Water Baby

Adam loves the water! This is so different from Carly, who screamed everytime she got wet until she was 18 months old. Not Adam, though. He just loves to play in the tub, in the sink, or in the shower. I just thought these pics were so cute. He is really developing a fun personality. He crawls well, pulls up on furniture already, and waves Hi and Bye. So far he has 4 teeth, all of which just came out in the last 3 weeks.
Pictures taken 09/2008.

Ashlyn's 10th Birthday Party

I just can't believe my oldest is ten! How did it happen? Ashlyn is a great girl, and we all love her so much. She had a "friend party" this year here at our house. Her birthday was September 23rd, and her party was the Saturday evening after that. We had ten extra girls here, along with the 3 we already have. Let me tell you, I got the tiniest glimpse of what we are in for in the years to come. It was a wild, screaming affair. We decorated frames, made friendship bracelets, ate pizza and cake and ice cream, and opened presents. It was a success!

Carly Turns 4

Happy Birthday to Carly! We celebrated with a family barbecue on her birthday, August 31. It was raining like crazy, but we just moved in under the pavilion.

Since cousin Ty's birthday is just one week before Carly's, we celebrated together.
Carly loves this bath toy Ariel doll. She doesn't know how to take a bath anymore without it.
Nonnie got Carly this super cute leotard to wear to her weekly dance classes. She modeled for us so we could send a quick text to Nonnie later that evening.

Baby Cousins

My cousin Jeff Capell, and his wife Sheila, spent the week at Snowbird also. Jeff and Sheila's second baby boy, Jordan, was born the day after Adam (Jan. 29 and Jan. 30). I took these cute pics the day before we left. I think it's so funny how different they look. Adam is long and lean, and Jordan's so round.

Summer Catch Up!

Today is THE DAY! Yes, today I am finally catching up on more than two months of blogging. First a month had gone by, and I was so busy. Then the guilt set in, and I thought I would never be able to catch up the way I wanted to. So, more time went by. Anyway, here I am doing one big summer catch up post. I just didn't want to skip over what fun we had this summer. It all started with a trip to California in July, where we spent some time at my parent's house and Craig's. While we were at my mom's, the girls mostly spent time riding horses. This was Megan's first year riding a horse all by herself. Both of the big girls love it.








We also had a great time with Jason and Jen and their kids, and Kyle and Amy and their kids. Neil and Sherrie came over to visit as well. We thought it would be fun to take a grandkids shot, since all nine were there. As the pictures show, it was not really all that fun. I'm not sure why nine kids under ten couldn't just sit still and act cute at the same time!!


The girls have a tradition at Carla's house. Every time we are there they paint the playhouse. And every time they paint the playhouse, the "washable" paints always completely ruin some article of clothing. It's inevitable. I know this, and yet I cannot say no. Who can say no to Carla anyway? This was the first year that Carly was an active participant.

After returning home to Utah, we spent two days doing laundry and packing up to go to Flaming Gorge with the Henderson side. We spent a long weekend boating, skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing. Ashlyn and Megan both tried waterskiing for the first time, and Ashlyn actually got up for a few seconds. The lake was beautiful, and we would love to go back next year.

Snowbird was up next during our summer of trips. We were there July 26 to August 2. We have a condo for a week each summer. The Walker side (my mom's) has been doing family reunions there for close to 30 years. We stay at the Iron Blosam Lodge. We always swim and hike a lot. Pictures below include the girls in the pool, and hiking to Cecret Lake with our good friends the Stepans, who came up for the first few days we were there.

Marissa, Megan and Ashlyn, Best Cousins Forever!!