Fun Stuff!

These past couple of weeks have been lots of fun! I know I always post a bunch of pictures, but I guess that is what you have to do when you never see any of your family. So just get use to me posted 20 pictures for each post:)

We took these couple of pictures after we all went on a bike ride after dinner. Tayla fell asleep and Noah was being crazy.


We told him to say 'cheese' and he was giving us the cheesiest smiles ever, lol.

It's hard to see with the picture so small, but his smile is pretty cheesy.

Tayla loved Addy's 3rd birthday party! She was watching her open the present she gave her.

The kiddos had lots of fun!

We also had a fun time going to Disney On Ice! We have been wanting to take Tayla for a couple of years, and I think this was the perfect time! Addy and Tayla LOVED it! They were screaming, and everything! It was almost like they were at a concert and they were 13 or 14, just freaking out! lol, it was really cute!

The Jones Fam! We had the hardest time taking pictures of the girls because they were just too excited and wound up to look at the camera!

They looked so cute all dressed up like princesses! They were also being SO silly together!

Princess Tayla with Mommy.
The Princess with her Prince Charming

Tayla loved seeing all the Disney Characters. Every time a new one would come out and do performance of the movie, she would yell out who it was, while jumping in her seat, smiling really big.

This was Tayla's third birthday party of the month! Her little friend Brooke turned 3 and had a puppy and kitty party. It was a really cute party!

She was getting a puppy painted on her cheek.

And most importantly, Nathan turned 30!!! Wow, what a crazy number. I don't know why, but that is the number I am dreading the most. But no worries, he doesn't' look any older than the day I met him! (which was about 7 years ago!!) We are getting old:( ANYWAYS...Tayla was very excited to make him breakfast in bed, so we served him creme brulee french toast with butter syrup! Mmmmm!

Since his birthday was on Sunday, we surprised him with some company for dessert. He had a feeling we were going to have company because I was staling to cut the cake and also the house was remarkable clean for a sunday afternoon:)
Tayla doing bunny ears on him, lol
For Nate's birthday the children and I bought him a ping pong table! We had some problems getting it here, so it just came today (finally) so here he is working on setting it up. He'll be setting it up for the next 4 hours at the rate he is going, lol. We are excited! Nate gets pretty worked up when it comes to ping pong!

I guess there just wasn't enough pics of this sweet face, so here is a picture of Noah!

Too Cute to Spook!

We had such a fun time this year for Halloween! Tayla had so much fun helping everyone make their costumes. She was so excited to see everyone dressed up all together. We took lots of pictures and I had a hard time deciding which ones to share:) So there are lots!

Noah's costume was my favorite....he just looked too cute in it! I actually knew I wanted Noah to have this costume first, then decided the only thing that goes with a lion is Wizard of Oz...

So here we are...off to see the Wizard. lol

Here's Dorothy clicking her heals together and saying "There's no place like home, there's no place like home." (seriously)

I played a pretty good wicked witch! I could be the next Elphaba!

Dez was a sweet looking scarecrow! She got lots of boys dressed up like this, lol.

Dez really wanted to do the whole Wizard of Oz dance and singing thing while all locking arms...just didn't happen. (looking good back there Britt! Nice!)

Dorothy and the Tin Man at the trunk r treat!

So I couldn't help put lots of pictures of the cowardly lion up....although it was hard to keep him still to take pictures in his costume! He even 'roared' every time we put his costume on!

Considering how big, fluffy, and hot his costume was, he really never tried to pull of his headpiece! That's not to say he was happy all the time it was on though, hahaha. What a good little sport!

Earlier in the week we went to the library and dressed up the children. I love that Noah is also sitting with the children while getting a book read to them. He is in the back on the left hand side, looking right at the camera.

As soon as Tayla walked into her classroom, she had all her little classmates, especially her best friend Eliza in the purple, come up to her and admire her costume. Eliza kept touching her wig and then asked her mom what happened to Tayla's hair.

She's waiting for her turn at pin the tail on the black cat. Eliza and her are inseparable! She's loyally sitting right next to Tay!

