MAY!

WOW May has already come and almost gone. I hope the summer goes by just as fast r I fear I might melt. This month has been a lot of fun. Samarrah has had a loose tooth FOREVER. She was so scared for us to take it out so we just decided to let it come out by itself. The night before Mother's Day Prince went out and got all of us cheeseburgers. Samarrah started crying while eating and I realized her tooth had come out and she was crying because she was scared she was going to start bleeding. She didn't and eventually she was really excited! The tooth fairy came that night and left her $2. She is becoming such a big girl.


Ayo wanted to show his teeth too! he is such a cutie!

If only the changing of the earrings went as smoothly. She was so excited to change her earrings. We went to the store and got her some cute new ones. I took one earring out, everything was fine went to put a new one in and all h#$l broke loose. It was an hour of crying and screaming (some from Mommy). She only wanted Prince to put it in but he was to scared because she was freaking out. Eventually I threw her in the car drover her to Grandmas and go figure Grandpa put the earring back in :) Those earrings will be in for a LONG time we are not doing that again anytime in the foreseeable future.

My Mother's day was great. My sisters got me some beautiful flowers and cards. My parents got me a very sweet card and Prince as always spoiled me. He got me some beautiful roses and two of my very own big bags of M&Ms, he didn't have bishopric meetings that morning so he got the kids ready took care of them after church and made dinner and just let me relax. He is Fantastic. The kids were great they loved giving me hugs and telling me happy mothers day. They made me the cutest cards in Primary and this is the first year they have sang with the Primary kids in Sacrament it was so cute. Samarrah wanted to dress alike on Mothers day so we are rocking the black skirts white shirts and pink camis. I feel so blessed and honored to be a mother. We were able to go hangout with my mom for a little bit that night. We always say we are going to not stay long but we just have way to much fun together!

This month our stake had a freebay event. Everyone in the stake took their things that they would have taken to DI to the stake center and then people were able to come and "shop" for free. I LOVE Di garage sales all of tat stuff so I have had this on my calendar for a month as was really excited. Our family was blessed with so much from this event. I was able to get a lot of really cute shirts. We got some clothes for the kids, some glasses to replace the ones we have had for seven years and had seen better days. We got A LOT of VHS for the kids, Disney movies and lots of Church Movies including cartoons. We were very blessed to get a twin bed for Ayo. It is solid wood with storage underneath and came with a great mattress.
This was Ayo's last night in his car bed. He is growing up to fast!

This is his knew big boy bed. Their room looks so cute with his bed in their. He definetly has his boy side decorated for a boy and hers for a girl.

I love Samarrahs bed. Her headboard has a matching footboard but we have never lived in a place big enough to use both, so she is rocking the headboard (from a garage sale) and pink princess canopy (from DI). Her Princess blanket was also from freebay.


They are so stinking cute when they sleep. They look like little angels.

Another great thing we got at freebay was a garbage bag full of barbies and Barbie clothes. So my parents gifted the kids with the dollhouse my Grandpa made for me and my sister when I was 5. I love having this in my home. I have great memories growing up playing barbies in this dollhouse. Prince is a little freaked out by the barbies and makes sure we have no naked barbies laying around.

Tomorrow Samarrah graduates from preschool so another post soon I promise!

I finished!

Last weekend my family headed up to St. George so all of us girls could do the Spokes for Hopes 30 mile ride. It was the HARDEST thing I have ever done. I am so proud of myself that I finished. My mom and sisters were so kind to stay with me. It was so hard but such a great experience and I am so glad I did it with my mom and sisters.



Half of our cheer squad. I never could have done it without them. My dad, Prince and the kids followed us to park ahead of us and cheer. It was so cute the kids kept yelling Faster Mommy...they didn't realize I was going fast :)


We Finished 2 hours and 40 minutes I was just hoping to finish so I am extremely happy with our time. It was an adventurous ride. My mom was the only one who wiped out and with style I might add.



Future Bikers of America. The kids are so excited to ride in races when they get older.


We hope to head back in Oct. and ride again with the boys this time.

April

WooHoo so April is here and almost gone! It has gone by really fast. Here is a recap of our month. We had a little birthday party for Prince for his birthday. He left on his birthday to translate for our Church in Salt Lake City. We really missed him while he was gone. Happy Birthday Daddy!!!!!



While Prince was gone me and the kids had sleepovers in the living room. It was so cute watching them sleep.

Samarrah had an Easter party at preschool that me and Ayo went to. I LOVE her preschool. She has done so well and learned so much. I love that she loves going and has great stories from preschool.




The kids had doctors visits this month. Samarrah is 47" tall (97th percentile) and 49 Ibs. (90th percentile) Ayo is 42.5in. tall (95th percentile) and 39 Ibs. (75th percentile) They are growing like weeds. They had a lot of fun at the doctors office with the mural on the wall.

We went to my nephews first birthday a few weeks ago and the kids had lots of fun in the pool
Take cover Auntie Alyson!

Cowboy and err...cowgirl? :)

We got tickets to go see Gladys Knight perform. We went with my mom and sister. It was a lot of fun and at times we felt like we were at a Baptist Church Service. A lot of Hallejulah's and Amens!


I had my first order of cupcake wrappers and I think they looked really cute in this Easter basket!


The kids loved dying Easter eggs. They are so precise about everything. They were so worries if not all of the sides were colored evenly. They are so much fun.




