He's Home!!!!

Well, after finding out Wed afternoon that he was being re-routed due to tornado warnings in Dallas Texas (he was supposed to fly from Sao Paulo Brazil to Dallas/Fort Worth Texas, then Dallas to SLC) to Miami FL, then to LA, then finally to Salt Lake, my "little" brother finally made it home from his mission! He served in the Brazil, Londrina Mission and had a great 2 years, but we are glad to have him back!
To me, this pictures is nothing but PURE HAPPINESS!!!
Jim with the girls....Brayden was being silly and wouldn't come get in the picture.
We took this picture because we have one just like it from Stacy's wedding although we were all huddled around a "fake" Jim in that one since he was gone.
I took some treats to occupy the kids if needed while we waited, and McKenzie shared some with Jim. The first thing out of his mouth when he saw them was "AMERICAN CANDY!!!" He said the box of whoppers we had cost about $15 down in Brazil! We also used it to try to bribe Lexie to go to Jim, but it kind of didn't work so well!

Newest member of our family....

A guy Scott does some computer work for (and his parents good friends) wasn't using this little 4-wheeler anymore, so he approached Scott about doing a trade for it. So now, Scott will do some computer work for him, and in turn, our kids get this fun toy to take on our trips! As you can tell, Brayden doesn't like it one bit!!! Needless to say, they are quite excited! Scott's parents have one, but now both Kenzie and Brayden can ride at the same time!

Glad it's you...not me!

So today, my mom and I went to a baby shower of one of my closest friends in high school. First, can I just say, she makes a very cute pregnant girl, and I am so stinking excited for her!!! Since it has been over 2 years since I've bought any "baby/newborn" stuff, it was fun looking at all of the adorable baby stuff for her gift, and I loved watching her open all of the dang cute baby things she got...but the thing I couldn't help but think the whole time I was watching her open her presents was "I am so glad that's Jody, and not me". It was just funny to see my reaction and what was going through my head! After I had McKenzie and Brayden, when we knew we were still going to have more kids, I was always excited at the thought of having another baby, and going through all the stages again (well, except the actual pregnancy since my pregnancies are absolutely awful), but since Lexie joined our family, I feel complete...that's the only way I can describe it. All I can say is that I love being a mom, I love my children dearly, and I loved the newborn/baby stages (we had VERY good babies), but honestly, I have absolutely NO desire to go through pregnancy or the baby stages again any time soon...if not ever again! I love having my kids independent enough to be able to do things for themselves and for each other and me not having to do absolutely everything for them. And just for the record, Scott is 100% on the same page as well! I'm not saying we're definitely 100% done having kids, and if we feel like we're supposed to have another one, we'll do it, but for now....I'll just stick to watching and holding my friends babies when they need a night out...then I can give them back to their parents and go enjoy my kids at the ages and stages they are in! So Jody, anytime you and Brett need a night out, you know who to call!

Disneyland

Last week my 2 older sisters, my sister-in-law and I went for a "sisters" trip to the Happiest Place on Earth! It was a blast, and we had a great time just doing whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted! The lines were great (I have only ever been during the summer, so the lines were MUCH better than I'm used to!) They had the world premiere of the new Pirates movie on Saturday night (our last day at Disneyland was Friday)and so it was fun to see it all set up for that! A huge thanks to my wonderful hubby for letting me go and for being Mr. Mom while I was away, and to our mom's for all their help! I really appreciate it! Thanks girls...it was a blast!

Fireworks show
We were very excited to have our picture taken with none other than Jack Sparrow!
Getting ready for the world premiere of the New Pirates movie!
World of color
Main Street!

Snow White's wishing well
Matterhorn


Toy Story ride...one of our favorites! Gotta beat our old scores!