Finally she gets a turn and she even closed her eyes while she spun her around...I don't think she understood that you close them after spinning...it was fun to watch her. She was pretty excited!

Can you say sugar rush?? The cupcake she had at school had more bright orange frosting than an entire cake put together...just how she likes it!

This is right before we went with some friends trick r treating around our neighborhood!

Here are all the children getting ready to go trick r treating.

It was impossible to get them all sitting and looking:)

The girls were being silly

They were so funny to watch trick r treat. After knocking they would all press their faces up to the glass doors or windows by the door and try to look in, impatiently waiting for someone to open the door.

Noah was helping me put Halloween decorations up.

Such a sweet little face!

Tayla wanted me to take pictures of her cat shirt

Happy Halloween everyone!

San Antonio Trip!

We decided to take a little mini vacation and go to San Antonio Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

We had SO much fun! We went to Sea World, and the Riverwalk in San Antonio one day, Natural Caverns and the San Marcos outlets...which are the best ever...the next day. We had so much fun!! We ended up getting passes for Sea World for a year, so we'll go back again for sure! We took lots of pictures, so here are a few!

Here is Tayla getting ready to explore the caverns, lol.

Here's part of us, heading into the cave.

Just some stalagmites!

and some "bacon"

This was some water..it was very wet inside the cavern!

And here are the stalactites!

I know this isn't the greatest picture, but it's the only family picture from the whole trip that we were all in together, except Dez, who took the camera for a few minutes from me to take a few pics:)

Tayla and Garrett were SO cute together. They were almost always holding hands with each other. I love the background of this picture. The picture just doesn't do it justice...it was really awesome!

I love this picture because Noah loved being one of the big kids. He loved every chance he had to walk with them, and play with them. When he could, he would copy everything they did!


I think Scott enjoyed this ride more than the children, lol

They had to ride this one like three times!

Noah was such a trooper. He took a little nap in his stroller, and when he woke up, he was so out of it. He was pretty good for such a long day!

Noah really liked Shamu! He was startled a few times because of the commotion, but he was content in watching the whales!

Had to have a pic of Shamu! Pictures are just not as cool as real life. He looks so small in this picture!

We paid almost 20 bucks for Tay to get her face painted:) It was worth it though, she was so excited and she knew exactly what she wanted...if you can't tell, she chose to be a mermaid, lol.

Here she is showing off her new look!

Here are the girls posing together, with their new faces. Riley chose a dolphin!

Noah was pretty fascinated by this penguin dressed up as a pumpkin! After a few minutes, he was giving it hugs!

Scott was trying to convince the girls it was ok to go in...this was the spooky part of Sea World, where they really decorated well for Halloween! This was suppose to be kid friendly, but Tay didn't like it too much.

After Sea World we went to the Riverwalk in San Antonio, by the Alamo, and had a delish dinner. Here are the two love birds strolling the streets, lol. This pic was referred to as the paparazzi shot!

We had so much fun with our friends. Tayla was in heaven being able to play non-stop, run around, scream, you know, all her favorite things! Sea World had lots of fun things to do for Halloween, so it was fun. She misses her little friends and on the next morning, she said she wanted to go back to our "old house", meaning the hotel we shared. She is already asking when we are going back to Sea World. Good thing we bought season tickets! I'm sure we will get good use out of them!

One Massive Post

Ya, ya I know, this is a mega post. This one is for the family...lots of pictures:) We have been so busy, and having lots of fun. Here are some pictures of some of the things we have been up to..mostly the highlights of what we have been up to:) Tayla's best little buddy moved to Russia about a month ago and she has been so sad. They were good little friends and really did love each other. He is just too cute! She loves to drive by his old house just to see and she even wants to drop off treats to put on his doorstep, so when he comes home he can be surprised and find something special waiting for him.

She misses Preston, and I miss his mommy, Dung. We miss you Dung and Preston!!

Tayla has enjoyed Nate's baseball games on Friday (if they are early enough for her to go to).

Tayla had a 'bring a friend day' at ballet, and she chose to bring Addy to her class. They had a lot of fun...although she wasn't very obedient that day, lol. She was just too excited to have a friend!

