Nana and Bopa

Tonight when we were reading scriptures, we were reading about Abinadi when he was talking to King Noah about the Resurrection.  After we were done, the kids started asking some questions.  They talked about some people that they knew that died.  We talked about my Grandma and Grandpa Pickup.  We would spend a lot of time there when we lived in Utah and when we went down to visit from Idaho.  My kids had a special relationship with them.  Jordan asked me to try and call them.  I PROMISED him that they would not answer.  When we were just about done talking Jordan said " I remember your Nana had the best fish".  This made me smile because my Nana did have the best fish.  She always had a bowl of Swedish fish out.  Especially when she knew that we were coming down.  This is one of my memories of my grandma and it one of Jordan's as well.  I love it!!  I miss them so much some days.  They were such a big part of my life and I will miss them always until we meet again on the other side.  I look forward to that day.  Jordan did ask how we would find them.  I don't know the answer to that, but I know that I will see them and all the family that has gone before me.

The other day I found a framed picture of Mackenzie when she was about 2.  I had it on the dresser in my room.  One night while I was getting the boys to bed, I found McKay gazing at this picture.  He said with picture in hand "I just love Hailee's smile"  I said "McKay, that is not Hailee"  "What" was his reply. "Who is it"  It was Mackenzie.  His little face scrunched up in a look like, wait, what did I just say?  He slowly put the picture back down on the dresser and I said "but isn't Mackenzie so cute too".  He looked away and mumbled "Yes".  PRICELESS!!!!

Laci

Laci is 10 months now.  I can't believe it.  She is so big!!  Here are some facts about Laci

• She loved to dance.  Sometimes we turn music on the computer and the girls will dance.  She crawls over to me and uses me for balance and dances right along with the two big girls. 
• She speed crawls.  When she is really excited, she puts her head down and crawls as fast as she can.  This can be dangerous depending on where you are.
• She will not eat baby food anymore.  Well, just baby bannana's.  She wants whatever we are eating.  She loves green beans and Boston Markets creamed spinich.  Yummy!
• She always wakes up happy.  When I go to get her from her crib, she is standing "yelling" for me and smiles to cutest scrunched up face when I go to get her out.
• She says "dada" all the time.  I don't think that she knows what that means, but she says it and Mike LOVES it.
• She has 4 brothers and sisters that love her to pieces.  It just melts their mothers heart!!!
• When Hailee is looking for Laci, she askes me "mommy, where Yaci You"  She can't say her "L's"yet.

"No I am not Booster"

Last night, we were out front saying goodbye to some friends.  I had told Mackenzie to get off McKay's bike.  She turned and looked and me and said, "why" to which I said, because it is McKay's bike and I told you to get off.  She kept riding.  Under my breath I said "oh, she is in big trouble"  McKay must have heard because he yells to her, "you are in big trouble missy"  to whish she yells back "no I am not booster".  McKay comes over to me (I had heard the whole thing) and says, "she called me booster"  I started to laugh.  He did not think that it was funny.  He stormed into the house while I was trying to stop laughing.  He came back out and I told him that I was laughing not at him, but that Mackenzie called him a car seat.  He laughed, just a little bit, but still did not like being called any names.  What a way to say good bye to your friends huh!!!  I had to save this.  It was too funny!!