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What a Weekend

This weekend, my dear grandma Lois passed: She lived to be 90 years old, lived a fulfilling life. She was a school teacher, mother, grandmother, missionary, and was known for her service. Such a great example to me and others in her life.



Daniel Busick, still young in life, yet having a significant influence on those who knew him, just graduated from high school, was in a freak accident on his way to Utah this weekend. He remains in a coma with his family by his side. The Busick family is in our prayers and thoughts. We love them and hope the best for them.



I feel a little overwhelmed right now, if I can just remember the Lord is the Gardener here, he knows what is best for all of us however difficult it may seem.

On a much happier note, our good friends the Elgueda's welcomed another healthy girl into their lives, Elsie Jane. We are thrilled for them and can't wait to see them all again soon!

A hard day at work

Myra has been potty training that is why she has no pants on. But she has been pretty cute lately. I can't stop myself from laughing when she get's frustrated. She tells me not to touch the TV or tells me she'll be right back. In the process of her saying this she is waving her hand in front of her like off from Dora the Explorer when they tell Swiper not to swipe. Is it bad that I laugh at her?
The other day she helped me vacuum, I think she has been wanting to do that for a while but was scarred of the noise. She finally built herself up and can now vacuum our floor. Need to train them while they're young right? She also has loved getting into my jewelry box and wearing my necklaces. I need to put that up higher even though I thought that my dresser was higher. That is okay though.

Yesterday I noticed she was quiet so I went looking for her and found her on the bathroom sink putting eyeliner in between her eyes, blush on her cheeks and whatever else she could get her hands onto. I am just glad I don't wear lipstick... She also had her rubber bands on her thumb cutting off the circulation, so her thumb was dark purple by the time I got them all off.
She is learning so fast and is always trying to do things that I do (including putting eyeliner in between my eyes...jk) I better whip into shape and start doing the right things because I know I have a little girl always watching me.

Rock Star

I was taking picture of Kandie and she automatically did this. I was beginning to wonder if she was doing it to impress her aunts Kathy and Karey because those are the only people I know that do this a lot. Hum...

Blessings in our lives

Potty training has been going better. Myra hasn't had any accident for 4 days now. She is so funny. When she has to go she runs into the bathroom. When she is finished she comes out yelling "Mommy I went potty potty potty!!!" She get's so excited.
I have been able to see some of the blessings in our lives. So we have been searching and searching for a house to get. We have probably put in almost 50 offers on houses and we finally got accepted to one. Well we went and took a look at it and after 2 hours of looking and talking about it we both talked ourselves out of it. The numbers weren't adding up and it just wasn't a good house. Mason had met with a different lender and found out that the price range we have is actually a lot lower than what other lender's had said. So I am really glad that we didn't get accepted to any other house because it would have been a mess to deal with once we found out our actual price range. So it has actually been a blessing to not get a house yet.
Updates with Kandie and Myra: They are both growing up so fast. Kandie is almost sitting up, I have noticed Myra is getting taller because a lot of her dresses are above her knees. They are so cute together. Kandie just loves Myra to death. She is always laughing at her, even when Myra is in trouble. It is kinda hard to be serious though while Kandie is laughing at Myra, but I don't mind too much ;)

Potty Training

We have started potty training this week. So far not too many accidents. Her accidents are getting closer and closer to the bathroom. First she realized that she had to go and dribbled all the way to the bathroom. And a couple of times she has made to the bathroom but as she is climbing on the step stool to get on the toilet she pees on the stool right before she gets it in the toilet. I have found that Myra can hold in her pee for a really long time. And if she doesn't have to go she won't try. But when she has to go she runs as fast as she can to the bathroom. I think I'm making some headway here. Thanks to some advice from my sister in law Jess I was able to convince Myra that poo and pee go in the potty. I think she has now realized that I am right ;) and its just a matter of getting to the toilet in time.

It has been an adventure and hopefully I can keep staying positive and true to my word.

Museum of the Rockies

Lot's has happened this last week. Things have been busy. First I have been doing a lot of sewing projects. I was able to sew Myra a shirt, Kandie a dress, and I sewed some hole in Mason's pockets for his insulin pump. I think that one was actually the hardest. But all in all they all turned out okay. This is the shirt I made Myra.
We went to the Rockies Museum to see the frog exhibits. Myra was stoked to see some frogs. She called it the froggy house. Also in the museum was a play area of Yellowstone park. Myra was scared of the Geyser when it went up.
Also Mason and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. Its hard to believe that we have been together that long. They have been so fun together and I have enjoyed every day. Mason came home with some flowers which made my day. For dinner we went to the park and had a picnic. I had made chicken wraps so they were easy to finger foods. That way we could let Myra run and play and get some time to talk just with each other since Kandie does extremely well sitting in her car seat and being quiet. It was a fun day.
And again Myra has some cute things she has been saying lately:

Me: Myra are those cool toys
Myra: No...they are HOT!!!
"oh no mommy don do dat"
She likes to sing songs now:
Happy Birthday to you...Happy birthday to you...Kandie happy birthday...
Go diego go diego go diego
evwybody evwybody be a cat...la la la...
Her prayers are getting cuter every day. We finally got a recording of it so I will post that sometime.