Happy Birthday Brad

It has been a couple of weeks since Brad's 33rd birthday now. Just wanted to let him know how much I love him. Hope you had a great day!









33 Things I love about Brad
1- Brad tells the best bed time stories! The girls prefer him over me any night. He can take any subject and turn it into an exciting tale.
2 – Brad is a true gentleman. He still gets my doors and takes care of me.
3 – Brad is an athlete. Yesterday our Bishop asked him to do a 100 mile bike ride over a big mountain pass. Brad got on his bike, he had not ridden in months, and had no problem. We met him at the end and went to the hot springs. He truly amazes me.
4 – He is an amazing father! He loves to take the girls with him wherever he goes. They love to wrestle, jump on the trampoline, play at the park, go hiking, biking, and many other adventures. Brad never complains about taking them with him. In fact, he always asks them who is going to go.
5 – Brad is so smart. He seems to have a wealth of information about everything! When he wanted to move to Puerto Rico with his brother to sell security systems, not knowing Spanish didn’t stop him. He worked on it for a few months and then we moved there where he began to speak Spanish and became a very successful salesman.
6 – He is a hard worker. Brad started his own company several years ago and has been very successful because he works so hard.
7 – He can do ANYTHING! Sometimes it might take him a while to finish things, but that is because he is perfectionist. If I ask Brad to do something, he figures out how he wants it done and then does it perfectly. I always wanted to marry a handy man like my dad and I sure did.
8 – He loves me.
9 – Brad is spontaneous and loves a good adventure. He is up for everything and willing to try anything.
10 – Brad does not judge anyone. He never says anything bad about anybody. That says a lot about his character.
11- Brad is a worthy priesthood holder. He is just such a good man.
12 – Brad is currently, and has been for the last five years, over the scouts at church. This is the perfect calling for him and he does such a good job. He is such a good example to those boys who really do want to be just like him.
13 – He is kid at heart. He hasn’t gotten over jumping out from behind the wall to scare me, playing practical jokes, and just having fun. He is so fun to be with.
14 – Life is very unpredictable!
15 – If he needs to, he can cook and clean really well. Brad is always willing to help out around the house. When we were in college, I noticed that he was the roommate that picked up after everybody, and knew how to cook a real meal.
16 – He is frugal and has taught me how to save and stretch our dollars.
17 – He loves the Lord. Brad is such a good example to our little girls.
18 – He makes me smile.
19 – Brad is always happy. We have been working in our yard a lot lately, mostly cleaning it up. We have finally gotten to a point where we can start tearing things apart and doing them our way. He got into his backhoe and starting ripping things apart and he had the biggest smile on his face the entire time.
20 – He is honest. I really believe that this is why he does so well being self employed.
21 – Brad often gets up with the kids in the morning and lets me sleep in. What more can I say. He is the best!
22 – He loves to spend time with family. Whether it is with our little family, or with extended family, Brad truly enjoys being with everyone.
23 – He looks for ways to serve others.
24 – He absolutely spoils me on my birthday and on mother’s day. He knows how big and important birthdays are to me. He takes care of all the details. He usually takes work off and spends the whole day hanging out with me and pampering me. It is the best!
25 – When Brad says that he will do something, he will do it.
26 - He is a friend to everyone. Brad makes friends with telemarketers when they call.
27 – He is so well spoken. He can diffuse any situation be it in person or on the phone.
28 – He loves to travel. We have been on many great adventures together and I look forward to future ones as well.
29 – He is a true boy scout. Whenever we travel, I can count on Brad to have what we need. He gives credit to his scout leaders for teaching him that.
30 – Brad loves the outdoors. He loves being in the mountains hiking, biking, camping, climbing or just hanging out. When I met him, he had a sticker on his car that said, “I live outdoors.” I thought that he was so cool. He even had a rugged look about him. I later learned that he did actually live in the mountains in a tent for a summer.
31 – He is the most unselfish person I have ever met. He never thinks about himself. It is often hard to get him a gift because you never hear him say that he wants anything.
32 – Okay, I am just going to say it, he is dead sexy.
33 – Brad is the most amazing husband and father! I could not have found a more perfect person. I am so lucky to have him.