Addy was a cute little ballerina! This is where they put on big pink tutu's and a crown and go to the 'ball' to dance.

Look at those eyelashes, seriously! Lucky little man.


Dez went to her first ever high school dance! She looked so beautiful! I loved helping her get ready, so thanks Dez for letting me help:)

Here is the group she went with to Homecoming!

Some of our friends who have canoes, invited us to go to a park and have some food and go out on the canoes with them! I'll be honest, I was scared of alligators the whole time I was out there in the water. I couldn't help think of what I would do if one attacked, lol. Tayla loved it though, and we all had a fun time outside in the 'cool for Houston' weather.

We also made smores, which Tay devoured. She also had such a fun time playing with our friend's dog! She loved throwing the ball and having the dog fetch it!

Of course, if any activity has to do with making something to eat, especially if it is sweat, Tayla loves it. Making caramel apples is so much fun for her.



She was getting pretty creative.

I know this is a random picture..but Noah LOVES to be outside and the other day it was raining and I happened to open the door for something, and he escaped! He was pantless, shoesless, but wanted so badly to play in the rain, so I let him. He LOVED it! He was soaked, but was the happiest little boy ever. Must be a boy thing? He cried hard when I made him come back in to take a bath. Poor boy!

This little guy loves loves loves bananas, or 'nanas'! He has one each day, and could eat 5 a day if I let him. Out of all the books we have, he will find all the pages with bananas on it and point them out, then shout "nana, nana, nana!" It's hilarious!


He's happy and content after eating his nana.


I couldn't resist trying on Tayla's boots from last year, on him. He walked around like he was pretty cool! Ok, Noah also really loves shoes. He carries Taylas princess shoes around the house, and when I say, "let's go bye bye," he finds his shoes, while saying, "shoosh". It's pretty funny.

This picture kills me! He is not going to be happy when he's older and knows I was purposely dressing him in girls stuff.

Noah's 1st Birthday Bash!!

Noah turned ONE!! Can you believe it?? I sure can't! Time has gone by SO fast! We feel so blessed to have him in our family. He is such a sweet boy!

For his birthday, we decided to throw him a joint birthday party, with his bff Max, our friends little boy. They are only about a week apart, so we thought we'd celebrate together! It was so much fun! We did a puppy theme, and had a blast decorating!

I have to show the invites I made, because the rest of the party was planned around the invites:)

Here is Noah in his little party hat and personalized bday shirt I made him. (He didn't like his hat that much...he didn't keep it on for long)

Here are the little pupcakes we made!

And Noah's bone cake!

Of course, Noah and Max had to have their own bone cake!

Here's the two cute little stinkers! They wouldn't give us a smile so we could get a picture of them. They were too interested in what was going on around them! But they were so cute together in their little bday shirts!

We served doggie treats, straight out of doggie dishes!


Here are our little goodie bags!

Dez was suppose to be our puppy face painter, but she was sick, so I painted all the children's faces like puppies. They loved it! I love this picture, the girls are so cute! All the kids had a great time playing on multiple playgrounds surrounding the area.

Noah enjoyed all the capri suns he could sneak past us!

He LOVED his cake! As you can see, he dove right in!

Noah savored each bite, and Max dumped his cake on his lap first thing and dug in! lol, it was so funny to see them make messes of themselves!

Noah was having the time of his life! I love this picture because he is covered in chocolate, but you can still see his little white teeth through all that frosting!

He was a mess!


But we cleaned him up, and I took a few steps away, and he was off! lol, he was stark naked, ready to go play!

Flergs Sale and Upcoming Kit!!

Take advantage of this sale while you still can! Stock up!

Also..Flergs and Kaye Winiecki have teamed up to bring you an AWESOME Halloween kit! It has so many fun things inside!! I can't wait to get a few minutes to scrap with it! The is a must have Halloween kit! It has:

26 papers

2 bats
2 bows
1 candy corn
3 candy scatters
2 alphas
2 clouds
1 black cat
2 ghosts
1 bunch of sklours
1 witch hat
1 jack-o-lantern
1 pumpkin
1 Dymo word tape
3 eyeballs
1 fog
2 flowers
7 frames
2 fences
2 lightening strikes
1 silhouette
1 moon
1 paint splat
1 scribble
1 spider
1 string
1 haunted house silhouette
1 spooky tree
1 slime splat
1 spider web
1 slime drips
2 swirls
1 vine
1 tree
4 wordart - fright night, spooktacular, hocus pocus, boo

It will be in store Sept. 25 at scrapbookgraphics.com!!

