a little dance in the museum.

a few weeks ago i performed in the art museum. here is the video, im the middle gal when we run in.

enjoy.

{choreographed by: joni tuttle}

happy 1/4 of a century, baby.

^^isn't this the funniest picture of daniel? man, i am one lucky girl.^^

 well, well, well, look who turned 25 yesterday. my big lover man, daniel. since his birthday was on a sunday, henry and i wanted to do a little something for him saturday night. so we made stromboli, caprise salad, and better than "whoohoo" cake. and cream soda, of course. we packed it all up while he was at school doing homework and took it to duck pond park. my parents brought some flowers and a little table and we were set for a romantic evening. daniel's sister, vanessa had to do some distracting for a half hour because daniel finished early (of course), and i wasn't ready! but we made it work, because he was still surprised. then she played with henry while daniel and i ate. we talked, and giggled, and ate (a lot) and then henry came to join us. we are pretty happy together. anyways, it was a wonderful evening.

i love you, mr neeleman. so happy you were born, and even happier that you are mine forever. 

 

 then this little dude showed up...how dare he. all henry could think about was how he needed a ride like that.

 happy, happiest birthday to our biggest hero.

xxoo

a little bit of life.

dear blog, are you still alive? well, we are, and we are loving life. so much has happened this month that it is only fair to do a quick recap. daniel and henry and i (and the entire BYU LAX team) headed to south carolina for nationals earlier this month. we were ready. i mean, henry and i had all our byu gear, face paint and posters and daniel has taken an ice bath everyday (!) this year after early, early morning practices. we deserved it. we played played like champions on monday and won like them too. we went on to play the next day and took the win like it was nothing. then we found ourselves at final four. we played like champions the whole game but lost in the last two minutes by 2 points. it was a tough loss. henry cried (he was tired) i cried, we all cried.
other big events:

• henry is totally and completely walking (i thought he was a cute crawler, but oh man, he really is the cutest walker i ever did see).

• we went to nyc last weekend to watch seth (daniel's little brother) play in his lacrosse finals. the night of the game was like hurricane sandy all over again! rain and wind and cold! freezing cold! but henry baby slept underneath my poncho the whole game. it was perfect. we got to spend saturday in nyc, saw some teachers from juilliard, classmates and friends. oh new york. we love you.
• on tuesday night we headed to southern utah to hike at zion's national park. on wednesday we packed our backpacks (with wetsuits and everything) and made our way through the subway. it was breathtaking. absolutely amazing. going through slot canyon, with all the water was so fun and really cold. we went with my brother in law and his kids. we had a blast. literally. micka was kind enough to hang out with henry that day and we were away form him for a whole 8 hours!!!! i almost died. longest time we have ever been apart. 
• tomorrow is daniel's birthday and he turns 25. oh. my. goodness. 
  

baby.

well, baby number two is on board! we couldn't be happier.

the big one.

there has been so much that has happened i don't even know where to start. so many big things, too. my little, perfect baby boy is now one. on may fifth twenty thirteen at approximately 1:33pm, henry daniel neeleman officially began on his second year of life. how is that possible? how is he already one whole year old? i cried all day the day before he turned one. i knew that no matter how hard i tried, these days with my baby henry will be over oh too soon. i love him, i love his little scoot with one leg up, i love that he crosses his tiny feet into the cutest position when he sits up, and i love his eight tiny teeth. i giggle every time he gets mad and cries out "a da da da da" because it is just so cute. i really love that im his favorite, too. especially the past few days he has been an extra mama's boyish, and i am eating it up.

today i was watching this im a mormon video and i loved what she said about motherhood. oh man, i love that i am a mother, i love that i get that title. motherhood is such a beautiful thing, isn't it? there really is nothing else that even compares.

along with henry's birthday, daniel had his lacrosse conference tournament in colorado, i ran my half marathon (what?! it was awesome! and then i couldn't walk!) and my dearest friend/former classmate/ forever soul mate melissa came to visit. we were in heaven. we spent a whole week with melissa, dragging her to all sorts of family gatherings, taking her on terribly long runs (hey, i needed a jogging buddy!) eating lots of good food, and just catching up on much needed updates from each other.  i love that woman. she is beautiful, in every sense of the word.we dropped her off at the train tonight and after we said good-bye, henry cried the whole way home.

we miss you already, come back to us!

here are some pictures from henry's birthday party that sorta got rained out slash was really cold, but still really fun. we trecked up hobble creek canyon and made a fire and cobbler and some hot dogs. it was perfect.

xoxo