Happy Mother's Day

I don't think anyone could have gotten luckier that Denver and I. Not only did we get the best moms in the world...we got the best mother-in-laws too!





Our Mother's still love us even after we...
1. Stuck a peeled off fingernail in Mom's soda straw....right before she drank it.
2. Let our brother think it was my toes he was smashing with a bamboo stick when really it was Mom's.
3. Jump off the back of a moving stationwagon going 45 mph.
4. Scare her to the point of wetting her pants.
5. Watched her get smashed in between the van and the swimming pool building even when we didn't touch anything.
6. Actually touched the gears and wrecked the suburban.

Things we learned from our mother's...
1. Being humble enough to ask how to stop a refrigerator water dispenser from overflowing your cup.
2. You won't get a ticket if you drive 5 mph over the speed limit.
3. How to be the best damn driver.
4. If it doesn't taste just right...put a little butter on it.
5. Instead of calling the police department...call your dad.
6. The best soda...is a stolen soda.
7. Paint it black!
8. If the Angel Moroni waves to you when you come out of the temple...your girlfriend will wait for you.
9. You'll wet your pants if you don't cross your legs when you sneeze or cough.
10. Love your enemies and kill them with kindness.

As we wrote this...we realize just how similar our mothers really are. We are so grateful for everything they have taught us and sacrificed for us. We love you! And we know you'll love this picture!

Madison & Miracles

(Isn't Madison just Beautiful?)



I just wanted to post about my dear sister, Madi. She is such a joy in our lives and we love getting to spend time with her and seeing her sweet smile and hearing her laugh. This past Wednesday, our family got the surprise of our lifetime. It all started when our cousin Alex invited us to attend the Young Women Recognition Fireside because there was going to be a spotlight on Madi. We were thrilled to be invited knowing Madi was going to be spotlighted. We just thought she was going be spotlighted for turning 18 and graduating from Young Women's or something small like that, but were we wrong!

After the meeting got started, it was time for Alex to get up and present her spotlight on Madi. She started by telling the touching story of the day Madison was born and how things ended up with finding out her diagnosis of Autism. Our whole family was in tears. Then Alex goes on and tells how she thought about Madison while she was doing her Personal Progress and felt a great need to help Madison with hers because she could not do it on her own. After getting special permission from the Stake Presidency, Alex's wish was granted. She involved the young women and YW leaders of her ward and together they completed Madison's Young Women Recognition award which is a difficult and time consuming task that takes most young women a few years to do. It only took them a few months which is a miracle in itself.

Our family was completely surprised and so grateful that there were so many people who love Madison enough to do such a wonderful act as service as this. After Alex's touching talk, Madison was presented her Young Women Medallion with a book of all of her values and 10 hour projects signed off and the experiences the Young Women and leaders had with it. My parents went up with Madi in complete shock and tears streaming down there faces with great gratitude. Then we got to watch a beautiful video of Madison when she was a baby up until today. This whole fireside was so touching. The whole time, Denver and I had a hard time keeping the tears from falling on our laps.

We want to thank everyone who was involved in this wonderful act of service, it meant more than you will ever know.

Denver and I are so grateful to be able to be sealed together for Time and All Eternity not only to each other but also to our wonderful families! This wonderful act of service done for our family was such a great reminder of the importance of temples. In temples, families can be sealed together not only for time in this life, but also in the next life for eternity. Temples are also a place where family members who have passed away without receiving these great blessings also have the opportunity to be sealed to their families. What a wonderful feeling to know these things! Denver and I are so excited to have a temple just 3 minutes away from our home! We can actually see it from a distance from our own front porch (well it's really an old cotton haulin' trailer). We are already planning our weekly schedule to attend often! I couldn't really find a picture of it that I loved. All of the good ones are copyrighted....so I decided to use this beautiful one of the Mesa Temple where Denver and I got married. It is also gorgeous!

23 Weeks

Denver and I have been so crazy busy lately that we haven't had time to take any prego pictures. We finally remembered Sunday! I can't believe that it has taken us 7 weeks to remember.

Just for a little update... Denver and I only have a few weeks left of school! We can't wait for this summer to start so we can put more effort to keeping our weeds under control, planting some grass in our yards, and doing more fun things rather than homework. We also bought a new car! We haven't taken any pictures of it but I will post them as soon as we do. It is a navy blue Ford Explorer '04. It is very baby friendly and Denver and I love it.

Last a couple of weekends ago, Denver and I also were able to go and see some old friends! Crystal just got home off of her mission from Peru and was speaking in Sanders. While living in Flagstaff, Denver and I got really close to this family and we just love them all to death! Crystal, Danelle, and Sterling! We had so much fun in the little bit of time we were there!

