Grandpa Comes To Visit

My grandpa also lives about an hour away. He just turned 92 this year and still lives by himself and is very healthy. After about a year after my grandma passed away, he was reunited with his very first date, Wilma. They have been dating for several years now. She lives in Indiana and they decided not to move to be close to each other, so a few times a year one will fly to the other and they talk every night. They make it work. It is very cute. He came to visit in May and brought her with him so I could meet her. She is lovely and they had a good time with the girls.

Auntie Di

My Aunt Dianne lives about an hour away and when I had surgery in January, she came to help me with the girls. She fell in love with the girls and now likes to come regularly to visit with us. She is a big help and the girls just love her. They ask for her and when she comes to the door they get so excited that they run around the house screaming with glee. We love Auntie Di!

My Little Book Worm

Ava has a love for books. If she's not eating them, she's reading them. We will find her sitting somewhere thumbing through her books all by herself. She also likes to read them in the car. Her vocabulary is really benefitting from it. She knows so many words and will repeat anything you say.

Mother's Day

I had to pick a time period to start from and so I picked Mother's Day. We took some cute pics. We went to church and during the last class, the men had prepared snacks and juices and sang us a song. It was very nice. They also gave us CHOCOLATE.

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to the Wilson Family Journal. I have resisted starting one of these due to the time it takes to keep it going, but I like the idea of sharing information with our friends and family so I'll give it a shot. The first few posts will be older information, to get you up to speed. A synopsis of our family: Darin and I met in Logan, UT in 1995 and were married a year later. We lived there 2 years and then moved to Roy, UT before settling in Syracuse, UT. Darin worked in HR for a few companies and I worked for the State of Utah at the Division of Child and Family Services. We struggled getting pregnant and after many, many years and several different fertility treatments we attempted In Vitro and were blessed with twin girls in June 2007. After a brief stay in Herriman, UT, we decided to start over in California. Darin works for Rio Tinto and is currently at the Boron Mine in the Mojave Desert. Since there isn't much out there, we live in Palmdale, CA and he commutes an hour each way, everyday. Luckily he carpools to save on gas, and his sanity. Being a stay-at-home-mom is much more challenging than I thought. I don't know if it is because I am a mother of twins, but it will be a happy day when they stop whining and fighting. They are definately in their terrible two's stage and are wearing me out! It is fun to see them learn. Ava learns new words and does new things everyday. Both girls are now able to float in the pool with water wings on, all by themselves! Ava is talking up a storm. Avery took longer to start talking but is slowly catching up.