my momma's birthday

Cinco de Mayo really is a cause for celebration at our house. It's my mommy's birthday! I was (and still am) a little low on the mula. So luckily the day before her birthday, I saw an add for a FREE  genuine fresh water pearl necklace (valued at $99) at a jewelry store up in Provo. So Kenna and I got in the car and went and got one for her! SCORE!!! We also cleaned up the backyard a bit and cleaned the inside of the house, made her an awesome card, some fake balloons (again with the minimal fundage) and a German chocolate birthday cake (her favorite). I am so grateful for my beautiful mom! I could not have hand picked a better mommy. She is definitely my best friend. She is so loving and supportive and is the BEST GRANDMA EVER!  I love you mommy! =)

 Might I add that my baby girl is all about picking out her clothes all by herself? She very rarely has an "off" day =)

Check the pearls!

kenna's very good/not very good day

Oh my goodness we were LOVIN the weather today! After school I showed Kenna her new swim suit and she wanted to put it to use pretty much right away...so we did. We put the sprinklers under the trampoline and she had a blast! Kenna got to play with her friend Cadence (she lives across the street), got to see her best friends Hina and Seah and her aunt Sheena and her are currently "hanging out" and watching a movie. Those were the good things that happened today.

Even though overall McKenna had a great day...she had a major "owie" day. =(  At school she fell off a scooter and had a light scrap on her leg. At home the last kitten that we had (which we got rid of today!) scratched her neck up and she got burnt by her "toodles". After she had finished jumping on the trampoline we played with chalk and Kenna rode her bike on the basketball court and fell off of it and scraped her elbow up pretty badly. Then after she left her friend 's house and we started to go for a walk she fell down and scraped her knee. Poor thing. After she got cleaned and bandaged we continued on our walk and she said, "Mom, you know I'm gonna have to tell Hina about all of my owies, she'll probably be heartbroken."

bun in the oven

I suppose I've waited long enough to talk about my current condition. SO, here it goes...I am currently 18 weeks pregnant. I am due on October 1st. I had an ultrasound on the 20th of April and I found out that I will be having a baby boy! His name will be Sullivan Oxford Simons. McKenna is so excited to be a big sister and she is so sweet with my tummy. She loves to rub, tickle and kiss her brother and she is always making sure that he is OK. I know that she will be a wonderful helper with him. I am insanely excited and scared at the same time. My children will be a "matching set"; McKenna and Sulli have the same daddy.  We were trying to be a family and spend a lot of time together as a family and well...yeah the whole pregnancy thing was a result of that. He and I are not together in the slightest. Anyways, there you have it. Here are some of the ultrasound pics.

Sulli at 13 weeks

It's a BOY!!!

Proud big sister <3

warmth is nice

I had to take McKenna with my to my new YSA stake's stake conference today and she was such a good girl. Since she came with me I told her she didn't have to go to the family ward if she didn't want to and guess what...she didn't want to. So we hung out at home. I wasn't feeling very well so I took a light weight cat nap and she continued to be a super good girl and play by herself and and watch cartoons. When I got up I felt bad that she had been sitting inside on such a beautiful day. So we went outside and I watched Kenna do her best tricks on the trampoline and then we chalked it up on the basketball court. I need to get Kenna a bigger bike! Hers is far too little for her. I am so grateful for what a sweet little girl McKenna is. =)

 hitting the pine tree (so cool)

happy pretend birthday!

Since Mckenna is a summer baby, she got to celebrate her birthday at preschool this last Friday. It was a little difficult for her to understand just exactly why it wasn't her real birthday and why she wasn't going to be getting any presents, but she figured it out. =) She got to bring treats for all of her friends, so she brought bubbles, capri suns and "prencils" (pencils) for everybody. When she came out of school she had the coolest crown ever!

hoppy easter

We had such a nice Easter this year. The Easter bunny scaled back quite a bit this year and McKenna still probably got too much. Kenna's favorite thing was the pink barbie guitar that grandma and grandpa gave her. =) I went to my family ward today and I love being there with Kenna. My cute little grandpa came over for dinner. Dinner was AWESOME! I am so grateful for my family and for the knowledge of the blessing of the Atonement of Christ. I am so grateful for the love Jesus has for me, my family and everybody!

 dying eggs

 walking in the front room to see what the Easter Bunny brought (Don't mind her disgusting toy closet)

 Easter dress

 Love it!

So cute my little grandpa!

rainy day at the zoo

My mom is so good to McKenna and me! She took us to the zoo this last Wednesday. It was a little chilly, but we got to see some pretty cool things that you don't really get to see when it's hot. Then we got rained out. We went and ate lunch at the "beastro " and tried to wait it out. It got a little nicer, but Kenna was done. My mom and I were fine with that, so we left.

 Cause Kenna does.

 I could have sat and watched the baby elephant all day!

 It was cool to See the Gorillas this close

 Daddy, Mommy, Sulli and Kenna =)

 rainy