And baby make's five!!!!!

Jake, Samantha, Cameron and I are all pleased to announce that we are expecting baby number THREE!!! Jake and I are so excited and even though it is at the very beginning of this pregnancy we love this baby so much, and just ask you to please keep us in your prayers that both the baby and I will be healthy. Please vote on the right side on whether it will be a boy or a girl...Logan E or Lillee K.

Mmm Watermelon...Mmm Dirt....

Mmm WATERMELON... one of our most favorite summer time treats is WATERMELON. Samantha and Cameron love it so much and make such a BIG mess with it that I just cut a WATERMELON in half, set them both in the middle of the lawn and let them just go at it. They love it and it sure does keep them entertained.

Cameron digging the last little bit of WATERMELON out.


MMM... I just love WATERMELON

I just love his face in this, you can really tell that he loves WATERMELON.

Mmm...DIRT and Mmm...WATERMELON, delicious

Cameron loves WATERMELON just as much as he loves to play in the DIRT, why not take the two things you love and play, I mean EAT them at the same time.

Four Years and Still Forever...

Yes! Jake and I celebrated our four year anniversary on July 12th. We had a wonderful weekend of wave running with the family on Friday. Then on Saturday we went to the Farmington Parade for festival days as well as to the park where Sammie got to jump in a blow up jump house, and pet baby goats in the petting zoo. We ate a lot of good food and just had a great time. Then that night my mom watched the kids for Jake and I so we could go to dinner at the "Sky Box" at Gateway and then a movie "Proposal" which was so funny, and yes Jake liked it so its not just a girls movie.

We have had a lot of major changes these past four years so here are a few of them...

Two kids, built and moved into our first home, many jobs for Jake, many wonderful callings in are ward from Sunday school teacher to young-mens for Jake and young-womens for me as well as the girls camp assistant director, 7 different cars/trucks, 2 dogs and one cat and lots of memory making, laughing and growing together.

Jake, I love you so much and I couldn't have asked for a better four years with you. As I look back at all we have accomplished and how fare we have come, I just hope the next four years and forever are as great as these past four. Thanks for all you do and for working so hard for me and the kids. I love you, D

Jake and I on our Wedding day.

Our engagement Picture.

Family Pictures

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A Mothers Prayer...

As I lay by her side watching her DREAM I pray to my Father in Heaven “Father” I say, “keep HER my sweet angel; let her stay my little girl forever. Help me to be the Mother I know I can be and that thou would want me to be. Keep her safe… safe from illness, safe from harm, safe from the world. I LOVE her, and am so thankful for her, for her smile for her happiness for her selflessness. Help me to be more like her, more innocent, more kind and more loving. I know you have entrusted her to me too love, too teach and too care for, thank you. Thank you for giving her to me, for letting her go. Help me to give her all she needs and some of what she wants. I promise I will take care of her. I promise will love her.”

Samantha Singing

Last Saturday I worked really hard on cleaning the outside of my house and my car. The only way I get a lot done is when I have music playing as loud as I can get it. While I was cleaning my car Samantha was just running around outside not paying much attention to me, I then had to run in the house and grab the vacuum so I could vacuum my car and this is what I heard, so instead of grabbing the vacuum I grabbed the video camera and this is what I captured. Sorry the first few seconds are kind of jumpy I was laughing so hard I couldn't focus on Samantha.

I love how she totally gets into it, eyes closed, arms moving. She is going to be the big STAR in this family.

Happy 28 years Jake!

Happy 28th Birthday Jake!!!

I just want to tell you Happy Birthday. I hope you have/had a wonderful Birthday. Jake you mean so much to me and to this sweet family of ours. I would just like to thank you for all you do for our family. The work you put into all your jobs and then coming home tired to work on bids as well as to our two adorable children and a wife that needs you, all that you do for us even if I don't say it enough does not go unnoticed. So thank you, thank you for supporting us and allowing me to stay home and be a mother. Thank you for being such a wonderful father to our "HAPPY" Samantha and our adorable little RED head Cameron. I hope that when you pictured your life at the age of 28 this is what you saw. A successful business a home two children and a wife whom loves you and wants to support you in all your dreams and goals and will stop at nothing until you have reached them. Happy Birthday Jake. I love you.

Congratulations Mrs. Perkins.

Congratulations Mrs. Perkins, the new 7th grade health teacher. Wow!!! I am so extremly proud of you. I get how hard you have worked to get to this point and there is no other person more deserving and more qualified for this position than you. You are so blessed and I know that it is because you work hard in everything you do, whether it is in school the gospel or in your relaitonships, you never give anything less than 100%.

I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS one more time on this amazing achievement and wonderful job. I love you and trully, trully am so proud of you. You really just grew up so much today in my eyes. My sweet little angel, lala, lars is a teacher. A health teacher wow!

Lala, I love you and am so happy for you.

