My Little Trooper

Kaylin had to have a little surgery this week at Primary Children's Hospital.  She had a cyst in her mouth removed and a scope in her throat to see what is causing her stridor (wheezy breathing).  It turns out that her hemangioma on her lip extends down her throat and restricts part of her airway.  Since she's breathing fine for the most part, we'll just monitor her to make sure it doesn't get worse and hopefully it'll go away on it's own eventually. 

Here she is before surgery...not to sure about everything...

 sleeping off the anesthesia

 Looks like surgery can't get this girl down.  She's recovering well and is as happy as ever!

 Brea's always watching out for her little sis and helping her with whatever she needs.  She even picked out some flowers to give her.  So sweet!

We love our little Linny and are so glad that she's doing well!

My Adorable Dancer

Brea had her first dance recital and totally rocked it.  She looked adorable in her tutu!

She had a lot of supporters come to watch her- all of her grandparents, her uncle Tanner, and of course Jordan, Kaylin, and I.

I'm pretty sure there is nothing better than 'winning a trophy' as a kid.  She could not have been happier!

This video was from the dress rehearsal (where I had a better view of the performance).  As you'll see she was quite distracted at times, but during the actual recital she performed her little heart out and didn't miss a beat.  For her teacher's sake, I do have to mention that most of the moves in this video weren't performed as practiced, although it is adorable none the less!

I couldn't be prouder!

Easter

When dyeing our Easter eggs, we decided to make them into monsters this year

Brea has been loving everything 'Tangled' related lately, so she made a "rarrrr-punzel"

Jordan's monsters turned out pretty awesome as well

Jordan woke up bright and early Easter morning to go to a non-denominational sunrise service on top of Snowbird with my dad.

The girls were so excited that the Easter bunny came!

They had a fun Easter egg hunt with their cousins at Mike and Suz's

Jordan even got to blow out his birthday candles on the Easter Bunny cake that Kandis made

Kaylin's favorite part of Easter was her first taste of Sprite. She couldn't get enough

Here's Brea showing off all the stuff she got from my mom. Both of her grandma's spoiled the girls rotten this Easter. It was like Christmas!

We did spend a lot of time teaching Brea about the true meaning of Easter as well. I love hearing Brea say resurrection her her cute little voice. It's amazing how quickly she learns and how much she already loves our Savior!

30's Not So Bad...

I usually love April, but this year, I LOVED April. It was basically a month-long birthday celebration for Jordan and I. I guess you've got to enter your 30s with a bang! One of my favorite days ever was at the beginning of the month. For an early birthday present Jordan surprised me by getting a sitter for the girls (thanks, Mike and Suz!) so that we could:

1. go on a shopping spree at the mall

2. eat a delicious lunch

3. go on a shopping spree at Golf Galaxy

4. play 9 holes of golf

5. go on a Western wear shopping spree

6. do a little more shopping at the Gateway

7. have an amazing dinner at Flemmings

8. wear our new Western wear to see the GEORGE STRAIT concert!!

9. Spend the night at the Grand America

Yeah, BEST.DAY.EVER!

It didn't end there, though. We spent my actual birthday in NYC with Mike and Suz (thanks for taking such great care of the girls while we were gone mom and dad). We stayed in the Waldorf Astoria, ate amazing food, did a litte shopping, saw the sights, went to 3 Broadway shows, got 2 massages each, and pretty much just had the time of our lives.

Here I am with my whipped cream birthday cake at my birthday dinner at Peter Luger Steakhouse. We ate a steak for 4. Biggest, most delicious piece of meat I've ever seen. Gotta love the sandwiches at Carnegie deli...

We went to the Empire State Building at 11 at night to avoid the crowds. We didn't quite avoid the weather, however. I'm pretty sure Jordan's favorite part of the trip was pushing all the buttons on the limo ride back to the hotel. He accidentally turned the heater on and turned the limo into a sauna. Some in the group were more amused than others. Of course we had to make a stop on Wall Street.
Jordan could not have been more disappointed in the size of the Statue of Liberty...The weather didn't always cooperate- but that didn't stop us from venturing out to Ray's pizza. Every day.My biggest disappointment was this pretzel. Gross.
Since I had such an amazing birthday I knew I had to step up my game for Jordan's 29th birthday. Suz was a champ and agreed to tend the kids again while Jordan and I had a day '0 fun at the Salomon Center in Ogden where we did all of the following:

1. surfed on the Flo-rider 2. praciticed our sky diving in the wind tunnel
3. bowled 2 games

4. mini golfed

5. rock climbed

6. played on the bumper cars

7. played arcade games

yeah, another BEST.DAY.EVER!

March

I have the cutest little girls ever. Even their backsides are adorable.

We headed down to St. George all together in March to find some warm weather.
We made a few stops at the coolest park ever, played some golf, spent quality time with family, did a little shopping, and Jordan got to see some of the Mountain West Tourney in Vegas.

Here are a few more random shots from the month of March~

Brea bit her lip pretty badly, and Jordan being the amazing father he is brought her flowers to cheer her up. How cute is that!?!?