Weekend Update

Our weekend started off on Friday night with Liv falling out of bed at 1:00 am and hitting something, her dresser, the bed frame, we don't know, but she gave herself a bad bloody nose and slit her lip!! I felt so bad for her! Poor little Liv, it was a long night ,but was such a trooper and she had a fat lip the rest of the weekend. You will notice in all of the following pictures!

Saturday afternoon we went up to visit my brother, Kelly, and his wife Bethany and new baby Eden. She was just the sweetest thing and soooo tiny, how quickly you forget!!! Here are some pictures of the cute little baby and my girls holding her, they could hardly wait until we arrived.


Now I have to share these photo's of Eva because it was just so funny. They had this little Octopus toy on the floor. Well Eva picked it up, looked at it, and thought to herself, this looks like my binkie, I think I will just use it instead of mine!!!!


She continued to suck on it for the rest of our visit and we just couldn't stop laughing, it was hysterical!!!

That night we went over to Paul's parents house to check in on Paulene and make some dinner for them while David and Paul watched the BYU game (I still can't believe they lost!!!). It was great to see them, and the girls always enjoy a visit with Grandma and Grandpa. Since the game didn't get over until midnight, and then with the drive home, and getting the girls into bed, lets just say that we didn't crawl into ours until well after 1:00am. So being the lazy kids that we are, we slept in of course, and played hooky from church. We decided to just pack a picnic and head up AF Canyon to spend the afternoon together. Here are some pictures of the girls. They had a blast hiking around and throwing rocks into the river.


Don't worry, we will be better next week!!
As you can see the leaves are just beginning to turn color!! I think in about a week it will be fall portrait time, one of my favorite things to do.

This evening our dear friends, the Conroy's had us over for a fabulous Rib dinner (you know Jerianne is from Kansas City, and boy can she BBQ!) We love to get together, mostly because the girls just play and play and play!! Here is a picture of the girls out on their swing set just goofing around.


You know, all of these pictures make me realize that I should take more with me in them! I think I will make an effort to do that from now on!
Well that was our weekend, I hope you all had just as much fun as we did. Hopefully it will continue throughout the week!!!

Livin' Life

Today is just same old same old. I think I write that about once a week, but it is the truth. Last night we went and cheered Paul on at his softball game. They won and Paul scored two runs, which was great. Kelly, Zack and Brody were there as well to cheer on Will. It was fun to visit, Abby and Liv loved running around with Zack for the entire game. I wish I had taken out my camera to snap a shot of Liv doing her "Go Daddy, Go Daddy!" dance in front of the bleachers! It really was the cutest thing.
As for today, just doing laundry(uggg!!) and scrappin the afternoon away and here are some of the results. I am almost caught up (as you can tell I am scrapping the photo's from last week!), I don't think this makes me very happy, now what am I going to do. I just might have to start getting very creative, hopefully you won't mind!!!!!



This last one is Abby's summer in review. I used the same template as Liv but let Abby pick the paper and embellishments, thus all the butterflies and dragonflies as well as the bright colors. I think it turned out pretty cute, we may have a future scrapper here!!!


Everyone have a great weekend. The girls are ready for Paul to be home and play with them all day!!!

Congratulations Bethany!

My brother Kelly and his wife Bethany welcomed their first little baby into the world on Sunday night. Their sweet daughter Eden was born 7lbs 6oz and 21 inches long. After speaking with Kelly yesterday afternoon both were doing well and you could just feel the love and excitement in his voice. They are going to be such wonderful parents and I can't wait to go up and meet that sweet little girl this weekend!! I will be posting pics when I get some, she can be nothing but beautiful.

All of this baby talk has taken me back to just a short 9 and a half months ago, when Paul and I were in the hospital welcoming Eva into the world and making those fun birth announcement phone calls to family and friends. Boy, time really does fly doesn't it!

Here is a layout of Eva's 9 months pictures. It won't be that long, Kelly and Bethany, that you will be taking 9 month pictures as well. Cherish every moment!!!


Here is Liv's summer in review page I thought I would share also. This came together so easily by using a template (I don't seem to have the creator on file) and a kit by Little Dreamer Designs called "Sweet June". I have been holding onto this kit for a while because I wanted to use it on this layout.


