Life lately

I can not even begin to describe the joy I have been feeling lately.

Watching these two together melts my heart. 

Watching Ty as he watches Jayson... watching his eyes light up when he sees his daddy do something amazing. Watching, just knowing in his eyes his daddy is the coolest person on earth. 

Every night I pray over and over about how thankful I am for my family.
My husband who takes such good care of me and the love that we share.
For our healthy adorable little ones.
That I am their mother. 

I often have dreams about being a teenager again. I dream about being in high school or college. I am late for class or I don't know my schedule. Every time I do I am always either married, pregnant or with the kids. There I am in my dream running to class with Ember on my hip and Ty running shortly behind us. Or I am taking notes with my pregnant belly pushed up against the desk and Jayson making goo-goo eyes at me from across the room.

I kept thinking about why I would have Jayson and the kids in my dream if I was only in high school. One day I brought it up with my mom while we were talking about weird dreams. She told me there was nothing weird about that at all. That I have them in my dreams no mater what age I am because they are now a forever part of me. I will never, nor could ever picture my life with out them. I can truly never be whole with out them ever again. 

I love my family so much and am so thankful I can call them mine.  

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Whipple Family Renion 2013

Jayson and I look forward to the Whipple reunion every year. 
If you want to see last years reunion click here.

Last year I was super pregnant and pretty sick from the altitude. Ty was so little and running around everywhere. I was blonder and Jayson had slightly less facial hair. 

...but one year later and were on that same rock and taking that same picture.  
Plus one family member:)

This year Ty was still running around everywhere. 
He has gotten faster and can jump higher.

He and Heather have the sweetest bond ever. 

I don't know who will miss who more once we move.

Ember loves the outdoors. 

She was all smiles and giggles.

Jayson and I took the kids for a little walk.
 

After one or two pictures of Jayson this is what I start to get. . . .

We will really miss coming each year. 

Learning to swim

Every time I think my kids can't get any cuter. . .

Ty has always loved the water...Baths, mini pools, sprinklers. Still I wondered how he would do in a deep pool with the life jacket. I thought he might be a bit hesitant or at least annoyed by the life jacket on.

He hopped right over to the edge and with out me even there to catch him he jumps right in. He was so excited the whole time in the pool I thought  he was going to burst. 

I thought maybe he would be nervously attached to my side but he wanted to swim around and jump off the edge. 

"mommy watch, mommy watch, MOMMY!!!" 

I think I heard "MOMMY WATCH" 1000 times. It was music to my ears. 

Mom and Dad took him out today. Just the three of them. I stayed back and took pictures. I couldn't help but snap away. Trying to catch those precious moments. Trying to get the perfect picture of him in the air on mid jump. We got some pretty good ones I think.


Ty is really such a sweetie. I love him so much. It is so amazing to watch him grow. I love that he repeats EVERYTHING we say and everything we do. Its not only adorable but a nice little reminder that we need to be an example to our children every second. They are watching everything and absorbing it in so fast. 

DIY girl outfit

I wanted to get a little creative with all the cute flowers I got from WholePort. I had about a million ideas running around in my head but it was mom who though to make Em a cute outfit.

You will need:
Flowers 
(small flowers for headband) 
(Large flower on socks and onesie) 
Hair elastic 
Sequins
Onesies
Socks 
Glue gun
Sewing needle 
Thread

• Hand sew the flowers onto the socks with just a few stitches. 
• Hand sew the sequins onto the onesie then add flower. 
• Hot glue flowers onto headband.

Tada...How freaking cute is she. 

I will be making a similar outfit to match for myself....because I am cheesy like that and want us to match!