I Love taking Pictures!!

Recently I have taken some baby pictures for some friends and I have realized how much I love to take pictures. Especially when they are so cute!! I really need to start doing more so if you hear of anyone needing some taken, let me know!! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!!

4th of July

I have decided that Winslow, despite its hickness, has the best fireworks!! this is our second year going to winslow for the fourth. We took chairs, a bucket of chicken, fribees, baseball and gloves, and parked it on the baseball field across from the football field where they set off the fireworks. It is the best spot in the house!! We came straight to Winslow from camping and met up with friends and family! Kenzie slept for the first little while, then when the fireworks started she did not like the loud noise! She went between Garrett and I trying to find comfort! finally, about 10 minutes into it she started to half cry, half laugh, and clap when they went off, then put her head back down. By then end she was saying "boom" each time they went off. So, if you ask her what a firework does she'll say boom and do a cute hand gesture!

The crew waiting for the fireworks to start.

Kenzie playing ball and running around!

Happy first 4th to Ellie!! Our friends sweet baby, born in June, hung out for some of the fun!

Camping in the Sitgreaves

So the week of June 30th we headed out to go camping and get out of the heat!! Of course, getting out on time seems to be impossible when you have a child and a million things to fit into a small truck. But, we made it out and once we got to Payson and felt the cool air it was all worth it!! We camped on the back side of Bear Canyon Lake. It was so beautiful! The camp spot was meadowy and green. We saw quite a few Elk a few hundred yards from our spot and enjoyed the lake not to far away! I do think that Kenzie might be a gymnast! She loves to climb and balance on rocks and logs!! Here are some fun pictires from our trip!

The Look out just before Woods Canyon Lake! We were overlooking the Payson area!

My Little Balancing Queen!

Work it Kenzie!

Garrett is such a great fisher!! He had the line in the water for 5 minutes and caught a fish. Within an hour we caught about 3. I caught one too and will post the picture soon!

Oh yah...

Yesterday I put Kenzie down for a nap and went out into the other room. All the sudden I hear Kenzie knocking on the very door I had just shut, and she was talking a whole bunch of gibberish. I open the door and low and behold, there is Kenzie standing at the door ready to play. So, needless to say our pack-n-play days are over. We will just see if it happens at home in her big crib!!

Are we still Alive?

Sorry for the huge gaps in our postings, but since we are fancy free this summer we are livin' it up!! We have just been on the move and not home for more than a few days. We will be home by Monday and will post all of the cool pictures of our camp trips and give a nice update. Hope you all had a great 4th of July!!

Mexico

So, we went to Mexico and had a blast!! Garrett and all of his family was there and we stayed in the most beautiful house. It was 6 bedroom, 8 bath beach house right on the ocean front. Talk about space!! There was tons of room and it had lots of neat things inside. so here are the pictures:

the whole gang on the upper patio

here we are eating at a restaraunt at the Market

kenzie taking a break from playing in the water

Garrett and I with our ocean view behind us

Kenzie heading for the waves!!

We deifnately are missing our sun and sand, but who knows? maybe we'll go back before summer is over!!

So I was tagged...

Here it is...

3 Joys:1. Coming home from work to a clean house. 2. Having Kenzie throw her arms around my neck and then giving me a kiss. 3. Enjoying an outing with my hubby and daughter

3 Fears:1. Being chased by bad men. 2. Losing a family member 3. not being able to find my family if there was a disaster or evacuation.

3 Goals:1. Lose weight 2. Secure a teaching job for next year.3. Attend the temple each month

3 Current obsessions/collections:1. I doodle and take notes on a small, random peice of paper and then stack them in random places in the house (Drives garrett crazy!!). 2. Decorating the house a room at a time 3. getting out of the house and having fun

3 Random/Surprising Facts about yourself:1. I am a nervous/anxious nail biter 2. I love to turn the air down at night so I can sleep with it cold 3. i love to bake (when I have the time and people to help us eat it)

i tag erin, codie, kristin, Kasey

Camping in Flagstaff

This is going to be LONG, so hang in there!!Since Garrett got out of school before I did, he headed up with my mom to help her get all set up and then waited for us to get there. kenzie and I left on friday, May 23rd which was my last day of my first teaching job. Little did I expect to run into a snow storm from about Pine to our campground at Pine Grove. Random snow storm in May?! But when we got there we had a blast. Depsite the cold first night or two, we played some fun paintball, ate some awesome dutch-oven cooking (thanks mom and garrett), saw the Indiana Jones movie, and hung out! Kenzie enjoyed seeing the squirrels, decided that she was an awesome balancer and had to step on every rock you came across, collected and threw rocks, tried to pull herself up on a tree branch, woke garrett up each morning by saying "Daddy" until garrett got her out of the pack and play, and went on hikes with mom and dad.

Cheesy smile- Kenzie and her rock collection

Kenzie attempting a pull up and balancing on her rock

Gotta love the backpack. That is the only way to go!!

Garrett and i fancy free this summer so we stayed with mom and G-ma once everyone left. We went to Winslow and saw family there, and then eventually headed home.

Cute pictures with daddy and mommy

Here are 4 generations hiking the Sunset Crater in Flagstaff

Kenzie and her grandmas ready for some spotlighting action. On this trip we saw a heard of female elk

What is this face? For real?!She has some of the funniest faces!!

Kenzie thought she was hot stuff after we curled her hair. She liked looking at herself in the mirror!!

So these are the pictures from our first camping adventure for the summer. Next week we go to Rocky Point Mexico for a whole week. Peace out 105 weather, hello beach and cool water!!

