Well hello there blog!! It has been such a looooong time since I have done any updates! Life has been especially crazy these past few months. Let me start off first by saying that we are the happiest/craziest we have ever been, as we have welcomed two little angels into our home. Their names are Nicole Isabel and Rachel Louette. Yep, we are the proud parents of twin baby girls!!!! I don't know if there are any words to describe such a beautiful thing. Really, I don't think there are any. We just can't believe how much we love them. There isn't one day that goes by that neither of us have said how much we love them and we kiss those chubby cheeks of theirs. They are perfect in our eyes. They have made us laugh harder, cry, and made us simply look at the simplest of things as beautiful. There just is no other feeling that can compare for me. I love being a mom. From the day that I have locked eyes with them, I have been smitten. It hasn't always been easy, as they had spent their first month in the NICU away from their home, and the hardest part, away from us. This was especially tough on us... but they are home now, and we are so grateful for that!! I don't want to get too personal on this blog, so I will leave it to that! :) As a new mother, I have been over-come with the new feelings/experiences that I am going through with these girls... and I thought I would write some of them down...

Nothing beats when they are crying and you pick them up and they look at you and at that time, they are soothed. 

Nothing beats when they hold your finger while you are feeding them.

Nothing beats when you lock eyes with them, and at that moment, nothing else matters.

Nothing beats having their little bodies on your chest, as they try to lift their little heads to look up at you.

Nothing beats how they watch you intently as you sing, and you knowing that you would never do that for any one else.
Nothing beats when the twins interact with each other.

Nothing beats the smell of a newborn, especially after they have been bathed and have their lotion on.

Nothing beats that little smile that they give you, as you try to discern whether it was gas or not. Of course the final decision is that they are smiling at you :)

Nothing beats the yearning you have for them to stay small.

Nothing beats going to the pediatrician and hearing that they are doing so good.

Nothing beats the feeling you get as you look over at your husband as he is holding your girls and smothering them in kisses. 

Nothing beats how hard you laugh when they do something silly.

Nothing beats the way they sneeze.

Nothing beats looking at them and seeing parts of the person you love most in them.

Nothing beats the way you feel when you get them to sleep. 

Nothing beats the way that your family loves your children.

Nothing beats how tired you are. 

Nothing beats the feeling that you know what is best for them.

Nothing beats they way that the nieces and nephews get excited to see/hold your little ones.

  Nothing beats the feeling of accomplishment or of hard work you have at the end of the day or during the middle of the night :)

Nothing beats the fact that they recognize you, and that they are yours.

Nothing compares to being a mother.

There are of course many more emotions that are involved with being a new parent, but I will leave it at that. We are totally smitten. Life will never be the same. We love our little family of four, and we can not wait for the new adventures that lay ahead of us!!!

While I was pregnant, I did a lot of blog posts. However I didn't post any of them- weird as that may be. So I am tired of looking at all of these blog posts in the draft section :) So there are 20 or more so posts that I will simply hit "publish" on. Most of them are just pictures.. but I of course still want the memory of what happened, so I will post them. I still haven't done a post on they day they were born, but everything else will be caught up... hopefully haha.

Here's to blogging more this year! 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

The Gearys :)

Catch- Up of the Summer/Fall

To be honest, I have been so bad at taking pictures this past summer and Fall! We have done so many fun things, and I am sad to admit that most of them were not captured on camera.
I did capture some memories to document however, which is better than nothing :)

Fourth of July! Loved it so very much! 

I love watching Oli longboard!

Waiting for the fireworks by playing games, long boarding, and eating snacks

Watching the firework show with friends! This was seriously the best firework show I have ever seen on the fourth of July! 

Jay came down in the summertime and of course we always have a good time when he is here! It is always so good to see him and spend time with him. 

We also were able to celebrate his birthday while he was here , which is always fun!

 Mom and Dad left for their mission to Germany in the summer!! 

We are so very happy for them that they are able to do this! They have been wanting to do this for a long time now, and they were finally able to go this summer. We are so proud of them for serving the Lord and we are grateful for the example they are setting for our kids. 

 We miss them a lot and there were tears shed, however we know that they are happy serving the Lord. Knowing that they are happy and that they are doing the Lord's work is what makes it all worth it!

Love you mom and dad!

We moved from our cute little Aggie Village apartment in Logan this past summer and I will admit that it was pretty hard on me. There were many tears shed on my part. Many tears. It is just hard saying good-bye to a place that you had created so many good memories in. We will always remember Logan and the incredible times we had there.

A few things about Logan:

• It is where I came up by myself to gain a college education and to learn more about myself and who I want to be in life.

• It is where Oli and I fell in love.

• It is where Oli proposed to me.

• It is where we made our home after we got married.

• It is where we spent three years of wonderful marriage and created so many, many good memories together.

• It is where we grew together and learned to step-up to the plate with schooling, jobs, and other things.

• It is where we made life-lasting friendships that we will always treasure.

It is a place that we will always remember and keep in our hearts.

We love you Logan and are so grateful for all the memories you let us create while we were there!

The day we moved out of Logan/Aggie Village

 

Lunch with the girls! 

I loved being able to catch up with them and eating such good food!

Our breakfast that Oli and I had one morning. 

I just loved how peaceful it looked so I had to take a picture!

Oli's favorite dessert since we were first married: peanut butter rice krispies with melted chocolate on top. It is divine haha

Movie/Game night in the tent in our living room! Love it!

We did go camping outside throughout the summer- however I didn't take any pictures darn it.

Summer swim day at East Canyon!
Such a blast! 

Date night in Park City. The Mexican food was so, so good!

Drive-In movie watching the Avengers! It was such a fun date night!!

I love that man.

Watched Aniston do her Mini-Clinic dance. It was so dang cute!

I also had to get a picture of cute Alayna while we were there!

Spent the weekend up in Logan with our good friends the Danas!! We had such a blast seeing them and being able to catch up with them! We seriously love these guys and are so grateful for their friendship!!

Haha oh the boys!

 

The beautiful Fall leaves up East Canyon!

We had to stop and take pictures, it was just so breathtaking!

Then Oli and I had a spur of the moment vacation plan. My parents had rented a cabin down by West Yellowstone and we decided to go up on Saturday (early, early morning Saturday) and Sunday to go to Yellowstone and enjoy the Fall time!! We love the spur of the moment vacations and plan to keep making more just like it when we can :)

The cabin rocked! Oli's favorite part of the cabin was sitting in the hot tub outside while it was still freezing in the morning and just enjoying the outdoors! He couldn't get over how awesome it was!

Had to take some pictures of the cute cabin :)

 



We of course played many, many games when we were not in the Park.

Haha my food stash

I KILLED them in a game of Settlers haha

Oli, Daniel, and I have been playing it a lot lately and I love it!

We really have been having such a fun time and we are so looking forward to doing Fall festivities and enjoying this time of year even more!!