Mothers Day

We were trying to think of what special thing we could do for mothers day... in the end we decided to go to Utah county and spend it with our Mothers. 

Right after two wonderful talks in sacrament we headed to my parents house, upon arrival my mom and Lydibug just took off and read books and spent time together. Mitch, Lydibug and I  were there  for almost two hours before we left to have dinner.

Dinner was spent with Mitchels mom and family at Golden Corral, there was so much family there that we didn't really get to sit with or talk with his mom. After we went to his mothers house to spend some one on one with his mom. 

When we returned I talked for a long time with my mom while Mitch was off somewhere and Lydibug was running back and forth between Grandma and I and Papa, she also played with Papa some one on one.
After saying goodnight to Mom I went to put Lydibug to bed but Mitch was kind enough to do that while I read a note he wrote for me. It was so sweet and just what I needed at this time in my life. He listed why i'm a good mother.
Here are some things he said about me.

1. You are unselfish. You put Lydias needs about your own constantly. When she's in need you are always making her needs priority.
2. You are Understanding. Whenever Lydia cries, gets hurt or is expressing whatever she does in many crazy different forms, you are constantly striving to understand her feelings. You are continually understanding.
3. You understand the meaning of SACRIFICE. You immediately give up your sleep when she wakes up crying, you give your time ALMOST EVERY TIME when she wants to read a book, you know when to focus your love on her and not on me.
4. You practice pure love constantly. You don't just love our daughter, you show her your love unfailingly, and that love lives on in her and will pass on to her children.

At the bottom of the note he drew me a rose. haha.

Any way I loved the letter!!! We spent the rest of the evening snacking and watching an episode of Arrow.

I loved Mothers day and am so thankful for the mothers in my life!

                                                                Silly girl pulling faces

A good Mother.

Yesterday I was a good mother... or at least that's how I felt.

The day started with me being very impatient, what a bad start to the day! Eventually the impatience was gone and I was reading over and over and over to Lydibug, made lunch and cleaned it. During her nap I got to relax.

After her nap and a snack we went to run some errands. First to the gas station, second to the pharmacy for my birth control, And third we went to the Library and got a library card, but not only that we got books!
It was Lydibugs first time at the Library and she L O V E D it!! Although she was very loud and didn't understand that she needed to be quite. I am so excited to start a habit of going to the Library with my little companion. When we finished at the Library I made a last min decision to go and visit Mitch at work... which means we have to order a meal. Lydibug really enjoyed visiting dad she spent the whole time smiling at him and pointing at him saying "dad", Mitch was happy to see us and kept making faces at Lydibug.

To end our errands we went to the park and played for quite some time. My little girl was in heaven and it made me so happy.
We ended the evening with dinner and some Elmo, then it was off to bed. I felt so accomplished and like a great mother!!!

Hey speaking of bed. Lydibugs been doing great this past week at going to bed and taking naps, she hasn't been crying. Our routine goes like this. Snack before bed, brush teeth, jammies, scriptures, prayer, then Mitch takes her out on the deck and they say goodnight to the world, bedtime story, she turns her music on, she turns the light out, and she shuts the door. We then cuddle for the first song and then it's into bed. By the end of the second song I'm out of the room.


Oh P.S. before I end this post I just had to share some more mommy favorite moments. Today while I worked out Lydibug watched Elmo and then we read some books together! I then gave her a bath and at theend while the tub was draining she pooped in the tub!! GAH!! We got through it and lived. WE LIVED.

Surprise visit

Back in March before we moved to Logan we made a surprise visit to Grangeville ID. Where Mitchels dad and some brothers live.
We had a great time staying in Kooskia the first few nights at a friends house. We shot off fireworks, I drove a four wheeler for the first time, Climbed a super huge tree to the tree house.

The rest of our stay we stayed in Grangeville. We got to play card games and be apart of my nephews birthday party.

Here are some photos.

Zoo

One day we got bored and so we decided to go to the Willard Park Zoo, it's not as big as Hogle Zoo but we still had fun. Lydibug enjoyed running around and seeing all the different animals. They have monkeys, an Owl, a Hawk, Reindeer, Peacock, Ducks, Swans, an albino Porcupine, Turkeys, Coyotes, Bobcats, Turtles, and tons of birds. 

Lydibug loved the Swans most of all!!! She stared at them and followed them as they swam down a little stream. 

Can't wait to take her to the Hogle Zoo someday.

Recently we also went to Provo for Mitchels dentist appointment and we go to spend time with both our families. We enjoyed cookies and banana bread at Grandma and Grandpa Hill's house, went swimming with Little Guy and Meredeth,Melissa and her sister. We also had a nice Sunday Dinner with Grandma Shira. Everyone had work on tuesday so we didn't see much of anyone the day we left.

Mitch, Lydibug and I went to Etown Wyoming sunday for Links baby blessing, we sure did enjoy ourselves at the Morrows house. We had a delicious dinner of pulled pork sandwhiches and a dessert of home made banana pudding!! Grandma Hill and Grandpa Hill were there too and we all got to visist. Lydibug sure enjoyed playing with her cousins!!!

On our way home we stopped at Bear Lake and took some fun pictures. Of course Lydibug had a great time throwing rocks in the water and playing in the sand.