Victory's wedding

My cute niece got married this past weekend! It was so great to be able to go through for her endowment and then sealing. I'm excited they live here in Albuquerque too!

I love how happy couples are when they first come out!

Just thought this was pretty!

Dance recital 2

Makenna had another dance recital this past weekend. She did sooo good! She is such a natural on stage, it kills me. She really loves it. There were probably 1500 people there watching, and she was not nervous at all. It was so cute!

Toe pointed and all!

These pics are from after the dress rehearsal so her hair's not done great, but she was being so funny I had to post them all here. That girl cracks me up!

This is after her recital. She LOOOVED the flowers! She's been excited for about 2 months to get flowers after her recital. I stinkin love that girl!

Joy school Grad

Makenna had her joy school graduation last week. I am sad to be done with joy school for now, but Makenna has had a really great two years doing it! Next year since she will still be home with me, we are going to try something a little different, but still a mommy pre-school. This girl is going to be SUPER ready for kindergarten!

They performed songs for us- adorable.

All the moms and kids in our group! Her friends are Katie, Tyler, Megan, Kaiden, and Stacie.. I have loved working with these moms and their ADORABLE kids. This group was seriously so cute and easy too! We had a really fun time.

Dance Recital 1

Makenna has been taking dance classes from a girl named Cassie from another ward. She has really loved it. They had their recital last Saturday and Makenna did so well! She did not have one ounce of shyness on stage and remembered all the dances really well.

hawaiian dance

ballet

I love how she could not resist a little wave! This is her snow white and the seven dwarfs dance.

when they called her name at the end- she was lovin that

with her class- those girls are so cute!

with Cassie

haha

-Kristie♥

Father/Son/Daughter Campout

Scott was super excited this year to be able to take Jace on his first father/son campout! Makenna was DYING to go too, and since girls are invited, he decided to take her along. Scott said they had a really good time. Having alone time for me was not too shabby too! I got to have a little GNO, stay up as late as I wanted, and sleep in as late as I wanted! (9am!!) haha It was great and a little weird, but I'll take it!

I love these kids!!

Meg's Wedding!

The main point of our trip was to go to Megan's wedding. She is one of my best friends from Carlsbad, and it was so awesome to see her get married! We were able to go to her sealing, and it was so beautiful. It's too bad the temple was being cleaned, it was (dare I say) a little ugly! I think the photographer got creative though, so I bet you can't even tell in her pics! :)

with Jenna, another best friend from high school. So much fun to catch up with her!

with the beautiful bride!

The bride and groom (thanks j-dawg)

La Jolla Shores

We got to have my parents all to ourselves this day. It was THE perfect day, and my kids got some really good grandma and grandpa time. We had a picnic, watched the sea lions, played frisbee, hung out on the beach, and took some family pics too. I miss San Diego!!!

Newport Beach

We had SOOO much fun at my parent's beach house in Newport beach a couple weeks ago! These are some of the highlights:

Dinner at Cheesecake Factory for my birthday
Shopping at Fashion Island- Twice!
Checking out Scott's mission
Panera and Cafe Rio
Riding beach cruisers along the beach
Frisbee
A friendly game of tennis!
Angels game
Beach
Smores
Finding crabs with the kids

Basically it was SOOOOO fun. I can't imagine a more fun domestic vacay. It was perfect.

thoughts of a mother...

I know there are so many videos out there on the web, but this one is a must watch...



I needed a little pick me up today. Kids have been crazy. Lot's to do. Been slacking a little bit in the spiritual area. That is what gets me through the hard times; if I lose track, what is there to get me through them? I love being inspired as a mother. I mean, it is my life. I am helping to shape these little kids into something. Sometimes I forget that. I get caught up in the hard stuff, and how I am going a little bananas at times. I forget that everything I do can have an effect on them for good or bad. I love this quote by Eliza R. Snow...

"Women should be women and not babies that need petting and correction all the time. I know we like to be appreciated but if we do not get all the appreciation which we think is our due, what matters? We know the Lord has laid high responsibility upon us, and there is not a wish or desire that the Lord has implanted in our hearts in righteousness but will be realized, and the greatest good we can do to ourselves and each other is to refine and cultivate ourselves in everything that is good and ennobling to qualify us for those responsibilities."

A good reminder. I can do this!