Memories....

This post is dedicated to my favorite Kaylani sister! I have other favorite sisters, like Jen, Jen, Janee, Em, Louisa, Gena, Sherry, Sharon and Annie, but this one is for Kaylani mostly.

Kaylani and I are the "little girls." We always will be.

Well, when we were really the "little girls" back in the late 80's, we had these really frilly Sunday slips that we would wear under our dresses to church so that we would have the fluffiest dresses. Anyway, as soon as church was over and we got home, we would take off our dresses, tights and Sunday shoes and run out the back door to jump on the trampoline in just our frilly Sunday slips. There is something really wonderful and magical about jumping in a really fluffly slip. Especially in that beautiful Arizona sunshine!

A couple of weeks ago, right after we got home from church there was a knock on our front door. When I opened it, there stood Sammi, our 13 year old neighbor with her arms full of 2 frilly Sunday slips! They looked almost identical to the ones Kaylani and I used to wear. Apparently her Mom was cleaning out the basement and was wondering if our girls would be able to use them. I think she was a little confused about why I seemed all of the sudden giddy to see 2 old frilly slips.

So, I thanked her and closed the front door and quickly told Alyssa and Sadie the story about Mom and Aunt Kaylani and how much we loved to jump on the trampoline in just our Sunday slips when we were little girls.

And now, the tradition as been passed on to my next generation! I wish I knew where some copies of the original "little girls" jumping in slips are, but here are my sweet little twin girls having a ball. They're not really twins, but I get asked daily if they are. Kind of like Kon and I when we were little...

Enjoy Konnie Lonnie! Love you!

Sadie is 2

Every other year now for the past 8 years, I have had a baby, and then a couple weeks later I have had a child turn 2. It's been the same routine around here each time. I wonder how many more times we'll go through this ritual. Maybe not many more, who knows!
Anyway, my sweet Sadie girl turned 2 on 5/6 and we helped her celebrate and feel very special. She is a pure delight to have as a child. Even as she is sitting here screaming at me, demanding to hold her Del Baby with every ounce of her determination! My mission daily right now is to protect this little guy from his 2 year old mommy.Sadie loves "D-D-Dora" and got a cute little Dora purse and phone and sunglasses for her birthday. The purse came with earring and a bracelet. In this picture above she is concentrating very hard on not moving so her earrings wouldn't fall off. For some reason she was very concerned.

Sadie is very content with her place in our family. She knows she is loved and has no problem keeping up with the other big kids. She can communicate perfectly with them and loves to do anything and everything that they do- it's driving me a little nuts when she needs to go potty every single time somebody else goes. Mark and I joke that we should have named her Sadie Equal, not Sadie Elizabeth!

I even managed to make her the Snow White cake she requested!!! She was thrilled. We are so blessed to have Sadie be our sweet girl. She makes me smile every day. One of my favorite things she loves right now is singing "On a Golden Springtime." I taught it to our primary for Easter, and she knows the entire first verse and LOVES to sing it. I keep wanting to record her singing it. If I do, I'll post it. It's priceless!

Well, Sadie is just the beginning of birthday season around here. We go 6 months of the year with no birthdays, and then from April to October, we backwards in age order. Aren't we great planners? Just kidding, it just happened to work out that way!