Happy 1st Birthday Emily!

Today Emily is 1 year old. I can't even believe how fast this year has gone. We celebrated Em's birthday on Saturday because we are moving today for her real birthday. She had such a fun time with everyone and especially loves the little baby doll from Peggy and Leo. She chews on the poor babies arm. Thanks to everyone that came over to party with us. We had a blast.






After her party, she was eating dinner and fell asleep after three bites.


We also went to Lagoon A Beach for a little birthday fun. She loves the water and floating around the lazy river.

Water Fun!

Last week we were having a fun time playing out on the deck. I had never let Emily be down on the deck because I was worried that she would get splinters, but after her fighting me with tooth and nail, I caved. She loved it and she now wants to live outside.

What a Day!

This morning I was driving along on the freeway to go and sign Ali up for dance, when I all the sudden heard this loud noise. I thought that it was a helicopter and so I thought nothing of it. After we left the dance place I heard the same helicopter again, then I thought that something must be totally wrong, but the car was driving just fine so I thought nothing of it. Sure enough, when I pulled over I had a flat tire, and who knows how long I had been driving on the rim. Matt was golfing and did not take his cell phone. So our friend Mike came and changed out my tire for me. Later I learned that the tire could not be fixed so I ended up having to get two new tires today.

At least my girls were there to cheer me up!

Emily is into TROUBLE!

The other day I was doing dishes and Emily was playing on the other side of the bar by her toys. It got really quiet and so I went to see where she was. She had climbed up into the toy box and was just sitting there all proud of herself with her gut hanging out and her big pork chops showing.


Pardon the mess. My mother did not want me to put this on the blog. We took the cupboard off because she is getting them redone and she is really embarrased about it.

Ali's Precious Pups!

Ali is obsessed with arranging her stuffed animals into these poses that she seems to be so proud of. After she has arranged them to her liking she makes me take a picture.

Emily and Baby Jacob

I am sure that poor baby Jacob does not know what to think about this huge child coming at him all day! Emily can not seem to get enough of him.

The Kids' First Camping Trip!

Last weekend we went camping with my Dad and Daniel out to Grantsville. Ali was so excited that we got to stay in his big house on wheels. She loved making the camp fire and roasting marshmallows. She also got to go fishing, we got her a new Dora fishing pole and she loved practicing casting her line. Now she just keeps bugging us and asking when we can go back to the campout.

Ali's end of the year Dance Recital!

Ali had her final dance recital for the year tonight. She thought that she was so special because everyone came to watch her. Nana, Granny, Peggy, Barb, Carrie, Kenzie, Grandpa, Shelby, Daniel and Brenda were all there to cheer her on. She did great, and was so happy that she got a trophy after. It is so funny because she thinks that I got it for her because I disappeared for a minute to go and pick it up at the trophy table.

My Poor Sick Girls

Both the Girls got sick for like 2 weeks after our airplane ride. They were such troppers. They put on smiley faces for me to take pictures of them, even though they were not feeling good.

Fun Sunny Day!

Last Saturday Ali had pictures with her dance class in their costumes for their recital. She thought she was pretty neat all dressed up. Later her and Emily had a great time playing outside in the sun.

Niagra Falls

On Saturday, we all went to Niagra Falls. It was so neet to see it, the pictures don't even do it justice.

Jake and Jaime's Wedding!

Jake and Jaime's wedding was so fun. It was great to see everybody. Ali keeps saying that Jaime looked just like Cinderella and that she needs a cinderella costume like hers. Here are a bunch of pictures from the big day.


The girls felt like princesses in their matching dresses.



After the wedding ceremony, the girls were ready to relax. Luckily Danielle had her DVD Player and turned on Max and Ruby for the girls to watch while everyone ate dinner.

At one point in the evening Granny was ready to go back to the hotel. When she finally realized that we were not ready to go, she caught a second wind and turned into a dancing fool.


Baby Ellie was a dancing machine. As soon as the music started she was in heaven dancing all over the floor.


Poor Emily was so tired, she slept in her stroller as the band played on in the background.