Happy 9th Anniversary

Ryan and I celebrated our 9th anniversary today. We have much to be grateful for, it has been a great nine years. I gave Ryan a card that I wrote down 9 memories from the past the 9 years and I could have written many more. From living in a place that we needed spider traps to having our 3 healthy kids. It has been fun and I honestly don't regret any of it, okay maybe some of my stubbornness, but it has been a great ride. We celebrated by going to the Melting Pot restaurant. It was nice to have a long, quite, relaxing and delicious meal.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !

--LOVE YOU--

This is one of my favorite pictures of us

Twin Falls Temple

On Monday we were able to go through the open house for the
Twin Falls temple. It is a very beautiful temple. The girls loved being inside and of course loved the gorgeous chandelier and all of the Syringa's (Idaho's state flower) through out the temple. It was a great experience for them. I loved showing them the sealing room and explaining that this is where we become eternal families. It was a great experience and fun being there with some of Ryan's family.

Fun After The Wedding

The rest of the weekend we were able to just hang out and enjoy each other. The girls had SO much fun with their cousins. I am glad they are able to have such great relationships with their cousins it was a fun weekend. Hopefully Julie and John's house has recovered.





















Fun on the river

Bailey & Jakeb played a LOT of video games, I think we have a gamer on our hands
(hey Jane does wal-mart have any wii's) :)

Kristi's Wedding

Ryan's sister Kristi got married this past weekend. She looked very beautiful. There were a few stressful moments thanks to the rain, but it all ended up being fine. Julie and John's yard was perfect and a great setting for wedding reception. It was fun to catch up with Ryan's family

2 Month Picture

Before we left for our trip. Logan turned 2 months old. I took all 3 of them in to get their pictures taken, I will post some of those later, but they turned out really cute. Here is a picture of Logan on his 2 month b-day.

Trip to Utah

We have been staying busy traveling, visiting family, playing and just enjoying summer. At the end of July we spent a few days in Utah with my family. We packed a lot into one weekend but we had a great time.

The 24th of July is a holiday in Utah, we celebrated Pioneer Day all day long. We went boating with my family, aunts, uncles cousins, it was so fun to see them all and catch up. Later we went to have a BBQ and more swimming at my aunt and uncles house. The kids were totally water logged and loving every second of it.

Riding on the boat.

Ellie and I rode on the tube together. She didn't love it neither did Drew our ride was pretty short. Maybe next year.

Swimming at Kerm and Steve's. The girls absolutely love the pool this year. Bailey has gotten really good at swimming, she is a total fish. Ellie does great with her water wings.

Friday we went to Lagoon. We had a really good time. I hadn't been there since high school there were quite a few new rides but it was a lot like I remember. The girls had so much fun. Ellie loved riding the lady bug drop tower ride, and Bailey was so brave she went on all of the big rides that she was tall enough for. Even the scary Wicked ride. Logan was so good the whole time and was even able to ride on the train and the big Ferris wheel.

This was Ellie's favorite ride. It was a lady bug drop tower and it was a really fun ride. She went on it 6 or 7 times and every time she would laugh and say that it tickles her tummy.

Ellie and Drew going for a little fly

Grandma and the kids on a train ride

This picture was taken at 11:00 at night. We were a little tired but had such a fun day.

Saturday the guys went golfing and we attempted to go shopping with all of the kids. The Nordstrom sale lost some of its appeal to me having all of the kids in a crowded store. Still found some cute shoes but wasn't quite as fulfilling as I had hoped (this made Ryan happy). Afterwards we met up with the guys for a Bees game. It was nice to just chill on the grass, let the kids play and enjoy a fun baseball game. The girls loved singing Take Me Out to The Ball Game and there was an awesome fireworks show after.

Monday afternoon we took the girls to the TreeHouse Museum in Ogden with Jenn and Drew. It was such a cute place. The kids loved it, we spent a few hours there. They had rooms representing different countries and It was the perfect way to end our trip.

Having a tea party in merry ol England

Ellie being and Indian and Bailey being a cheetah

Sitting in the oval office

Queen for a day

Logan just happy to be there as usual, he was such a good boy the entire trip

We had a great trip hope to go back and hang out with everyone again soon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY!

Today Bailey turns 7 ! Happy birthday Bailey girl. She had a good day. The theme she chose for this year was Littlest Pet Shop. She woke up to the usual birthday decor. She informed me last night that she was expecting it and excited to see what it was going to look like (I guess this tradition will not be dying out anytime soon). Ryan took her and Ellie swimming and then we all went to Chuck E. Cheese. She had a lot of fun playing all of the games and winning tickets. We came back after to have cake and Peanut Butter Cup ice cream. She was spoiled as usual and received lots of fun stuff and phone calls from all the people who love her. Lucky girl.

Seven Things We Love About Bailey

1. She is pretty agreeable most of the time

2. She is a girly girl through and through

3. She loves Ellie and Logan and is great to help out with them
4. She tells me I am a great chef : )

5. She will get you with one of her hangman words

6. She loves her daddy

7. She will laugh at the drop of a hat and it is usually contagious

Seven Things Bailey Loves

1. Littlest Pet Shops

2. High School Musical
3. The color pink
4. Singing and Dancing

5. Pepperoni Pizza
6. Swimming
7. Being outside with her friends

In the morning after seeing the decor

On the phone with Grandma while she opened the gifts from her and pops, the HSM pajamas were of course a major hit.

They were both totally scared of him, but I made them take a picture with him and I think it eased some of their fears
They have this ride that takes your picture as you ride and then prints in out for you, but you don't know when its taking it, so Bailey had this smile on her face the entire ride, it was hilarious to watch her. She didn't even act like she liked the ride because she was concentrating too hard on smiling, but the picture turned out pretty good.

The Cake

Strawberry flavored on the inside

The Webkinz toy from Matt, Jill, Allie & Dallin was a major hit

she LOVES it!

A house for her pet shops

Ellie has been wanting to get her a hula hoop for like 2 months now, she was pretty excited to give it to her, and Bailey loved it. She got really good at it today, she had never really done it before but now she's a pro. I think she had a pretty great day.

We Love You Bailey! Happy Happy Birthday!!