How in the world?

He went from here...


To here in all of 30 seconds!



Somedays I feel like I can't quite keep up with him!

(sorry for the phone pics!)

I cannot even begin to explain the happiness that was this boy when I told him we could bring this home!



He had a hard time falling asleep tonight because he wanted to keep playing.
This boy loves him some basketball.

...when I have grown a foot or two

Let me introduce you to Elder Leavitt:



He's a missionary in training right now!

Sawyer found daddy's mission tags and I couldn't resist.
He knows all about missionaries because his uncle Chase is serving in London. If you ask him who the missionary is, he gets excited and says, "Cheese!"

He was tryin so hard to do it himself!


Not quite tall enough buddy! Makes my heart happy that he still needs me.

The boy loves Elmo

Some mornings you just need a good dose of Elmo to get you up and running!



Ps he loves those jammies because he has monkeys on his feet!

Disney adventures

This past spring my branch worked our butts off at work. I've never worked so hard in my life... But it was worth it. Oh so worth it! Because of our hard work, my branch won a trip to Disneyland for the weekend and put us up at the Grand Californian hotel, which in and of itself is a trip!
Our first stop was Radiator Springs in Cars Land! That land is seriously pretty darn awesome. I really felt like I part of the movie, they did a great job! We got a family picture and got outa there. That place was packed to the brim. Notice sawyer giving his thumbs up!


My work catered a banquet dinner and a breakfast for us, and Sawyer loved the front loops. It's the first time I've really let him have sugared cereal. But it's Disneyland, so what the heck!


Sawyer was excited to see Goofy until he got up close, then he became a little shy. Not scared, just shy. And yes I am wearing tennis shoes with my maxi skirt. I forego fashion for comfort, my feet thanked me!


Sawyer's favorite ride was Toy Story Mania! He loved putting on the glasses and laughed and laughed as the ride moved.





Just taken a break while waiting for the choo choo train in a bug's land.


Oh the pool. How I love the pool at this hotel, the chairs are so soft and comfy, honestly I could have spent my whole day at the pool without thinking twice about it.


You get chocolates on your pillow each night. Sawyer liked at little extra touch of magic.


And a family picture in front of the famous mouse himself!


The carousel, how my boy loves him a carousel. He loved the one in Disneyland, but not the one in California Adventure. Someone please explain that to me. As for myself, I think I got a little bit of motion sickness from riding that ride!


On Saturday night we went back to the hotel, got Sawyer to sleep, then packed him up and went to the World of Color show at California Adventure. It was so worth it! And we had to walk by cars land before heading back to the hotel, because it looks so cool at night with all the neon lights!


Our view from our hotel room. Spoiled I tell you, absolutely spoiled.


I think our family might be Disneylanded out for a little while, at least our stroller is. We were in the middle of Frontier land when our stroller's wheel fell completely off. Dixon and I exchanged a (did that really just happen) look and then laughed our heads off.
We had such a great time as a family. I love making memories with our little family!

Surprise of a lifetime

Monday night I was sitting on the couch, putting my feet up after a long day at work when we got a knock at the door. I thought for sure it was the missionaries, because they alway knock, so I ran upstairs cuz I was in my pjs. I sat at the top of the stairs peaking around the corner as Dixon opened the door to a big loud "SURPRISE!" to me and Dixon's amazement on my front porch stood my mom, ky, and syd. I sobbed so hard, tears of happiness/ shock/ excitement. They had told no one. It was a top secret mission: surprise the poop out of Shaylee. It worked.


There is something about these people that bring such happiness to my heart! They laugh out loud at the cheesy stuff like my jokes. That's true love right there.


Sawyer loved his grandma Beck and his aunts! He had them wrapped around the finger in a matter of .5 seconds!


People say we look alike, and I take that as the queen of compliments. My mom is gorgeous, and hilarious too.


Siddle brought all her nail polishes and gave me a pedicure of teal toes. This girl can kick some booty in the soccer division, and lyla is pretty darn fond of her!


And ky! This girl is officially a third grade teacher. How lucky are those kids to get such a sweet teacher. Ky has the biggest heart, and is so quick to think about others. I aspire to be more like her!

What did we three girls and handsome dude do for two days you ask?
We ate at Red Velvet, got large coke zeros(my new favorite thing), shopped the outlets, petted some brand new puppies, chatted each others heads off, hit up target, and made lots of fun memories!
Thanks for the wonderful surprise, dont know how I'll go about repaying you! Until then, my door is always open and welcomes those surprises any and everyday!