Sunday, June 19, 2011

To the man I love...

Happy Father's Day!
I think Jared definitely deserves his own post today.  Since there's not a happy husband day, I'll have to add why he is such a great hubby too.  First of all, I've been pretty sick lately with bronchitis and now an upper respiratory infection.  My lungs are so sore from coughing so hard and so much.  I've had a couple bad coughing spells where I can't breathe very well and the coughing won't stop and all I can do is cry to express my misery.  And cute little Jare-Bear came and held me two nights ago and let me cough and cry all over him.  It felt like I was dying... I know... I'm very dramatic... but I was so glad to have him there for me.  He got me Allie's nebulizer and the girls humidifier and set it up by the couch for me.  And he laid his hands upon my head and gave me a priesthood blessing.  During the blessing, I could really feel of my Heavenly Father's love for me.  I thought about Christ and his Atonement; I thought about the miracles he performed when he was on earth, the people he healed.  I knew that though Christ is not physically on this earth anymore, that he could still heal me through the power of the priesthood which he restored to this earth.  I knew he could help my coughing to calm down so that I could get a good nights sleep... and he did.  So, today I'm grateful for a loving Heavenly Father and for His Son, Jesus Christ, but also for an honorable, loving husband who is worthy to hold priesthood keys.

Things the girls & I love about the Daddy in our home:
1. He loves to snuggle
2. He's full of hugs, kisses, & tickles
3. He listens
4. He's fair
5. He takes time for us
6. Family time is important to him
7. He can do ponytails and braids :)
8. He reads
9. He sings
10. He laughs
11. He jokes
12. He leads
13. He takes us on walks
14. He plays games
15. He surprises us with donuts
16. He watches Man vs. Wild with the girls lol
17. He takes the girls on daddy/daughter dates
18. He asks us how our day was
19. He makes up fun songs
20. He makes us feel special

I love you sugar plum, honey bum!  Happy Father's Day!  We couldn't have asked for a better Daddy!

Love,
Shanny, Kailee, & Allie

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Princess Castle Getaway on Daddy's last day of school!

 It's our Hampton Inn & Suites "Princess Castle" vacation once again!!
 Love my girls!!  We went to the hotel pool b4 the pizza came!
 The girls had so much fun swimming with their floaties!  It was our first pool swim of the summer :)
 
 Blowin Kisses :)
 Silly faces!
 After dinner (pizza ordered in), we went out for ice cream!!
 I love my Daddy!
 Ice Cream Nose!
 Tickle Time!
 Awe... too bad they didn't sleep like this... we had to each take a girl in separate beds.

One thing we all have in common... is that we love to SNUGGLE! 
 Breakfast!!
Their favorite part of our getaway is that they get to eat fruit loops... seriously!
 Sat. morning cartoons!
 We went to a fun pool after we checked out of the hotel.
The kiddie slide... over and over again!
Our new dog, Teddy.
Our cutie patooties!

May!

 Sunday Morning Sunshine!
 Granny came to visit!
 Daddy's concert.  Jared's Mom & two of his siblings & thir fams came to watch!  The girls loved having their cousins here!
 Wish you could hear how awesome his choirs were.
 Kailee's Preschool Graduation
 Allie got to join in too!  She has kindof a shy side though, surprisingly, and didn't sing like she did at rehearsals, but she was cute as a button in her swimsuit!
Kailee got the Perfect Attendance/Social Butterfly award and Allie got the Hot Mess award!!
The next day, I flew out to surprise my Dad who got in an accident.  My brother, Jacob, flew out too!  So, of course we had to have a little dance party one night! lol  It was a nice, relaxing 4 day trip.  Love you Dad!  Hope you continue to get better everyday.