We're Back!!

We got a computer! Thank goodness for a great payment plan. We went with the iMac. It's pretty much amazing from what we've done so far.

Lyndsay and Tyler came for a visit over Labor Day weekend. It was so much fun. We love being closer to friends and family. We took paddleboats around the river downtown and then to the glowing hot air balloon festival. Very cool! We also caught up, played games, ate good food, and enjoyed every minute. Allie LOOOVED them!

Katelyn is so adorable. Look at those smiles. :) She LOVES her swing and could be in there all day. She sleeps great (7-8 hours at night). I know we are spoiled. Don't you just want to kiss her all over!?

Allie is doing so much better with potty training. In fact today she hasn't had any accidents. But I won't hold my breath. We are taking the long and steady journey :) But we get to go camping in the backyard tonight because she filled up her sticker chart. Should be fun and probably pretty cold! She is very sweet with her baby Katelyn...except poking her in the eye with a crayon. It wasn't meant to hurt her, kids just want to poke baby's eyes for some reason.

Computer

We have been reading the Consumer Reports (thanks mom and dad) for computers.
I think we are going to make the switch to a Mac...yikes!

But what computer do you all think we should get? We want all the input possible since this is a huge purchase for us!

Seriously?

I am in disbelief that it is August 25.

Where did this summer go?

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary yesterday...congrats to them! I think that is just absolutely wonderful and romantic.

Allie got a cute new hair cut and we all love it.

Katelyn is smiling. Oh she's beautiful! She's 2 months already...10 lbs. 2 oz. and 22 inches long. I'd love to just freeze time right now.

We found a fun little park that had a beach. Sand and water. What could be better!?
These pictures are from the park. You can see Allie's cute hair too and her little friend she made. Oh and you can see my nice WHITE legs. YUCK!

In other sad news, our computer died. Literally. The mother board is fried. It's only 2 years old. What!? So we will be saving our pennies in our cute little piggy bank for a new one. These will be the last pictures you see for a long time. :(

6 Years

August 14, 2004
Logan, Utah Temple
Married my best friend for eternity

How we celebrated:
Our wonderful friends Shad and Krista (and their handsome son Owen) from Spokane came for a job interview so we were able to party it up with them. It was so nice to have them here and if he gets the job they would move here. Yippee!!!
We walked around a beautiful park, had the best deli sandwich (my favorite) and a 1/2 price Cherry Limeade :):), a picnic lunch, walked around the Capitol, got calls, emails, texts, mail from family and friends, watched a movie, had a wonderful day with my man and friends.

6 years with the man of my dreams. Many, many more to come!

Look at that adorable family :)

Allie LOOOVES Owen. She can't stop talking about him.

Dear, sweet Katelyn was around too. She was doing this most of the time. Love her!

Capitol Building

{HONEYMOON} Vail, Colorado.

Celebrating Life

Doug's Aunt Dede put together a big "Celebrating Life" party for his grandparents. We drove up to Coeur d'Alene with the girls for the weekend to share this special time with them. We were lucky to be in Spokane for 2 years and live so close to them. However we moved before Katelyn was born so they got to meet her. It was so special. I got to meet Doug's cousin Mica and his family as well. Happy birthday to you both! Love you.

Landscape

So we decided to re-landscape the house for Doug's parents 2 weeks after having a newborn. It was crazy but fun! Doug worked out in the 95-100 degree weather getting it done. We were clueless but found some great prices and it turned out very nice. We dug out all the bark and replaced it with nice edging stones and rock, with some new plants.
These are such horrible pictures, but you get the idea. These are just of the front..but we did the sides and back as well.

Before

In the process. Allie was a lot of help digging all that dirt out.

Almost there

Done...I know it's not a good picture. Sorry!

Reasons to Smile

This is us.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allie truly loves her sister. I love this picture of my girls!

My brother's family...yeah we are cool because we all wear white!

My grandmother from Florida was able to come. Four generations.

Doug's whole family...or so we thought. Where is Josh? I knew it wasn't possible!

Katelyn's Blessing
Katelyn had a beautiful priesthood blessing given by her father at church. So many of our family came to share the special day with us. She was such an angel that day.

Gifts of Love
We have received so many wonderful gifts from family and friends. We appreciate them so much. My mom cross-stitched these beautiful names for the girls. I love them! What treasured keepsakes. Now I need to decorate their rooms finally. HELP!

Doug's Birthday Meal. You are going to want to try this. I will post the recipe soon.

Blueberry bars instead of cake...we are leaving all weekend so he took them to work.

There were two massive spiderwebs above our door with a ginormous spider hanging out. I wanted to die.

Doug's 29th Birthday
We live a very simple life. We kept his birthday low key but special. We surprised him a day before with dinner and a treat and sidewalk chalk. He was thrilled. Today my sister in law watched the girls so we could go out for lunch. It was pretty wonderful!

Love

i love my girls

Newborn Photos

Here is a link to some newborn shots of Katelyn. Isn't she lovely? Our photographer was a great gal from our church and she did an amazing job! Check it out if you have a minute. http://angiedoddsphotography.blogspot.com/

Trip, Zoo, 1 Month

We went on our first trip since having Katelyn join the family. We all survived.
We went to the zoo.
And baby Katelyn will be ONE MONTH in 2 days. What!?

We spontaneously went to Hailey to surprise Doug's dad for his birthday. We went for a walk and found a water pump...it was ice cold mountain water...SO GOOD!

We went to the zoo and Allie loved all the animals...especially this one!

The little petting zoo

She has been more alert lately. I love those big blue eyes :)

Such a pretty profile

Maybe it's just me but I hope you get a kick out of this. Allie is busy piling stuffed animals and blankets on her sister whilst Katelyn spits up all over. Priceless.

Allie finally LOVES holding Katelyn. I'm pretty sure Katelyn hates it. Haha.

Summer Days with Allie

She LOVES her backyard pool. She and we love everything about having a backyard!

This just speaks for itself. Who doesn't love making cool hair-dos in the bathtub?

Watering the grass is a serious job folks

Doug's parents have a dog named Rosie. Allie LOVES her. They played together outside, just the two of them. Allie was bossing her around the whole time. It was great!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job :)

Doug got a job!
We are so blessed.
It's a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Internship with the City of Meridian.
It's only 3 months...but maybe something more permanent will come from it.
Either way, we couldn't be more thrilled :)
Thanks for all the prayers!

Catching up a bit

Allie with all her personality and Doug humoring her...or maybe it's the other way around :)

Nan and Pa C at the hospital

My mom will probably hate me for this, but I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

First family picture...not too spectacular, but I think we're pretty great!

Nan G and Allie holding Katelyn

Pa G...of course he got to hold her when she was hungry!

My girls! I just love them more than anything.

 

 

We don't have any fun 4th of July pictures. We spent Saturday sitting around because I had a fever. I went to the ER that night. I have an infection so I got some antibiotics and things are looking up already.