Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day was wonderful! We had a very yummy breakfast and then I opened a few gifts. (Sorry this picture is kind of blurry.)My girls (and husband) were so sweet and gave me exactly what I asked for! Church was nice...Darran had to speak so it was fun to hear him honor his mother and the women in his life. After church we had dinner with both of our moms (and dads) and Dallin and Cassie. We enjoyed visiting and playing with the girls. And though I'm not thrilled by the fact that all our pictures from that day are of me in my pajamas I have to be honest...that's what I wear 90% of the time.

I'm so grateful to a wonderful family that makes me feel so appreciated. I love being a mom to these two amazing girls. Thank you for making me feel so blessed. And of course a special thank you to my own mom and mother-in-law. I have no doubt they have made us who we are today. Happy Mother's Day!

Trip to Utah...

Me and the girls drove down to Utah with Grandpa and Grandma this past week to help Elayna find a wedding dress...amongst other things. Eliza is obsessed with princesses right now. So when I was packing the day before we left and got out my veil to see if Elayna would possibly use it, of course my princess loving daughter wanted to wear it. She's pretty darn cute!
My picture taking during this trip is pathetic but there are a few. Those of you who know my child know that she does not sleep in the car. So when she actually feel asleep I HAD to have pictures of that!

It must have been too bright in the car or something because she did this herself!

Between dress shopping and Dallin and Cassie packing we went to the Bean museum for a bit. Eliza ran around the place but thought it was quite neat.

Her favorite part though might have been when she found Jimmer. Daddy had told her to look for him so she was excited to see him standing in the gift shop!

We had a good time in Utah. Enjoyed the Spring/Winter weather that occurred while we were there. Had fun visiting with family, wedding dress shopping, and going out to eat. We even celebrated Dad's birthday...too bad I didn't get a picture of the cake Dallin and Cassie made - it was delicious! Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter Sunday! Needless to say Eliza was a little bit excited! The Easter bunny brought her lots of candy!

This is what Talia did while Eliza hunted for eggs. Good thing it was mom and dad's basket and not big sister's!

Eliza found all the eggs! Let the eating begin!

The girls in their Easter dresses.

Talia mostly wanted to eat the grass in the basket. Sweet, cute girls!

I had to post this picture...Talia usually isn't smiling when Eliza is bear hugging her so this was a rare moment. Happy Easter to all!

One Spring day...

Saturday was actually a beautiful Spring day...so we did some "springy" things. Darran got the garden planted...with help from Eliza.
And we decorated Easter eggs. Eliza just enjoyed seeing the eggs turn color...she was fine with simplistic decorating (as were we)!

Come on Spring...

When the sun is shinning for a second... ...and the wind isn't howling...
we run outside to play for a little while. Come on Spring! We're waiting!

First trip to the dentist...

Eliza had her first official visit to the dentist this morning. She did an amazing job of sitting patiently watching mom take her turn. (I won't lie...the fact that she was watching Dora the whole time helped immensely!) Then it was her turn! She did so well opening her mouth and letting them clean away! The dentist said her teeth look great! When we talked with Daddy on the phone afterwards she said the "girls were nice but the boy wasn't." I'm not really sure why she thought that since the hygienists did much more to her than the dentist! I'm just grateful it was a positive experience. Yeah for healthy, clean teeth!

Chocolate...

What? Chocolate on my mouth? This is what happens when you share your chocolate sucker with your 2 year old! Yum!

Talia

This little one just keeps getting sweeter and cuter. And this was a good picture of her two little teeth.

A few days away...

We spent a couple of days up at Cocolalla the tail end of Spring Break. Eliza LOVES being with her cousins! Arabella and Eliza. Playing badminton outside.

Eliza and Arabella checking up on everyone outside.

Taylor and Myanna enjoying some treats.

This is what happens when we make Papa stay up and play games...it gets a bit silly! He's laughing...not crying! :)

The family before church.

Nana and Papa with the grand kids.

Everyone together.

New discoveries...

Talia is 6 months old now so she is really starting to discover the world around her. She's discovered that her feet are pretty fun...and taste good too.
And we think she's discovered that eating isn't as bad as she originally thought!

A lot of food still gets pushed out by that little tongue but more and more is swallowed down.

Three cheers for eating food and putting on some weight!

Jimmermania...

This man's name comes up in conversation in the Moody household daily...Jimmer Fredette. You would be surprised how often that conversation includes 2 1/2 year old Eliza. We could possibly blame Grandma for the beginning of Jimmermania in our home. A couple years ago we went to Portland to watch a BYU/Portland basketball game. We thought it would be fun to support our alma mater. On our way home we kept teasing mom about how much she liked the then freshman guy named Jimmer...what a silly name! Little did we know how infamous that name would become.

We've gotten quite a kick out of Eliza's infatuation with Jimmer...she is her daddy's girl. Here are a few of the Jimmer conversations we've had with Eliza:

~ When Daddy plays with Eliza he is Jax and she is Jimmer...always.

~ One Saturday Eliza was put down for her nap while Daddy was listening to a basketball game. When she woke up the first thing she said was "Daddy, did Jimmer win?" When she was told yes her next question was, "Did he play good?"

~ Often after waking up, when we ask Eliza what she has dreamt about, it's "Jimmer and Jax!"

~ When Darran was watching basketball one day (not a BYU game) Eliza saw what was on TV and asked him if one of the players was Jimmer.

~ When Darran went to Las Vegas for the MWC tournament Eliza was pretty sure that he was bringing Jimmer back with him. She was a little disappointed when daddy came home without him.

~ Darran left again for a day in Utah and over the phone Eliza asked if he saw Jimmer.

We're excited Jimmermania has continued on this long. We'll be sad when it ends...hopefully that's not tonight. GO GOUGS!

Go, go, go!

I'm Jimmer!

Hard at work...

Darran hard at work...Eliza hard at work.