It has been six long years....

It all started on our first date 10 years ago... (we have known each other 11 years)

I got the guts to ask a cute guy out to a girl's choice high school dance. He said yes.
A few weeks later he kissed me for the first time. We were pretty inseparable after that.

We graduated from from high school, had a fun summer together (I even had a part time job at the same place Koby worked), then we went to two different colleges in two different states. We broke up and did a little growing up.

A year later Koby went on a mission and we were still friends. We each did a lot more growing up. We wrote each other while he was on his mission and I went to BYU and did an internship to Romania while dating other guys. I did not wait for him on his mission but figured we could see if we still liked each other if I wasn't married when he got back. He came back from his mission, he kissed me the next day, we were engaged a few weeks later, and married 2 1/2 months after that. :) The spark was still there!



We got married on October 24th in the Mt. Timpanogos temple for eternity.

That is forever. Six years is just the begining.

And we are jumping for joy to share the rest of our lives and eternity together with each other (even if I am carrying the load sometimes, and what a load it is! :).

We have climbed a few mountains together and we look forward to climbing many more together. Those six years have flown and here is to 60 more years...

Sweet Moments

Sweet moments with Pumpkin:

I was singing to her in her crib at night and she reached her little hand up and grabed my hand and pulled it to her face. She closed her eyes and fell asleep. What a precious little angel.

Her new thing is to grab your face or neck and squeeze as hard as she can and give you big open mouth "kisses". She slobbers up your face. Very cute.

Sweet moments with Kanoba:

I was singing Kanoba some songs for nap time and I was singing I'm so glad with Daddy comes Home from the Children's Hymn Book but I substitued Daddy with "Kanoba". I got to the end and sang "And give him what? A great BIG kiss" and planted a huge kiss on his check. He said "Not a song kiss mom, a REAL kiss" and gave me the gentlest, sweetest kiss on the lips. Melted my heart. I am going to have to keep the girls away from him when he is older!

This is just a funny thing he said. We were coming home from having a picnic at my parent's campground and he was SO upset that we weren't camping. He said "I want to go on a picnic!" I said, "You mean camping?" He said "No, a picnic-fire-tent!" Well, I guess that Kanobism has all the aspects of camping! I felt so bad so we came home and set up this:

And just for some updates:

Ever since my last post, Pumpkin has been sleeping from 9:30 or 10ish to 4 ish straight or later!! Whew. She is also sleeping in her crib for a good 1 1/2 hr. naps. Putting herself to sleep without crying much too. I think she knew I had ranted a little about her sleeping habits and she didn't want to lose her reputation as being the best baby ever. (Little does she know she definitely has her moments.) Mommy has been feeling much better and more her self.

Also, as of the day I last posted, Kanoba decided out of the blue, on his own that he was potty training. We have gone 3 days with NO poopy accidents (I am still in shock) and just 3 pee accidents (and just partial ones). Where did this kid come from? I can't even remember how many times we have tried potty training. I don't want to say we are there yet cuz we definitely aren't, but I am celebrating the little success! I am so happy for Kanoba! (And me- no more big boy poopy diapers I hope! Of course we just started solids with Pumpkin and now her diapers stink. Ahh, isn't that just life?)

And the Award goes to...

I was awarded. I got a ward. I was awardified. I would like to thank everyone/thing that got me here: my family, my computer, my internet...., and the awarderer, Ally from Laughadaisy. It was very sweet of her to think of me and we only know each other through blogging! Thank you Ally. I think it is only fair for me to pass on the award so I am passing it on to..... drum roll.........

Rynell at This and That!

Rynell is awesome and I love her blog. I love how she words her experiences and thoughts. She just has a way with words. Her pictures are fun and she has the cutest kids. She loves her family so much and she goes the extra mile in taking care of them. She is constantly learning about different things that will make their life healthier and better. Rynell is kind and sincere and thoughful! Don't I have a great sister-in-law?! She is a true spreader of love. Now you have been awardified Rynell! Happy award day. (sorry, I couldn't get the font to go normal again.)