McKenna 2nd Birthday

McKenna and I spent her birthday together and Daddy was even able to get off of work early so we could start our dinner celebration early before the crowd hit.

McKenna and I went to the mall for lunch to eat her fav food noodles with chopsticks, then we went and played at the mall playground and then road the train and other mall rides. She had a blast!

When Landon got home we went to Chucky Cheese to have dinner and play. McKenna got recognized for being the birthday girl and we won enough tickets for her to get a chucky stuffed animal and a few other things so she was happy :)

We then came back home and did a few tiny presents and then are cake. She did awesome blowing out her candles but wanted to do it again once she blew them out. lol 

It was a wonderful day and we are so grateful to have her in our lives!

An anniversary done right

Landon and I were finally able to celebrate our anniversary the right way. Around noon on Saturday the 26th we dropped McKenna off at Nana and Pop Pops and headed for SLC. 

We saw the matinee of Wicked at Capitol Theater- it was a blast. Neither of us had seen it before. We had a lot of fun!

After Wicked we walked to City Creek and went shopping for McKenna and Mattie Ann. Landon is always busy so he hadn't bought anything for Mattie yet so it made it more real for him that we are having another little girl soon. While we were doing that we realized we hadn't bought anything for McKenna for her birthday yet. So Landon bought her a couple cute outfits from Maceys. He did a great job!

After shopping we went to the roof room where they had an anniversary table awaiting us. It was beautiful!  It felt really nice to relax and spoil ourselves a little with time away, good food and an incredible view. 

So happy to be married to Landon. Glad we could celebrate. Lots has happened in 3 years! Can't wait to make more memories and continue to grow our family!

McKenna is turning 2

Shalyn was in town from Oregon so we decided to celebrate McKennas 2nd Birthday with the Becknell side early.

McKenna is so good at opening each gift and being excited and showing love towards the gift and the person who have it to her! Love my little girl!

 

3 Years Forgotten???

So after the yard sale Landon and I were beat. We wanted to head straight to bed, Landon's mom sent a text inviting us to Sunday dinner. Without thinking we said "yeah, we don't have anything else going on" lol later after a power nap, I woke up in a panic as to what the date was!!! Sure enough- the next day was going to be our anniversary! Yikes. I always forget that stuff but Landon always remembers. So, I thought I'd feel out the waters..... I asked Landon if he knew of anything important tomorrow that we might need to remember. He said no but went on to list church calling meetings and so forth. Yessss! I wasn't the only one. So then I blurted out! It's our anniversary tomorrow!!!! He didn't believe me and had to look on his calendar. Lol

Now to our credit we had planned to celebrate our anniversary on the 26th at the Capitol Theater seeing Wicked and going to the Roof after.... So technically we are still safe but oh dear! What's in our future???? Lol 

We have been through a lot in 3 years! We got married and Landon lost his house, I miscarried a baby, I got a new job, we had McKenna, Landon got a new job, we moved to sandy, we got ward and stake callings, Landon graduated with his MBA, we bought a house, we have another baby girl due in September, we have made lots of new friends, gone on vacations, bought a new dog- bumper :) sold our vehicles and got new ones.... It's been a busy 3 years! We have been so blessed! 

It's a wonderful purifying process to be married and become parents. It's hard to have so many flaws revealed but grateful for what we have learned and who we are becoming! So excited for our future, a little worried about how crazy it will be but stoked about forming our family and learning and growing together :)

Yard Sale

We had our first yard sale on Saturday! Though I have been to many yard sales I haven't done one all by myself. It was an interesting experience. Grateful for family and friends who helped!

Busy busy life

It's been a while since I have written. Life really took off in November. With Landon being Elders Quorum President and me being the 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society over activities plus I got another calling to be the mission prep teacher for our stake.... We have been worn out. I started writing the curriculum for my stake class in November and Landon and I got really overwhelmed with all the service that needed to be done over the holidays in our ward.

McKenna got really sick on Christmas Eve and I don't think our family ever recovered. We have been passing around sickness in our house ever since. Shortly after the Holidays I found out I was pregnant. I've been much healthier this pregnancy but have had some fluke things that have thrown us for a loop.

We found out we are having another cute little girl. She is expected to be here September 24th. We are so excited. Her name is Mattie Ann Becknell.

Landon graduated from his MBA program and got a partial raise and is expected to get another one in December. We are so proud of him!

We have gone on two vacations. One to OR for a week to visit our siblings and one with my parents to Yellowstone. Both were a lot of fun with McKenna.

Our most recent update is that we bought a home. Our first home purchase together! It's not far from where we currently live. It's an awesome location and a great older house with newer renovations and character. 

I'm starting to get more limited with my mobility lol so I hope to slow down a bit and get back into habits like posting on our blog. :)

 

McKenna no longer has a crib to climb out of.

Sing along with Kurt Bestor at Energy Solutions

Wanna build a snowman?

First time bowling herself :)

Our Group Hug Just got bigger!

Addie's baby blessing in Oregon

Easter Egg Hunt with cousin Gunner

Our little bunny

Beautiful Easter girl

Our Cowgirl

She loves animals and animals are just drawn to her!

Look who is going to be a big sister!

Everyone who thought we were going to have a boy.

The few who were right 

Pop pop cracking open the piñata at the "look who's belly is popping out" gender reveal party. It's a girl!

Big Juds Challenge- we are now Vegans lol

Rodeo with cousins!