Possible Daley Look Alikes

Can you tell which one is Denver and which one is Blake??? Good Luck! Haha....

I think in this picture...Denver is on the right.

I think he is on the left on this one.....

I have no clue....

Denver and I have fun trying to decide which one is which....especially with the baby pictures. He still isn't positive which one he is in this one either.

Either way, I think Daley is going to be one cute baby girl! We can't wait!

It's a Girl!

The results are in and the ultrasound tech found that we have a sweet little girl on the way! Here are the pictures to prove it. I'm really glad the tech knew what she was doing and looking for because I was quite confused at what I was really looking at. Our last ultrasound was a lot easier to see probably because she was a lot smaller. At first the tech asked us what we thought it was...Denver still had no clue, I on the other hand thought it was a boy because I had a dream that it was a boy. But then again I had two dreams that it was a girl. So we were anxious to see if my first dream was correct or my multiple dreams were correct. Well after about five minutes of looking around and measuring the head and tummy, the tech said that she thought it was a girl because she didn't see any boy parts anywhere. Here is a profile picture of our little girl's head, tummy, and hand (I think...)



Here is a profile picture of her little bottom and legs, here the tech said she was pretty sure it was a girl because again...there were no boy parts. She still wasn't satisfied until she saw those three little lines that proved she was really a girl. It looks like our little girl likes to sleep on her tummy like her mom....(I'm having a hard time staying off my stomach. I wake up in the middle of the night on my tummy, so I have to roll over on my side. It's so rough. You'd think that I would be uncomfortable on my tummy by now, Nope...not yet, I'm trying though. And thank goodness our little girl is still alive and kicking.)



Here is the hard evidence! Here her little bum! We see those three little lines...it's hard though.

So everyone is probably wondering what we are going to name her. Denver and I have had this name picked out for a really long time and we've both fell in love with it. We are going to name her Daley. We got it from a common family name. Daley is my dad's middle name and my Nana Platt's maiden name. We just thought it was really cute! Denver and I are way excited to be parents and we can't wait for our little Daley to arrive!

Saturdays

This last Saturday, Denver and I were woken up by a phone call from good 'ol cousin Roger telling us that he just got a call from the Sheriff telling him that the horses had gotten out and were up on the road to Fry Mesa. Denver and I hurried and got dressed and then Roger and Chad came and picked us up to go and catch the horses. Long story short, the horses ended up running back onto the horse pasture and we didn't have to catch any of them. We decided that the horses probably just got really hungry and remembered where they got fed everyday. So for the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon, Denver and I got to spend some time with Roger and Chad finding supplies and fixing the fence. Denver loved every second of it! I really enjoyed it too but I got kinda overheated sitting out in the sun. Being pregnant is really weird....I found a Gatorade in the ice chest and sat in the shade of the Ranger to cool off. I was just fine after I found the shade. I really enjoyed seeing Denver fix fence for the first time! Fixing fence is right up his alley because he did it for many summers working up on the ranch. I know he misses working up there. I feel bad we didn't bring the camera for the morning to show the finished product, but man....he sure knows how to fix fence! I love my mountain man!

(Just on a little side note...I've decided that I like mustard. We ate some hamburgers after we fixed the fence and they had mustard on them. I really didn't mind mustard in the first place but I would never request mustard to be put on my hamburger. But after Saturday, I'm pretty sure I'll be putting mustard on ALL my hamburgers! I'm getting so old.... :))

After we finished the fence Denver and I went home and decided it was time to do a date night. We haven't had one in a while, so we went up to Walmart and bought some hot dogs, chips, and sodas. Then we got the Prowler and headed up to the horse pasture. We were worried that our donkey Ira Hays was going to come find us and eat our hot dogs but he didn't thank goodness! Here are some pictures of our date night at the horse pasture! We love random Saturdays like these!

I Chopped It!

When Denver and I were up in Eagar, we got a little crazy and decided that it was time for me to chop my hair off. I've had my hair long for seven years and I was way past overdue for a new look. Denver was surprisingly, extremely excited to see what I looked like with short hair. That got me really excited to do it! Thanks to Aunt Kelli and her amazing talent she helped us out! I absolutely love the new hair cut! I'm really enjoying how fast I can do it now. My brother told me that I'm ready to have a baby now because I've got the "mom" look and it looks good on me. Thanks Matt! I feel like I'm getting a lot closer to being ready, now that I have a nice and cool hair cut for the long summer ahead!