Boating Baby!

We had a fun time boating in TX for our first time! Noah had an alright time, but Tayla LOVED it! She insisted on jumping in every time the boat came to a stop! Noah and Mommy

Noah, Dez and Tay in the water. Like I said..she wanted to get in the (very warm) water the entire time!

Dez and Noah swimming around!

Here's Nate wakeboarding! So, I wasn't planning on wakeboarding, but they pressured me to, so I did and it was lots of fun. I was really impressed with myself because it has been a LONG time since I last wakeboarded, and I got right up and even took a little jump over the wake:) (and when I say little, I mean little, but still!)

Dez and Tay went out on the tube!

And here is a little video of Tayla and Dez on the tube. She had a perma grin the entire time! She loved it! Thanks Josh and Kimberly!

First Day of School!!

Tayla's first day of preschool!! She has great teachers, fun classmates, and she loves it so much already!! She has been going for two weeks now and is having such a fun time!

Gotta have the classic first day of school picture:)

Tayla was SO EXCITED to be in the same class as Eliza her best little friend at school! They were really crazy with each other their first day of school...really crazy. Her teachers said she was good, but her and Eliza were a little wild with each other! lol

Here is Tay with one of her teachers..looks like she is being a good little school girl in this pic at least!

On the first day of school, they had breakfast for the parents and the option of sticking around for chapel. Here is Tayla and Eliza walking in to chapel together..holding hands! lol. They were out of control and I saw the teachers look at each other, like, this is what we have to put up with! lol. They were being so cute together though. You could tell they adored each other and missed each other lots!

Here is a video I took of Tayla the morning before she went to school

And of course here is a picture of Dez on her first day of seminary and of 11th grade!! This is bright and early (5:30am), and she looks as happy as can be! She's doing awesome as well and we are still so happy she is here with us!

My little Ballerina:)

I almost cried the first day Tayla was able to start ballet! Seriously. I have always wanted to dance..but never could. So...I am living vicariously through Tay, and I am the first to admit it!

She was excited to get her little ballet shoes and tap shoes, but not as excited as I was, lol. I was having a great time picking out her little ballet and tap outfits! Oh man, this is going to be bad news!!! Anyway, here is our little ballerina on her first day of ballet:)

What a sweetie!


Just twirling around.

Already making friends! She is the one with the arm around her shoulder.

And here is her during the tap part of her ballet class. (She is the one with the black on) She loves it! And I love watching her...it's by far the cutest ever! She's such a cute girl, I just love her to pieces!

My Big Adventure Charity Collaboration

Just thought I'd post this MASSIVE Collab kit made to help Autism!

With the purchase of this charity collaborative kit you will contribute to the important research into the causes, preventions and treatments and ultimately the cure!
100% of the profits will be donated to the Autism Society of America.This kit will only be available throughout September and October, so don’t miss out on your chance to make a difference!

Click on picture to take you to where you can grab it all for only $7.99!!

38 fabulous designers have worked together to bring you this amazing and HUGE kit.Inside it you will find 150+ background papers, over 400 elements, 11 alphabets,3 printable hybrid projects and a 58 pieced layered layout template.
Here are the wonderful designers who have created these beautiful pieces of art:Amy Stoffel, AmyM Designs, Armina Designs, Artistic Leanings, Baers Garten, Beth Rimmer, Chaos Lounge, Cinnamon Designs, Color with Caryn, Danielle Engebretson, Designs By Hutchie, Digi Overdose, Dreams’ Pieces, Edeline Designs, Emily Merritt, Eva Kipler, Faith True, Flergs, FruitLoOp Sally, Gina Miller, Heather Hill, Jen Balding, Kelleigh Ratzlaff, Kitty Designs, Krystal Hartley, Leah Farquharson, Newlife Dreams, Pamela Donnis, Raechel Knight, Shabby Princess, Smooth Sailing, Steel City Scraps, Studio Arisu, SweetMade, Traci Murphy, Valorie Brown, Vonniesdigiworld, Wendy Page & Miss Tiina.
Also available is a 36 page album with front and back covers!

