Happy Birthday Avery!

Better late than never I guess....Our sweet little Avery turned 6 this Wednesday. I seriously can't believe it!!! We ended up celebrating her birthday all week long it seemed like because she shares that day with a few family members. PARTY ON! Avery is one of the funniest/quirky kids I know she says the funniest things. For example tonight she asked me what if her mattress could fly how would I know where to find her to wake her up in the morning? And than she just starts cracking up. What a nut! We want her to know how proud we are of her and hopes she had a great birthday!

I know this is not the best cake ever but I didn't know how to make Sponge Bob and that was her request. It turned out okay in my book and was YUMMY!

I need a photoshop teacher.....

So I read an on line photoshop tutorial because I seriously feel like I need to take a college class to learn it, photoshop is a beast. If there is anyone out there who wants to teach me how to use it I am totally willing to learn. Anywho, these are the affects I learned from this tutorial. They are each a little different and for sure could probably use some tweaking but I like the end result in all of them for different reasons. Cute stuff!

This is the original out of the camera image that I took of little Miss Alyssa.

This is of course the Black and White Version I think I need to dial down the eyes a bit....

This is a soft version

This is the color version

This is my favorite the antique version.

Happy 4th of July!!

I love the 4th of July it is so much fun and so HOT, but still so much fun. We had a busy weekend and were exhausted by the end of it all. I only got a few pics because baby+camera does not picture taking make. So here are a few that I was able to catch and I am sure I am leaving out tons but it is what it is. Enjoy!

Thursday we thought we would kick the weekend off early and go to the zoo. We got there just as a huge hail storm started but we decided to wait it out for 10 minutes or so and it cleared right up. The nice thing about it was that it was cool and that there were very few people actually left in the zoo and the animals were out so it was a lot of fun.

After spending hours waiting in line at the park for all the awsome (do you hear the sarcasim) blow up slides, we headed over to a local place that was doing pony rides. NO LINES it was great and the kids had a lot of fun.

Micah (my brother-in-law) and Avery at the Parade in Grantsville

So I never EVER thought I would have my kids wear a leash EVER!!! Until I had a boy. He is always moving so on the side of caution I bought him this. He actually likes it because he doesn't have to hold my hand or be in the stroller. Never say never.

I cannot even tell you how many pictures I have of Avery like this probably hundreds. She does NOT like her picture taken so this is the face I get whenever I tell her to smile. I personally think she looks like a very cute version of Popeye.

Alyssa waiting for the parade to start. Please note the lovely boot on her foot. Yes something injured on this child AGAIN. I am suprised someone hasn't turned us in yet. We think she has a brittle bone condition like my little sister, but we can't get in to get tested until 2010. Lame I know.

My friend Nicole let me borrow her 55mm 1.8f lense to try it out. I have been on the fence about wether or not I should buy one because my camera doesn't have the motor in the camera to make it autofocus and so I would have to do it by hand. I LOVE THIS LENS!!! It wasn't hard to figure out at all and I am sure with a little practice you could get it down in no time at all. Thanks Nicole for helping me to make my decision to buy this lens. I can't wait!

Matt and Holly

My brother in law Matt and Sister in law to be are getting hitched soon and I begged them to let me take some family/engagement pictures for them. I am seriously addicted to the click, click, click of my camera. Here are a few that I think turned out DARN cute! We can't wait for the wedding. Congrats you 2!

I love this picture. Isn't my niece so stinking cute?

What a good looking little family. LOVE IT!

Again Reese is SOOOO CUTE!!! Can't say it enough.

Happy Birthday Alyssa (LATE)

SOOOOO my mother of the year tiara is on its way any day now Fed Ex I am sure of it. I feel like such a blog failure. My sweet little Alyssa turned 9 on June 14th and I am just now getting around to blogging her birthday wishes!!!! It was not the smartest plan to have surgery during the summer, I was basically high as a lortab kite on her birthday. I feel bad that I wasn't able to celebrate more with her this year. Even though it was kind of crazy I had tons of help to pull this all off and I think she had a great day all in all. Bless my sweet mother in laws heart for going the extra mile that day. She made the cake and took Alyssa and her friend to their planned birthday festivities.

I just want Alyssa to know how much we love her and are proud of her and I hope she had a GREAT 9th Birthday!

I seriously cannot believe that she is 9!!!

This is the cute cake my mother in law made. I think it turned out great!

I miss food!

So it has been 11 count them 11 days since I have eaten anything other than a Popsicle or chicken broth or jello. I MISS FOOD!!!! I really, really want a grilled cheese sandwich! I know of all things to think of but seriously I am getting pretty hungry. Getting your Tonsils out when you are older than 10 is just dumb and pain in the throat. HA HA! Okay that is enough of that!

Random Bits!

This post is going to be random so hang in there....I am also including a Warning!

that there is a graphic picture in this post so IF you are skirmish than read carefully. ENJOY!

This is my sister in law Mysti and her 2 kids Tristan and Keyra. She asked me to take some family pics for them a couple of weeks ago. I think they turned out pretty cute.

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GROSS!!! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!!

This is my poor sweet husband he and his friend Scott met my brother Drew and some other guys for a weekend of fishing fun on the Boulder Mountain. On the way up the Mountain they hit a boulder just right on their 4 wheeler and it flipped over on them. Scott fell off first, Ron followed by landing on Scott and than the wheeler landed on both of them. This was the only major injury Ron has, other than that for the both of them it is just bumps and bruises. They are 2 very lucky guys!!! Drew took them both to a local town and they X-rayed Scotts arm and looked them both over but told Ron that he need to be seen in SLC because there was no way for them to fix it there. So later that day I meet they boys at IMC at around 5:00 pm this happened around 8:30 a.m. After we saw the Plastic Surgeon he received 40+ stitches. I know this is YUCKY! But I am posting it mostly because I am so grateful that they are both OK!!!

Me, Avery, Alyssa and Mitch at his graduation.

My Dad, Mitch, My Grandma Melba (my dads mom) and My Mom.

I love this picture!

Aidan got his first haircut a few weeks back. SO CUTE!!!

Aidan Pre Hair Cut and Ron Pre Stitches on Memorial Weekend while we went for a drive up the Mountains.

Just another Mountain Pic that I like the way the light was falling when we drove up the to the Mountains for Memorial Day.