Last Dance Class

Payten at the end of her dance class. SHE loved it.

Most of the girls in her dance class

The teacher would put the tumbling mat down and and it would put wind on the girls. I think this was their favorite part!!

This is basically all Payten would do during dance class. Spins in a circle the whole time oblivious to anything and anyone else!! While the other girls where following what the teacher was doing mine was in the background spinning consume by the music!! I am upset I forgot to video the rest of the class dancing and Payten spinning as a loner in the back! DANG IT!!

14th Anniversary and Mother's Day 2010

This is what I came home to on our anniversary. We went out the Saturday after our anniversary to celebrate. We got an actual baby sitter(not family, YIKES!) for the first time. We went and saw Iron Man 2 and then went to dinner. It was VERY nice to be alone, but I missed Payten the whole time and thought about her constantly!! I am glad to have had my honey for these past 14 years, He is the BEST!!

Payten on Mother's day. Linus gave her one of my roses from our anniversary to give to me in bed. So she came in and gave it to me and said "HERE!" I loved her and said thank-you and then she demanded it back and kept it!!

Daddy and Payten making mom breakfast! I am a lucky Girl!!

Its getting hot

Well today it was in the mid 90s. So tonight we went outside and turned on the "helicopter" sprinkler. She LOVES getting wet!! I know she will have tons of fun getting wet this summer. Makes everything a little more bearable!

Leaving to the MTC

Payten just had to help Christian with his bag.

Checking in!

Leaving for the MTC. We are proud and excited for Christian. We know he will do a good job and be a good missionary!

Air Show

Payten and Carson went to the Primary activity then afterwards we took them to the airshow at Falcon Field. Here they are on their way!

Flying the Helicopter

Looking at the guns of course!!

Candy Necklace

Payten got this Necklace from Nonnie and Aunt Erica. We put it together and she was excited to eat it!

Easter

Easter morning. Can you tell I have a girl?! Everything pink and Princess!!

I love this one. It was her turn to hide the eggs. I was able to get her to hide 2 of them somewhere else. But she got to her sand box and unloaded them as fast as she could giggling the whole time:)

Soooooo this outfit, you like it?!! Every time she wakes up in the morning or we get back from going somewhere she immediately strips down to her panties and HAS to put this skirt on. It has been at least 3 weeks now. She throws a fit if I ask her to put a shirt on. I gave into this battle and let her win, not worth it to me. She will let me get her dressed to go somewhere so I am happy with that! Gotta love it when they get their personality!!

Easter

My beautiful little girl in her Easter dress. The only way I could get her to look at the camera was to give her a balloon to play with!!

First professional haircut

She was such a good little girl. I told her that she was going to go get beautiful and get a haircut and she was so excited!! She kept saying "Payten get beautiful!!" She looks a little too grown up. It is exciting and sad at the same time.

Temple

Payten has bee looking at my wedding album so I have been trying to teach her about getting married in the temple. At least one time a day she will say "Payten get married in the temple" mind you the word temple sounds like diaper so it took me a while to figure it out! So this after noon I told her mommy and daddy were going to the temple (christian went through today). She got so excited and said "mommy daddy get married in temple!!" Then when we left and she couldn't come she cried and said "Payten get married in temple tooooo!!!" She was so sad she could not go. I think we need to take her to the temple so she can at least put a personal experience with the word. Man, I love my little girl!!

Santa Claus Video

Payten got a surprise visit from Santa on Christmas Eve. Needless to say it was not what she was expecting when she opened the door!!! She stopped crying after he gave her a gift and then she gave him a hug! Oh and I love at the end when they say look at Santa and she says "No, Payten scared Santa Claus!"

Christmas 2009

I have to apologize, all of these pictures are in order backwards. Sorry but I don't want to redo them!!
Poppy playing with Payten on Christmas day

Payten and her dad at the park letting Tinker Bell FLY!! And she flies HIGH!

Aunt Abby and Payten on her BIKE!

Every girl needs 6 pairs of high heels for Christmas

Payten using mommys head massager

Trying to decide what to open next!

Steeling all the bows off the presents!

Payten on her new bike from Santa

Checking out her new BIKE

Surprise visit from Santa Christmas eve(refer to video for a good laugh)

Me and my angel in front of the fire Christmas eve

Christmas Eve and Black Angus. Linus decided to climb the water fall with Payten for a family pciture so I had to follow. I almost killed myself!!

Payten playing guitar hero with Aunt Abby