What a great way to help out! It's loaded with goodies!

My Baby is 11 Months Old!!

Noah's 11 Months! How can that be??? Wow, time really goes by so quickly! Since It's been awhile since I have updated on our little man, here is what he is up to these days!

Weight: 22lbs..can't remember height, and head circumference, but he is 50 percent in all categories, so he is at least proportional :)

And here are a few pictures...

Since both of my children wake up early, we have been going on bike rides, or just walking to the park and playing on the playground. Noah LOVES it and gets so excited to climb the stairs all by himself and loves to have me chase after him. He also loves the slide and swing!

He loves to 'help' me when I unload the dishwasher and in the time I turned to put something away in the cupboard, he had climbed up here all by himself! Yikes! (He sticks out his tongue when he climbs or concentrates, so you see his tongue a lot!)


He loves his Daddy! He loves to play ball with Nate and is actually really good at catching balls!

He still loves food! Any kind of table food for the most part. Ok, EVEN SPIDERS!! Yes, he ate a spider, my least favorite thing in the ENTIRE world! I saw him chewing on something and so I looked and it was the BIGGEST spider EVER! I pretty much freaked out, turned him upside down and tried shaking it out of him (I know mean, but at that moment that was the best thing I could think of because there was NO way I was going to stick my hand in there to fetch it!) After that idea failed, I grabbed a towel and used the towel to scrape out all the remaining pieces (yes, pieces) of spider left. I was so disgusted I couldn't function for at least 3 hours after. Nate told me I was being crazy and I told Noah I couldn't kiss him for at least a year. Ugh. Worst experience of my life thus far. We also had to buy a special crib bumper because we started finding little teeth marks on his crib. When he would wake up in the morning, or from naps, he would nibble on his crib until we came and got him.

He is a BIG mess maker! He finds joy in making messes for Mommy to clean up! He is even celebrating his mess in the picture! lol He's very proud.

Noah really enjoys books too. He is so cute when he sits there and goes through books one at a time. Yes, he made this mess too. He was determined to yank every book off the bookshelf. He likes the book he is looking at because it makes noises!

If you look closely, there is a cat outside the window. Well, we have a lot of stray cats around our house, and he LOVES them! He will yell and try his hardest to get out of my arms so he can try and touch them (even though I wouldn't let him because I don't particularly like dirty homeless cats, no offense) He sat by this window for quite some time just looking at the cat and reaching out for it.

He loves this little car! He is all smiles every time he walks with it! It's pretty funny to see him walk along with it because on the tile it goes really fast, so from behind his little chubby thighs are working hard to keep up with it! lol, it's pretty cute!

Another picture of his little car..I know you can't really see, but he is wearing a 'I love NY' shirt:)

Here are his teeth! When the picture was taken he only had two up top and two on bottom. But now he has two more coming in on the bottom and two more on top...so all together he has 8!! (but you can only really see these 4)

He loves to share! It's so sweet too...if you ask for something he is eating, he gladly shares...unlike his sister....hopefully the sharing trait lasts!

Other fun fact about Noah:

**If he is ever missing, I head right for the stairs. He loves loves to climb the stairs and does it really quick (there is a gate, but sometimes it's let open)

**He sleeps with his favorite blanket and black puppy Tayla helped Grandma Karr pick out for him the day Tayla met him in the hospital (which Tayla remembers and reminds me OFTEN)

**He loves to dance with us

**He loves planes and will yell something and reach out to them or wave to them.

**He loves to wave at people that ARE NOT paying attention to him..if they are paying attention to him he sometimes gets bashful and snuggles up to me.

