REXBURG IS IN MILWAUKEE!!!!

Today we went to lunch at a hamburger joint and when we walked in this is what we saw. We felt right at home!!!

March!!!!

I am sorry it has been way to long since I have upadeted our blog but here is a quick up date while the kids are asleep. FINALLY!!!!!

At the beginning of the month my mom came for TEN days yup you read it right TEN and we LOVED every minute of it!!! We spent the days at the Zoo, the dentist, sleeping, playing, and just showing her Wisconsin. I think or hope she has a better impression this time because after last time we weren't sure if she would ever come back!!! But she did.

Thanks Mom for coming Macie still goes looking for you outside and every time we drive into Milwaukee she says, "go get pa off plane?" It was so selfless of you to take the time to come be with us when you already have so much on your plate. Thanks and we are so glad you are our Mom and Grandma!!!

The next week after my mom left was spring break for Schuyler except I think someone forgot to tell Sky until it was half way over!!! He spent the first half of the week at the school anyway preparing for the next weeks tests.

Then on Thursday the party began. We went to Chicago and wow is it a beautiful clean city.We rode the L (subway) and I am not sure if it was more fun for Macie or for Me, we walked for ever trying to find the aquarium and when we found it it was worth it. This was probably the best aquarium I have have ever been to and Macie loved seeing all the fish and little kids.

We stayed at the hotel with 3 other couples and we went swimming and enjoyed our time relaxing. While we were there we were able to go to the Temple we all traded off our kids so each couple had the chance to go. It was so nice to be able to go with Sky and feel of the spirit and be rejuvenated again.

Well as all party's have to this one ended as well. School started up again and it seems that it is one test after another. We see Sky at six in the morning before he leaves and at ten at night when he comes home. I am so grateful to be married to Sky he is so dedicated to taking care of his family. I love him and we are so proud of what he is doing. Oh and a side note he is happy to report that he is Number one on both his March Madness Brackets at school and with our family. This is his clam to fame. We will see what the next round of games brings.

I hope you are all doing well and I will work on being better at posting more up to date...

All dressed up with no place to go...

Two nights ago I heard Macie knocking on her door saying "MOM, I got to go, I got to go" I opened up her door to see her say "excuse me" and she ran for the front door and was out before I new it. I guess while in her room she had dressed herself and got her shoes on and decided there was somewhere she needed to be. If you can tell yes she even had the shoes on the right feet.

Valentine's the Merrill way!!

It has become a joke with my sister and her family that I want to celebrate the holidays the way they do. In my mind I fantasize about how the table is set and what fun activity's they have planned so this Valentine;s day I thought I would do my own version of the Merrill's festivity's or at least the way I think it is.

Friday day during nap time I set the table and put everyone's valentine at there plate, we had a good dinner not a Jennifer Merrill dinner (I would never go as far as to say I am as good as cook as she is) but good anyway and spent the night just being together. It was a fun Valentines and Macie thought the balloons were the greatest thing since she discovered chocolate.

It was fun to be togerther and have a whole Friday and Saturday to thimk about LOVE! How much I love Schuyler and our two children. I love them and I feel more and more blessed every day as I watch Thomas and Macie laugh together and when Sky walks in from school if only for ten minutes just to give me a hug and a kiss, it is in these small and simple things that I find a large amount of JOY!!!

Daily lives

Macie and Thomas are starting to have so much fun together whenever Macie walks in the room Thomas either smiles or laughs out loud they play so well together it is so much fun to watch. They are both growing up so fast.

With Sky gone so often this semester it is just the kids and I so one day we spent the afternoon playing with camera trying to get some good shots and yes it did take the afternoon either the lighting wasn't good or Thomas spit up while i took the piture or the most freaquent was Macie covering her face and running off but it was fun and here are some updated pitures they are growng up so fast it is sad.

Thomas is rolling everywhere and sitting up and Macie well she is just Macie and deffiantly 2. She is talking really well and makes me laugh daily.

You know you don't live in Idaho any more when...

When we go to the grocery store Macie always finds that one person with a pick coming out of their hair and thinks it is soooo cool she points and says "pick mommy pick, hair" while she pats her own hair well the other day I walked out from the back and saw that she did her own take on the pick sticking out of her hair...

Having more fun

The other night I was laying in bed awake wondering about my parenting skills and how I can be a better Mom. So many days we just wake up and go through the day and I wonder if I even played with Macie or if all I said was; "stop that, or hey listen to me, or time out young lady." I love Macie and she has such a fun creative, curious personality so I made a resolution to help her channel her curiosity and creativity in fun activity's that I can plan through out the day. So we have been enjoying our time. We have cooked a lot of things and made this gack as I call it the other day she had so much fun and our days are a lot more happy.