Seeing Pink

We just want to let everyone know that we went to the doctor today and got to see our little baby girl! I have to admit that I was a little shocked when the technician told us the sex. There have been so many people tell me that they are sure we are having a boy, and I haven't had any idea, so I just figured eveyrone must know something I don't. I have to say, seeing some of the positions she kept putting herself in were making me laugh a little. When we first started the ultrasound, she was folded completely in half with her feet up by her head, her legs as straight as a board. Lily is naturally very excited to have a little sister, although she also thought it was going to be a boy before today. I have to admit, I feel a little relieved, since I know how to handle a girl. We can't wait to meet her next spring! Yeah!!

A Little Disappointment

So I know many of you, like us, were hoping to know today what we are having... but apparently we weren't supposed to know today, because both the ultrasound machines (the main and backup one) weren't functioning today. They asked us to reschedule for thursday afternoon. Hopefully it goes off then without a hitch. Either way we'll let you all know as soon as we find out! Promise ~ even if that means the day it pops out...
Keep your fingers crossed!

Vampires and Snow White

Don't be frightened, everyone. We didn't get attacked by vampires this weekend. This happens to be my brother-in-law Casey. We went down to St. George this weekend to see him perform in Odessey Dance Theatre's yearly Thriller show. It was so awesome! Casey talents were showcased in a lot of dances this year too, which was fun to see. He was a vampire in "The Lost Boys", the mummy in "The Mummy's Curse", in an MJ tribute, and in more that I can't remember right now because I lost my program. It was actually really cold down there, so I'm glad Casey gave us a heads up about that. It was nice to have a blanket and gloves since Tuacahn is outdoors. Great job, Casey!!


This is our little devil on her way to our ward party


We got back from St. George early Halloween evening, so we hurried and got Lily ready for trick-or-treating and were off. She was a beautiful little Snow White, while I was a witch and Tobby a blind referee.




After trick-or-treating, we went with Scott and Sherry to visit the poor working folk at the mall. We visited Jodie and Kris for a while before heading home for a good night's rest. All in all it was a successful Halloween!

Autumn Leaves

It has been really cold this last week, so we got a good chance to test out Lily's coat she got from Grandma and Grandpa Clark, (thanks guys). She also got a rake from my mom, so she wanted to go outside and help rake up all the leaves. Unfortuneately for my mom, she only helped for about 30 seconds and then wanted to go run around the yard and play in the leaves, including messing up all the piles. Even though it has gotten a lot colder, I love this time of year! It's so beautiful and fun. I hope it lasts a little longer before the snow settles in.

Lily gets dressed for the chilly day outside

Playing in the leaves

Helping grandma, for a moment

Second B-day Party!

Lily's birthday was really fun and low key. We got together at Scott and Sherry's house for cake and presents.

I decided to be ambitious this year and make Lily's cake instead of buying one. For those of you that know me, I am not a huge baker, but I really wanted to do something extra special for her. I made a two-layer rainbow chip cake, filled it with vanilla frosting, covered it with vanilla frosting, and decorated it with crazy core skittles (they are the best kind, by the way). Even though it didn't look perfect, it tasted really good.

Lily opening her presents

After opening presents, we sang to Lily and did the whole birthday cake and ice cream thing. Lily ate the skittles off the cake and left the rest to me, (thanks honey (: ). We had a blast, but I still can't believe it was two years ago that Lily came into the world! People tell you that it goes by fast and it really does. If it keeps going at this pace, she'll be graduating high school before I know it. Love you Lil! I'm glad you had such a happy day!!

A Cornbelly Birthday

For Lily's birthday this year we really wanted to take her somewhere really fun since she is at that age where she can actually enjoy herself and play. We decided to take her to Cornbellys, which is a smorgasbord of different activities at Thanksgiving Point. My parents, Tobby's parents and Jodie all came to join in the fun and we had a wonderful time.

Everyone loved to jump with Lily on the giant pillows



Isn't she a cute little piggie?

Lily loved the pig races but almost missed seeing them every time they came around.

Scott sponsored a goat during the goat race. His goat "Harley Hog" won this race. Go Harley!!

This creature was a little too intimidating for Lily. She tried it out, but decided she'd better leave, it wasn't for her.

This was Lily's favorite thing there! It was a sandbox, but instead of sand it was filled with corn. She kept trying to eat it, since corn is her favorite veggie, but soon learned it didn't taste very good.

This castle was a coloring area. You could either color on paper or on the tables, walls, etc. I made sure to write a little "Lily was here" before we left.

In princess playland they had this bouncer and you could dress up like a princess and take a carriage ride like a true princess.


The Pumpkin Princess was there to greet us at the beginning of the kiddie corn maze. Lily went right to her and was not shy at all. When we left the maze, Lily kept going over to her and blowing kisses and saying "bye". It was cute!

Lily on the cow train

Lily also loved the slide mountain. It was a mountain of hay with about 6 slides at the top. We were there for about an hour going down slides.

We topped off the day with a birthday cupcake which Lily gobbled down.

Thanks to everyone that came! We're thinking this might be a birthday traditional since we had so much fun. It was definitely very memorable and even if Lily doesn't remember it as she grows up, we will!