**He loves to make funny faces to make us laugh.

**He loves to be outside doing anything

**He cries 'Mommy' when he wants me, and 'Dadda' when he's upset...he talks, or babbles, when he's sad I won't let him do something he wants to do, almost like he's yelling at me:(

**He can sign more and please, but needs to work on them

**He has blown kisses twice, but only got the kiss part..and it was to Dez, whom he absolutely loves!

**He loves giving high fives, and helping me shut the microwave door after nuking water for his bottle.

**He loves toys, play food, balls, the easel, and any other thing he can play with. He is really good at playing by himself, or with Tayla.

Noah cracks us up when he sings into this little microphone! It's so funny because he takes it so serious! He can go on for a long time too. Future American Idol I guess:)

Noah has figured out how to open anything with a lid that pops up! It all started with his little puff snacks lid. Now I can give him anything, like this syrup, and he can open it:) He's always so proud too.

Noah is walking now too! This video was about a week ago, so he has improved and has taken about 10 steps! He even stood up all by himself from sitting down on the ground! It's so fun to see him walk! (Poor Tayla wasn't getting much attention, as you can hear in the background!)

'Wicked' trip to Philly & New York City!!

I am so spoiled:) I took a trip ALL BY MYSELF, no children, (even though I missed the children a lot!) to see Nate's sister Lisa in Philly!! We had so much fun!!! I was there for 4 nights, and had tons of fun shopping, eating, and going into the city!! I don't know why I get so excited to go back to NY, but I still love it and it was so much fun with just Lisa and I hanging out! Here are some pics I took...

Classic shot in the city:) I have NEVER seen NYC this crowded in my life!! It was so busy, I don't know what was up! I even heard a man say that he had never seen NY that crowded before!

I just love this guy. Thank you for standing out there covered in paint so we can pay you 2 dollars to continue standing there, so we could get a picture:)

Ok, I couldn't resist. This dude (I have no idea who or what it was) was ginormous. I made Lisa stand there to get a picture and then she made me stand there..but it was worth it, it's art right!****I censored it because we run a family blog******

This picture was taken while we were on our little carriage tour of Central Park! Except instead of being pulled by a horse, we were being pulled by a guy...but he was really nice and pretty funny.

On our Central Park Tour, our tour guide said that this fountain was the same fountain that the 'Friends' actors danced around in the previews to the tv show. Sweeeeet! We also saw where tons of other movies were filmed, like home alone! It actually was the first time I'd been through the entire park because we didn't have to walk. I'm glad we did it, it was worth the money:)


Here's Lisa and I headed to China Town to find some purses hiding behind trap doors in their little shops:)

Eating at Cheesecake Factory...man I love that place!


You can't go to NY without trying not to stare at this piece of work! This is what Lisa said about the Naked Cowboy, "It's like a train wreck, it's impossible to look away!" hahaha, funny! Seriously though, we watched him with women that would come up to take a picture with him and it was SO disturbing how he acted. Yucky! He was so gross!!! I am surprised he doesn't get into trouble!! Moving on....

Oh Wicked....I loved it TOOOOO much!! It was AWESOME!! Really, so awesome that I am posting two pictures of us posing with wicked paraphernalia...





Just waiting for the show to start. This was taken 1 minute before we got in trouble for using cameras....but seriously, everyone was taking pictures! Anyway, once again it was WICKED!! Oh, it was really good....I even got a little teary eyed as I was standing up clapping...I'm a geek, but it was so EMOTIONAL!! lol, Lisa was probably embarrassed to be seen with me.

Me and Lisa eating at Maxie's in NY! They had great french toast!

We had such a fun time in NYC! I even think about the lame hypnosis show we saw (and me getting called up on the stage for the opening magician show) and paying 4 dollars for the bottled water they said we had to buy, and smile:) lol

Thanks Lisa for letting me come and visit! I miss you already! I miss making you do things you don't want like butting in front of a family with children to get yourself a chocolate covered donut! lol (really I am laughing out loud) I also must admit that I miss your puppies too:) They are so cute! It was so nice to have a little break!! Well, in my case a long break..the longest ever without children, so thanks!!

Annual Girls Trip 09!

