Only down side to going to the beach

you have to cross a bridge that is 23 miles long. Yep it takes a half hour to cross it and is the second longest bridge over water in the World.

The Causeway

(I may or may not have a fear of bridges)

beach bums

That's what we are going to become this summer. It's super close, clean and not crowded we had so much fun!

So I finally figured out the easiest way to post videos so be prepared. Maggie is growing up way faster than Daniel did. It makes me so sad. She is so ready to walk. She will pull up on everything and walk across it. She even stands up on her own if you let go of her hands. She isn't quite ready to take steps but I'm pretty sure by the time we are back in Utah she'll be a walker. She has serious attitude and has been teething for the past few weeks. I'm pleased to announce she finally cut her third tooth but there are three more coming. She hasn't been the happiest baby lately but can you blame her? She has the highest pitch scream ever!Its her only way to communicate right now so whenever she wants something she just screams. I'm teaching her baby signs to hopefully take care of that problem. She jabbers all the time. She says mom and dad and ball and book and the other day she said duck. Of course when I get the camera out she won't do anything but try and take it away. We haven't been to her 9 month check up so I don't have stats. I'm feeling like a bad mom but its expensive they don't get shots and I haven't found a doctor yet. But she is so much fun. She loves to wrestle with her big brother. She loves him they are going to be best friends.








Daniel is loving having friends and playing with them. He's meeting lots of fun kids from playgroup and nursery. He's hit a stage where he doesn't like to be told what to do and tells me he can do whatever he wants cause he is the boss of himself. Nap time is becoming more of a battle but I'm holding out. He's super independent but still my little cuddle guy. Here is him being handsome.



and here is a link to his version of teenage dream,
http://lasmorning.blogspot.com/2011/05/teenage-dream.html

I found this quote in a book yesterday and its really helped me A LOT. The book is entitled Created for Greater Things by Jeffery R. Holland.

" Your Father in Heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance. He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations. And he knows what you can become through faith in him."

and this scripture John 14:27

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you...Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

Car Vs. SUV

On his way back to work after lunch on Wednesday, David was driving over an over pass, as he came up and headed down the other side an SUV was stopped in front of him. He swerved and braked but knew he was going to hit the SUV. The next thing he remembers is the smoke from the airbag and looking down at his bloody hand. He walked away with minor injuries, a cut up hand from hitting the windshield, his arms burned from the airbag (it also burned a hole in his pants) and a sore neck and back. The SUV had minor damage to its hatch back and bumper and the car in front of her had a scratched bumper, our car is totaled.
He didn't want me to worry so he didn't call me until the crash was cleaned up 2 hours later. When he did call he said "hey Em can you do me a favor? Can you come pick me up at the mall and take me home?" My first question was of course where is your car? "Just come and get me. I want to explain everything to you when you get here." I of course started thinking of all the things that could have happened. By the time I got there I was pretty sure the car was gone. I didn't however think he was injured at all. My throat dropped to my stomach when I saw him sitting in front of Target with a bloody hand wrapped up in gauze(he refused ambulance services but the fire fighter gave him stuff to wrap up his hand). We went home and he cleaned up his hand and pulled glass out of it (I'm no help when it comes to blood and extracting things from bodies). He went to bed and the next morning cleaned it up a little more and pulled this large chuck of glass out.
David has been extremely positive about the whole situation. I can't say the same for myself. He has thought about the situation over and over trying to figure out what he could have done differently, he wasn't speeding or texting or talking on his phone, he's convinced he did the only thing he could. The is the biggest blessing out of all of this, I still have my husband. The car will be replaced but I could never replace him. I have said so many thank you prayers in the last two days. I am so grateful that David is ok.