Little Family on the Prairie

We got our family pictures taken last Friday! This is just a little sneak peak. I love them and I can't wait to see more! I also have one of Timmy that Ashley took that I really like but, I can't upload it. I am so lucky to be close to two really amazing photographers. Linda who took our family photos works with me in the primary presidency and she does some amazing work. She has just recently went on her own to start being a professional photographer. I like her to experiment with our family! You can see more of her work at www.throughherlensonline.com

Ashley my sister-in-law has started a hobby business and she is amazing with her photography I just love her pictures. You can see her work on her business blog http://hawkeyephoto.blogspot.com/ I wish she lived closer so that she could experiment with us. I'm hoping in the fall when we see her she can get some amazing photos with the leaves changing!

I just love looking at pictures of my family! When I do I am filled with joy and love. I couldn't be happier. I just love life, even though it has it's rough spots! I find so much happiness in my family! Thanks to all of you for being a part of my family I love you all!

What do you do?

So we ran out of dishwashing soap yesterday. Me being lazy right now loaded the dishwasher anyway and just let the rest of the dishes pile up. Last night my wonderful husband went to the store and got some soap and started the dishwasher. So I got up this morning and unloaded it, so I could load the 2 sinkfuls of dishes. I finished loading and I went to put the soap in and there was soap already in there. I was wondering why the dishes weren't very clean! Some of them looked good so I put them away but, some I left in there. I just thought sometimes dishwashers have a hard time. So now what do I do because I can't remember what was in there that didn't get clean? Do I clean ALL the dishes? Do I just leave them in the cupboard and let them cycle their way through? Oh, I get tired just thinking about it! Somtimes I just wish I could play with my boys all day and not worry about the housework!

Last Week

So last week was a blast and a flash! We started it out with our Anniversary then we went to Nauvoo and this weekend we had a visit from Batman! It was so amazing I wish you all could have been here to be with us!

For our anniversary we have a tradition of doing a fun activity like on our honeymoon we took a 12 mile hike (It was Crazy!) So this year we decided to bike 20 miles. It was so much fun! We went and did the Lincoln Pilgrimage trail from New Salem to Springfield except we went from halfway from Springfield to New Salem. It was the more country route and we saw some amazing things!

This is my wonderful Mr. Fix it husband fixing the bike rack! It came loose while we were driving!
This is at the New Salem Lincoln statue at this point we had gone 10 miles and up 1 hill! by the end we had gone up 3! How does that work when we only went up 1. Long story short, I took a wrong turn. Matt being the nice husband he is was helping me feel like I was right by just following me!
A Spainish Long horn it even has a nose ring! It was pretty intimadating. We coulnd't get to close. This is as close as Matt got! And for the record he ran over a snake too!
My hot date to Olive Garden! It was 100% yumolicious!

Now our Nauvoo and Carthage pictures. My brother Noah and his wife Ashley came and met us it was so much fun!

This is Carthage! It was a really wonderful neat place. I'm so grateful for the Gospel and I'm so thankful for those that have and that do sacrifice and serve the Lord so willingly to bless us with the wonderful blessings of the Gospel!

This is in Nauvoo! We were camping don't look to closely!

He is giving the look! You don't know who I am? Don't mess with me!

I am BATMAN

Non na non na non na non na BATMAN!

We bought this at a garage sale! Thanks Jennifer for the cool dress up costumes for boys. Timmy loves them and loves to run around in them! Thanks all for being a part of wonderful blog life!

Memory Game

Some of my friends have put this on their blogs! I love memories and I think I have a pretty good memory! So Let's Play the Memory Game!

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

4 is not our number :)

So I thought I would post that we have some surprisingly exciting news! Sure enough anyone that knows me I always am full of surprises (or randomness). So 4 won't be our number for long because next year we will be 5!!!!!

Yes sometime next spring we will be having another baby!!!! How much fun!!! We can't wait!!!

4 is our Number!

4 nights a week we wake up with someone in our bed

4 hours before 5:00 pm I start counting down until Matt comes home

4 is the number of people in our family

This picture was taken 4 weeks before we got engaged

4 times I saw Matt while we were engaged

4 wonderful years we've been married

I love you honey Happy Anniversary!

The Last 2 Weeks

So the last 2 weeks has been like fireworks --- one thing right after the other! It all started when Matt went on the high adventure with the scout for a week. He took the camera so I posted the picture from High School.

Then he got back and we were so excited to have him back! It's not easy to go that long with our dad! So the next week Matt got caught up on work so we could have a really fun 4th of July!

This was the fun 4th of July parade we went to. It was 2 hours long! But it was fun to go with friends! It's nice to have such good friends to do things with. We were going to go with Anne's family to a really fun parade but, we missed it. Oh well, there is always next year!
This is how Porter did in the 2 hour parade!
This is Timmy at the end of the night after all of the fun of the 4th of July! It was a blast and that's where Mom and Anne's family left us for a week. Oh it's been boring and fun and exciting all at the same time!
We have played a lot in our backyard. The weather has been so beautiful here not to hot or humid. We have a really fun sandbox and playground that the boys love to play in.

We got a trampoline and we love it! Can't you see!:) Well actually Tim is usually screaming with joy but, right here he is crying because Mommy and Daddy were jumping on his trampoline. He likes it all to himself. Sometimes he is really good with sharing other times not so good. I guess it goes with the twos! He also is really into baseball lately we don't go anywhere without a ballcap, ball and glove. Maybe even sometimes he brings his bat!

We finished off this week with a really fun lake trip last night! It was sweet and short but of course awesome! I was able to wakeboard and Matt skied and our friends skied too! It was a success everyone was able to get up! Which is scary the first time out after winter. Timmy loved jumping into the water. I think he could have been there all day he liked it so much after he would get in he would swim away from me everytime I tried to get him to go back to the boat. He calls the boat the boot! It's really cute :)

The 2 Sophmore Years!

So here is to more blasts from the pasts! Oh what fun memories! This was on the last day of our sophmore year I think! I just love it!! It's a classic! Oh we had so much fun. Who would have thought that we would be where we are today. Isn't life awesome! I wouldn't change it for the world.

This was my sophmore year in college! The semester right before I met Matt! I love to see it because it's has some of my favorite roomates in it Natty and Ari. I wish Mitchie was in it, I don't know where she was that night? Where is Jaymie too? Anyway, good times I miss you guys:)