Missionary Training Center

What a bider sweet day. .Jeff is heading out the serve in the Chile Santinago West mission. He has the light of christ with him and he is ready to serve. Brian and I now have our 3 youngest brothers serving missions for The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. My other little brother is serving in the Mississippi Jackson mission speaking spanish and he will be coming home in August. So they missed each other by about 4 months...I think this has been the hardest thing for all of us. Our family is close and it is hard not seeing one another. My brother in law Chris is serving in the Roseville, California mission. We are so thankful for there service and truly do feel blessed...

Jeff entering the MTC

Through the doors he goes....

Putting on his name tag...

Ready to serve!!

Jeff & his only niece who he will miss so much and she will miss him :)

MTC Continued...

Here are a few pictures from outside the MTC before Jeff went it. It was a beautiful day in Provo Utah. We will miss him so much but know that he will be an instrument in the hand of God. Good luck JEFF!!

Jeff packing for his mission

The night that Jeff was packing for his mission...Kali did not want him to go. She kept saying no Jeff...stay home and then getting in the suitcases...She said he could live at our house in the HAIR room (this is the spare bedroom where I get ready) it was the cutest thing...

Another Party

On Kali's real birthday Grandma Carter made Kali this cake and we had a small little party for her. We just have been doing so much parting I wanted to keep things low key. Kali really enjoyed getting to blow out the candles again....and wanted to help cut the cake.

Stickers For Kali's Room

My moms bought Kali these stickers for her birthday...They are so cute. They stick to the wall and then can be peeled off when you are sick of them. Kali & I had lots of fun deciding where to put them...I think I may had more fun than Kali...They were perfect for her room with all the butterflies, bugs & flowers...

Kali is TWO

Well our little girl is already 2. Brian & I can hardly beilieve it has been 2 years. She has brought so much joy to our life. Here are a few of the things she is doing... (For the record)

She knows most all of her colors....
She can count to ten...
She is starting to learn shapes....
She is a really big helper....
She loves to clean.... and help stir....
She is 2 ft 11 inches tall....(And in the 90% in height) CRAZY
She weighs 28 pounds....
She is very obedient.....
She loves to take a bath....
She loves eggs & oatmeal for breakfast....(One at a time of course)
She loves Milk & Water, but could careless about juice...unless it is mom's Diet Dr. Pepper) lol
She loves playing ball with dad and dancing around the house with mom....
She loves watching Little Einstein's & the movie Cars...
She loves to sing and especially play with anyone that will PLAY....she also loves having a cousin Cooper!!

Those are a few of the things that Kali is doing right now...

Birthday Party

Kali sitting on the counter at my mom's house admiring that grandma made her 2 cakes...Can we all say, "SPOILED"

Kali really wanted a pink ducky cake...so that is what she got. Her birthday was so close to Easter this year that we combined an Easter Party with a birthday party..

Her is everyone helping Kali blow out the candles..

Easter

Here is Kali dying Easter eggs. I didn't want her to get her shirt dirty so my dad came up with this shirt...she had such a fun time with everyone dying eggs....I got the hang of it right away.

Dad hidding the Easter eggs....There was some good stuff in those eggs this year!!

Daddy & Kali Easter morning before going to church...We woke up a little late and none of us got a shower...But I still thought they looked cute.

Bunny

Well for Kali's birthday, my sister Marci and my brother Jeff decided to get Kali a pet....Well this pet is a little white bunny. For those of you who know me know that I don't really loves pets all that much...But Kali has named him Hopper and she loves him. For now he is living in a cage in the garage until it warms up...