getting really frustrated that I had not idea what she was looking at but Mark snapped a shot in time.

a crazy chipmunk or I think that is what it was it had no fear of people and it was the fattest little animal I have ever seen. everyone was feeding it poor little guy will never be able to feed himself if he gets lots from that location. Mark put the camera down and he walked right up to it like it was food!

This is an amazing picture of the amazing canyon it was more than I could have ever imagined I have only seen it from an airplane and never realized how huge it is.

and of course our Kensi tied to her stroller like a crazy controlling mother. it took me a while before I dared let her out and of couse she was not about to get down.

Yeah for the 4th we are heading to Utah tomorrow and we are excited to see family I know that we have only been gone for a little over a month but we are ready to see family I'm the most escited to see Kensi's face when she see's family. We are happy to see everyone!!!

Tourists in our own town

We decided to play tourists in our own town since er are probably the minority being natives. so we grabbed or camera and went and saw all the fin things they have in such the small town of Williams, Arizona
PIES there is this place that is called the Pine country and it has the most amazing hometown cooked food and for their pies they are huge, look amazing, and are expensive but I have tried a couple and I have yet to find one that I like!! But no worries there are like 50 to choose from. I've just been too spoiled with marks home cooked pies that are amazing but I'll keep trying!

Crusers route 66 diner. Everyone says they love this place we have yet to eat there but we are looking forward for the day.

you can ride anywhere in a wagon there wonderful and I"m sure pricey but we did not take one this time we will wait for visitors for that ride.

Wild west shoot out. There is a play every night at 7:00 and it only lasts 20 minutes but it is hilarous they even close off the street for it!

More pictures of the show

There is much more so we would love to have yall down for a visit. it was a fun night and I'm glad that we did it.

Kensi 1/2 way blinking

Mark and the very attractive man at the pub.

The famous train it goes close to our house so kensi and mark decided to bike to the train and take some pictures.

Route 66 cafe good drinks the cheri coke is amazing and their homeade cream soda. but their sandwiches not so good so if you happen to go there don't get that.

Me and a beautiful lady at the diner

So many Questions

So I tried to post some pictures but for some reason it is not working right now. Picture to come but they did not have anything to do with the post anyway!!!

Okay to all you mothers both stay at home and not! So kensi is the biggest rollercoster is this just an 18 month thing or is this going to last forever? or am I the only one who feels this way? There are days (well maybe I should go with moments) there are moments that Kensi is my best friend and I honestly am okay hanging out with her and only her. then those moments seem to flip into this monster. where she freaks out if she does not get here way throws these temper tantrums and makes me honesly feel like even if I wanted I could not have another kid. Mentally and physically too much to handle.

Then there are these moments where I'm the last person in the world that she wants and will not let me hold her if her life depended on it, then like on sunday took her to nursery which she has been struggling with in the new ward, got her occupied and snuck out. then two mothers could not get her to calm down so once they found me she immediatly stopped for the occational gasp of breath!!!

Speaking of nursery any tricks??? Mark and I have to switch so be able to have some sanity and go to parts of church. There is a possibility that one of us will be put in the nursey they only have one lady for 9 kids CRAZY but last week they had help from another couple and mark/me

Last but not least every once in a while she will still wake up in the middle of the night I don't know to bad dreams or whether she has marks bad guts and her stomach hurts but usually she frustrates me because she wont calm down and freaks out until she falls asleep then wont let you put her down, so you end up holding her 1/2 the night!!! but then there are nights like last night where I completely woke up when she did and we just sat together she honestly sat with me at 3-5 am and watched tv and drank some milk then slowly layed down and fell asleep on me and was easy to lay in bed. I'm sorry but I loved that!! Just sitting there with my daughter that cant tell me what is wrong and snuggling!! It was wonderful.

So as of now I think I might be able to handle one more but she has not woken up yet so I'll let you know!!!Sorry such a long post ! feel free to post your comments on what a bad mother I am that my child throws temper tantrums and says no!! or to tell me your methods of dealing with it. or the waking up thing of the nursery thing feel free for advice!

Updates

I pulled our the camera to take picts of the lawn and Kens starts yelling cheese so I had to get one of her

Kens helping me with the lawn in her lovely matching shoes!

Before

After so far!

Before front yard

After! The one left is a plant I think well it was really pretty so we left it for some color!

Before

And after you can see that there is still a long ways to go! And I know it you are all jelous of our dead kidney shaped lawn.

I know that all yall probably don't care but I have to share my hard work with someone! Mark appreciates it, but it just seems like it takes forever to do such a small bit! So here for all you that don't care my lawn progression! One more thing we just noticed that we have a sprinkling system !!! yeah!! hopefully we can figure out why only some are working

Play Date

He He I never thought I would be the type of a play date person. but ladies from my ward invited and with the need to make friends I attended and actaully had a blast. Thank heavens they do it every week. We went to an enclosed park let our kids run wild and we sat at a table in the middle of it and laughed. It was great. I played thousands of questions trying to get to know everyone, and although I know how many kids they have and what their husbands do I'm still working on their names. Names are the worst for me to learn. Hopefully I will get there soon. But just so everyone knows I'm now a fan of play dates that is if they are all like that! I love you and miss you all. Sorry no pictures I'm working on the yard tomorrow and we live in quite the jungle so I will post pictures of the progression.

updates from the London home

The first restraunt we went to in Williams and anyone that comes down will be going to it has amazing food and like 50 types of pie.

Kensi asleep on her bear I love this picture!

Kensi and DAddy home for one of the first times!

A train promoting the movie a christams carol. they were cool and you could take free tours of the train.

Our kitchen started there is still much to go!

Family rm. with the flat pannel we had to buy for the firsplace because the holes were already there.

Our master suit. I love it I love having a bathroom attched to the bedroom and huge closets are even better.

Spare bedroom were yall will be staying if you come Please come WE would love to have you

Quick update on us everything is going good I was a little worried to be here with what I tought was unfriendly neighbors but turned out everyone seems to be nice. We went to church and although a very small ward there is a lot of young families which is what we want. Kensi has been having a hard time. She misses everyone so much it is crazy you think that she would forget faster! she asks about so many all the time, Becca, Jill, Mylee, londyn, phil and of course grandma and papa! So today was sad because she kept looking for mark and when she realized that he was not here she would not leave my side. Sad but hopefully she understands and realizes when everyone visits that they did not die they just live far away!! I love you all and hope to hear from you soon. I'm a little concerned what I'm going to be doing with me and the little miss 5 days a week. I think that I might pick up cooking more but we will have to see!

oh yeah one more kensi's rm and yes she is even asleep in there!