Lydia's 5th Birthday!

We celebrated Lydia's birthday this week. Lydia was born on Tuesday, June 22nd in Orem, Ut. She was mine and Ian's first child. It's hard to imagine she's 5 and going to start kindergarten this fall. WOW!

We had a family party for her on Sunday and a friend party on Thursday.

She got a bike and some Totoro toys. Both were fun days!

The top photos are the family party and the bottom ones are the friend party.

The very bottom ones are some I found of Lydia as a baby and younger times.

Devon's Memorial Day Hike

Here are some photos from our annual Devon's Memorial Day Hike. We hike to the top of the "Y" on the mountain. This year we had our family, Geraden, Kane, Jenni's Family, Seth's Family and Kelly & TJ. The babies stayed with my mom.

It was a great turn out. The weather was pretty close to perfect. I got a sunburn, but that is totally my fault. My calves completely KILL! I went very slow. Ian probably waited an hour for me at the top and he carried Lydia up on his shoulders nearly the entire way! We both walked down together.

It was a good day.

Here's Ian and Lydia on a rock. I was super nervous during this photo:

I think this photo of Lydia is too cute!



Here's on of Lydia sitting at the very tippy-top of the 'Y':


Here's a photo of Utah Valley looking North. If you look really, really close you can see my house. (okay, not really)


Here's on of Jenni and me. I look like a jiggly-puff. I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it.

Ian and the girls at the entrance to the trail.

Feces Face

Yes, this is Duncan and yes, that is poopie on his face.







Duncan pulled of his diaper (totally my fault, I should have put him in a onesie) and smooshed his poopie diapee with his face.

Kudos for Ian for taking the photos and cleaning up the aftermath.

Being a parent is awesome!

My Tulips!

Here are some photos of the kids in front of the 'mystery' tulips and daffodils I planted last fall. I love the orange... what a nice surprise!

I want to cry.

Kelly wanted to dye her hair purple ... Lydia found the dye and thought it was 'paint'. Now the 'paint' is on the cabinets in my bathroom.

Just imagine, for a second, this was your house....

Here are some photos of the aftermath. Don't ask about Ian. Just don't.

Easter Photos

We went to Thanksgiving Point for an Easter egg hunt ... it was WAY over priced with cheap candy. You also received '5 punches' for activities they had available. The problem was, there were SOOOO many people, that we only got to do ONE activity which was a pony ride. Unfortunately my camera died (of course), but we did get it recorded with the camcorder.

Lydia the thief

Lydia stole these from the neighbor's house.

Awesome! Maybe if we're really lucky, she'll grow up to be a felon!