I am finally getting to putting up pictures of our girls trip! We had SO MUCH FUN! It was the best weekend ever! I seriously can't remember the last time I laughed so hard it hurt....or the last time I stayed up until like 5:30 in the morning:) It was great to see everyone again and see that really not much has changed..we're all still crazy!

A great picture of the girls....except that lame-o in the corner...and Amber was missing. So here is a picture of her...

...on her birthday! We celebrated 7's 26th birthday!

I know this is a random picture, but one of my favorites...just for the girls:) We are awesome!

Brittany (who was always driving the cool car, lol), Ang and I got rebellious and strayed the path to get to our condo and went into Park City for some chocolate from Rocky Mountain Choc. Factory! Luckily we took 5 times as long to actually get back to the condo that we had eaten all of our chocolate/caramel apples so we didn't have to share with anyone else....lol. Although I'm sure there are still traces of chocolate in Britt's back seat...sorry Britt:)

Kristi, Ang and I...it's funny how similar we all look with our shades on!

Nanc, Alisha, and I getting lunch before hitting the outlets:)


It was so fun getting away for a weekend and hanging out with old friends. It was a blast and I already want to start planning next years trip!! Hope to see you girls again soon!

Happy 5 years Babe!

Nate and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on the 26th of June! Wow, that seems crazy! It was the same day as I was gone with the girls for our yearly trip, but he insisted on me still going. So we celebrated early and have a fun time in Houston! It has been an awesome 5 years, I love you Nate!

Our Trip To Utah!

We had a great time in Utah visiting! Here are some pictures from our trip!

Noah and I up by USU waiting for the fireworks! He was pretty clingy this trip. I think he was sad I had left him for a few days when I went on my girls trip, so he was making sure I didn't leave I guess. Every time we would take a picture, he would turn right as the picture was taken, so this is the best picture we could get of us!

Tayla and Cole eating cotton candy, with Grammy and Papa smiling in the background. Cole finished his and tried to get Tay to share hers, so Tayla went and found him some more that was lying around and gave it to him so he wouldn't try to take hers. It was really cute and funny! She was very proud of herself!

Here is Tayla with some of the children on Nate's side of the family playing with pop-its. (you know those fireworks that pop when you throw them on the ground.) Tayla wasn't very aggressive at throwing them on the ground and making them pop, so she opted and started steeping on them.

Aunt Marci brought Tay this statue of liberty hat to wear. It was pretty sweet!

Tayla was being very patriotic.

I love this picture because you can see his little teeth on the bottom! hehe, I love them:)

He's so sweet!

Here's Noah getting excited to watch his first fireworks! He actually fell asleep before they went off, but woke up right before they started. He actually sat there for like 10 minutes just watching with amazement before her started squirming.

Nate and Tay just relaxing before dinner. The children had a fun time camping out and playing together.

Here is Tay, Cole and Hayden eating some dinner at the bbq/campout we had at Nate's families home.

I think we need to get a trampoline for Christmas because this was Tayla's favorite thing to do while in Utah! Seriously, she loved it and could have jumped the entire trip if we let her!

My mom, Grandma Karr, and Tayla are always so crazy around each other. Seriously, Tayla knows she can get anything she wants when Grandma Karr is around and she loves it! They are doing silly faces in the picture!

Tayla's first haircut! Yes, that is right, very first haircut! I have wanted to get it cut for quite some time, but I was always scared to because I don't want to cut off the curls and have them gone forever. But we finally did it! As you can see, she needed a haircut! Her hair underneath is really curly, but the top hair is pretty crazy.

My friend from high school, "Fancy Nancy" (that is what I called her so Tayla would be more excited, since she loves the Fancy Nancy books!) cut her hair, and she did a great job! She was a bit squirmy, but only because there were little puppies running around and she desperately wanted to play with them!

This is the after picture! Her curls are much cuter and they blend better! Thanks Nanc!

We enjoyed some Aggie Ice Cream!! Yum! And cheap too!

Noah really enjoyed all the eating out! He will eat anything seriously!

Papa and Noah hanging out

All the cousins had a fan time getting rolled up like burritos at Grammy and Papa's Petersen's house.