Happy Birthday Emery!!

Wow time flies by so fast. Corey and I are officially the parents of a two year old! And an amazing one at that;) Here are...just a few;) pics of Emery's "Happy Day!" as she called it.

She loves Elmo so it wasn't hard to think of a theme. It was lots of fun to make this cake, even though one of his eyes is buggin out! haha I also got to make a birthday banner that can be used over and over again. We had a little family party on Sunday. She was a little clueless about what was goin on but she knew everyone was there for her. She got lots of fun stuff and loved every bit of it. Thanks for all who could make it!!

The day before her actual birthday I took her to arctic circle where we had a little, and I do mean little, party for her. She got to have cupcakes, play on the slides, and have one of her best friends, Emrie, to do it with! And thanks to Noelle for snapping some pics for me;) I seriously want a nicer camera!!

This was so precious. Right in the middle of playing, for some reason she felt like praying! "Heavly Fader" she starts. She does pretty well and makes sure to bless everyone in the family and even people she had just met that day. I can't get enough of her adorableness...as i'm sure every parent feels about their own children. Happy Birthday baby girl. We love you!

(Good luck trying to get this girl to look at the camera...and when she does its so fast you cant even catch it.)

Fall Fun

Oh my oh my. Blogging almost seems like more of a task these days...hence the reason my last post was like 4 months ago. whoops! But I know that there are a lot of family and friends that like to keep up on what we're up to (especially Emerz) since they don't get to see us very often, so I will try to do a little better. This fall has been so much fun. Nice weather and lots of activities with family and friends. I must say that fall is definitely my favorite season of all. This year for family night we decided to start the tradition of carving pumpkins! I honestly haven't carved one since I was like 1o or something...so sad. Its fun to do as a family and makes for some fun Halloween decor! Corey got into it and Emery loved taking out the slimy seeds and then putting them back into the pumpkin. It seriously kept her busy for like an hour! Amazing...nothing every keeps this girl busy for even 10 mins! I realized i didn't get a picture with them all lit up...we had company that night so we finished in a rush and then I forgot to do it later. I was about to go out last night and take one last pic of them but i remember that em had been playing with them and she kicked them off of the stairs and now....lets just say they don't look so grand.

Em has also enjoy helping mommy rake up the leaves from our gigantic tree. She also loved scattering back out once I had finally gathered them all up. Stinker.

This Halloween I was a little out of sorts and just not on top of the costumes. Luckily my mother is great at sewing so she imitated a little Indian princess costume I found online. So Em was "potahanas". And i must say she is the most adorable little thing when she tries to say that word! I already had the boots and we cut up an old coon hat my mom had from when my brothers were little for the fur around the top. Throw on an old shell necklace i made years and years ago...(i was looking for something like elk teeth or a bear claw but my dad reminded me that they also gathered shells...so that was easier!) Thanks mom for the last min costume. It looked awesome!

She loved trunk or treating at our church and didn't really have a clue what was going on. All she knew was that she was getting treats and saying thank you about every 2 seconds!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to all those wonderful fathers out there! Today when Emery saw Daddy putting on his tie she decided that she needed one too. It was cute to see her look at her daddy and try to copy him and then take his hand, lead him to the door, and say "chuch!" (Church:)

Before all that happened, we let Daddy sleep in since church isn't till 11 and he had to take some friends to the airport at 4am! Once he woke up we started the morning off with one of Daddy's favorite breakfasts, fried eggs, rice, and smoked sausage. He had a Polynesian companion who made it for him on his mission and ever since then he has requested it on many occasions.

After church we came home and Daddy got to find his gifts we made for him.

He loved his homemade card with Em's pink hand prints and messages from both Emery and mommy.

We made him a candy bar poster! I haven't made one in years. I wanted to do something that she could help with and she did just that! Emery had fun helping and loved drawing and coloring on the poster before we put everything on it. I also got just a simple frame and added some of my favorite pics of him and Emery. He was excited and so was emery when he started diggin in to some of the treats! "Nummy nummy nummy!"

We had a great lunch at TGI Fridays down the street and then topped it off with Kawaii's Hawaiian Shaved ice! Basically like sno shack only the ice is shaved much finer. It was so refreshing on a hot day like today!! I always feel so bad for those poor boys out on the doors in this heat:(

Later in the day we had some friends drop off a special fathers day treat for Corey. Isn't this so cute! The fries are little cookies and the hamburger is yummy cake and frosting! What a clever idea! Thanks Jenna and Cassie!

