happy birthday jane!!!

our sweet little girl is 1!

...and i can't believe it!!!

our little optimist...

poor christian fell and cut his head open just before jane's party. that's #2 for him so far.

...but a popsicle later, he was all smiles.

some funny things christian has said recently...


*after falling down the stairs and cutting his head open, he said, "mom, we should walk down the stairs, not fall. i'll do that next time."

*after watching jackson snap one of his toys in two, he got all excited and said, "oh good, now i have 2 toys."

*he came running out of his room at 2:00 in the morning and started yelling "i'm throw-uping, i'm throw-uping" (as he threw-up all down the hall). afterwards, he gave me the saddest look and just said, "mom, i'm so sorry i'm throw-uping".

*i made bread today and as i was pulling it out of the oven, he got really excited and started yelling "monkey bread! monkey bread! mom made monkey bread!" i had to tell him that it was just normal bread and not monkey bread. he stopped yelling for a minute, looked at the bread, then looked at me so sweetly and said, "mom, thank you for making norman bread."

call for boxes...!

hey if anyone has any or knows a good place to get some, will you let me know, please!?

i'm starting to pack this week - i know...i know... we still have 6 weeks, but i want to be able to go through EVERYTHING and hopefully get rid of a lot of junk before moving day. i'm starting in the "dining room" and if you've seen our dining room then you'll know it's more like a junk room and it could very easily take me a month to go through it all and pack it up.

update on the house: it's being framed this week...quite possibly at this very moment!!!

For the next 9 days at our house...we'll have a...

fiVe...

foUr...
thReE...
tWo...

and oNe year old.

fun, huh?!

our hole

does this make it official? it sort of feels like it...and i'm so excited (and still a little bit sad...)

preschool par-tay

jack had his end of the year preschool program on tuesday. it was fun to see him sing, dance and interact with all the kids from his class. he LOVED his teacher - miss denice. she gave all the kids a little memory book with pictures taken during the year - he's been carrying it around with him ever since...

happy birthday mom!!!

we had a surprise 60th birthday party for my mom last weekend. it turned out to be really fun and she was totally surprised!!!

we tried to have a hawaiian theme...

since it is the hawaii reunion this year...

i thought i took a bunch of cute pictures, but when i loaded them onto the computer i realized i didn't really have ANY good ones.

this one isn't bad though...
at least it shows some of the group.
so fun!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!
WE LOVE YOU!

samuel the lamanite...

have i ever posted pictures of our little samuel...? david had him dress up one night for FHE and he sort of fell in love with this "costume"... (so wierd!) but he LOVES wearing it. if it looks familiar - this may have been where you saw it...i even caught him painting himself... (i don't know...did samuel the lamanite wear war paint?)

sort of looks likes he's becoming more lamanite and less samuel...

my little girl is growing up!

jane is turning one this week (on sunday) and i can't believe it!!!

for so long -11 months - she didn't roll over, she didn't crawl, she didn't scoot, she'd just sit and be sooooo content, so easy, and sooooo stinkin cute!!!

just look at her...

well, a couple weeks ago, she started sitting like this....


...and i knew things were about to change, but i still thought it was sooooo cute - when i started telling david why i love her in this pose so much, he made fun of me so i wont post about it, but just know that i LOVE this picture and the way her legs are positioned...

well, the pose led to the crawl position, the rock, and last week - the crawl. can't leave her anywhere any more! and i've already caught her getting into the plant, into the drawers, pulling down the curtains, and of course with little toys in her mouth!

...but she's still so stinkin' cute!!!

the good, the bad, and the ugly...

THE GOOD...

a big thank you to grammy and papa for finding doggie! i still cant believe that diggie showed up on their doorstep in TEXAS! christian was sooooo happy and has hardly let him out of his sight since the happy reunion... (and christian doesn't seem to mind at all that on his way to texas, diggie seemed to have gained some fluff and somehow cleaned himself up.)

THE BAD...

jackson climbed onto the roof yesterday. at first i was so proud of him for climbing this tree in our front yard, but then i turned my back for a few minutes and this is what i saw...

...stretching his leg to reach the roof...

...and then, on the roof...
now, he thinks its so fun to climb up there whenever he wants. especially since he can stay up there for as long as he want without me reaching him and thus avoiding time-out for as long as he wants. (guess i need a new punishment since to him, his little stints on the roof seem to be worth the few minutes he sits in time-out!)

