Nellie pictures

About a month ago we finally got around to taking Nellie's newborn pictures, we tried to get them right away but never could. I'm so happy we finally did and i LOVE these pictures! Jacki Stoddard did a great job (Live Out Loud link to the right) Thanks so much Jacki! We LOVE them!

Mowing

This is from the first time i mowed the lawn, Jack was very scared of the lawn mower and just wanted me to hold him, after a few minutes of trying to mow one-handed i stuck him in Nellie's snugly :) It worked good but this picture makes me see how HUGE he is

Idaho- New baby

Well this is old news by now but we headed to Idaho a few weeks back to see my brand new nephew Thomas. It was so fun to see him and to be with my sister's little family. They live in such a cool little valley and Jack had so much fun playing outside and riding Patches. Get ready for a picture overload!

Thanks Natalie and William!

He did it!

Finally, the day we've been waiting and working for, John graduated with his Bachelor's from Utah State University May 7, 2011!! It was a great weekend with family and friends we hadn't seen in too long that live in Logan. I was feeling sick and didn't make it to the morning speaker thing but the afternoon session where the graduates walked and got their diplomas i made it and it was really, really good. So neat to watch John accomplish something that he's been working so hard for for so long. John really is amazing, he went to school full time (did well) and worked full time to provide for our family and allow me to stay home with our kids. Its been a long few years but its been good and i'm so proud of John. Really, couldn't help but get a little teary watching him sit down there with all those graduates.

Way to go babe!

A quarter of a Century....

 May 2, 2011- John turns 25! Holy cow, a quarter of a century!!! Really?! How did we get so old (wink, wink, joking). We had a great day on John's birthday and we celebrated for days, it was fun. John had to work on his birthday so we headed to the zoo first thing in the morning, to lunch and then John went to work. When he got back Kristen watched the kids while John and I went rock climbing and to chili's for molten. It was great and so much fun.

I love John so much and am so grateful for all he does for our family, he is such a good husband and an incredible father. Jack wants to be just like his daddy. Lately they've been working on the truck together and Jack loves to get dad his "tools". So cute. Thanks everybody who helped John's birthday to be special!

(This was taken just after John found out he was getting WaffleCrisp for breakfast, he's not hard to please)