Can you say sexaaaay???

My mother in law found some old pics out in her garage last week of my hubby and I must say they made me laugh. So I thought I would share;) Travis got to play at the opening of Cirque Du Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio about 10 years ago. I've seen pics of him wearing a toga for Ceasar's Palace but this is completely different. They dressed them up as the characters from the show. Have you ever seen a guy wearing makeup??? They look kind of weird but a gig is a gig!!

Trav (left) with his friend Dave


Trav is the one all the way to the end on the right side.

I survived

Well, yesterday started off like I thought it would. I was tearing up before I even left the house. Jordyn was tired and was screaming for me and that was all it took. I was fine once I got to work until I realized that the one thing I forgot was my locker key!! That just pushed me over the edge and the waterworks started. Thankfully, my coworkers got me the things that I needed and I was fine after I started my first massage. She was very nice so that helped tons! I was just about booked so I kept busy and made good money!! That also helped;) I did have one lady that had a big attitude with a big scowl on her face!! I seriously don't understand that. Um.....you really should be NICE to your massage therapist! Hello people!!! We are the ones doing your massages and if you want a nice experience, then don't treat them rudely. I'm not asking for much. Just a smile and a little politeness will do just fine. Give me one little minute while I ask you a few questions and then we can proceed with a pleasant atmosphere instead of me wondering why you are being such a jerk!! She was getting a massage for heavens sake!! What could be bothering you so much that you can't be nice for one flippin minute!! Okay, rant over!! Then, of course I have to do a deep tissue on a guy for my last appointment. I was already tired and then the guy was HUGE!!! I was wondering if I would be able to do deep on this guy and he actually whimpered because I was going TOO deep!!! It was funny that I was able to make this big dude cry;) All in all, it ended up being a good day but it's kind of like working out for the first time in a long time. I was tired and sore in places I didn't remember having muscles but I'm sure it will get better. I survived.

P.S. Travis said everything went well with the kids but he just couldn't get anything done!!Ü

Why it's nice to be a shorty.....

5. You still fit in your infant car seat comfortably even though your weight kills your mommy's back.

4. Being able to wear dresses and skirts that you should have outgrown months ago.

3. You can crawl under chairs and straighten your arms out and still not hit the bottom of it!!

2. Having the cutest, little petite feet that go along with the adorable, chunky legs!!

1. Being able to stand up under the table and NOT bonk your head!!!

Hi Ho...Hi Ho....It's off to work I go!!

Well, as of today, I am officially back to work!! I am feeling a mixture of emotions right now. I'm excited to get back and help our financial situation. I'm excited that my hubby will be Mr. Mom while I'm gone and looking forward to how close he will get to his girls. He already is but it's different when you are the only one at home for a bit. I think it will be good for himÜ I'm also excited to see my old friends again. At the same time, I hate leaving my babies. I love being home with them. I hardly leave them so it feels so weird when I go somewhere without them. I feel empty like I've forgotten something. It will be good though for them to rely on someone other than their mother!! Makenna hates for anyone else to sing her songs before bed and I'm hoping that will change a little bit. It's hard when she doesn't want anyone else to do things for her. Just me!! I am very thankful that I have been able to stay home for nine months with Jordyn. I know some women only get six weeks so I know how lucky I am to have been able to have that time. I am also only working three days a week so it won't be too bad. (I couldn't be away longer than that). I also had a realization the other day. I should be feeling very lucky that I even HAVE a job to go back to. There are so many people getting laid off from their jobs that I need to remember how very lucky I am to be able to work. So that has made this a little easier although I know that I will be crying on my way to the spa on Thursday;(

Chicken cheese!!

We were invited to Chuck E. Cheese the other night for our niece's birthday and Makenna kept calling it chicken cheese!! We kept correcting her but she really never got it. So now he is known as chicken in our house! She had a blast at first going (or should I say running) from game to game and then eating pizza and cake. But then came Chuck E. (or chicken). She didn't see him at first but once she caught sight of him, she freaked. And I mean freaked!!! She ran across the table and threw herself into her grandma's arms while screaming at the top of her lungs!! It hurt my ears;) She literally shook until he left to go walk around somewhere else. Eventually, she calmed down but we were at the spot where they go in and out so he had to come back and the screaming and the shaking started all over again. At that point, she was done and started to ask to go home because she wanted to go night night. Now that girl had to be scared if she was asking to leave a fun place like that and go to BED!!! She still had fun until that point and the funny part was that chuck e. was a GIRL!! She came out after and apologized;)

Jordyn also turned 9 months on Wednesday and got another tooth that day!!! Her top left one came in and the one next to it looks like it's on it's way too. No wonder she has been so cranky!!! She also had her check up yesterday and has definitely gone into the stranger anxiety phase. She used to let him hold her and talk to her and yesterday, she just screamed her heart out with big, huge crocodile tears. It was so sad. And she had to get a shot that she missed at six months too so that didn't help. Poor girl. She is a solid 20 pounds, 6 ounces and in the 77%. She didn't gain much but I'm sure that is because she is crawling now. And she is 26 3/4 inches long which is in the 25%. So our J.J. is still a shorty but I love it!! I'm sure that is why her legs are so chunky (and chewable). Travis looked at both of our girls the other day and said that their thighs are the same size. I didn't believe it so I measured them and he was right!!! Kenna's is just slightly bigger but just about the same. I don't care. I wish my thighs looked so dang cute;)

*edited: Her right front tooth came in on 6/22

I don't care who you are.....

