Kaylee's new shirt.

I made Kaylee this cute little shirt 2 weeks ago and then we went and visited Grandma's.  What do you think of it?

Both Grandma's were at first confused until I pointed out that I just barley made it. 

Surprise!

7-6-02

This past week James and I celebrated our 9th anniversary.  I can't believe it's been 9 yrs, that makes me feel old.  But it has been a wonderful 9 years and I am sooooo glad I married James.
 We have a tradition that on our anniversary we pick out 1 gift together.  This year we bought ourselves a blendtec blender.  I LOVE it.  It was a great gift for both of us. (It has a tracker of how many cycles you have used on it.  It is less than a month old and it is already up to 150 cycles.)
It's kinda funny, I am the one who flakes out a little more about anniversary and birthdays, so I had considered it done.  But James being a wonderful husband did surprise me with these.

I feel so loved.  Since we have been married 9 years I am going to make a list of 9 things I love/admire about James.
1- I love your corny jokes.  I don't know why but I do.
2- I admire your dedication.  I wish I had half the dedication you do and I know our whole family is blessed by it.
3- I love what a wonderful father you are.
4- I love how patient with me you are.
5- I love that you have a strong testimony and I am so grateful you do.
6- I love how smart you are and I admire your hard work in getting your Masters degree.
7- I love that you are helpful around the house.
8- I love that you wrap your arms around me when we sleep.
9- I just LOVE YOU!!!

Thanks for being a wonderful hubby and a wonderful dad too!

My Dearest Lily:

Last week you turned 4 years old.  I can't believe that you are growing up so fast.  You have been such a joy and you have been an adventure:)  in the past 4 years I have seen more love and joy from one person than I have ever seen before.  You are so full of life.  Just about everybody notices that their is a special light in your eyes.  I am so grateful for my opportunity to be your mother.  I am certain I am learning more form you than you are from me, but I will continue to try and keep up.  Here is your top 10 list of who/what you are today.
1- You are a wonderful little gymnast.  Talent runs through you so naturally (although I am not sure where it comes from), you just need to focus, but that will come.
2- You are still the best snuggler in the family. 
3- You ask almost every day if you get to go to gymnastics or school and you can't wait for summer to be done so you can embark on these journeys again.
4- You are still struggling with speech, but you are getting better.  I am sorry it took me so long to notice you needed it, but you are so expressive in other ways I didn't notice that you were behind in speech.
5- I have a question for you.  How can I get you to go to bed?!?!?!  You have a hard time calming down for bedtime because there is just so much you want to do and see, but trust me you need your sleep (or at least I need you to sleep)
6- You want to be a princess when you grow up.  You already are a princess if you ask me.
7- Some  have wondered if you can be as beautiful as your older sister.  You seem to have taken this as a personal challenge and you have become you very own very beautiful little girl.
8- You have a massive sweet tooth :)  I think you come by it honestly enough unfortunately.  But even though all you really want is sweets you are still a remarkably good eater for a 4 year old.
9- The wheels in your head are always turning, sometimes this delights me and sometimes it frightens me.  Either way you are smart.
10- I LOVE YOU!!!!!! 
Thank you so much for being my Little Lily.  And I can't wait to see what adventures you hold in store for our family.

(Sorry I have no pics with this letter, this computer doesn't seem to like me right now)

Kaylee being patient

So this morning as we were about to say the blessing on breakfast Erin had to run up and go potty and we had to wait for her.  Kaylee was very ready to eat breakfast and she knows the routine so she wanted like this the whole time.

Cute patient baby!