Monday, April 27, 2009

7 years and counting...

Today Nathan and I have been married for 7 years! It has been quite the journey there have been times when we want to shoot each other...

Then there were bittersweet moments when we thought we wouldn't be able to live with out each other...but somehow lived through a lengthy deployment....

But it all comes back to the day we were sealed for time and all eternity! We know we will make it through all the trials in life together and be better because of it. I love you babe and am excited for the years to come!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter and Birthday fun

Nathan's Birthday was on Saturday. Wow 31! We were so glad he was able to come home for a few days so we could celebrate both Easter and his birthday with him. I am so glad he will only be gone for one more week then we will have him back again. The kids have really missed him this past month.




I was a little short on the number of candles for his cake. But I figured it we tried to put 31 candles on that cake it would have been close to a bonfire.


We took the kids to an Easter egg hunt in the morning. Amie was so funny, she would only pick up the pink eggs. Nathan was so confused why she was running past so many eggs till they got back and realized her basket was full of pink eggs. Ethan had fun too, he was in the field with the big kids. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Shinanagans on a Sunny Day

The weather has been perfect these past few days and we have been enjoying every minuet of it. Here are some pictures of what the kids have been up to.

Here is Ethan and Amie at the park with some friends from Ethan's preschool.

This picture is showing how well Aubree is at getting out of her wrapping. She will wiggle and wiggle until she can get at least one hand out. Here she got both!
Amie got her Grandpa to saddle up, what she calls, Her Horse. This pony has had every grandchild ride him and he is good about it, probable because he usually sneaks a snack. Amie is fearless when it comes to horses. She loves to go right up to the gate, sometimes even under it, to get to the horses.
Here are my girls. Aubree isn't too sure about Amie yet.

Make it and Love it

So I stumbled across this blog one day and love the stuff that is on it. She is actually doing a giveaway so you should check it out. There is some really cute stuff.

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Spring Break

For spring break we went to Utah to visit my brother and sister. My brother just got engaged so we were also able to get to know Brittany, his fiance, a little better. It was a lot of fun. The weather wasn't all that great but there were a few days that were nice. Here are some pictures:


This is a picture of My grandpa, this is my mom's dad. We had a really nice visit with my grandparents. The kids went on a walk with grandpa and they loved it. It was so cold. I checked the weather report before I left and it was 60 degrees so I figured I wouldn't need to worry about bringing winter coats. Well that was a big mistake. It was freezing and snowed most of the time we were there.
This is Tyler and Brittany. They are such a cute couple. We had so much fun with them. All of the kids love them. Amie is slowing getting used to the idea of someone else marrying Uncle Ty Ty. On Saturday we went with Brittany to a Bridal Expo, it was a lot of fun. My mom made "Team Brittany" T-shirts and they turned out so cute. She even made cheerleading skirts for they girls to wear. The kids thought they were so cool.
This is Nathan's Grandma We went and visited her and her daughter Carma. Whenever we go to Rexburg we had to visit her. Amie wasn't to sure about Carma's dog though He would jump up and lick her face.
This is my old roomate Sharon. It was so nice to see her again. Amie actually let us have a nice visit and catch up. Here are Amie, Ethan, and Aubree with there cousins. They had so much fun playing together. These are my sister's girls. Kaylee is in the orange shirt, Ashley is in the pink, and Brooley is the baby. It was fun to see them again. Too bad the weather wasn't cooperating it was pretty interesting with 6 kids having to be cooped up in a house.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Fun with Fondant

So I got together with my friend and we decorated a cake. It was my first time playing with fondant so I learned a lot from her. She is awesome and has done a lot more with cake decorating than I have. We did this cake for a book club she is starting up.

Here is some of the things I did. I made the hair and the little boy and the grass. My favorite thing is the little frog prince. I think it turned out really cute.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

My Girls

I have been given many comments lately about how much Aubree looks like Amie so I though it would be fun to post a picture of each of them at about the same age.


This is Aubree at about 6 weeks in her blessing dress.

This is Amie also in blessing dress. So what do you think?