Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to my wonderful husband! He is a great father to Alyssa.
We are celebrating Fathers Day instyle this year =) and enjoying ever minute of it!

This and That

We are going to Hawaii in 2 1/2 days. We are so thrilled! The only thing we are worried about is the plane ride. Anyone who knows Alyssa knows that she does not like to sit still or be contained. Can you imagine this 6 hour flight???? We are going to bring a bag of toys she has never seen, a few mickey mouse club house DVD's and cross our fingers that we survive! Any other suggestions???

I also cut my hair short, shorter than it has been in 14 years. I am not sure I like it at all. My hair grows fast so that is good but in the mean time I have short hair, sniff sniff. You may see pictures later, I guess.

Smarty!

Congrats to my super smart husband! He was awarded the Woodbury scholarship. This is the most prestigious scholarship at UVU. We are not only excited to not have to pay tuition next year but it is a well deserved award and he has worked very hard to get it! Congrats!

Happy Mothers day!

I know Mothers day was a few days ago but I am just getting around to blogging about it.

I absolutely love being a mother. It is so much better and wonderful than I had expected. I always knew I would love it but I didn't know how much love I would feel for my child. It is indescribable.I truly can't imagine life any better than this. I wouldn't trade being a mother for anything!

I also want to Thank my mom for teaching me how to be a good mom. She has always been a good example and she is my best friend.

California retreat

We went to Newport beach California for a little get away. My cousins husband graduated from Weber State, they wanted to celebrate, so of course we said we would love to join them.

The first day we went to Laguna beach. Alyssa was tired so she was being very "girly". She did not want sand any where on her. She wouldn't touch the water or anything.

We also went to Disneyland. We were able to go on quite a few rides. Our favorite was Space Mountain. I am sad that we didn't get to take Alyssa on more rides. She went on Pirates, Jungle Cruise and It's a small world. She loved it's a small world. She stared at the "kids" and danced to the music. Alyssa was terrified of Mickey Mouse. I thought she would love him because she loves Mickey Mouse club house, but when she saw him she screamed bloody murder.

We went to Huntington beach as well. By then Alyssa was a little happier and actually enjoyed the beach, she touched the water and had fun playing in the sand. Mostly she loved taking Cohen's hat off and putting it back on him.

We loved the sun and warmth, maybe we will move there =)

Tulip festival

Saturday we went to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. I was really pretty with thousands of tulips every where. I wanted to get really cute spring/1 year old pictures with Alyssa. Below are the best we got. She will not sit still for even one second. She had so much fun walking around (trying to pick the flowers) and running down the hills. She also loved the waterfall and was trying to climb over the rocks to get to the water. She scraped up her leg. It makes me sad that I can't protect her from getting hurt. Now that she is so mobile and independent I guess that is part of growing up.

Wedding

This weekend my cousin Michelle got married. I was able to go to the sealing. She got married in the Draper Temple. It was a beautiful sealing. This was the first time I was able to witness a sealing besides my own. It reminded me of my wedding and was very peaceful. I am grateful I was able to be there. We took some pictures on the ground while waiting for the couple to come out. Alyssa enjoyed exploring.