Overall it was just a chillaxin day. I love my hubby more than anything and he is such a great father to our little Emerz. Thanks for being the hard worker you are hun, and providing the way you do for us. We couldn't ask for a better life together! WE LOVE YOU!

Happy Anniversary! And the Zoo!

Corey & Calene Forever

It's been a couple weeks, but it's time to play catch up once again! Corey and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary on the 19th. It's funny because sometimes I think of that 3 years as how long we've known each other...but in reality we've known each other WAY longer than that!! We started dating when I was 17, a junior in high school. (Ok,the summer of 2002-before my junior year, when I was 16, if ya wanna count the "hangin out" faze...ha ha) His youngest brother , Jade, was around 7 years old and his little sis, Tehya, was about 3. Now they are 15 and 11!! It's so crazy when I think of it that way. Anyways, 8 years is a long time....but I know that if we are doing what we are supposed to and living the way our Father in Heaven would have us live, we will be blessed to have each other for all eternity.:)

To celebrate we got the night off from Emery and were able to steal a few hours away for dinner at The Olive Garden...YUM! and ice cream:) It kinda stinks to have our anniversary in the middle of selling in the summer because he can't get the day or even weekend off, we don't have time to go anywhere. So dinner is pretty much it! But we enjoyed every bit of our time together and we are trying to make a trip to Sea World in San Antonio some time so we'll count that! (Ok, so he doesn't know that this is happening, but sorry babe its GOING to happen!:)

Alright, next up......the ZOO!!! Oh how Emery loved the zoo. Her eyes were wide the whole time, pointing and saying "whasat whasat?" It was cute. We went with Noelle and her little Emrie. We saw gigantic turtles, giraffes, lions, tigers, orangutans, crocodiles, Rhinos, different fish and birds.....Hmmmm what else!?

It was definitely a hot day but with lots of sunscreen for the kids and lots of water with a few cool treats we made it through alive!

Quick post...more coming soon!

Do you think she is ready for a little brother or sister???? So Emerz loves babies. In fact it was one of her first words. Baby Zaylee, Krista's little girl, is no exception. Every time they are around each other Em just wants to hold her. The first couple times she held Zay she would get mad every time we tried to take her away and she would just hold on tighter! Its so cute seeing Em patting her little belly, giving her kisses, and trying to sing her a lullaby. It melts my heart, and each time it makes me think about having another little one...but i guess the time just isn't right yet.

I also bought Emery her first pair of sunglasses and she LOVES them. She'll put them on and go around showing everyone. Its hilarious. Its cute to hear her say it too..."glashes."

O! And can you believe how long her hair is getting? I love it. She's no longer my little baby...she's a little girl now:( We miss everyone and hope everything is going well back in Idaho!!! Love you all!

What's Up!

So I know what all of you have been thinkin..."Holy cow, Calene! Update your blog once in a while!" Yes, I know I have been slacking in that area...I just haven't had the blogging bug lately. Hopefully after this post I will keep up with it though! So lots of things have been happening lately..winter has come and gone and birthdays, Christmas, and Easter have passed. Emery is growing up so fast...she is still so much fun and a little bit more of a challenge these days with her tantrums...but when all the crying, flopping around on the floor, and kicking stops we have a sweet, smart, cutsie and VERY active little girl on our hands.

We have decided to sell security again so right now for the summer until September we are living in Round Rock, Texas, which is about 20 mins north of Austin. So far we love it here. It's a little more humid than we're used to and i guess it gets pretty hot round here. I feel bad for my husband and all the guys who have to walk around all day in it! This job is not the easiest, by any means.

Instead of driving for 26 six hour to Texas..a couple of us girls decided to shorten the trip to

about 5 hours of flying. I was really worried about how our little girls would do but things went much smoother than I had anticipated. Emery even fell asleep for an hour so that was less entertaining for us to do..

This is Emery with Noelle's little girl Emrie...She LOVES playing with her. When they get together Emery just giggles like crazy. I love it!

Emery also loves Keisha's little girl Kylee. We spent a few days at my parents house before we left and Emerz was tryin to cuddle with her before bedtime..it was making us laugh.
Kylee wasn't so sure about it and was defending herself a little bit but Emery didn't even care. She is starting to be a little more gentle with babies smaller than her.

These last few pics are just a few we took before we left...

Bryce, Keisha's husband, snapped this pic out of his car window..not bad!

We love our little Emerz!