President Hinckley

We're sure going to miss our Dear Prophet President Hinckley. But so happy he is now reunited with his sweetheart.

Date Night

For our date night last weekend Derek and I were able to enjoy some good entertainment from the BYU Living Legends. It's a dance group that performs different dance styles from around the world. Some of the cultures they represent are countries from South America, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Mexico, North America, New Zealand, Guatemala, and more.

It was pretty amazing. The talent was awesome! I really appreciate all the different cultures around the world. The dances from South America, hits me close to the heart, since my mother is from Peru and it's a part of me. It was hard to sit in our seats and not get up and dance along. After the show the dancers mingled with the audience. It was neat we were able to meet and talk with some of the dancers. We met and talked with dancers from Ecuador, Hawaii, and Peru. The costumes were pretty neat. Derek and I both really liked all the dances but a couple of our favorites was the Somoan slap dance and the Native American dance with hoola hoops. We highly recommend the show! I had a wonderful time with my sweetheart, thanks honey for a wonderful evening! I just wish I had my camera. :)

Our Little Angel

Cassidy is nearly 2 years old and we can't believe how much she's grown! She truly is our little angel! Cassidy has definitely increased her vocabulary! It's so fun to hear her talk. She loves to talk to her dolly, mama, dada, the moon,Odues (Oakley our dog), family, and to anyone else who will listen.

Some of her favorite words are: Applesauce, globe, mama sleeping, bye bye, ICE (as some family members know :),wata (water), night night, moon out, sun, ant, ball, bounce, fishy, camera, home, please, no tank-you, bath, potty, shoes, socks, gloves, hat, cousins, Annaleese (every little girl, is her friend Annalise),puzzle (knows her daddy's business), pillow, names of many animals but turtle is one of my favorites to hear her say, I can go on and on. If we ask her to say something she is pretty good at pronouncing the word. It's pretty amazing!

Cassidy also knows parts of her body very well of course eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, but also eyebrows, eyelashes, elbow, knee, bottom, tounge, neck, teeth, hair. She may start saying femur, cranium, fibula, humerus. :)

We haven't officially started our potty-training. Okay well, mommy hasn't. Cassidy has actually gone pee pee in the potty already once, (thanks to her cousins in Arizona) At this age they like to copy everything! Since then she is still very interested in sitting on the potty. So you think, that's great! Makes it easier on me, I know I need to get my butt in gear. Thank you Cassidy's cousins for your help. :) I guess I'm the only one that doesn't know what she's doing, and should just follow my daughter's lead. I'm open to any suggestions.

Cassidy loves to dance! We will turn on some music and immediately Cassie shakes her body. Sometimes she will tell us "come come" and get us dancing too. It's a fun family event!

We love to hear her say a prayer and it's so cute how she will now close her eyes and bow her head. And of course scream Amen with excitement at the end.

She's learning her ABC's and loves the letter "A" she'll point to every letter "A" that she sees on pictures or in her name. It's great! I think I'm going to need to give her some more challenges.

It's so much fun to be a part of her learning experiences, and to watch her grow. She's got such a sweet disposition and sillyness about her. She sure knows how to have fun and keep things light hearted. And she always wants to be part of the action, for example, for dinner tonight she insisted on helping daddy cook. It was so cute to watch Derek be so patient with her as she would find her own way of doing things. But together they made a great team, and the meal was a success!

Celebrating with Daddy

After a wonderful trip to Arizona we were excited to be back home with Daddy! Cassidy fell asleep as soon as we landed. I just pushed her in her stroller as she slept. She finally woke up as we were waiting for the luggage at the baggage claim. Daddy was the first thing she saw and had to be in his arms, as fast as she could get out of the stoller. It was so sweet.

The following day Derek took the day off from work and we just played! We went to Pump it Up (an indoor playground). And then after dinner we went out for dessert to a Fondue Restaurant, the Melting Pot. It was delicious! Everything is good dipped in chocolate. :) It was a fun day being together again!