Last but not least Easter! We had a great relaxing Easter. We had an Easter egg hunt in the morning and the kids loved that. Church was fantastic! Ayo gave his first talk in Primary and did a great job saying resurrection 8 times. :) After Church my sister Alyson came over to hang out. We took the kids to my sisters work and they got to see the ambulances. They loved that. It was a nice day with family!
And without further ado....the Easter outfits. They were made Saturday morning and I really like the simplicity of Samarrah's dress, with a little BAM in the back. And of course Ayo looks so handsome in his suit with matching tie. They are so beautiufl.

and we're back

SO I thought it was about time I gave a little update on what has been going on with the Shoroye family. About a month ago we came home from a great Saturday morning out together and found that our condo had been broken into. We called 911 and waited for the cops to come and clear our condo. They showed up drew their guns to go into the condo and Ayo freaked out a little bit so my sister took him for a little walk. It was a very scary experience but we are so glad that we were all safe, and for the most parts our belongings were ok. My dad and Prince spent many many many hours putting a new door in. I feel safer because my dad and Prince put the door in, weird I know but it helps me.

I just recently opened an etsy store. It is something that I am really excited about and enjoy.

I am still trying to stay busy crafting and sewing. It is something I love and it keeps me sane. I teach the 12 and 13 year old sunday school class in our ward. There are 15 kids in the class and I swear we have the smallest room in the building, but I love it. I am trying to hold down the fort and love being home with the kids. We love going to the library and spending time at the park. I have found a new hobby in couponing. I love that we have a stockpile of food, household items and toiletries. It makes me feel secure that if something were to happen we would be okay for a while. I love that my husband is still surprised when I gett things for free or very minimal cost. He, like myself can't believe we ever payed full price for these things. It makes me feel good that my family can have all of these things while on such a small budget. this sitehas helped me a lot.

Prince is still in school and almost done with his semester. He has one year left and we cannot wait to be done. He is doing so good in school we are so proud of him and all that he has accomplished. He is doing fantastic at his job and has really helped his clients a lot. He is super busy with school, work and practicum and was recently called as the Executive Secretary in our ward. We are so excited for this opportunity for him to learn and really help out our Bishop. His birthday is on Friday so we went out to dinner last night to celebrate. WE LOVE YOU DADDY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He is a FANTASTIC husband and father even though he is so busy. He always makes time to give the kids their baths and puts them to be every night. He often lets me sleep in and takes care of the kids before he leaves for the day. If he comes home, even if he has been gone all day, he jumps right in and helps me clean or take care of the kids. He is definitely my rock.


We love our little condo. When we moved from St. George I swore that we would live in more than 950 sq. ft. next time but we don;t and I am learning to be okay with that. Our place has an amazing layout, 2 walk in closets, tons of storage and an attached one car garage. It really has become home for us. The price per month was so much less than our budget so we could not pass it up. We love it and have loved decorating it. And it takes no time at all to clean. It can be hard with two kids who are loud and full of energy but we have some grass right outside our door so they can run wild.

This is my favorite wall. We have pictures of my family and all of Prince's family. It makes me really happy.

I love my temple wall. The beautiful picture of the Las Vegas temple is on loan to us from my sister Melany (she won it at Ladies Night at Deseret Book). The Hawaii temple is the first temple Prince went through and it was in our backyard when we lived there, and we have the Nigerian temple for obvious reasons:) The black buffet on the wall is just two bookshelves with fabric covering the front. It hides a lot of my craft supplies.

Samarrah is doing fantastic in preschool. She is learning how to read and next week we are registering her for Kindergarten (AGGHHH) For the longest time she has not wanted to get her ears pierced we have asked her a ton of times and she always says when I am bigger. We were at the Las Vegas Outlets the other day and she really wanted to do it. She was so brave, and she looks like such a big girl now. She loves CTR 4 and we love hearing what she learned about in class. She is a great daughter and big sister.

Ayo Ayo Ayo! Ayo is almost 4 I cannot believe it. He is so full of personality and is a great joy to have around. He always tells us "When I was little......" and we are like you are little. He reminisces like an old man it is hilarious. He will start preschool next year and loves his Sunbeam class. His teacher tells me what a great singer he is. He is a fantastic helper and a great brother.

That's pretty much what we have been up to. We are gearing up for hopefully an exciting rest of the year full of lots of adventure. I know there is a lot of talk in blogs about being real. My blog is real, this is my real life. It is definitely not perfect or happy and joyous all of the time, but I don't think is does me any good to always blog about those things. I realize there are always people who have it worse than I do. I have learned to focus on those things I am grateful for. When the hard times come (which is often) I get through it by focusing on everything I have. I would not get out of bed every day if I did not stay focused on all of my blessings and have hope. I love that word Hope. I think that is often how I feel Hopeful, it makes me feel better. A few Sundays ago we were singing Count Your Many Blessings, a song I have sung hundreds of times. I had an AHA moment- Count your many blessings name them one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord has done- I got it! I am so surprised at what the Lord has done for me and my family. My life is not perfect, my kids are not perfect, my husband/marriage is not perfect (although I think my husband is pretty close:) I am not perfect, but we are doing our best to do what is right. So I hope my blog puts a smile on peoples faces, because every post is a chance for me to count my blessings (no whining here).