Mexico

My family and I took a trip down to La Mission, Mexico ( an hour past the border) this past week and worked at an orphange with a Childs Hope Founation. It was an incredible experience and definatley eye opening. It was unlike any other other family trip we had ever been on. We were able to spend most of our time building and laying cinder block to expand the orphanage for more orphans. It It was alot of hard work but It made me appreicate what we have and makes me realize how blessed we are.

Easter

Play'n with the photoshop!!

it's Official

Hailey is officially crawling. She started about a week ago and just keeps getting better, faster, and into more things. Josh and I have just entered into a whole new phase of parenthood. She is now mobile and requires being watched all the time. Our days of her playing with toys in one spot are over. But it is still fun to see her master her new skill.

Moab Canyonlands Half Marathon.

My family and I have been going to this race down in Moab since 2002. It is one of my favorite traditions to come down here and run. As much as I would like to say I ran the half marathon, we all ran the 5 mile race. It is the most beautiful run down the canyon and it was nice to be in a much needed 80 degree weather. Unfortunately this year not everyone in my family came just my Dad Josh and I but we still had a great tiime. Thanks again Dad for everything and Mom for watching Hailey.

New Tricks

Hailey's favorite time of the day. She loves her bath time.I cant believe my baby is almost 8 months.She is growing and learning like crazy. Her favorite tricks right now are clapping to patty cake, starting to crawl ( little distances and a time), and when we say where's your nose she will grab it. It is so fun seeing her learn new things. Each day is an adventure.

Sorry I write this kind of stuff for journal purposes so it may not be all that interesting to everyone else..

Shower Time

A couple of weeks ago we had a shower for one of my best friends Elisa Clark. She is expecting a baby boy in the next few weeks. I am so excited to have another friend join the parent club so Hailey will have friends close in age.

Hangin Out

Hailey hanging out watching a movie with Aunt Julia. Hailey has been trying so hard to get up and crawl. She has got the getting up on all fours down she just doesnt know how to move once she is up that way. She does however know how to scoot backwards and we have been finding her in some pretty funny places under the bed, under the couch. At least she is trying. Right?

Aunt Lindsay & St. George

My sister Lindsay came from New York and spent this last week with the fam. It was so good to see her. I wish she lived here again but I am sure she is having a lot more fun living in the big apple. The girls in my family except Julia went to St. George for two days to get away. We didnt do much because we werent there long but those are the best kinds of trip. Just the quick getaways. The weather was really nice so we had a great time. Well we miss you already LIndsay. Cant wait til April..

She is getting so good at Sittin Up

Flying Planes

Watching Josh's Dad fly a plane after 30 years of not being behind the wheel. It was so awesome. He loved it and it was so neat to watch.

Valentines

The day before Valentines some of my friends and their husbands all got together and had dinner and made Valentines cookies. it was a lot of fun. Out of the five girls there, four were pregnant so we though it would be fun to take a picture of them at their different stages. The next picture is of the husbands making fun of the girls and them being pregnant. If only they knew. On Valentines day Josh and I made breakfast for each other and went and saw confessions of a shopaholic and went to lunch with my family. I enjoyed the movie but Josh was trying to entertain a fussy Hailey. WE have definately learned that we can no longer take her to the movies with us until she is a little older. Every time we take her we keep thinking that she will sleep through it. Yeah right. That never happens..

Bath Time!!!

Play Date

My friends from high school and I are trying to get together once a month to have play dates. It is so fun having all our babies so close in age. NO we did not plan it, it just happened, but I am glad. This last time was a lot of fun because all the babies just stared at each other and were so curious of the other babies. It will only get more fun as they get older.

Surprise Party

My aunt threw a surprise party for my Grandma this past weekend. It was a lot of fun to get together with the fam. We were all suppose to dress like clowns but some of were party poopers including myself.