THE UGLY...

the little bugs that are eating all my ferns...

and the huge pile of yard waste that has been sitting on the lawn for 2 weeks! (thank you david for trying to move it yesterday.)

Christy, John and Josh...these are for you.

REWARD!!!

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lost dog

i lost my doggie.

he is blue with white dots on his feet.

he has shiny ears

and little black eyes.

if you find my doggie please bring him to me.

thank you.

i miss my doggie.

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...somehow during our fun easter weekend, we lost diggie. i'm so sad and sweet christian really misses him. i've checked everywhere online and realized that doggie was a "rare Gund Dottie Dots blue puppy" and to get a new one will cost me $35.00 here or here. who'd have thought! i'm starting to wonder if he was stolen!....

Easter Weekend

We started off Easter weekend with a Sorensen family party on friday night - we tried to do it Jerusalem style. we had all the kids (and some adults) dress in yamacas and kafeas while we talked about some of the traditions and culture in Jerusalem. Grandma did a special presentation about the last week of the Savior's life. Then we all ate falafals on pita bread, tomotoes, cucumbers, olives, and dates. it was awesome!!!

We spent the night at grandma and grandpa's house and then woke up the next morning for some easter egg hunts. we hit the traditional South Jordan city hunt and then the Legacy Easter egg hunt. Legacy was much better! (remind me next year to only do that one!)the boys with the Easter...something....

christian's sad face because he's been missing diggy for almost a week now!

Draper Temple Open House

i thought these pictures were gone forever, but i found them last night in some long lost files on the computer and i was so excited to post them even though it has been well over a month (or two) since we went to the Draper Temple Open House. we were lucky to have grandma come with us. We went at a great time when it wasn't crowded at all - it allowed us plenty of time to talk to the boys about each of the different rooms.
jack was explaining the pamphlet to christian afterwards and remembered soooo much - i'm always amazed at how much kids really do hear and understand.

after we got on the bus to head back to our car, we realized we hadn't taken a single picture in front of the temple - the pics from the bus were the best we got.

spreadin' the love...

check out little jane's skirt! isn't it just adorable and so perfect. well, it's a lovely gift from holly because i participated in a clever little giveaway on her blog so now i'm required to do the same.

(ps check out holly's etsy shop where she sells these cute skirts!)

this is how it works:

1. you have to be one of the first 3 people to make a comment on this post.

2. i will either give you something special (and delicious) made by me or do something special for you.

3. then it's your turn to serve someone else. you are supposed to do the same giveaway on your blog.

so fun and so easy - lets spread the love!

****update****

not taking any more comments. guess nobody else wants to spread the love so i'm adding my mom as the third person who will get something special from me. emma, denice, and mom - check your mailboxes or your doorsteps soon!

Y

for months the boys have been asking if we could hike to the Y on the mountain, so saturday we decided to try it...

the first half was great! the boys walked (slowly), but at least they walked and slow enough that i actually wondered why everyone who passed us was so out of breath. and of course, both boys insisted on wearing their pirate costumes. whatever.

jack even hiked all the way up the actual Y. he loved it! on the way up we took turns guessing what the Y was made of. jack and christian guessed snow, marshmellows, gum and ice cream. I was glad they weren't too disappointed when we made it to the top and they found out that it was conrete and paint.



now...on the way down was a whole different story...

we had just started down. christian was complaining so i was carrying him and i also had jane in the backpack. i had just told david that i was fine and felt perfectly balanced with one in front and one in back. well, probably 2 seconds later, my ankle rolled and i totally ate it! downhill! nothing to stop all 3 of us from crashing into the ground. hard. christian was screaming. jane was screaming. i was shocked and was looking around to make sure we were still alive and the first face i see is davids... and he's laughing!!! can you believe it? we almost died and he's laughing at us. well, the kids never quite recovered after that. i ended up holding sweet jane while david carried the other two all the way down the mountian!



fun.

the other day i walked into the bathroom to find this...

the artist...

and his art...

lovely.

Happy Birthday Grammy!!!

and Happy birthday Relief Society!!!

Lucky me. I got to be in charge of cakes this week so naturally i went with cupcakes - i'm loving how fun and easy they are. Check out my first attempt at a chocolate shell/liner for the big cupcake...and it worked!