Taking the plunge. . .

They did it!

It's official, Jesse and Randi are now Mr. and Mrs. Udall!

Congratulations Newlyweds!

Randi, we are soooo excited to have a new sister in the family. Thanks for making Jesse so happy!

I had to add this pic in too. Ryan and his Grandpa Udall look adorable.

(Shout out to Kelly from KellyBowBelly who made the boys their super cute orange ties. Thanks!)

Random pictures from July: Enjoy!

This is what we do when Ryan refuses to sit through Relief Society. We take pictures on the church lawn.

This is how we bathe our kids. Throw them in the dishwasher and they come out squeaky clean!

Here is Simon helping his dad fix our chair. He has his own hammer to help out.

Ryan's first time playing in the sprinklers outside.
Blech! Ryan found Zeus's doggy toy. It went straight to his mouth, just like everything else does.

Sweet little Ryan. He is 10 1/2 months in this pic and he FINALLY started crawling on his hands and knees (yay! Great job little buddy!)
He's been army crawling on his tummy around the house for months!
Gross! I know!
These are ants that snuck into Simon's closet. They climbed up the wall, over his hanging clothes, through his drawer, and into his trash can ,where, down at the very bottom, was a tiny smidgen of a salt water taffy.

Independence Day Scrapbook!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Simon's Birthday! The big 3!

I hate being behind on blogging because it is hard to catch up.

Our sweet Simon turned 3 years old this last month! I can't believe it has been 3 years since the day that changed our lives forever.




We planned a fun day of going to the Children's museum in Phoenix and then going to lunch and Extreme Play! Somehow our time got away from us and we didn't do any of this! :)






We did have a great day though. We spent the morning at the zoo playing in the water. On the way home, Simon crashed so didn't make it to Extreme Play. When he woke up, we invited some family over for cake and ice cream. All in all, an adventurous day for our little birthday boy.




I had been planning to make Simon the perfect Thomas the Train birthday cake. I admit that I'm not a good cake decorator but this time I was determined it would be perfect. Ya right!

So, I tried to do a buttercream transfer of a Thomas design. Melesa is a pro at doing these. I got out her instructions and made the cake and frosing.

When I finished the black outlines of Thomas he looked great! I was very impressed with my work.

After the outlines are done you are supposed to fill in the rest. Kind of like a coloring book. Then you have to push it together with a knife so there aren't any frosting lines.
Here is where the trouble started. I pushed it together with my knife and the whole thing started to stick to my knife and come up off of the paper. So I pushed a little harder and smeared the back together really well.
I pushed it too hard and ended up smearing Thomas' face! aaah! My beautiful cake! With a little extra frosting and a little extra patience, I stuck the transfer on the cake and fixed his face the best I could. At least you can tell who it is.
Maybe next year he will get the perfect Thomas cake.






Happy third birthday Simon, you grow bigger, stronger, and smarter every day! I can't wait to see what you will be doing on your fourth birthday. I love spending every day with you, through giggles and tears. You really are my sunshine!
Love, Mom

A three year old's perception. . .

After reading scriptures tonight I was telling Simon about how God created everything.
He was really excited about this. He turned to me with bright eyes and said:
"Mom, God built me up and he turned me on!"

Simon Says. . .

Simon: "Daddy you are tall!"
Jeremiah: "If I'm tall, what are you?"
Simon: "I am little."
Jeremiah: "And what is mommy?"
Simon: "Mommy is short!"

He's 3 years old and already thinks I'm short. Great.