She turns 1 today!

Happy Birthday to our sweet

Chloe Elizabeth

I love when Mike gets to do stuff like this!

Decorating cookies is not really Mike's forte. I usually do stuff like this during the day to keep Riley busy, but I waited until night. I think we had a complete family fun night!

( please excuse the "end of my day" hair)

I heart Mike

The Winter Ball

Our stake had a winter ball, and Mike and I had some friends that were kind enough to babysit, so we got dressed up and off we went.

It was kinda funny, it felt like we were going to our senior prom together. We even got our picture taken together, and it made me think:

Would Mike and I date if we were in high school together??... sad to say, but probably not.

(I think we would have had the same friends, and I think that's where it would have stayed. We were even in our singles ward for 2 years and never discovered each other. Our romance started at the right time for both of us, and it was a perfect whirlwind!)

So here's my question :

Would you have dated your husband in high school??

Precious little Prayers

Riley always wants to say the prayer! Sometimes she'll just start saying it, even after we have begun. I love how she bows her head, I love that she folds her arms the whole time, I love that she actually closes her eyes, I love that she waits to eat while the prayer is being said, I love, love, love that she wants to say it all the time, I hope she understands how special and important prayer really is.


She usually says the same things, and it goes something like this:
thank you my friends
thank you Jesus
thank you church
thank you Jesus (she says this twice)
make good choices
love thee

Then the other night, Mike wasn't home from work yet and she actually added, "Daddy get home safely." I was so proud of her actually thinking of that all by herself.

I adore her precious little prayers.