Saturday Trip to Lowe's

On Saturday we needed to go to Lowe's for light bulbs and a few other things for the house. As we were driving to Lowe's Samantha kept saying "vroom, vroom," and talking about cars. I thought she was talking about the car's we kept passing on the road, but when we got there I then realized that she was talking about the shopping cart. Jake had taken Samantha to Lowe's the previous week, and she still remembered the shopping cart. She was so excited to be able to drive the "CARt". (Don't worry mom I scrubbed down the seat and the steering wheel as much as possible) This was defiantly Samantha's highlight of the week. She was so cute and so happy. And I was so happy that I happened to have my Carma in my purse to capture these memories at Lowe's.Samantha driving the cart.

Samantha Saying "Vroom, Vroom".
Cameron just chilling in his car seat at Lowe's.

My "Simple Pleasures"

There are many great and wonderful things in this world that I am so grateful for like, my house my car, technology and the list goes on and on, but I think its the simple things in life that truly mean the most, at least to me they do. Some of my "Simple Pleasures" are......having a Pajama day with my kids, not feeling like I have to get my self ready as well as Samantha and Cameron. Last week during a huge snow Storm Samantha Cameron and I ate Ice-cream for breakfast, jumped on my bed and hid under the covers from "the monster" that was coming up the stairs to get Sammie. We had a great day, we didn't accomplish anything, except for the pictures Sammie and I took of us.

...CHOCOLATE. I don't know why, but I truly can't go a day with out eating some sort of CHOCOLATE. But my absolute favorite would have to be Butterfingers. I love them and Jake knows that I love them and he is always surprising me with them.

...reading/nap time. I love a good book and I love that I can sit and read. I love that when Samantha and Cameron go down for there nap I can get caught up in a good book. There have been many sleepless nights, not because of crying babies, but because of a book I just can't put down.

...my family. Being a wife and a mother truly are "Simply Pleasureful."

Camerons Likes...

There are many wonderful things that Cameron "likes" and only one thing that he "dislikes". The things that Cameron "likes" are...
...sitting in his bumbo seat. He truly "likes" sitting up. While sitting in his bumbo his arms and legs truly don't stop moving, he would take flight if his fat legs weren't holding him down.

...bath time. Cameron is becoming quite the little fish. He "likes" to splash and kick.

...riding in the car. Cameron "likes" riding in the car as long as we don't stop.
...Cameron's one "dislike" is not being held. If you even start to put him down this is the face he pulls and then as soon as you pick him up he is all smiles and coos again. At least he "likes" to cuddle, I mean "loves" to cuddle. He just melts and snuggles right into your chest and under your chin and he can stay there for hours with out moving. I "love" having a snuggle bug.

These were just a few of of Cameron's "likes", I think the only thing I left out was that he "likes" to eat and sleep. And truly the only thing he doesn't not like is not being held, which means I don't get much done around the house, but I "like" having an excuse of being able to just sit and not feel bad.

Cameron Laughing!

Today while I was feeding Cameron Green Beans Samantha was sitting at the table helping me. I love too see the two of them look at each other. This video is of Samantha saying "BOO" to Cameron and Cameron just laughing up a storm. I can't believe that he is already this big. I love my two Angels so much. And I can't wait to see what best friends they will become as they both get bigger.

Girls night out.

Last Thursday night Mom, Aubrey, Lauren and I along with Maddi and Abbie all went to see the fun loving, energetic, keeps you laughing and singing musical "The Wizard of Oz" at Rodgers Memorial Theatre. It was a fun filled night with dinner from Chili's and then non stop laughter and singing at the musical. Thank you mom for making that night possible. I have been singing "If I Only Had A Brain" all weekend. Thanks to my sisters for coming up from Provo on a school night and coming down from Hooper also on a school night. And for bringing your sweet girls. I can still hear Abbie laughing at the Lion and Toto, yes they had a real dog play Toto. Shay and Erin we missed you. We wish you could have been there with us. Its like mom says, she feels like when she walks out the door to even go to work or seminary she feels like she needs to invite us all to come along with her because she never wants someone to feel left out. I love my sister and my mom, I truly am surrounded by the most wonderful Women and Friends anyone could want. They are so amazing you couldn't even possibly ask for better Friends, Sisters, or Mom. I love you all and know you would all do anything for me as I would for you, yes I would even give you my hair if you needed it.

Milk Bath.

~Summer Vacation~

~Summer Vacation~ I am so excited to finally have gotten the pictures from our summer vacation that Jake, Sammie and I were able to go on. We spent 3 wonderful days going through Yellow Stone National Park, visiting my Grandparents in Montana and just watching Samantha explore, explore and explore some more.

Here is Jake, Samantha and I in front a huge tree root that was in front of our condo at Henry's Lake. And yes I am 7 months Pregnant. Here Samantha is playing in Henry's Lake. You can tell she is just so happy. She loves to run and get messy. I can still remember her coming up to me saying "mess". Oh, she makes me laugh and she really did have so much fun.

I love this picture of Samantha, her eyes and lips just kill me. She is so beautiful.