Have a good one! Congratulations again Kelly and Bethany! Oh, and Happy Birthday to my littlest brother Trace, 22 years old today!!!!!

I'm a big girl now!

Well, it is official, Liv is now a good little big potty goer!! Today at church she actually told the Nursery worker that she needed to go wet and they took her and she went without my help or an accident! We are all so excited! Mostly my little pocket book is excited, two in diapers is murder on the budget. After a short(?) three weeks, and only one day that she decided she didn't want to be a big girl anymore, I feel that I can officially call her day time potty trained! (She still wears a pull up at night, but has been keeping it dry somewhat!) This is absolutely, hands down, no exception, my least favorite part of being a parent. Getting a two and a half year old to realize that they CAN hold it until they get to the potty is not the funnest job in the world. However seeing this adorable face as she tells me what a big girl she is because she wet on the potty makes it all worth it!


Having your children grow and learn and succeed is what makes parenting the best. It is such a rewarding job sometimes. It gives me an insight into why my Mom enjoys teaching so much. She loves the look that a child gets on their face when the light goes on and they GET IT! This last week I saw that look on Liv's sweet little face and my heart just melted. I love being a part of that growth in her life, helping her form positive self esteem and worth.


Liv, you can do anything in this life you set your mind to, EVEN going on the potty!!!!

Just some scraps

I just finished a couple more layouts and wanted to share them with everyone. I don't have much time today, too many things around the house that need to be done - so here they are!


Everyone have a great weekend, the weather is supposed to be beautiful here, and with all the rain this week it really feels like fall is in the air. In fact the mountains out my front window are starting to show color! Shamae and I will soon be heading up the canyon for the annual picture session, I can't wait!!!

Pony up!

Has anyone else been completely enjoying the thunderstorms the last couple of days!! Man, it has been waking me up at night with the lightening filling the room and the thunder crashing outside! I have always loved a good thunderstorm. As I was putting Eva to bed the other night and I could hear the rain pouring down outside and the wind screaming past the window, it made me feel so safe and secure inside. So thankful to have a home to put my sweet little girls to bed and know that they are safe from the world outside.
On that note I will also say that I hated the fact that it has disrupted my walking schedule with Jerianne and it has made us girls cooped up during the day. So yesterday, during a two hour clearing from the storm, us girls went over to the Farm at Thanksgiving point for a picnic lunch and walk around looking at all the fun animals. The girls had a great time. Liv from the moment we walked in saw the Ponies and demanded to have a ride! She is so much more outgoing and brave than Abby was at that age. It took Abby until she was almost 4 before she would even go near them. So at the end of our trip, Liv got her wish, insisting that she did it all by herself, she didn't want my help! Aren't they cute on their ponies (complete with flip flops and dresses!).


Just as they were finishing their rides (there weren't very many people there, so they had a long one) the wind started to pick up and the clouds were moving in again. We left pretty quickly and made it home just in time for another round of the storms!

Here is my newest layout. I love it because I love the pictures and the smile it brings to my face when I think of that morning!


Have a great day everyone!

Party, Birthday Party!

It was just wonderful to have Paulene over last night to celebrate her birthday! We always love spending time with my in laws. I am always quick to tell everyone that I have the absolute best mother in law that one could possibly hope for. She is defiantly my kindred spirit, we just have so much in common. I often joke with Paul that he married his mother, but he quickly rebukes me and tells me to stop saying that because it is weird!!!! (Paul you know that I just say it to get a rise out of you!!!)
I do have to take a moment to thank my own mother for her help in decorating the cake I had made for the occasion. We spent all day Saturday hanging out with the cousins and girls at my mom house while the boys attended the BYU game (which they won!!), so I took advantage of the situation and put one of my mother's many skill to use. She is so talented in this area, making wedding cakes not only for our family, but many of the young girls in her ward. We had numerous fabulous cakes on our birthday through the years. So here is a picture of the cake, I still am amazed at how she can make such wonderful roses out of frosting!(not to mention perfect cursive writing!)


(Notice all of Abby's party decorations, the highlight of the event for her)

Rikki and Seth joined us for dinner, games and dessert. It was a great night and I think it was all capped off just perfectly for the girls when Grandma and Grandpa helped them get ready for bed and tucked them in with kisses.
Happy Birthday Paulene. We love you very much!!!