happy birthday to annie

today is annies first birthday. i cant believe that she has been in our family for one year. i remember as a kid a year felt like an eternity, but these days a year just zooms by. i am so glad to have annie as my daughter. she is the most delightful child, she is so content sitting on the floor and watching the world dance around her. hence, no crawling. annie loves playing with stella and claire. she loves to dance. she loves her blanket and her binki. and she loves to eat. i love kissing annie under her chin. and lisenting to her laugh especially when i tickle her thighs. i love her crazy hair. and that cute little face

we had a party in the back yard under the apricot tree. it was quite pleasent under the shade. annie was very excited about the cake and couldnt get enough.

everyone wrote down a birthday wish for annie for the coming year, then tied it on a balloon and sent it to the sky.

she wasnt too sure what to do with the presents, but no worries she had plenty of demos from all of the little helpers.

it was a fun day! happy birthday annie i love you!

breakfast with the princesses

on saturday my mom and i took the girls down to provo to have breakfast with princesses ( waffels and hot chocolate). then they put on a show singing many of the disney songs. it was a lot of fun. the girls loved seeing all the princesses.

yeah brian and becca are here

brian and becca were in town from san fransisco for the weekend so we had a fun family filled weekend. on thursday we all went to desert star theater and out to ice cream. it was a lot of fun. and very nice just to be with the adult .

lagoon

a fun day at lagoon

i cant even remember the last time i went to lagoon, so we decided to take the girls(minus annie)and go for the day. i must say it was pretty fun. we spent most of the day in kiddie land and made it to laguna beach for about an hour. stella and claire thought the little roller coaster was the best ride. claire got a little scared on the last ride when her seat belt came off (can you blame her) they had to stop the ride and we get her off. what a way to end the day. actually she felt much better after she got a big bag of cotton candy. what a fun day!

Black family reunion

the black family reunion. tyler somehow managed to get out of it again this year. i dont know how he does it but he always seems to have something crucial that same day. too bad for him. we had a fun time catching up with all of the cousins. lots of treats, activities and fun. the girls were so tired by the end of the day. 100 degree temps really take it out of you.

life made simpler

after we finished this little project i let out a sigh of relief. i feel like my life was just made a little simpler. no more trying to fit 10 jackets or purses on 3 hook, and no more jackets left on the floor in the door way. we made the lower hooks just the right height for the girls to hang up their own things. it's been great. and you should see how clean the laundry room is, well kind of.

nine years later...

when i say i don't know were the last nine years have gone i mean it. today is mine and tylers nine year anniversary and it really seems like yesterday that we got married. we watched our wedding video with our girls today and it brought back all of those same feelings that i felt on our wedding day. i am so glad that i am married to tyler. i have learned and experienced so many things that i would have never known. when i look back on the last nine year we have accomplished a lot; 3 kids , dental school, 6 moves, built 3 houses, jobs, callings, trips, and so much more, there's not one thing that i would change. i am so lucky to have such an amazing companion, someone who always makes me feel like a million bucks. thanks tyler for the best nine years. i love you.

Rain Rain Go Away!

yesterday we were outside playing in the water and today we are back in our pants and sweaters. so we took advantage of the cool weather and went to grandmas to make cookies. the girls love going to grandmas and more than that love cookies. they made some pretty creative cookies, my tummy hurts just thinking about them.

annie will turn 1 on the 29th of this month and still has no idea about crawling. we think maybe she will go straigh to walking, but she has no clue about that. so in the mean time we hold her up and drag her feet across the floor. she is just content watching the circus circle around her.

Grand Canyon

this past weekend tyler and clark (my sisters husband) and a few other guys hiked the grand canyon rim to rim to rim. It is about 50 miles and they did in about 30 hours. tyler said it was very difficult phyically and mentally and very hot. good job tyler and clark. we are pround of you!