We recently celebrated Emily's 2nd Birthday. She LOVED opening the presents. She wanted to try on all the clothes and play with each toy immediately.
Emily is such a sweet girl and we are lucky to have her in our family!Sunday, August 15, 2010
What's New?
First of all I'm still pregnant! As of yesterday - 37 weeks along. The baby is now considered full term. We had a trial run to the hospital last weekend when I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart. I figured they would check me out and send me home. The kept me for 4 hours and reluctantly let me go home. Aaron had just gotten home from Scout camp and was exhausted. I hadn't progressed very much and opted to take my chances of laboring at home and coming back if this was the real deal. The contractions lessened throughout the night and so far so good. I've been trying to take it easy to make sure baby can stay in as long as needed. Yes...I'm ready to be DONE being pregnant but having a healthy baby is more important.
A couple of weekends ago I drove the kids down to Las Vegas by myself. This was a last minute trip to go visit my 80 year old great aunt who is going to be moving to Texas. It had been 2 years since I had last seen her and I really wanted the opportunity to visit with her before she moved. We met up with my parents and had a quick weekend filled with lots of swimming and visiting family. It was a really quick trip with a lot of driving but it was good. I forgot to take pictures. Here's one from the drive home at one point where all 3 kids fell asleep. NICE!
A couple of weekends ago I drove the kids down to Las Vegas by myself. This was a last minute trip to go visit my 80 year old great aunt who is going to be moving to Texas. It had been 2 years since I had last seen her and I really wanted the opportunity to visit with her before she moved. We met up with my parents and had a quick weekend filled with lots of swimming and visiting family. It was a really quick trip with a lot of driving but it was good. I forgot to take pictures. Here's one from the drive home at one point where all 3 kids fell asleep. NICE!
Swimming Lessons
Kaya & Logan took swimming lessons this year. They really had a good time and I enjoyed watching them learn. The favorite part of each lesson was jumping off the diving board!Happy 4th of July!! (A Little Late)
We like to dress up for the 4th with our patriotic clothes. This year the 4th fell on a Sunday and I found some nice matching ties for the men and some cute dresses for the girls!Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Happy Birthday Kaya!!!!!
We recently celebrated Kaya's Birth-DAY!! First, she was treated to a yummy breakfast at IHOP with the family & Uncle Nick.
In the afternoon, Kaya had a small "friend" party with 4 other girls. Kaya's only birthday party request was to have a dog pinata. So I went with a dog theme. I found most of the supplies in the $1 section at Target and the Dollar Store. The girl's LOVED it!!!Each girl got a dog to take home. They decorated the dogs with ribbon and made them a collar with beads. (That doubled as a bracelet for the girls). I found some cute dog food dishes that we used to put the beads in and later used to eat our cake and ice cream!
We played Pin the Tail on the Doggie (Thanks to Uncle Nick's super talented art skills).
We played dance freeze to "Who Let the Dogs Out". The girls LOVED this activity.
We decorated dog bone shaped sugar cookies.
Of course there was presents. Kaya was spoiled by her family and friends!!
The girls had fun whacking the pinata. Unfotuneately the head came off after the 3rd whack. So we duck taped him back together to give everyone a chance.
We finished up with cake and ice cream. I baked the cake and Aaron made homemade mint chip ice cream. YUMMY!! 
We finished our party with about 10 minutes to spare. It couldn't have turned out better. I found these little bags 3/$1 at Target. I put in a pair of socks with pink dog paws on them, a sheet of dog stickers, and pack of Scooby Doo fruit snacks. The girls took home their decorated dogs, their dog dish, decorated cookies, and candy from the pinata.
After some party recovery, I took Kaya to get her birthday pictures done. We only do this once a year and they turned out very nice. We picked some dinner up on the way home and had a quiet evening playing with her new toys and watching her new Barbie movie. Thanks to everyone who made Kaya's birthday special. She is one very LUCKY and LOVED little girl!!
In the afternoon, Kaya had a small "friend" party with 4 other girls. Kaya's only birthday party request was to have a dog pinata. So I went with a dog theme. I found most of the supplies in the $1 section at Target and the Dollar Store. The girl's LOVED it!!!Each girl got a dog to take home. They decorated the dogs with ribbon and made them a collar with beads. (That doubled as a bracelet for the girls). I found some cute dog food dishes that we used to put the beads in and later used to eat our cake and ice cream!
We played Pin the Tail on the Doggie (Thanks to Uncle Nick's super talented art skills).
We played dance freeze to "Who Let the Dogs Out". The girls LOVED this activity.
We decorated dog bone shaped sugar cookies.
Of course there was presents. Kaya was spoiled by her family and friends!!
The girls had fun whacking the pinata. Unfotuneately the head came off after the 3rd whack. So we duck taped him back together to give everyone a chance.
We finished up with cake and ice cream. I baked the cake and Aaron made homemade mint chip ice cream. YUMMY!! 
