Sad news...

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I tell this news to family and friends. Spencer and I found out at the end of Oct that we were expecting another baby in our family! We were so excited and have been hiding this news, as we did with our last child, until we were going to find out the sex of the baby. I was so excited to be a mother of three before I was 25! Today we found out through four ultrasounds that I had blighted ovum...which is where for some reason or another the fertilized egg does not develop and so there is just an empty sack in the uterus. Now I am miscarrying and let me tell you IT SUCKS! We were so excited to have this baby join our family in June but I know that Heavenly Father had different plans.

ZOE!

These photos are from last Tuesday November 17th when my mom and I got to go to the hospital and see my sweet new niece Zoe after she was born! She is just the darn cutest little thing! So sweet too...I didn't even hear her fuss! I am so excited to have her in our family and that my little girls have one more girl cousin to play with!! We love you Zoe Jane!

What an Angel!

LYLA IS 1!!!

My sweet Lyla Belle turned one today! She is such a joy in our lives and we are so blessed to have her! Here are a few (a little more than that) photos of her from her birthday party! Thanks to all of the family that came and made her day special!! Presents!

The many phases of cake eating...

A happy and full little girl after all of that cake...

Big girl car seat...

Such a sweet heart! Lyla is all over the place and loving her independance. We are so happy at how she is progressing!

New Family Photos

Spencer's cousin Andrea took photos for us this past weekend and they ARE SO CUTE!!! Here are just a few of them! ENJOY!

I LOVE THEM! Thanks so much Andrea!!

Catch up....

Scarecrow Festival...
I was lazy to post all of these photos but here they are! The Scarecrow Festival is put on by West Ridge Academy where Spence and I work so we get to work there every year and take the kids for FREE as well!! We got the cousins together and had a great time!
Lyla just loved riding the pony! She really was excited the whole time she was on it and was giggling and just having the time of her life!

Here is sweet Tori on her Pony

Abigale on her pony! She didn't even need anyone to walk by her side this year!

And cute Mayli on her pony!!

We went to the face painting booth and got the girls faces done! Here is Mayli before...

And after as a beautiful butterfly! Lyla before...and a little apprehensive

And after with a cute little heart on her faceTori before...After with her dolphin Abigale before...

And after as a kitty! She was a kitty last year too! She was so excited to get her face painted again! JUMP JUMP!

Sweet girls!

Here is a pic of my sweet Abigale! I was trying out her hair to see if we were going to be able to get it into pony tails for her Halloween costume! It worked!!

This is Abby with Cosmo at the last BYU game! She just loves him!

Had to get a photo with the Cosmobile...Here as our pumpkins this year, of course a Y and a mummy face

And a bat. My sister in law Mandi did the BOO pumpkin!

Here are my girls at book babies the Wednesday before Halloween! They were excited to get dressed in their costumes!

Here is Abigale before going to the ward trunk or treat. My little Abby-Caddabby!

Here is a pic of the girl cousins...Tori was a witch, Abby was Abby-Caddabby, Mayli was Dorothy, and Lyla was a monkey!

My sweet monkey!Here are the girls as they did the walking parade! Notice Abby's little pageant wave...

Lyla couldn't resist digging into any candy bowl in her reach! So silly!

Halloween was such a Blast this year!! I think everything is better now that I have my two little girls! I love to just watch them as they learn new things and enjoy life! I hope that everyone is doing well and that you all enjoyed your holiday!

My little girls are growing up too fast! Lyla will be 1 in less than two weeks and Abigale will be 3 in a month and a half! CRAZY! I never thought that my life would turn out like this but I am so glad that it did!!!

Update...

Well, it has been a little bit since I posted so here it goes...BYU Football season is in full swing now and my family is just LOVING it! We got season tickets again this year and my cousin Amanda and her husband Bodi are right next to us which is so great! My little Abigale can't get enough of the cougars and especially Cosmo. Usually during the games we will send her over to her grandparents who also have season tickets one section away from us...so convenient! Or we will send her down to her Aunt who is in the student section on row 2...behind the BYU players (which Abby loves because she gets to see Cosmo up close!) Anyway, when we are in the car on the way home from the games Abby will just be in her seat yelling GO COUGS! Yeah COSMO! Go Cheerleaders!! She is just so silly! Lyla on the other hand, being a wiggle worm like always, does not enjoy the games as much and in so doing makes it hard for Spencer or I to enjoy them to the fullest. But it's alright! Here is a photo of my girls before the Utah State/BYU game last weekend. Don't worry, when we got to the game we put long sleeve shirts and jackets and hats and gloves and tights and all that good stuff on them to make sure they would be warm!! :)Other news is that I can't believe how fast time flew with Lyla this first year...her birthday is coming up and it really makes me want to cry every time I think about it! She is a little character and is always getting into things!! Her new thing to do is walk around with a walk and ride and when she runs into something like a wall or whatever and can't move she will first try to back up and ram the item and then after doing that a few times she will scream until Spencer or I go and turn her around so she can walk more! I think it's funny, Spencer doesn't so much!

Lyla has been a joy in our lives so far and has just made our family that much more happy! She is so cute! She doesn't have any teeth yet but is roaming all over the place, waves hi, claps, says mama...dada...lyla....baba, she is almost always smiling, is sort of giving up on nursing as of late, and loves her mommy, daddy, and big sister Abby! I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for allowing me to have stewardship over these little angels in my family and also for the wonderful loving father that my husband is to them. Joy can be found everywhere even in these hard times!!

The Park and Sister Love

Last Wednesday we went to the park after book babies and the girls just loved the swings! Lyla kept laughing the entire time! Spencer said it was hard to get good pictures when the girls were going back and forth...so you get what you get!

Lyla and Abby enjoy each others company so much! I just love these two girls!!!