Clara Walking

Clara took her first steps a few weeks ago. 

I finally got around to getting some video of her today and her progress. 

She is pretty proud of herself, and we are proud too!

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter yesterday.
The weather was beautiful and it couldn't have been more perfect.

It made for a nice Easter Sunday.
Here are a few pics from our day..

A Birthday Party, for Bree and Clara

We had so much fun celebrating Bree and Clara turning one!
I loved planning this special day for my little ladies.
I am happy most of our closest friends and family could be there to share this day with us. We missed those who couldn't come.
I had a ton of help with food, the cakes, setting up and cleaning up. We are lucky to have such great people in our life.
We had the party at our town home's clubhouse and it turned out great!

Bree and Clara did great with their cakes, they dug right in. All that pretty pink frosting made for some cute pictures.
Afterwards they were so messy we ditched the clothes and they spent the rest of the night opening presents and playing with their new toys shirtless. It was so cute to see them crawling around everywhere with their little chubby tummies hanging out.
We had a blast!

My Brother, Barry

My brother Barry works in the water department at American Fork City. This past Monday, he along with a few other co-workers were out doing routine daily tasks when they noticed that a house close by was on fire. Barry knew that if he and his partners waited for the cops and firefighters to respond, it might be too late. They rushed into the flaming home and found a mother and her 4 year old daughter trapped inside. They escorted the two out to safety and no one was injured. Along with working for AF City, Barry has trained as a volunteer firefighter and runs as an EMT part-time to make extra money. Because of this training, he was sharp and quick on what to do in a situation like this.

I have not been able to stop bragging about my brother all week. He is such an example and I look up to him in all aspects. I am so proud of him and who he is. The story was all over the news yesterday, so we had fun reading and watching television as they highlighted what happened.

Here is a few links to news stories:

An article here

A video here

How lucky I am to be able to call this guy my brother.
Just a few of the things that come to my mind when thinking of Barry:

-He is humble. He once told me he would rather make a living at a fraction of the money if he is doing something that helps others. He doesn't care about making a million dollars and driving nice cars, he cares more about the relationships he has and feeling like he is making a difference.
-He is Christ-like. It is innately in him, he doesn't even need to try hard like the rest of us. He just is.
-He is so likeable, everyone that meets him falls in looove with him
-He has the most contagious laugh. He is my favorite person to watch a movie with because he laughs harder and longer than anyone else.
-He is the best dad and husband. His kids idolize him and his wife truly adores him, which to Barry is the highest accomplishment.
-He is not the slightest bit selfish or vain. He wears his shoes and jeans until they have holes worn all the way around so he can buy other things for his family.
-He is hilarious and always has everyone in the room rolling.
-He is the hardest worker I know. He works 60, 70, sometimes 80 hours a week to make sure his kids can do everything in this life that they want. He doesn't complain, ever.
-He is brave

A Little Bit of Our Weekend

On Friday I had to go to the post office.
After we finished there I decided since I already had the girls out of the car and in the stroller we would go for a little walk.
On our walk we found a cute little park.
The sun was shining and I had snacks, so we stayed a while.

We had so much fun on Friday, we decided to take Rick there on Saturday.
Both days were beautiful and the girls loved it.
We are beginning to see that Bree is a little adventurous and
Clara is more timid.
Bree crawled off and got her hands messy trying to explore in the dirt and finding ants.
Clara stayed close by and was more apprehensive unless mama and dada were by her side.

We are SO HAPPY spring is here!