How Can It Be Possible?

Today my baby- oh excuse me, my Mackenzie- turned 3 years old.

She has been quite a trooper so far in her life. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Robert took a job with the Iowa Events Center right after we finished school at BYU. We were living in an apartment until she was 3 months old and then we bought a house. We lived there until Mackenzie was about 17 months old. Robert then got a promotion and we moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This was a short 4 month stint because we were able to find a job back home in Salt Lake. So we shacked up with Grandma Carol for a while, then rented a house in Bluffdale for a while and finally got settled into our home right after Kenzie turned 2. Boy, good work Kenzie!

Picture above- coloring at the party with Brookie in the background on a seek and destroy mission
Speaking of when Kenzie turned 2...it seems like yesterday. But it wasn't- it was a year ago and she has changed and grown and learned so much since then. She is a bright fun little girl now. We get such a kick out of her. Robert and I often look at each other and smile trying not to laugh at the things she says (usually because we don't want her to think it's ok). She has been telling us she wants to stay 2 this week and I think it is because we've been telling her all the things 3 year olds can do by themselves. She is torn between wanting independence and wanting someone by her side at all times. But when it came down to it, it was worth turning 3 for all the loot she got! (Thank you to our families who helped us celebrate such a fun milestone!) (Let me tell you she fell asleep right on the couch after all that excitement!)