My little Abby

I think I finally figured out how to take some pictures of Abby without her turning around and running away. Step 1: Sit her in a lawn chair while she watches her siblings play. Step 2: Put a cute little hat on her that I got at Swiss Days. We will continue to work on Step 3: Look at the camera!

3 down, 1 to go...

Today was Anna's first day of Preschool. We wrestled over the idea of sending her to preschool since she is only 3 and I never sent Justin and Alli to preschool. But, after the last week and a half of having her home with me while the older two were at school, I changed my mind. I signed her up to do the "creative corner" one day a week at the dance studio as well as a mid-week dance class. Hopefully this will help her to get more socialized and have an opportunity to get her creative juices flowing! Here is a snapshot I took of her as I was dropping her off. She was so excited to have a "brown" baby. She wants me to get her one just like it! :)


After I dropped Anna off, Abby and I headed over to Swiss Days. It was pure madness! I think there are more and more people every year. I had a hard time pushing the stroller through the crowd so we didn't stay long this time. I saw what I wanted to see, ate a delicious scone, and heard the yodelers so I was happy.

What's for dinner?

All the hard work in the garden is finally paying off... I just went outside and harvested all these yummies! I think we will be having a squash/zucchini/pea stir-fry with a salad and salsa with that pepper and those jalapenos.

Wedding (Part Deux)

On Saturday we drove up to Idaho Falls for the second part of Jonny and Jessica's wedding. Jessica is from Idaho Falls so her parents had a backyard reception for them. Their backyard was amazing. I would love to have 10 acres and have animals. They had 13 cows (7 moms and 6 babies) a few llamas, and chickens, ducks, peacocks... I had a fun time taking pictures of the kids running around all dressed up. My girls were the "flower girls" and they loved dressing up as princesses and wearing flowers in their hair.








Abby kept grabbing blades of grass and rubbing them on her eyes. I think she liked tickling her eyelashes with them...



They had these awesome suckers that the kids just loved...


Finally Abby got tired...


We are still recuperating from the trip... we drove there, stayed for the reception, and drove home. 3 hours each way with Abby who likes to scream in the car.

The rest of the pictures are on my Flickr.

Wedding Weekend

Chris and I had the opportunity to fly to San Diego for Chris's brother's wedding on Friday. They were married in the San Diego Temple and it was a beautiful ceremony. Their reception was held at Santaluz and Chris's mom did a great job organizing it all. I had the opportunity to help take wedding pictures at the Temple and at the beach. Here are a few that I have edited so far...











I think that's enough for here... The rest can be found on my Flickr...

Congratulations Jonny and Jessica!

Look mom...

I caught a butterfly! I should be cleaning and getting ready to leave tomorrow but instead I am sitting and playing in Photoshop... I am the worst procrastinator ever!

It finally came...

When I bought my first DSLR camera last November, I really didn't know too much about what I was getting myself into. Unfortunately, I chose the wrong camera. It was a great learning camera and I have loved using it but it has limitations that were driving me crazy. So... I upgraded and I love my new camera! It showed up at 6:00 this evening (UPS sure was late!) and I painfully had to wait for the battery to charge. I was able to go out and snap a few shots of Anna and Abby before the sun went down... Please ignore the food on their faces and the hat on Abby... she found it outside and wanted to wear it!

Beautiful day in the valley...

We have gotten so lucky to have a few days of overcast skies! For the entire month of July I don't think we saw a single cloud. I took the opportunity to go take some pictures of the kids so that I could try out my new lens. We headed over to the train tracks in Midway and I wanted to get some pictures of the kids on the train tracks but... unfortunately, we went at the wrong time...
So... we took some pictures by the old barn. Justin was suffering from swollen eyes due to allergies so we let him slide this time...

I love this one of all the kids but Alli wouldn't sit up more so we could see her... Once I told her to sit up more, Abby got up and walked away so this is all I have...


Time to go home... Abby didn't want anything to do with pictures. I will get some good ones of her when I have someone there to help me!