My Sweet Princess

Dear Kaleigh dear,

I cannot sleep I'm thinking of you. How three years ago this day I saw you. How you looked so beautiful to me, and everyone else who could see. The first time I saw you I knew you were going to be daddy's little girl. I remember the exact feeling of your cheek against mine as the nurse let me have your face against me as long as I could. I remember your big brown eyes and your beautiful thick hair.
I remember all I could think was please let your big Brother take care of you and keep you safe. Please let the two of you know how much you mean to one another. From the very start he took good care of you and would fall asleep watching you sleep. He loves you so much and will always be there for you.Oh how I remember your first Christmas. How happy you were. You didn't care about presents or things all you wanted was to be held by Grandpa Great and laugh as he tickled you over and over and over again.
Oh I remember your first cold. Poor girl. Daddy kept you company as we nursed you better.
And who could forget our first family vacation. WE had fun even if those boys ditched us to ride cars.

All I can think of what you will be doing on the birthdays after this. How wonderful it will be to celebrate your 8th and what I hope we have taught you becoming something you beleive yourself. How I hope your faith grows. I think of your 16th when all you'll talk about is going on your first date, and how you hope to drive daddy's car. I think of your 18th when you'll be ready to graduate and go on to college. I think of the first birthday you'll celebrate without us, either away at school or whatever it may be. I think of one day when you have a family of your own and you will one day welcome your own daughter in the world. And one day reflect on her first three years of life and say there are so many more to come.

I love you Kaleigh! I love you for who you are, even if it's a screaming tantrum fit at 7am on the way to school.

it's been too long Here's Easter

So the day before Easter was the busiest day of all we went to 3 parties and just about died of exhaustion. So we have only pics of the second party. The first was at our local park. Where 100+ kids went for an egg hunt. It was a ton of fun. But really wow. Kaleigh got a ton of eggs. While Brenden recovered from being scared out of his mind by the police sirens that signaled the start. Kaleigh over filled her basket while Brenden cried with daddy. The Second Party ~ pictures below ~ was at a friend's house in Quincy. It was fun and wow, there were tons of people... but to Kaleigh's delight there was Turbo. We went with Amy to pick him up and followed her to the party. Then at the end, since we couldn't find Brenden over half the time we find him... half soaked from falling in the pond. Yes, he was the first of five. A NEW RECORD!!! But it was ok, we just bought him new clothes at a botique in town... ugh $35. But he was ready for the next party. A birthday party for one of my YW. It was a good but long day.

Bridemaid dress. Ok so today I went with one of my YW and tried on bridesmaid dresses. Wow. Why do I feel too old to be in one of these?

I just wanted everyone to know. I can now blog from my phone. Isn't that awesome?

Pics as promised... just a few.

As I said my memory card was corrupted so I only got a few, all before David actually went on. So enjoy.

I need to post more

So it has been pointed out that I need to post more on here. I really have a ton going on. And I rarely post. Sorry, for not keeping you all up on the new.

New news? We're finally moving. We'll be moving into a house in Portola. Right now we're just outside the city... if you call it that. But we'll be moving right in town a few feet from the church. So guess where the new hang out will be before/after church. Geez, was this a good idea? But I'm very excited because I love all the Youth, and it will be quite easy.

Another excuse? My camera is somewhere on the bottom of my car. Under a seat I think. Hence no photos lately... sorry guys. I've been attached to my phone also. Since there isn't an app for blogger... I'm not posting here so much but more on Facebook, since there is an app for that. ;)

Look Young Women! It's DAVID ARCHULETA!!!

So last night I went to a concert, with 3,000 screaming teenage girls. Okay so I was only in charge of a dozen + a boy. It was a ton of fun. Almost my entire YW group was there. We missed one.

Okay so you all know I work in Reno. I figured I'd be the awesome mom and stand in line when I got off work. No big deal, I save a great spot for all those girls who promised to go to seminary, school and the same the following day. Since it was a school night. I met one of may amazing girls there. She and I met in the parking lot. We started walking towards the venue and I see the street's blocked off.

"Wow, look the parking lot is blocked so no one can get to the tour bus."

random stranger "That's the line."

confused look.

"People have been here since 4am."

"huh? don't they have school?"

"apparently some parent's don't care"

So we ran to tier three of the line. It was really cool. because it looped around a few times. But we sure had a great time talking with all the people around us. Most people were LDS so we talked about all sorts of easy to talk about subjects. It was even one ward's YW activity. One girl with the group behind us had a tshirt she made that said "i'm temple worthy". There were banners that said "I want to see the temple... with you." "I'm an Archuleta too." and other random things.

Soon we had our group there it was awesome. Thankfully the last two arrived just as they were letting us in the door. LITERALLY our group was inside the door's frame. I just looked over at my group the whole time being thankful that it looks so different from this side of the age bracket. Being 16 again with no worries about bills, kids, health, or otherwise. All they cared about was the fact that they were 10 feet away from David Archuleta. oh sorry DAVID ARCHULETA!!! I always mis-spell his name.

It was amazing how close we were for how far back we felt. I'd post pics but sadly my memory card is corrupted. So I'll have to hope I can steal some of the girls.

The girls had a fantastic time. And so did I. Eventhough we got home at midnight and had to get up extra early.

But the best part was texting them all in the morning "Wake up for seminary" and every single one was ready. That was a good feeling. Eventhough by lunch it was another story, but that's not my responsibility... jk it is. I was proud of each one, going to seminary. I really felt that they did respect the fact that I worked so hard to ensure each one had a ticket. I am so glad they honored themselves enough.

I'm so thankful that I have such a good group of young women in my ward. I am so blessed to be a part of their lives. I am so greatful to see them exercise their testimonies for an influence of good. I am greatful to hear them make the correct choices for themselves and be willing to commit to make more. I am greatful that they know that I love and care for each one just the same. I don't care what someone said about their shirt or their shoes, today, because I only care about what's inside each of them. I am greatful for the fact that my Heavenly Father saw it fit to bring me here to experiance the YW program. I don't think I would have understood what it meant at age 15, 16, 17... but I know what it means now. I am greatful for their strength. I am greatful for their knowledge. I am greatful for their continued commitment to make the world around them a better place with their examples.