cake

did somebody say chocolate?......

haircut

baby's all grown up.

Park with aunt michelle

aunt MIchelle came to visit us back in march and we spent lots of time at the park. :) oh how we love aunt michelle!

my long haired cutie p tootie

Handsome Boy

It's been a while since i've updated with pics of little man. He's growing so fast. Here are a couple of pics so you can see just how big he is getting. He's talking up a storm. He says the funniest things and always keeps us laughing!

We made it!

We made it to Washington after all! A couple days late but in time for Christmas! Thanks for the prayers everyone. We had a wonderful time with family! I'll post some pics soon. :) 

Make it stop.

My last post was a fun day in the snow... back when we loved the snow. Now, not so much. Make it STOP!! Due to the crazy amounts of snow and ice all over the pacific northwest they canceled all the flights into portland and seattle yesterday resulting in a long, disappointing day at the airport. We've been talking up Christmas at Grandma's so much Izak was in tears several times yesterday when we had to explain why we couldn't "get on airplane to go gramagrampa house." So last night after returning home we decided to drive I ran to the store for travel food, a DVD player and some Diego and we were set, or so we thought. turns out all the roads we would be driving on to get to WA are closed. :( Now that I've complained, there are a couple big things I am thankful for... first off, we are all still together as a family and that's important to me.  Secondly, at least we are stranded at home instead of some awful airport in some other state where we have no place to go. We're still hopeful they might add a flight to portland today or tomorrow but if not, we'll be around. :) Merry Christmas everyone!

Let it snow!

Okay so here goes nothin... usually I can find a million other things that are higher on my priority list of stuff to do, but tonight I am dedicated to finding a way to post pics. I don't know if you've been outside lately, but baby it's COLD outside!!! I'm offically beginning hybernation. Last week just before the weather dropped to numbingly cold temperatures we were able to squeeze in a mini snow day. I remember I woke up to huge flakes falling outside and it snowed ALL day until about 4:00. As soon as Izak woke up from his nap we suited up and hurried outside to enjoy the last hour of light. He had a blast throwing, eating and rolling in the snow but I think his favorite part was tackling the snowman. The whole time we were building it, he kept trying to knock him over. After the third beheading he finally agreed to help me with the finishing touches for a picture. Here's a peek at our backyard winter wonderland. :)

snow day

Okay well to all of you who are frustrated because i haven't updated my blog since the fourth of July... I promise I am more frustrated than everyone combined. Let me give you a little glimpse into the happenings of my attempts to blog... after spending the first hour or so finding and organizing the pictures i want to post, I begin trying to upload them... one at a time, four at a time, big/small it doesn't matter. The computer "thinks" for  a couple of minutes (which seems like hours) and gives me an ERROR message, again and again and again. I've tried switching browsers, making my attempts at different times of the day, changing the size and quality of the pictures and converting them to different formats... none of which have worked so far. So... unless my computer is broken or I am entirely dysfunctional, there will be no more blogging. At least not until I get the urge to try again. 

Photography class

For all the Utahns Out There

One of my favorite photographers is holding a beginning photo class. If you're interested check out her blog at www.blog.indieannajones.com   . All the info is there. 

Independence Day

It's been a while since I've updated so i thought I'ld share our 4th with you. I always get a little emotional when I stop and think about how lucky I am to live here in America. When I think about how much I take for granted and how so many people have given their lives for our freedom, it's very humbling. I know our country isn't perfect, but there's no place I would rather live. With that said... we started the day off at the neighborhood carnival where Izak played games until I wimped out from the heat and we went home for a nice cool nap. Later we headed down to Fountian Green, Utah where we met up with one of my best friends, Tiana ,and her husband Ammon from WA to party on down at their family barbeque. I think Izak found his first big crush and spent the entire day chasing Tiana's niece Megan around and jumping on the tramp. He jumped and jumped until the minute we left at 10PM. If only I had that kind of energy... We ate and talked and ate some more until it got dark. Brant played the worlds longest game of kroket and some serioius frisby while Izak went around chugging any open soda he could get his little hands on. We set off some fireworks while Izak threw a kazillion pop-its and enjoyed a nice summer night's breeze for a change. We had a great time and Tiana's in-laws were so gracious to let us join their family Celebration! Thanks for a great day guys!

young love

New Camera

I got a new camera and spent the day shooting. here are a couple of my favs from today. :)

My cute neighbor girl Mikayla

sweet baby boy

Ouch!

Our little dare devil decided to take his trike for a ride down our front porch steps. I think his face pretty much broke his fall. My poor little baby! Its so sad to look at him. He has this huge bruise down the side of his face but he's in surprisingly good spirits. It helps me not to feel as bad when he smiles his big cheesy grin.

Feed Store

We had to go to the feed store to pick up some plants for my garden and while we were there, We took the little boys in to see the baby animals. Izak loved the baby chicks and bunnies.
Here's a little clip of his enthusiasm