In Loving Memory...

This is probably the hardest post I will ever put up here, but I am so sad to say that my dear dear father-in-law has passed away. He was an amazing man and I am so sad my girls will not have the opportunituy to know their Papa Housley. He loved, adored and was so proud of his grandbabies, it is hard to even proccess that something like this awful tragedy could ever happen. I know he is watching over all of us now and loves us so much. Please pray for my wonderful husband and his family as they try to cope and move on with their lives....I love you Kevin!!

Happy Birthday Kodie Bear!

Happy Happy Birthday to my little Kodie Bear! I can't believe she is already 1 year old! She is doing great! Not walking yet, but on the verge! We had her party at Toad's with all of our family! It was nice to get together, even though Chad's mom is still in the hospital (hopefully things will start to get better)! Kodie loved her B-day cake and Kaycee loved all of her new toys. Great, something else to fight over!
Lovin' her cake!



The Fam! Kaycee has already taken control of her new baby!


Kaycee with grandpa on the go-carts!


Too pooped to poop!

Kodie Layne VS Girl Scout Cookie Round 1

So this is what happened when I gave Kodie her first thin mint girl scout cookie! She had cookie EVERYWHERE! I didn't know such a little cookie could make such a huge mess! It was so funny! It was in and behind her ears, her hair, her sweater, her pant legs and her socks! I think the cookie won this round, but by the look on her face I don't think she really cares!

Big hair and earrings!

Kaycee got her ears pierced last week and is absolutely loving them! She has done really well with them and has had to remind me a couple times that they need to be cleaned when I forget! She was so brave and didn't even cry! She got to pick out some earrings to wear when we are able to take these ones out. She has been asking us "when she wsa going to get her ears punched", we were at the mall and Chad and I thought well, what they hell and did it! It was a total spur of the moment kind-a thing. This hairdo of hers is what happens when Chad combs it all out after it has dried. Talk about an afro! I wonder where she gets that from?? I can't believe how big my little girls are getting!



Kodie is getting everywhere and into everything faster than I can keep up! I can't imagine what it will be like when she starts walking...then running...oh Lord help me!

Princess bed!

Little Miss Kaycee Mae has been thinking lately that she needs to sleep with us and hogs the entire bed! We decided it was time to put that to a quick end...well maybe not so quick! So, I thought if we got her brand new princess sheets she would love them so much and not want to leave them! She has actually done a great job!

Grandma Great

We decided to take a quick weekend trip to St. George to visit with my grandma and we had such a great visit! The girls loved being around their Grandma Great and I loved watching them with her! She is the sweetest lady ever and I am so proud and blessed to have her as my grandma! We stayed at a hotel that was supposed to have a fully stocked kitchenette so I thought great, I can just cook there and we will save a ton of $$$ on eating out! NOT! The fully stocked kitchen consisted of one styrophome bowl, 4 plastic cups and one baking dish! I couldn't believe it! Oh well, we had a good time and the girls had a blast in the pool that was supposed to be heated but was actually freezing! We actually went to a different pool that was actually heated and had a great time!

Loving Grandma Great!


Sleeping angels on the long drive!!

Long Time...

Wow! Has it really been over a month since I updated! The sad thing is that nothing too exciting has happened in that time! We have just been counting down the days until this Winter will be over...I am so ready for Spring! The kids are growing more and more everyday and Kodie has really become a mommy's girl! She has been the little stinker, not letting me leave and giving the poor person left behind to watch her much drama! Here are a few pics...

Daddy's girls...ahhh

Getting sooo big!

Tadaaaa!!