Maegan & Molly

I am now 25 weeks along and thought it was time to post a picture of myself since both grandmas have been asking. Here's me in Bryan's basement office. Emily's latest name she has picked out for baby is Aladdin.

Also, we had a chance to dog-sit a golden retriever named Molly (8 months old) for 9 days. We got to see what having a dog is all about and found many things we liked and also some we disliked. In the end we decided not to keep Molly for now and just work on having one addition at a time. We love Molly and miss her already.

Today we are headed to Disneyland for a few days of vacation. Sunny California here we come!

Legos

Bryan bought the girls duplo legos for Christmas. Not just a few- but 600+ pieces (enough to fill up the brown 1-6 box).  I dreaded the endless cleaning up but Bryan saw the potential.  On Christmas Day we had my two brothers, Bryan and I and the two girls all building.  And since then the girls will beg for a special time when they can build together with their dad.  Here is a collection of their robots that they've been building.  Emily built all the small ones herself and the big ones with help from dad.  They all love them so much and can tell you the special powers. 

Temple & Kids Museum

The Draper Temple right now is open to the public for tours.  We went through as a family and had a great time.  The girls were very excited to see inside.  Emily said her favorite room was the married or sealing room and Ashley said she liked the cookies at the end.  

A few weeks later Emily asked, "Mommy where is heaven?"  I thought a lot about this question and I told her heaven could be in two places- on earth and up in the sky.  I told her that on earth heaven could be in temples, and then Emily interrupted and said, "Yeah like in the married room, where there was a big happy feeling in my heart.  Like Jesus was there inside me.  And angels were in my heart."  She was incredulous when I told her heaven could be up by the stars.  "Like in outer space?  That's silly mom."  She knows how to put her feelings in words.  

The girls went on a field trip to the kids museum in the Gateway Mall.  They got to stay for 1 1/2 hours and loved every minute.  Emily's favorite place was the farm/garden where she could put food toys into buckets (planting) and then pick them and make recipes with the food.  Ashley's favorites were 4 tall soft pink and yellow flowers which she carried around guarding them from other kids.