3 years going on 20!

WOW! Can't quite believe I have a 3 year old! I know it isn't her birthday yet but it feels like it. We celebrated on Sunday because Shawn and I will be in ARGENTINA during her birthday. It was so nice to have family here. Thank you everyone for your company...and of course...your gifts. Raegan has definitely brought so much to our lives! She has always had so much personality. She is sooooo sensitive, and sooooo tender. She loves making people laugh. If she discovers something that makes me laugh really hard at her she will repeat it over and over and over again...until I don't laugh anymore. When I don't laugh, she asks me to laugh again, which in the end makes me really laugh again. She is hilarious. She's a little sausage ball too. She likes to test her strength by gently (meaning 'gently' in Rae's world) brushing by Evan until he falls over. I try not to laugh cause it's not very nice, but it is pretty funny. She is a sweet mommy to her all her babies, and some of that sweetness is finally transferring over to Evan. I will leave the room and ask her to watch Evan for me only so I can spy on her. She is so sweet the way she talks to him...'oh bud, you're ok, I'm right here...you're mommy will be right back in just one minute'. It's priceless. I really could go on and on and on...but I'll do that in my journal so I don't have to bore you all. Raegan is my little Dora princess....and I am feeling a little sick to my stomach right now and maybe a little teary eyed thinking that I am going to be away from her for 2 full weeks. WE LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH RAE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STINKER BUMB!

A little update on our lives: Shawn is loving his new job. The team is preparing for Argentina and they are taking me along. Laci is watching our kids with a little help from Karalee...still trying to figure out how to say THANK YOU in a really big way! Our house has not been sold yet, but we are not in a huge hurry so we listed it a little high...see if we can get anyone to bite before we have to lower it. We are in my parent's basement apartment and are getting anxious for consistent warm weather...POOL TIME! It's fun to have family and friends so close by. I am enjoying every minute of my family AND Shawn's family. That's pretty much it in a nut shell. I'll post some pics of our trip to Argentina in a few weeks!

From Fun...

to terrified!

Thanks Carlina...

for these adorable shots! Carlina took these over Christmas vacation. PRECIOUS!

Rise and Shout...Olmstead is OUT!!!

Yeah...just a little update for anyone who cares...we have moved yet again. Shawn was offered the assistant coach position at BYU...SO...Happy Valley...here we come! Crazy how our lives have basically made a full circle, start at the Y, now back at the Y. We are super excited to be closer to so much family and many friends! So far Shawn is enjoying it, difficult and a lot of work, but he's happy. And what can I say, living under my family isn't that bad. I have 2 babysitters that love and play with Rae all day! She is having a blast with them. Alix and Kobie have been great...big sisters Rae never had. I do catch them occasionally trying to hide from her or ditch her, but not too surprised. I did the same thing to my sisters. It's pretty funny actually. I don't blame them one bit. Rae cannot get enough of them. I have to thank my little sissy's, Al and Kobster, for putting up with so much of Rae...she is a lot of work to play with:) Just for fun, I posted some fond memories of Logan. I actually came to love Logan, despite the extreme difficulty it was to make friends there, I don't know what the deal was, but I really actually TRIED, and for those of you who know me well, that's not normal...and still was quite unsuccessful. Guess everyone is just too busy these days to have friends. Despite that minor difficulty, we loved it there. The DuBose family was WONDERFUL to us. They took us in and cared for us like family. If it weren't for Lenonnie, I may have died that day I so intellegently broke into my own house and sliced my wrist wide open (and arm and leg:). But she really rescued me on many occasions, and I have to say I absolutely love her and her family. If you open the dictionary and look up the word 'kind', you will find 'The Lenonnie and Grayson DuBose Family' as the definition! Just plain kind! We loved playing with them, and loved a lot more about Logan. The parks, our many walks with beautiful views, all the holidays...Halloween and Christmas, Becca's visits, the crazy snow and sledding, Hardware Ranch, the horses, the zoo, potty-training...NOT!, and simply watching both my kids spend their very early years there. Evan was born there and Rae was just a year when we moved in. It was a great move for us and I know I'm going to miss it.

Priceless Safety

We have one gait for one set of stairs...and I guess Raegan can be the other. She thought of it all on her own, pretty clever I must admit. Our little Evan is a crawling machine, though it took some time, he is already pulling himself up and determined to ditch the crawling and move on to walking. I love my kids...THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!!!! and the cutest:)

I apologize...

for the delay. Here are some more pictures of our fabulous weekend filled with a whole lot of family...guess we gotta thank Brooke for being born and getting us all together for her 18th birthday! It was so fun to see all of Shawn's family and also spend some time with my own. We had a great time with everyone over for dinner...thanks mom for the delicious meal, as always. And thanks everyone for coming up. I'm sorry it's taken a century to get these pictures up but I did it:)

Good Times!

More fun!

More to come...

Here are some darn cute pictures of last weekend with Rae and little CamCam cozied up in the big chair making silly faces. I thought it was so cute, while I was taking these pictures...and as you will notice...Cami was checking Raegan out and saw her making a crusty face (1st pic), so she decided to give it a shot but failed miserably (2nd pic). She's too stinkin' cute for a crusty. Anyway, the last one is my favorite...two little munchkins making funny faces. They were fun to watch play together once Rae warmed up after her nap...it only took her like 2 hours:) I will be putting more up of our fun, family-filled weekend soon!

To: Dad...

Happy Valentine's Day!
We Love YOU!!!

From "Special"...

to Beautiful! She finally figured out how to give us her real smile when we ask for it. I think I miss her "special" pose though. I'll have to find a pic with her fabulous ol' smile...keep tuning in...