Farewell to our beloved prophet

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Go to the bottom of my blog and pause the music so that you can hear the music from this video. Lisha Hoopes emailed me this video that someone had made in dedication to our Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley. It is very touching and it brought me to tears. Taylor and I had the privelage of speaking in church on Sunday and our topic was about the prophet. We were actually supposed to speak two sundays ago but they called and canceled. I felt the spirit so strongly that day we spoke and during the week as I was preparing my talk I had the STRONGEST feeling that we were supposed to talk about the prophet on this particular day. I decided to talk on President Gordon B Hinckley's life and his accomplishments. I started out with when he was born, his childhood, his married life, his kids etc... I found a really good talk that M. Russell Ballard gave about the prophet and he had so many wonderful quotes from his children. His talk touched me so much and I really loved to see the other side of the prophet that we don't get to see much. I was so emotional throughout my talk and I spoke for 20 minutes. I was so overcome with the spirit that I couldn't stop talking. Later that night we got a few phone calls from people and they informed us that President Gordon B. Hinckley had died that night. I was so shocked and saddened. But I really felt the spirit with me all day and I just thought that it was ironic that I had such a strong feeling that we were asked to talk about the prophet that day. I am not saying that the prophet waited for us to give our talk before he died.....but I really feel that our talks were canceled that one week for a reason. I think we were supposed to talk about our prophet almost as a farewell to him. We will miss him SOOOO much and he was truly a wonderful man and I know that he is in a happier place!

My little snow bunnies

I took the girls out in the front yard the other day to play in the snow. We attempted to make a snowman and snow angels, but the snow was really soft and it wouldn't make a ball so that we could start a snowman. Kamryn had a blast in the snow but Brynlee wasn't so sure about it. She really wanted to touch the snow but then she would cry when she grabbed it. She wouldn't keep her gloves on and so her little hands would freeze when she grabbed the snow.

Pigtails

For dance class the other day I put Kamryn's hair in pigtails. Her hair is finally getting long enough to put them into pigtails. I thought it looked so cute on her. I have been cutting her hair into a short a-line for a really long time. I keep cutting it to get it all one even length. I haven't cut her hair since August and it is getting so long. I have been getting really frustrated with it because now that it is longer I have to curl it to get it to look cute. If I don't it just looks like a mess. It is way to much work for me. But when I put it in pigtails it got me really excited for when it gets really long. I don't think that I will be cutting it anytime soon.

Cooking time with kamryn

We have been locked up in our house because it is so cold outside, so I decided that we needed to do something fun inside the house. That day was my night out with the girls to play bunco and I needed to bring a treat to share with everyone. So I decided to make cupcakes. Well, my mom bought Kamryn the cutest little apron and hat for christmas and it needed to be put to good use. I let Kamryn help me mix the batter (I have a kitchen aid and I mixed it with that first, I just let Kamryn play with the batter). She had a blast and she thought she was so big. Her favorite part was licking the spoon and eating the cupcakes. She loved the cupcakes so much that she would grab the kitchen stool to climb onto it so that she could reach the cupcakes on the counter. Needless to say she was on a sugar high all day that day.

Our funny little Brynlee

Brynlee has been so stinkin' funny lately! The other day Taylor gave her and Kamryn a bath and he took Brynlee out and set her on the floor so that he could go get Kamryn out of the tub. Well she happened to see me loading the dishwasher and she decided to come and help me. She climbed on top of the dishwasher and was pulling the silverware out. It really wasn't much help, but she sure thought that she was a big girl.

After church today I went to get us something out of the fridge to eat for lunch. I turned around to set the food on the countertop and by the time I turned back around, I found Brynlee in the fridge eating some cookies. She climbed on the little step and pulled herself up to the plate and had herself a snack. She is so fun and she always makes us laugh.

My sweet Kamryn

My mom made Kamryn this cute shirt and she wanted to take some pictures of her in it before we went back home. Well we got busy and we weren't able to take any pictures and so I decided to take some for her yesterday. This is for you mom! Thanks for the cute shirt!

Brynlee figuring out how to walk

During our christmas break Brynlee decided that walking was cool. She started walking a little before we went home for christmas, but when we got to St. George she decided to show off to everyone and show them her new trick. She is a little stiff in these videos, but everyday she gets better and better. The last few days she has been walking with me side by side and only holding on to me with one hand. She is getting really good at it and I hope that she will be walking by her first birthday.

North babies singing time

We had all the girls singing their favorite songs together and they had so much fun that they didn't want to stop. Brynlee's favorite song is "If your happy and you know it clap your hands." She loves to clap her hands to the song and she loves all the attention that she gets from it. She is so cute when she claps her hands and she knows when it is time to clap her hands in the song.

Fun with family during christmas break

Kamryn and Brynlee had a good time playing with their cousins Maudi and Marlee. They all played together pretty well. Marlee and Brynlee loved to steal each others binkies and share them with each other. Kamryn and Maudi loved to play dress up and play with their barbies. In this picture they were all singing songs together and having a good time!

Kamryn and Brynlee also loved to play with their Aunt Kate! I know what you are all thinking.....you are probably thinking that this little girl is to young to be my girls' aunt. Well.....for those of you who don't already know, my mom had a baby 3 weeks before I had Kamryn. So Kamryn and Kate are the same age. Kamryn and Kate play together pretty good. But Kate is more interested in the baby (Brynlee), and she also enjoyed taking toys from Kamryn. The two year old stage is hard when it comes to teaching them to share. Neither Kate or Kamryn wanted to share. But someday they will figure it out and they will play together really good. They liked to be around each other but they didn't want to play together nicely!

We miss all of our family and friends already. I didn't want to go back to Spokane and go back to the snowy weather. I hate leaving friends and family, especially when we are having a good time. The day that we left St. George was a really emotional day for me. I hate crying in front of people and I fight back the tears as long as I can. Luckily I was able to hold it in that day, otherwise I would have been an emotional wreck. So if you think that I am insensitive....I'm really not, I just hate to cry in front of people. We had a GREAT time with all of you, and it was such a good christmas. Our families were so good to us, and they did way too much for us. We miss all of you and can't wait to see all of you in May! Hopefully I can convince Taylor to come home for spring break in March!

Home Sweet Home

We are back home now! We flew home on monday, and let me tell you......I was so not prepared to be back in the snow. It was so nice being in St. George and to be able to just walk outside in a long sleeved shirt and pants. We come back to Spokane and we have to bundle up in layers just to keep us warm. Last night we had a huge snow storm and it dropped about 10 inches of snow. This picture doesn't even show you how much snow was on the ground. It was ridiculous. Taylor was 50 minutes late to class because of all the snow. His windshield wipers were frozen so he had to scrape the snow off. There was so much snow on the ground that his pants, shoes and socks were soaked by the time he got to his car. And the freeway was loaded with snow and so all the drivers were driving really slow. It was so bad that one of the snow plow trucks got stuck in the snow. The news showed a picture of the truck, and the snow got backed up in his tires and pushed him off the freeway. Kinda funny!!! Needless to say, we miss St. George's weather. I have so much to post and so much to talk about, but we are so busy getting the house in order etc.... So for now this picture will have to do, but I promise that I will catch up soon!