Gotta love fountains

We went to the Tempe Marketplace with our cousins and let the kids play in the water. They had a blast. Kenzie was all over, hitting the water and of course screaming each time the water came up! She was soaked by the time we went home.

Kenzie in May

Here are some cute pictures of Kenzie being her cute self. She is so close to talking and is learning so much. Everyday it is something new.

Posing in her cute outfit

Feeding the Geese at the Park

She had to get each bit of chocolate off of her hands. Too bad it never made it into her mouth!

My Field day at school

So I decided that I needed to plan and put together a field day for the kids at my school. So I planned a Dr.Suess field day with lots of fun stations and activities. Of course the favorite stations where that of the water stations. Kids loved getting wet and Garrett helped me drill holes in the bottom of the bowls to ensure that the kids were going to get wet. It was a hit!! They were drenched in water and had tons of fun. I was so glad to see it all come together and that the kids had a great time. Here are some of the pictures that i took:

Our field day sign

The bouncy ball race station

One of our water relays

the sixth grade doing the team skiis.

She's all Good

So Garrett and I were stressing about Kenzie not talking yet and come on, coming from me you would think that she would have been by now. We were also worried about her hearing and potentially developing a speech impediment, in effect from the infections. So I took her to an ear, nose, and throat doctor today and we got a great report. He said that her ears were very healthy and that tubes right now are not an option. She had her hearing tested by an audiologist and she passed with flying colors. So, that was great news. Unfortunately, because of the germs she is around she will probably get more ear infections. But, that is a road to cross later. Now we know that her hearing and ears are great. The last two weeks she has been saying a ton more. She just has no need to talk. She is spoiled and when she needs anything, we are always right there! So, we are good to go! Yeah for cute kids that make our lives so much fun!

Cheesey

When you tell kenzie to say cheese, she sure gives you the cheesey look. She is so cute. She is getting so big and has started to talk a lot more. Of course not full out senteces, but she just gets going, and you can tell she is trying to tell us something. I cannot believe that she is 4 months away from being 2!! Time is just flying by.

I'm Not listening

So the other day I looked in on her at the preschool which I do everyday, and I see Kenzie walking around the room with both pointer fingers stuck in her ears. She has this look on her face and just does her own thing pretending she is not listening. So we were in the car and I kenzie decided to give me the cute, finger in the ear, I'm not listening look. It was pretty funny. I find that some things she does are kind of funny, and it is hard not to laugh.

Hair No More

So i have been really tired of my hair and yesterday I went to a ladie whos son goes to my school, and I donated my hair to locks of love. I wasn't even nervous. I had enough length so I decided, what the heck! So now it is nice to have short hair again. Here is the picture from my bosses work party out in Mesa that we went to last night. Kenzie had a blast playing in the jumping house, eating pizza, and getting balloon animals made while Garrett and I got to socialize with friends from work and eat some ethnic food from the Middle East.

Silly Mom...

Fans are for babies!! So kenzie knows how to turn on the fan and she thinks it is a blast. It is kind of like our shop vac that she switches on and off while we are trying to vaccume. So, she turns on the fan, stands in front of it and tries to keep her eyes open as long as possible before they dry out, or just closes her eyes and takes in all the wind!

Tender Moments

Here is my dad and Mackenzie reading books. She loves to be read to and really enjoys her grandpa. Of course grandpa HAS to see her once a week or I get a call saying " I gotta see Kenzie, i am going through Kenzie withdraw!" So we get to see family at least once a week and we love it. I love my parents so much and am fortunate to have them close by!

A Girls Night Out

So a week ago, while the boys were at Priesthood session, all of us girls went out without the kids!! It was nice to have some time to ourselves. So, we went and registered my sister, who is expecting in july, at the local Babies'r'us. We were able to help her register for some of the things that she will need!! It was lots of fun and afterwards ate at Red Robin! Sometimes, just getting out for awhile does a world of good for your sanity!!

Camping Trip to Sunflower

Our trip was a Blast!! We camped right next to the creek and enjoyed riding the quads, eating, and playing paintball.
Despite all the changes in plans, we all got out there and had a fun time. Well, except for dad and grandma that were on the 87 heading out when they were turned around due to the landslide on the freeway. They were really bummed out as everyone was out camping and they were all alone for part of Easter sunday. We all headed home early so that we could all be together on Easter.
A great form of entertainment was Garrett damming up the creek. He kept adding more and more rocks and each time a group of riders came through the water just seemed to keep getting deeper. It turned into an all weekend activity which ended up involving many of us there. Kenzie liked the water until she got wet and then wanted nothing to do with it!! She just enjoyed throwing rocks into the water or onto daddy's dam to help him out!!
It was also my mom's first trip out using her new trailer. She loved it as did we!! We were able to shower, prepare some food, and had a quite place for the babies to take naps!! Thanks mom for hauling it out!!

Here is all the paintball crew ready to roll!!

My cute nephew Carson hanging out in the pack n play

kenzie's infamous eye roll finally caught on camera

Kenzie having fun throwing rocks at the creek

Spring Break Fun

So my spring break came and went too fast!! I was able to spend lots of time with Mackenzie and get us ready for our camping trip up to Sunflower. Here are some fun pictures of Kenzie all cute. We also went to a Youth Muesum where there were lots of hands on exhibits and toys. She had a great time in the little kitchen area and going down the slide.

What a big girl she is now!!

Another fun face from Kenzie

Grandma reading to Kenzie at the Muesum.