We finished our party with about 10 minutes to spare. It couldn't have turned out better. I found these little bags 3/$1 at Target. I put in a pair of socks with pink dog paws on them, a sheet of dog stickers, and pack of Scooby Doo fruit snacks. The girls took home their decorated dogs, their dog dish, decorated cookies, and candy from the pinata.
After some party recovery, I took Kaya to get her birthday pictures done. We only do this once a year and they turned out very nice. We picked some dinner up on the way home and had a quiet evening playing with her new toys and watching her new Barbie movie. Thanks to everyone who made Kaya's birthday special. She is one very LUCKY and LOVED little girl!!Monday, June 21, 2010
Anniversary Trip
Aaron & I recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Portland, Oregon. My parents came to our house to watch the kids while we enjoyed 4 days of rest and relaxation. We stayed at a nice bed and breakfast and enjoyed driving all over seeing the sights of Oregon. It was beautiful, lush, and green. We would love to take the family back some day! Here is only a small sample of the pictures we took:
The beautiful bed and breakfast we stayed at.
We visited the Portland, Oregon LDS Temple.
No trip is complete without a little Geocaching. This happens to be the place where the very FIRST geocache was placed over 10 years ago. This is like the Holy Grail to geocachers!
Christmas Tree Farms
A view of the Columbia River Gorge.
We saw miles and miles of beautiful scenery and lots of amazing waterfalls.
We stopped at the historic Mount Hood Railroad. 
This was as close as we made it to Mt. Hood. Still about 1 hour and 45 minutes away. It looked pretty amazing...from the airplane!
We stopped at an art gallery of Pacific Northwest Art. 
I wish we would have taken pictures of some of the strangest people people we have EVER seen. This sign was painted on the side of a building. 
A trip to Portland would not be complete without a visit to Voodoo Donuts. Yes...we waited in line for 55 minutes to buy the yummiest - most sinful donuts ever!!
The Oregon Coast
Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach.
Our last stop before heading home was the International Rose Garden. Wow!! I was in HEAVEN!! 
The beautiful bed and breakfast we stayed at.
We visited the Portland, Oregon LDS Temple.
No trip is complete without a little Geocaching. This happens to be the place where the very FIRST geocache was placed over 10 years ago. This is like the Holy Grail to geocachers!
Christmas Tree Farms
A view of the Columbia River Gorge.
We saw miles and miles of beautiful scenery and lots of amazing waterfalls.
We stopped at the historic Mount Hood Railroad. 
This was as close as we made it to Mt. Hood. Still about 1 hour and 45 minutes away. It looked pretty amazing...from the airplane!
We stopped at an art gallery of Pacific Northwest Art. 
I wish we would have taken pictures of some of the strangest people people we have EVER seen. This sign was painted on the side of a building. 
A trip to Portland would not be complete without a visit to Voodoo Donuts. Yes...we waited in line for 55 minutes to buy the yummiest - most sinful donuts ever!!
The Oregon Coast
Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach.
Our last stop before heading home was the International Rose Garden. Wow!! I was in HEAVEN!! 
Catching Up
Aaron got free tickets to a Salt Lake Bees baseball game. It was a fun, FREE, family outing. The lady next to us caught a foul ball and gave it to Logan. 
Grammie Serr came to visit over Memorial Day weekend and we drove out to Heber to see Thomas the Tank Engine. We took a ride on the train and got to do all the fun activities. The kid's LOVED it!!
Mother's Day - All dressed up and ready for church.
Emily broke her arm. She actually had a buckle fracture in her radius bone. She fell off the couch and landed on her arm. They put this cute pink cast on....until it fell off. Now she has a full cast that goes up to her shoulder. Thankfully the cast comes off in just a few days.
Logan finished his year of Joy School. (YAY for ME!!!) We had a fun and busy year but I'm glad to be done. Logan will go to regular preschool in the Fall.
Kaya has officially completed Kindergarten. This was her teacher Mrs. Holt. Kaya had a super year and Mrs. Holt was absolutely wonderful. It's amazing how much Kaya has grown throughout the school year.
I have the opportunity to do the flowers for 2 weddings in July. I'm really excited. I made a bouquet for one of the girls who had bridal photos taken. It turned out really pretty.
Grammie Serr came to visit over Memorial Day weekend and we drove out to Heber to see Thomas the Tank Engine. We took a ride on the train and got to do all the fun activities. The kid's LOVED it!!
Mother's Day - All dressed up and ready for church.
Emily broke her arm. She actually had a buckle fracture in her radius bone. She fell off the couch and landed on her arm. They put this cute pink cast on....until it fell off. Now she has a full cast that goes up to her shoulder. Thankfully the cast comes off in just a few days.
Logan finished his year of Joy School. (YAY for ME!!!) We had a fun and busy year but I'm glad to be done. Logan will go to regular preschool in the Fall.
Kaya has officially completed Kindergarten. This was her teacher Mrs. Holt. Kaya had a super year and Mrs. Holt was absolutely wonderful. It's amazing how much Kaya has grown throughout the school year.
I have the opportunity to do the flowers for 2 weddings in July. I'm really excited. I made a bouquet for one of the girls who had bridal photos taken. It turned out really pretty. 
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