She is just too cute!!!!! Ü

She said mama for the first time yesterday on Father's day!! So now she can say hi dada and mama!!! She's getting so big!!

Daddy's Day

Happy Father's day to my wonderful hubby!! You are an awesome dad and our girls love you so much!! I'm so glad that you are the father of my children. I hope you have a great day;)

I love you!!

And Happy Father's day to my daddy and dad in law. You deserve to have a great day. You raised some good kids;) Make your wives cook you breakfast. Ü

Makenna's version of things

Makenna is such a smartie pants but there are a couple of words that she has made into her own. She calls her humidifier a fighterfier and for some reason she says gotfor instead of forgot. It's so cute when she says it that I don't correct her as often as I should;) Plus, the other day, she was in the car with her daddy and he had to drive over the bumps in the middle of the road to get around something and she said, "careful daddy, don't break your wheel!" She is also a very good helper. I was folding laundry the other day and she always hands me the hangers to hang up the shirts and pants. Well, I hadn't gotten to it yet so she decided to hang things up herself. I came into the room and found all of my underwear on hangers;) She was very proud of herself!!

Our little drummer!!

Travis concert was a week and a half ago and Makenna loves to go to them because she gets to hit the drums afterwards. She goes running around the room like a crazy girl playing every instrument that she can get her hands on. The bottom pic of Travis conducting was taken by Makenna. It's at an angle but I thought it looked pretty cool. And the top one of him is afterwards and you can just see the relief on his face;) He was finally done!!

Sisters!

This is what happens when the big sister is bored and starts playing with the little sister;)

It smells like.....

Travis gave me some beautiful, red roses on our anniversary the other day. Makenna was home when he brought them and I think she believes they are hers. I don't mind. I think it's adorable that she thinks her daddy bought her flowers but I caught her up on the table today......

Me: Makenna, get off of the table!!!!!
Makenna: Mommy, I'm just smelling my roses!
Travis: What do they smell like?
Makenna: They smell........red!!!

Oh my......

Jordyn started crawling just two and half weeks ago and once she figured it out, there has been no stopping her. She goes super fast and goes everywhere. Then, just a week or so later, she figured out how to climb up to a standing position.

The couch is kind of high for her short self so she'd rather stand at the stairs;) They are more her size.

And now, she has decided that she wants to climb the stairs. We have a gate there but not for the bottom three. I'm not quite sure how to keep her off of them so I'm going to have to keep my eye on her all the time or she's going to have a broken arm like her sister did;) She is sure proud of herself though!!

Scratching the itch!!

It's our 7th wedding anniversary and I'm so thankful that I married this man!! And to think it all started with a dream. Nine years ago, I had a dream about Travis out of the blue and I couldn't get him out of my head. Throughout the morning, a voice in my head kept telling me to call him and I kept telling it NO!! I had only seen him twice since we graduated, at his farewell and when he spoke at my friends church. I kept telling myself that it would be crazy to call him. But that voice wouldn't go away so I finally caved in. I called him and we got together a couple of days later to catch up as FRIENDS!! I think we both went "Wow" at each other when we saw each other for the first time in a few years. He had gained some weight and I had lost some (about 30 pounds). We had a ton of fun and talked for hours before he left for the night. He called me everyday after that and by the end of the week, we both knew it was going to be more. (He always says I chased after him but he did all the calling. I only did the first one;) Anyway, it was neat dating someone that I had known half of my life and had so many things in common with. It was so easy. I already knew his family and he knew mine. Our moms had even served in the young women's presidency together;) Our friendship was old but this relationship was definitely new. He had grown from a skinny teenager to a handsome man and had matured a lot from his mission. We dated two years before we got married but I think we both knew we would always be together.

All in all our wedding day went very smooth. There were only a few blunders leading up to it. I fainted getting my dress fitted and fell right on the seamstress. I had never fainted before but I think I just got real hot. Also, the church got double booked so there were people in the gym watching a movie when we were supposed to decorate. Everyone was waiting out in the hall talking about coming back in the morning (the actual wedding day) and I was not going to have that. I marched right in there and asked them to move to a different room which they thankfully did. My mom was still sewing my sister's dress and my dad was fixing his breaks to his truck the morning of my wedding. Plus, my hairdresser was late and we couldn't find my flowers for the reception for the longest time. I guess there were quite a few things now that I am writing them down but it really wasn't that bad.

Everything was forgotten once he came to pick me up. We drove to the temple in awe just enjoying the moment. It was hot and very windy but also overcast so it was nice. It was amazing once we were at the temple. I'm normally a very nervous person but I couldn't believe how calm I was. President Ense married us and it was so neat. He wasn't even supposed to be the one to do it but I'm so glad that he did because he did an incredible job. He told us afterwards that he felt the spirit very strongly while he married us and that the Lord approves of our marriage. So cool!! It was truly a wonderful experience and it made all the planning worth while. I can't imagine being married anywhere else and I can't imagine being sealed for eternity to anyone else. I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful husband that loves me despite my shortcomings. I picked a good one and there is no seven year itch here;) Love you honey!

Happy 7th Sarah and James

I just wanted to wish our good friends a Happy Anniversary because they live far away and I wanted them to know we are thinking of them. You are such awesome friends and I think it's so cool that you got married the day before we did. We've gone through our marriages together and now we both have two beautiful girls. We are thankful for your friendship and we hope you have a wonderful day;)