Taylor was soo terrified of the silly string. This is her staring at the can, poor baby!

Taylor has such a fro!

Me and my pops.

This is what Tori got with her allowance...

I round brushed Taylor's hair for the first time. I thought it looked pretty presh.

Tori quote of the day

Tori: Mom, even though your being really mean right now, I still love ya.

Tori: "What's a Mullet?"

So a little over a week ago I caught Tori cutting her barbie's hair. I told her not to cut anymore barbies and she said, okay. I trusted Tori with scissors since she was like 2 years old. I went downstairs and 20 minutes later we see Tori coming down the stairs with this cheesy grin like she thought she looked so beautiful. My mouth dropped and I couldn't even look at her anymore because I could see that her bangs were about an inch long.

I almost squeezed out a tear, but I tried to hold it together. Brett of course High Five's her and says, "Wow, Tori, good job, now your hair is shorter than mine." It was then Tori became unsure about what she had done. When she saw that I was upset she asked me if I was mad, and when I said yes, she started to cry. So I just held her. She asked me when her new preschool started and I told her about 3 months. She asked if her hair would be long again by then. I said no. She asked if she looked like a boy. I said no but we'd have to fix her hair. She then told me that she should have asked me and that she promised never ever to do it again.

I told her she had a mullet. And of course replied, "What's a mullet?"

When I was cutting her hair she sang a song about how she always saw people cutting hair and so she had always wanted to do it herself. I never in a million years would have thought Tori would cut her hair. I guess after she cut her Barbie's hair she had the confidence to do her own. She also told me that I should have never told her about how I cut my own when I was little because it made her want to do it too. Stinker! So here are the end results. I'm very used to her pixie cut now, and actually like it.

I had to write down this story before I forgot it. So Brett told Tori that he would have a campout on our deck with her. He got an air matress all set up, and told her he'd be right back with some drinks and for her to wait outside on the deck for him. She came in a minute later and said,
"I was gonna wait outside, but then I thought, what if a stranger came in our house, snuck upstairs, threw me in the pool in the deep end, and then I drowned? So that's why I came in."

Tori's graduation

Here Tori is with her two teachers. She had such a fun year with them.

Taylor's always making the funniest faces.

There's my girl.

Boots in the summer and marker mania

Taylor wanted to wear her boots, so of course Tori had to also. So then at the gym Tori was also wearing her sunglasses, and everyone was calling her, "Hollywood." She was loving all the attention.

Taylor seriously gets into everything!

I thought she was extra quiet eating her breakfast, and realized she poured half the syrup into her plate and was massaging it into her hands. When I told her no she did her usual squinty nose smile and laughed.

What's with the hair?

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

This girl can't get enough of everyone's shoes, and she's a pro and wearing them.

Here's my two little monkeys in my bed. i love double chins!

10 year anniversary

So on the 15th Brett and I had our 10 year anniversary. We totally planned on going somewhere like New York or Hawaii, but we just didn't plan ahead enough. So then I thought we should at least go to Scottsdale and stay in a resort, but no didn't plan that either. So instead we just went out for dinner and a movie and got a glamour shot of us in front of our new garage wall in progress. Look, Brett even shaved for me! The funny thing is, I could care less about some extravagent vacation. I really am so lucky to have met Brett, and to have tricked him into falling in love with me. :)

10 things that have changed in our ten years of marriage:

1. We no longer eat "chicken voila" every night. ( That stuff was soo good for a while)

2. There is more than a five - ten pound weight difference between Brett and I. (Hallelujah)

3. Our little fights now last about 2 minutes instead of 2 days.

4. We don't go out to the movies and dinner every friday and saturday night. It's more like maybe, twice a month.

5. We aren't the "young couple" in our ward anymore.

6. We have two amazing and beautiful girls.

7. We don't get to take 10 day vacations every couple of months.

8. We almost have to schedule alone time so that we can catch up on each others week sometimes.

9. We look alot older than we used to.

10. I've realized what a lucky girl I am to have such a great husband.

Naughty girl...

You might think I look innocent and cute, but really I'm the definition of naughty. I smile as I hold out my hands to pinch, push, and pull hair from my older sister. And when my mom says no, I just grin even bigger. When I do it three more times in a row, and she slaps my hand I just look at her and chuckle. But, after making my sister scream, I'll throw in a couple of hugs to trick them into thinking I'm cute again. Ya, life is good.

Swine Flu

This is how it all began....

Does Granpa Exercise?

I went with Tori to her field trip to Krispy Kreme for her preschool class. She loved the donuts, and had never had them before. So, I got an extra one for my dad and gave it to Tori to hold in the car on the way home. She had about a fourth of one left from her second donut. I could see her staring in the bag when she asked me," Does Grandpa exercise?"

I said," Umm, not really."

Tori, "Then he should not eat this donut."

Me, "Why, where did you get that from?"

Tori, "No where. Sugar just isn't good for you to eat if you don't exercise, right?"

Me, "Ya, that's true."

I was dying! I knew she really just wanted to eat the donut, but was amazed at how well she thought out a good reason for it. She's awesome!

Tori's picture day and Easter in California

I thought Tori looked like such a doll for her preschool picture day.

And of course Taylor did too :).

So last minute we decided to go to Brett's parents for Easter. Tori loves making faces for the camera. We had so much fun there. I annoyingly lost my phone there. :(

Grandma Teri bought all the cousins a build a bear and Taylor picked out this pink monkey. She is seriously so attached to it. It's so cute because it velcros around her neck and she wears it like that to the gym. Whenever she wants it or sees it she goes "ooo-oo-aa."

Tori dyed eggs for at least an hour. She was in Heaven with her Grandma Teri.

Here's a pic of Taylor on our trip there and back. She was fine if she had the dvd player on her lap. Thank-you technology. I thought she would fall asleep at night, but she had other plans.

I even showed Tori this picture, but she swears she never fell asleep, she was just "resting her eyes."

I gave Taylor some chocolate eggs, and she was soo quiet. So when I asked Tori to give her another one, she thought I should first take a look at Taylor. Ahhh, thank-you baby wipes.