Weeblos

Branson got his Weeblos badge this month! I can't believe how big he is gettting!! We are so proud of how hard you work and love your sweet and kind spirit! You are an amazing son Branson! We love you!!

Mother Daughter Day

The boys recently went to Father & Sons campout. I sent my old camera with them and of course they didn't get one picture! But they said they had a blast. Branson and Jarvis both had story after story to tell me when they got back. I love how much I miss them when they're gone :) My boys are the sweetest. When the boys leave we always have a fun girls outing. The first part of the day I was able to watch Shyann's music performance and go to Trulie's class for a Mother Daughter Tea Party.

 Then we spent the night out on the town in this spiffy ride ;) We wish!

 We went with Grandma and Sherry's girls to Cheesecake Factory. Mmmmm! They're Spinach Artichoke dip sounds so good right now!!

 Shyann loves when I bring home leftover Cheesecake. She has been begging to have her very own for a long time. She LOVED it!!

We also had a Mother Daughter activity for Activity Days. The girls gave me a  back massage and painted my nails. I loved hanging out with just my girls. They are so sweet and fun and well behaved. I LOVE YOU GIRLS!!!



My Favorite Cooley Family

I have been so lucky know Kera since the day I was born. Both our parents still live in the same house we were born in. So we grew up across the street from eachother our whole childhood. It makes me sad that my kids already don't have that. I loved having my best friend right across the street! We have so many funny memories of us as kids! She asked me to take pictures of her cute pregnant belly and her 3 handsome boys. I am always nervous taking pictures for other people but I would do anything for Kera so I gave it a try! :)

 Then this month Sherry and I helped her sisters throw a baby shower for her since she's finally having a sweet baby girl!!

Kera * Kamie * Krystal

And since this was her first girl I had to get her the fluffiest pinkest sparkliest present ever!! :)

Kera we love you tons!!

And are so excited to see your precious baby girl!!

And this is the first time we are pregnant at the same time!! Haha! Atleast for a few weeks! yay!



Kari ♥ Donny

Kari is one of my most favorite people in the world! She is so uplifting and inspiring! She was married April 24th to an amazing man who loves her tons and treats her like a queen. They both have been through some really rough experiences and have both grown from them and are now the most amazing couple I know. They make eachother so happy despite their circumstances. 

We threw Kari a bachelorette party and she got tons of cute lacey things :) It was so much fun!! Doing this when we're almost 30 and already "been there done that" was so much more fun than when we were so young and new to all of it. We all laughed more than we have in a long time!! And somehow this is the only picture I got with Kari that night and thought it might be slightly inappropriate on my family journal so I covered up the gift I got her :) haha! 

There were several of her friends who haven't met Donny yet so we hung tons of polaroids of them so they could get a sneak peek into their relationship. They are so cute together!

The morning of their wedding day we were able to go to the temple with them. Such a sweet experience. I loved sitting in a row with the most amazing women that I hope to be with for eternity.

Then Sherry and I snuck away to go decorate their hotel room! It was amazing!! I do not know how to be rich! It was funny not knowing what to do when they wanted to vallet my car and have a man push this cart full of "love stuff" up to the room and only have a few dollars bills to tip him with and not know that I was supposed to call the vallet desk to get our car ready. It was lots of fun and hope they enjoyed it! :) 

Then we giggled tons as we decorated their car. The whole day was just so happy and fun! We were all just filled with so much joy for them!!

WE LOVE YOU KARI!!!! ♥

Me and my handsome date :)

The wedding was gorgeous. I felt like I was standing inside Pinterest. Everything was so perfectly beautiful.

Seriously the cutest family ever!! We love you both Kari and Donny!! Yes I stole these pictures from her amazing photographer Ashley Madsen at ashleymadsenphotography.com I love how you could see the joy just beaming in their faces all day! The kids absolutely love Donny. I am so happy for her kids to have a Dad at home. I know they won't ever forget their Dad Skylar but Donny is such an amazing next chapter for them. Absolutely one of the cutest and sweetest fairytales I have ever watched :)

Easter Weekend

I was going through all my recent pictures and realized there is quite a bit that I have forgotten to journal about. So the next couple days I'm going to catch up on the last busy month.

I always love spring time. I love Easter and I love General Conference weekend. Every conference just seems to get better and better. I sit and work at the computer many hours a day so my favorite thing is to turn on conference and just listen as I work. It's so sweet and uplifting. I always have a good and happy day whenever I listen to our apostles and prophet bear their testimony and give us guidance. This Easter seemed simple and sweet compared to last year. It was so emotional speaking in sacrament meeting on Easter morning about the resurrection with my sick sister Joy laying on our Dad's lap in the congregation listening to me. Then she passed away 3 days later. I am now so grateful for the experience and know how much our Heavenly Father and Savior loves each one of us and knows how to help us when we are in need.

For April conference this year Sherry made the kids these cute candy bags and every time they heard the word on the bag they could eat a piece of that candy. They also had some activity packets. It was all slightly distracting but they had a lot of fun. They did listen and could actually tell me some things they heard and learned.  

The whole SHALL family painted eggs together for family night :)  

We had all our Easter fun the Saturday before Easter. The Easter Bunny comes on Saturday at the Shumway house. They kids were so excited and of course ended up with way too much candy! Then we started with breakfast at Grandma and Grandpa Hall's house. They always gets tons of eggs at the Halls!

Then we had lunch with the Smith family. My brother Glade's family raises chickens and this year they got a new batch of chicks right before Easter! The kids loved it! They made Easter extra sweet :) So cute!

BUMP AHEAD!!! :)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!