why i don't (always) volunteer that i have twins

i swear, i've had this exact conversation before. dallin too. except maybe we're nicer about it. but that's what we're thinking....

happy anniversary

happy 2nd anniversary to my favorite (and only) husband, dallin!

these past two years have definitely been the best in my life! i love waking up every morning next to my best friend in the whole world. i love dallin so much and i'm so grateful for everything he does for me.

he makes me laugh so hard i cry, he makes me happy and he makes me food.

it doesn't get much better than that!

also, happy 100th post to me! if i was popular enough i'd have a giveaway or something, but alas, you readers will have to content yourself with a comment on my wall saying that you think i'm great. because if you're reading this, YOU are great!

moving

we're moving in two weeks.

not far away.

it's up to the university village so that dallin can be closer to school and we can have more space.

we're excited about having a bigger place, but we're very sad to be leaving murray. we have so many wonderful friends in the ward and we're comfortable here. thinking about leaving makes me want to cry.

now, all i have to do is pack our life up. get rid of things we don't need and somehow try to fit into boxes all the things we do need. i guess i should be grateful that we don't have to move to another state (just yet), but this doesn't really make me feel any better.

any suggestions on how to make the move easier or more efficient?

6 monthiversary

as of the 13th, fiona and sabrina are 6 months old! we had a lot of fun that day taking pictures and going on walks. we had their 6 month appt on friday. sabrina weighed 15 lbs 6 oz and fiona weighed 15 lbs and 11 oz. doc says they are growing great!

-they eat oatmeal, applesauce, pears, peaches (fiona doesn't like these), sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, peas (sabrina doesn't like these), and bananas.

-they both roll over

-they can both sit up unassisted

-they love their jumper and they love bouncing and kicking their legs in it

-they sleep about 8 hours at night

-they LOVE each other so much! they are always patting each other and cooing and snuggling, it is so adorable!

now for the pictures (there are a lot):

fiona:

sabrina:

fiona top, sabrina bottom:

fiona left, sabrina right:

sabrina back, fiona front

sabrina:

fiona:

fiona left, sabrina right:

fiona:

fiona left, sabrina right:

sabrina:

fiona left, sabrina right:

fiona left, sabrina right:

when i'm worried and i can't sleep

today was one of those days where it seems like nothing went quite right. (you all have those every once in a while right?) so i thought about ranting about everything that went wrong, but i think instead, i'll write about good things instead. i think in 20 years when i look back, i'd rather read about good things and not bad :)

1- i have a job. it may not be the best, and some days it makes me cry, but it pays the bills and makes it so that Dallin doesn't have to work while he finishes school. because of my job we have health insurance and health savings.

2- we don't have any more medical bills. this means that other than my student loans, we are debt free. hopefully i will have those paid off too in just a few more years.

3- Dallin goes to school for free. right now he is elligible for grants that make it so he can actually go to school without going into debt.

4- we have awesome family that helps us so much! my mom and Dallin's mom watch the girls during those times that i have to be at work and dallin has to be at school at the same time. this means that we don't have to pay for babysitters.

5- we have 2 beautiful and healthy girls! sabrina and fiona are growing so much and showing us more personality every day. they can sit up on their own now and get just about anything to their mouth so they are starting to entertain themselves more. it is so much fun to watch!

6- we have the Gospel! this brings more blessings to our lives than we will ever deserve. and even though it is hard sometimes to keep up with everything we're supposed to, the Lord still rewards us for every bit of effort we put forward. even when things don't go according to our plan, Heavenly Father lays out another plan that is better for us. we just have to have faith that He knows what is best for us.

wow, i feel better already. much better than if i had spent this post complaining i think. i was laying in bed and couldn't sleep because i was so frustrated, but now that i have this all written down and i've had a chance to reflect on the good things, i feel a lot more at peace and i think i'll be able to sleep now.

sweet dreams all!

just gotta have some faith

some days i just can't figure out how everything is going to work out, or how we'll get everything done.

but it's worked out so far, so i just have to remember that if we live right and try our best, it will probably work out in the future too.

even if nothing adds up while we try to figure it out.

10 things that are great about right now

1- i am almost done with my statistics class! last class ever! yes yes, i know most of you thought i was already done.and i was supposed to be, but i was short a few credits. so now i'm almost done for real and i will hopefully pull an a in the class and then i will have my bachelor's degree!

2- it took a year, but i am finally done paying off medical bills! it's amazing what being pregnant and having twins will do to your medical expenses. luckily the girls were perfectly healthy, so it was a lot less painful (for my wallet, at least) than it could have been.

3- the girls are starting to sit up all by themselves. (i'm on dallin's laptopper, so i don't have access to pictures, but i'll post some of those later)

4- we received our 2nd blog book (for the year 2010) in the mail last week. i love how much fun it is to go back and re-read our entries. now, i just need to get my blog printed from before d and i got married, and i'll be all caught up

5- d has less than a month left in the semester. this one has been a hard one for him full of lots of classes that he doesn't really like, but he's been stellar (like usual) and will finish up well. but the best part is that he will be done! for a few months at least.

6- d is also looking for a part-time job for the summer. he found a position at camp tracy (a boy scout camp) as a climbing instructor and has an interview this week. how perfect would he be at that?!

7- my cousin and his wife are being sealed to their daughter elizabeth this coming friday. she is such a sweet girl and i am so happy for them!

8- general conference is this weekend! i probably won't get to watch it on saturday because of work, but i'm really excited for sunday at least! it always makes me want to be a better person.

9- we've been doing a half-hearted "cry it out" this past week with the girls so that they can learn to sleep unswaddled and even with our lame efforts (me sneaking in to peak at them), the girls learned pretty quick to fall asleep in just a few minutes (as long as their tummies are full of course).

10- we've been having problems with our car starting lately. i took it into big o today to get it fixed, afraid it would be something like the started. luckily, all it needed was the battery terminals replaced and $26 later, we're good as new! how great is that?

11- i love how much sabrina & fiona are in awe of their surroundings. while d was working on homework this evening, i took the kiddos out for a walk in their stroller. we went carseat free this time, so they were just sitting up in the stroller on their own. we walked a few blocks and they didn't make a peep the entire time. i kept checking on them to see if they'd fallen asleep, but they were wide awake, turning their heads from side to side to just soak everything in, mouths in little "o's" just lapping it all up. i just love how aware they are becoming!

12- i'm sitting on the couch, while d is at the desktop working on a paper. it's quiet now cuz the girls are asleep. he's working so hard. i just feel super grateful and so blessed to have him for a husband. i love him so much and i love him more every day (sorry, i got the sappies there for a sec)

i could go on, but i better stop now, since i'm at #12 instead of just ten like i said. our life is busy! and crazy! and overwhelming a lot of the time, but when i sit down and think about it, i have no reason to complain! sure, it seems like there are days where i don't get anything done, or the girls cry all day, or i'm just so tired. it's hard sometimes because d would rather be working, and i'd rather be at home, but... i have a good job that pays the bills so that d can focus on school and get done quicker. f & s are awesome little sweeties who just bring so much love and laughter to our little tiny apartment. we are just so blessed! all we have to do is remember that.

what is something you are grateful for?