This is the trail that went from our condo down to the lake, Sammie would just run up and down it laughing and smelling every flower she past.Sammie playing in the bushes on "her" trail. I LOVE that she is so happy.

Here is Jake and Sammie in Yellow Stone Park. If you look behind Jake there is 3 tan spots, those were Elk that were bedded down in that little island. Jake and Sammie are looking at a cute little yearling Elk that was up waling around.

Jake was most excited for this trip because he was going to get to go fishing at his "secret pond" that he hadn't been too for years. Here he is in his fishing boat. I think if I would have told Jake this wasn't Heaven he wouldn't have believed me. He truly does love the outdoors.

Here is Samantha throwing rocks into Jake's "secret pond". We did this for about 2 hours while Jake was fishing. There was not one rock left on that shore bank when Samantha left.

The car ride home, Sammie waving bye, bye to all the fun she had had, in her sleep.

We had so much fun and the best part of it was that we were able to share part of this trip with my dad. Him and Jake went fishing together on Henry's Lake and then my dad took us up to his parents house and then we went and walked around down town. Thanks Dad for making this trip so much fun and for letting the three of us join you on your yearly fishing trip. I would also like to thank Jake for taking me up to Yellow Stone. Jake and I have been up there every year sense we meet. That was our 4Th trip up there and I love it more every time we go. This is a tradition that we just happen to make, that is one of my favorites. And if you need to know how often Old Faithful goes off just ask Jake, he knows.

TICKLE-ME-ELMO

Here is an adorable video I found of Samantha D with her TICKLE-ME-ELMO.

OHHHHHHHH YES BABY!!!!

I did it. My blog is finally up to date. I have music, a blog counter as well as my family and friends URLs (is that what its called)? Who cares I did it oh, and I changed my BACKGROUND and this is what like my 3rd or 4Th post of the day. Wow, I truly am a professional blogger now. Thanks all to my little sister Lauren who made me feel like an idiot for not knowing how to do any of this, and yet I figured it all out on my own. Thanks LaLa, I really do love you and this really is so much fun. If it were not midnight YOU all know I would be calling you all on the phone freaking out telling everyone to check out my new beautiful blog, but sense it is soo late I will wait until the morning. I love you all and am so happy that we have this wonderful tool to share our lives with each other. Keep in touch and KEEP Blogging!!!!! ps I also have that cute sign that says " Home is Heaven on Earth" Yes my blog is finally cute. Hugs and Kisses!!!

Hurry Home.

About a week ago I had to just get out of the house, no kids no Jake just me. You know that feeling when you need some fresh air and some adult conversation with no interruptions, yes you can say it, I was at that place where the walls were closing in around me, I hadn't left the house in at least two full days which really is a long time to be stuck in one place with just me and two little kids (don't know were Jake was). As soon as Jake walked in the door I had my purse in hand and was gone. I didn't know where I was going, but of course I had ended up at my mom and dads' house. I don't think I had been there even ten minutes when of course Jake called and said Cameron was screaming and you need to hurry home (my wonderful son who won't take a bottle or a Binky for anything was crying). And of course I had feed him really good before I had left, but for some reason or another he was just not that happy. I told Jake I was on my way. As I was coming home there is a STOP sign that I turn right at, well with the thought of my crying baby at home I guess I "PAUSED" instead of STOP, and then I saw it the red and blue flashing lights come rushing up behind me. I pulled over and the Officer approaches me we talk for a moment and that was it, he just told me to be safe and have a good night, but to make sure I come to a full STOP next time. I finally get home expecting to find a screaming baby in Jake's arms, but he is playing with Samantha so I run up to Cameron's crib, no baby and no crying. I ask Jake were Cameron is and he says... "look at the island in the kitchen". I walk over and I see my beautiful Son laying on top of the laundry sleeping like an angel, yes sleeping not crying. I think Jake made up the whole thing and he just wanted me to be home with him and the kids. We ended up having a great night playing Candy Land with Samantha and then Jake and I watched a movie, I truly feel so loved and blessed even if I don't get my alone time.

Once upon a dream...

There lived this adorable energetic PRINCESS named Samantha D. PRINCESS Samantha D was known and loved by all the kingdom. PRINCESS Samantha D loved to run, jump, fly, laugh, play, twirl, and explore. PRINCESS Samantha D had so much energy that there was a rumor going through the entire kingdom that she never rested and she made the King Jake and Queen D very tired and very exhausted. Well, one day Queen D had a wonderful idea, if she put PRINCESS Samantha D in her most beautiful gown and glass slippers and have her dance and twirl as much as she could, then maybe just maybe our wonderful PRINCESS would finally get the rest she needed. PRINCESS Samantha D did exactly what the Queen wanted her to do. She put on her gown and glass slippers and danced and twirled like no other PRINCESS in all the land ever has. While Queen D was taking care of the Duke, Cameron J the castle was getting quieter and quieter. Queen D didn't know what to think. And when she came in to check on PRINCESS Samantha D this is what she found...
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Samanthas' 2nd Birthday

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