Easter

We spent Easter in Ogden this year with Grandma and Grandpa Coy. On Saturday morning, Shay and I took the kids to the community Easter Egg hunt. Like always, we were running a little bit behind and got to the park about three minutes after the hunt began. Which means we missed it. Despite our late arrival, the kids managed to get plenty of candy. I think that some of the people there took pity on the poor late children. We spent the day at American West Heritage Center with the baby animals, and the night hanging out with the family eating pizza. Grandpa and Grandma were MIA due to the national cheer competition Alexi was competing in. She is head cheerleader at Weber State and has decided to make this her last year. So, taking first place in the competition was a good way to end her cheer leading career. Congratulations Alexi, we love you. Side story: A couple months ago during practice, Alexi was dropped on her head and ended up in the emergency room. I was telling Brad the story of what happened and Olivia was listening to me. Olivia loves fun aunt Alexi and has wanted to be a cheerleader just like her. Well, I later heard her talking to her friend about what happened to Lex. She said that the boys threw her up in the air and then decided to go get a sandwich and when she came back down, there wasn't anyone there to catch her. She said that she no longer wanted to be a cheerleader because she didn't want that to happen to her. It made me laugh, but I am okay with her not wanting to be a cheerleader! Anyways, Grandma and Grandpa made it back on Saturday night just in time for Easter. Grandpa made his special Easter breakfast and then the kids had to find their baskets that Bryce hid. That took a while. After the traditional egg hunt, Amity prepared a symbolic hunt for the kids. It was really neat and I think that a few of the kids learned something. After church we went to the high school and battled Bryce and Tess in crochet. Mom fixed the traditional Easter dinner which was delicious and we were able to spend more time together as a family. We don't get enough of that. We spent a good chunk of the day on Monday at Chucky Cheeses. What a fun place! We had 50 tokens and they lasted us a couple of hours. The kids had a blast. At one point Shay was missing. We found her off on her own playing arcade games. After we all met at the park and had another mean game of crochet. And then, because we didn't want the fun to end, we got babysitters and went out to dinner. I really miss my family!

Baby Animal Day

We had such a fun time at baby animal day in Logan the day before Easter. Shay, Richard, Emery, Bryce, and Tessa all went with us. The girls loved the animals, the candy cannon, treasure hunt, and the pony rides. They didn't exactly love the enormous snake too much.

Daddy Daughter Day

Olivia loved spending the day with Brad and is quite the skier. By the end of the day, she was turning and jumping. She has always been quite coordinated and talented.

Happy Birthday Olivia

I know that I am a few days late, but I just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA! We love you! Olivia is such a wonderful person and brings smiles to our faces everyday. We had a wonderful day celebrating with her. We played, went to the park, and had a "barbecue sauce" with some friends. Olivia had a Fancy Nancy party on Saturday with fifteen of her friends. I know that it sounds crazy, but it went pretty smoothly. Grandma Coy, Shay, and Emery came to visit and helped us. They were lifesavers and Olivia loved having them here. Shay was the life of the party and kept the kids laughing the whole time. She was the waitress at the fancy restaurant, taught the etiquette lessons, and was our mc for the fashion show. They all wanted to introduce her to their parents when they were being picked up. We also had a department store where the children bought accessories and a day spa. For her birthday Olivia got a new bike, a soccer ball, clothes, books, barbies, and a barbie house built by her daddy, and lots more. SPOILED!



5 things we love about Livvy:

1. Olivia loves life! She loves to play, explore, create, and have a good time. She has always hated watching movies. She would much rather be outside playing. We were at a valentines party where the children went to a different room to play games and do activities. Olivia came back when I was getting my dinner, and she was crying. I thought that something bad had happened to her and when I asked her what was wrong she said, "They are going to make me watch a movie." Everyone got a good laugh from that. I think that she has always been too busy to be able to sit still and watch a movie for very long.
2. She is always willing to try new things. Olivia is adventurous. She jumps off things five times as high as she is. Sometimes Brad picks her up from school on his bike. He carries hers along with him, and she rides home. That is over three miles away. WOW!
3. Olivia wants to do good. She likes to please and is willing to help me out. (most of the time) She wants to help her sisters as well. Livvy loves taking care of Madelyn. She wants to feed her, change her, dress her, and play with her. It works out wonderful most of the time unless Maddie just isn't in the mood.
4. Olivia is so smart. She is reading, writing and doing math problems. She is also a good problem solver. Liv has always been a bit precocious. She is always watching what is going on around her, and doesn't miss a thing. Many people have been surprised that she is only turning five. Her preschool teacher tells us that she will be going into kindergarten way ahead of the game. (we already knew that)
5. Olivia loves everyone. She is such a little social bug and loves having friends. She never says anything bad about anybody. She is friends with everyone, and she has many friends in return. It was really hard for her to only invite fifteen friends to her party. Whenever we saw her friends at the store, park, or preschool, she would invite more.

We love you Olivia. Happy Birthday!

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Earth, Wind, and Fire

Last weeks FHE lesson was on WIND.



Tonight's lesson was on FIRE.


I guess next week we will focus on EARTH.

Loving the warm weather!

Today it was 70 degrees outside and it was wonderful! We drove in the car with the windows down, played outside, wore flip flops, and even cleaned out the car. I know, the last one was pretty amazing, and trust me, it was bad! I really hope it is not just a trick the weather is playing on us. I am so ready for spring. It is time for me to do my spring cleaning.

I have been trying to go through all of our pictures on the computer, figure out which ones to print, and organize them all. It is a really big job. I haven't printed pictures since before we went to Disney world a year and a half ago. I will probably have over 1000 pictures to print by the time I am done. Anyways, in the mean time, I get to look back at old pictures and reminisce. I think that baby Olivia and baby Madelyn look a lot alike. This is a picture of Brad and Olivia on a trip to Mexico when she was only six months old. This is the reason my kids are so brave or tough or wild or whatever you want to call it. I am ready for a vacation and Mexico sounds pretty good about now!