Rachel's Last day in Primary

Rachel had her last day in Primary today. She turns 12 this coming Friday and so today she had her last day. I can't believe that she will be in Young Women's next Sunday. It is really exciting but also a little sad. She is growing up way too fast. In our ward on your last Sunday in Primary the Primary will ask for your favorite song and then the Primary will sing it. Rachel wanted to play one of her favorite songs on the piano so today she did a duet with her piano teacher and played "When I am baptized". She did so fantastic. I cried listening to her play. Her actual favorite song is "I know Heavenly Father loves me" but we couldn't find it in a piano book that she could play from so we did her 2nd favorite song. Enoch and I were so proud of her. She is actually going to play this at Jacob's baptism with Grandma Heileson in June

This week too she has New Beginnings. All the young women leaders are so excited to have her come into Young Women's especially because there are only 3 that come in in the next few months and then there is none till the end of July beginning of August. There are 13 total coming in but everybody else doesn't come till later in the year. She is going to love young womens because she has the greatest leaders. My best Friend DeAun is her young women leader and then my other very good friend Emily is her Young Women's president. She can't go wrong with the amazing women in there with her.

It will be so strange to have her in Young Womens each week for mutual and also class time. She will give her first talk in church in March. They wanted her to give it in February but because of us having a baby I asked to have it postponed till March. Wow that will be crazy to have happen.
I can't believe how quickly kids grow up. It is sad actually. I remember when she was baptized and thinking wow in 4 years she will go to Young Women's. Well that is now happening. I can't imagine her 4 years from now at 16. I am not ready for that stage of life. I am grateful that I do have 4 years to wait for that.

Rachel is nervous for Young Women's especially since she will be the only girl her age (born this year) for a while but the other beehives are really awesome and it will be nice for her to get to know them better now.

I filmed her playing the piano in Primary today so you all could hear it. Enjoy it.

The exact same shoes

So something I said I would never do is wear the same clothes as my kids. Well a few months ago I bought Rachel these really awesome flats. I love them. Well a couple of weeks ago I went to the store and they were half the price of what I paid for them for Rachel so I couldn't resist. I had to buy a pair for myself too. So now Rachel and I have the same pair of shoes and even more we wore them to church today. It was kind of fun to have everybody tell us that we look so cute wearing the same shoes. I love it. It is so fun. Rachel doesn't mind either me wearing them. Now we need matching shirts and skirts to go with them. Just kidding. Shoes is plenty.

3 weeks till due date

I am three weeks to my due date and getting very anxious. I keep wondering when this little girl will come. We spent yesterday getting her room ready so we are pretty much ready for her to come. Now we just wait. Here are just a few pictures of me.

Toy Story

For Christmas Kaelen got a bunch of Toy Story toys. It was one of the best gift he received. He got a movie size Buzz and Woody and then he got an Andy's room pack. The pack came with Buzz, Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, Rex, Ham and an alien. He is constantly playing with them. He has so much fun. He will watch Toy Story with them (which he watches everyday) and he will have us play with him with them. Andy's room set is small enough that he even brings a few of them to church. We also put his name on the bottom of the toys like they do in the movie. Kaelen loves it. It is so fun for me to have him have something that he loves so much. He loves the movie which he is calling "Rex" now or all the movies are "Toy Story One." It is fun because we know that if we ever need to get him a good toy or clothes we can never go wrong with anything Toy Story.

Where is Kaelen?

In Kaelen and Jacob's room they used to have the baby change table in their closet to put stuff in it. It was used for the baskets on the shelves. They had clothes and diapers in the baskets. Well Kaelen recently started to climb up on it and hide on the top with the shirts hanging over it. It was funny because the first time he did it I had no idea where to look for him. I finally found him when I saw his head poke out. I had to get pictures of him hiding in it especially since I knew it wouldn't be long before the baby took it for her room. I love that Kaelen is becoming more adventurous. It is really fun.

Rachel and Hallie

Rachel and her cousin Hallie are 5 years apart but that has not stopped them from hanging out. This last Christmas Angie and her kids were in Idaho Falls for a month. Every time Hallie and Rachel got together they has so much fun. Hallie and Rachel were always wanting to play together. They would call each other and get together to play. When ever we would go to Grandpa and Grandma Heileson's house they would run off and we wouldn't see them all night. It was so fun. It was fun too because it isn't always going to be that way. Rachel will get older and not want her cousin around. I hope it doesn't happen but I am sure when Rachel is 16 she won't want her 11 year old cousin hanging around. I hope though that their friendship will help them that when they get older they will have a good relationship and want to spend time together.

When Hallie was heading home Rachel and Hallie were so sad. They ran off and hid because they didn't want to say goodbye. It was hard for them to leave each other. These pictures were taken that night. I love them. I love how happy they look together and how the 5 years between each other does not effect their friendship right now.