How can I not feel loved

So I have this little guy-he is very cute and full of life. He never ceases to amaze me at how loving and kind he (usually) is to everyone. On any single day I am assured to get atleast 6 hugs and 10 I love yous. He is growing so fast-and he is getting so smart. When we go to the library he asks for books about the universe, the brain, heart, earth, & Africa. I think he officially now knows almost every state-which is great except now he is constantly asking if he can go to places like: Maine, New York, Florida, Alaska, and Hawaii. I have to tell him that I would love to go to the places too-and maybe someday we can, but maybe for right now we could hit someplace a little closer like California. The countries he has asked to go to are even further away-he wants to go to Africa and Japan. I have to say I have been a little less patient and a little more stressed out as I near the end of this pregnancy. Too little sleep and too many aches. Yet my children still love me. I have to say I am really blessed to have gotten such great kids and I can't wait to meet this new little guy soon.

A Visit from Trevor, Heather, & Jakoby

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to have Trevor, Chris' brother, and his family stop by for a visit. They were down interviewing for dental school. We absolutley loved having them here. The kids especially loved playing with their baby Jakoby. They talked about him every day for the next week. We would love to have more family close by-maybe we will get lucky and they will go to school here in AZ. It was conference weekend so we spent some of the time just relaxing and watching conference. We also went and visited the temple-and stopped at a near by park to feed the ducks and let the kids play. I hope they had a good visit with us and felt at home.

Jaxon's art work

I plan on keeping some of my kids art work that they create through childhood, but I know I can't keep everything so I take pictures. Here are a few things Jaxon made at preschool and did at home. So far my kids both really like art projects I hope they continue to since I like doing it too.

wedding and other posts

Ben's wedding

We made a weekend trip up to Utah to see my older brother Ben get married. The ride up wasn't the best trip ever-a huge belly just doesn't suit an eleven hour drive, but the wedding was so nice. I am so glad my brother found a great girl like Kandice. She is great and we are so glad she and Parker are a part of our family.

crafts

Lateley I have not had the energy to do very much, so in order to keep the kids entertained we have been doing some crafts. Nice for me because I can pretty much sit back and watch them create, and nice for them because what kid doesn't love to paint and get messy. Here they are painting there very own rain makers-shakers.