Alyssa's 12th Birthday! Today was our little pretties birthday! The Beehives and the leaders came and took Alyssa to breakfast this morning to welcome her into Young Women's. She had a great time at breakfast, but could not wait to get home and open her presents. I told her she at least had to wait until David got home and until the battery for the camera was charged. She is sufficiently spoiled by her father who can not say no to her!! All she has to do is give him the look and he melts faster than a birthday candle:) David bought her some balloons and a little rose bush flower! This has become the tradition this year! All the girls getting flowers from their Daddy. After opening her many gifts, we decorated her room with all her new stuff and then headed off to the pool, where she used her new beach towel and swimsuit. Then it was home to get ready for baptism at the temple with the young men and young women. Here she wore one of her new outfits! Alyssa did not want a cake so I tried to make a cake roll and failed miserably at it. It still tasted good, although it did not look very desirable. It was a very hot day and this causes some great thunderstorms in the mid-west. I was talking to my mom on the phone and looking out the window I could see that the wind had picked up quite quickly and so I opened the door to see if she could hear what was going on and realized that the tornado sirens where sounding. I got off the phone and turned on the news to see what was happening and they said it was do to the high winds involved with the storm, I was relieved! The next thing I know there is a knock at the door and the missionaries are hugging the door to stay out of the rain! They ran to my house for protection:) I think they knew we had food!!

July 3rd

Today the lakeview ward did a fourth of july breakfast and bike parade with all the kids! Alyssa had her friend Sorya spend the night, as her and her family were passing through Omaha to move to Ohio! We were so glad to have her with us!! They have been great friends since kindergarten. Haylee and Addyson were so excited to join in on the bike parade. They got to decorate with balloons, flags and stickers!! Tyler was so excited to be up early on a Saturday morning doing a flag ceremony with his troop. And we can't forget the missionaries, Elder Hemingway and Elder Bailey the Giant!!

All the LOOT!! David got a sweet University of Utah watch for his birthday! Alyssa gave him a case of Mt. Dew, a.k.a Nectar of the Gods. These two things made him very Happy!!

I made David one of his favorite cakes. I have never made a German Chocolate cake from scratch before and it was absolutely amazing! I won't lie it was a lot of work, but definatley worth it.

We invited some friends over from the ward and the missionaries also came for cake and ice cream.

Cherisse and Corey also sent David this awesome Utah shirt!

HaPpY 34th bIrThDaY DAD!!

David, I hope you know how much we all love you!! You are the best Husband and Father anyone could ever ask for! I hope you have a marvelous day with all the pampering you deserve:) LOVE YOU!!

The Storm

This storm rolled through Omaha on Tuesday evening! This is by far one of the worst storms we have seen since being here. Here is some of the footage. Listen to the hail hitting the sliding door!

Saturday May 8th

Today is the big day!! Everyone came for Breakfast again! We didn't really have and big plans for the day! We just hung out and talked about everything and nothing! We played a game of family cranium. The kids were so excited to have everyone here and there was never a quite moment. They wanted to show Grandma's and Grandpa's everything they had been up to and all the things they cherished. We we went to lunch at Jason's Deli. David and I have really grown to love that place. When we feel we have a little extra cash we will treat ourselves to lunch there! The kids could not believe we were going out to eat twice in one day!! For them it is a treat if we go out to eat at all! We felt very spoiled:)

After lunch we went to the Creighton School of Dentistry to show everyone around and let them see where it is that David spends all his time.

The White coat ceremony was held at the Mike and Josie Harper Center in the Ballroom. The ceremony started at 4:00 and was only about 30 min. We are so proud of David and all that he is doing for our family. We have been so blessed to have such supportive parents that are willing to help us out! We love you all! We definitely could not be doing this if it was not for all your help.

Then after the Ceremony we went to a steak house here in Omaha called Johnny's Cafe. It is one of the best in Omaha. We had a great time just talking and being with family!

Friday May 7th

Today was a fun filled day! David's Best friend and his family showed up late thursday night and so today we are seeing some sights in Omaha! Everyone came over for some Delicious breakfast and then we had to find a wheelchair for the gimp!!:) The ladies went and picked it up and after some laziness we decided it was time for lunch. Earl took us all to the Amazing Pizza Machine!! And it was pretty amazing;) They have big T.V. screens and the kids just ate and watched the cartoons! It was the best they have eaten in years. Addyson was Mesmerised with the fact she could eat and watch T.V. at the same time!

The weather was still cold and windy, but we still wanted to go to the pedestrian bridge that goes across the Missouri river from Nebraska into Iowa. It is a really neat bridge and a great walk!! The wheelchair really came in handy!

After the bridge we got into our swimsuits and headed to the hotel where Earl and Jamelle were staying. They have a great indoor pool for the kids and we were the only ones in there! It was our own private pool party. Mom and John have a really neat camera that you can put under water and we had so much fun taking pictures with it!

All in all it was a fun filled day!