Our Newest Addition

Say hello to our family's newest addition, D-MAX.




We saw him for sale on craigslist and were instantly in love with him! We have been wanting a dog forever, but never felt the time was right to get one. Since we are in our own home now and nate is old enough to love and play with a dog we decided now was great time! Only problem is we dont have side fences on our yard, but hopefully this will hurry up the process! We called the number and went and looked at all the cute puppies and D-MAX came right up to us! Him and Nate started playing catch right away and I believe it was love at first sight! He was born March 21 so he is almost 11 weeks old. He has been such a good dog already! Surprisingly he didnt wine once last night! He slept all night and woke up when Skyler did this morning at 5:30. We took him outside to go potty, but he didnt go, so we brought him back inside. About 10 minutes later we noticed him just starting to squat so we quickly carried him outside! He then went potty! Oh the joys of potty training! Maybe I should have nate start potty training with him! Ha ha jk! I think I can only handle one at a time! He hasnt really tried chewing on anything yet and he hasnt barked at all! We had him laying on the lawn with us last night and he didnt bark at the neighbor boys who came over! He just loved that they came up and started petting him! We are so excited to have Max as our dog! We already love him to death which is probably a good thing because I am sure we may start regretting our decision once he starts peeing, pooping and chewing on things. So far so good, but then again we havent even had him for 24 hours yet :) Nate loves him though! Its like having a new friend! They chase each other and play catch and nate cant get enough of it! He just laughs and laughs when Max chases him! Its so cute! Hopefully they will be best buds for life! Welcome to our home Max!!

Memorial Day Weekend

I look holiday weekends! It is so nice to have Skyler home and off work so we can go have fun family time! Friday night Skyler, Nate and I went to Pirate Island Pizza to eat a yummy dinner and afterwards we played in the arcade for a little bit. Then we decided to go on an adventure! Skyler knew that there was a waterfall somewhere in the Toquerville Mountains so we set off to find it. He had looked at a map and there were a ton of trails and we ended up not making the right turn so we ended up at a look off spot. It was so pretty!! The sun had just barely gone down and so it was just getting dark so you could see all the city lights of hurricane and st. george. We could also see the lake at Sand Hollow. We should have taken a picture, but of course we didn't! Since it was already dark we figured we would just go back home and find the waterfall on a different day.

This is similar to what we saw that night:)

Saturday we worked on cleaning up our yard and getting it ready for more landscaping. When I say we I mean skyler working while I bring him water :) That afternoon our friends Bryce and Blaire and their daughter Summer were sealed in the St. George temple. I am so grateful we were able to be there with them! That was such a cool experience! I have never been to a sealing where a child was being sealed to their parents and it was the neatest thing! Needless to say I was thankful I wore waterproof mascara and eyeliner! Congrats to Bryce and Blaire! We love you guys!

On Memorial day we decided to head back up to Toquerville and find the waterfall! Bryce, Blaire, Summer and their dog Shep joined us for the adventure! We packed up lunches and headed out there at 11am! This time we found the right trail no problem! We spent all afternoon out there eating, talking, laughing, splashing and having such a good time! It was such a beautiful day and we found the perfect shade spot to relax in! We headed back to St. George late afternoon and went swimming at my moms house! It was a really fun day!

Excuses

I have been the worst blogger ever! I have never been real great at it, but I have always tried posting at least once a week. Since my camera broke at disneyland I havent been able to take pictures as much as i would like and for some reason I feel like I cant blog if I dont have pictures to post with it! So my first excuse is no pictures=no posts! Skyler has taken a few pictures of what we have been doing on his phone and I just upload those to my computer last night. So now I have something to blog about! Two weeks ago for fhe we built some much needed shelves in our garage! Despite all the people that doubted us we did it all by ourselves! I think they turned out great!






This past week for fhe we went to the lake with skyler's brothers! It was a lot of fun! The sun had pretty much gone down so it was starting to get chilly, especially when the boat was going so Nate and I were bundled up in sweatshirts as the boys wake-boarded in 60 degree water...CRAZY! The water was pure glass so they couldnt help themselves! They had to suck it up and get in! We were the only boat out there so we had the whole lake to ourselves! It was nice! Needless to say they have been to the lake 4 or 5 times this year already!



Justin doing a back flip

Skyler attempting the 360

Disneyland, Seaworld, and the Beach = FUN!

Last weekend we went to California with my sister-in-law and her family! We are so thankful for them inviting us to go with them! We had so much fun! We are going to have to do it again sometime! Seaworld was probably nates favorite because he loves animals! He was so excited to see all the whales, penguins, polar bear, dolphins, sea lions, sharks, flamingos and fish! Unfortunately my camera broke while we were at disneyland, but thank goodness I have a wonderful sister-in-law that took pictures for us! Thanks Amy! Nate's favorite thing at disneyland was the carousal (probably because that is the first thing we did.) He didnt want to stop riding it! He liked going through toon town and all the characters houses and he liked It's a Small World. He was not a fan of the rides that were inside tunnels and dark (like Pirates of the Carribean.) He liked going to the beach and playing in the sand, but surprisingly he didnt want anything to do with the water! I think he was scared the waves were going to come get him :) We ended our trip on mothers day and drove the 6 hours home! The kids did so good in the car on the way home...i guess that was their mother's day gift to Amy and I! Honestly I couldnt think of a better gift!

DISNEYLAND!
SEAWORLD AND THE BEACH!

God be with you til we meet again!

Some of our best friends moved and we are so sad they did! Skyler and I met through Judd Thompson and he has always been a really good friend of ours! Skyler and Judd played football together at Dixie College and Judd was in my Geology class along with one of my roomies. My roommate and I would always go study with Judd and then play games or just hang out at his apartment afterwards. Skyler was always over there hanging out and it was there our relationship formed :) Skyler also happened to be in my biology class so that helped too :) Anyways Judd has always been there for Skyler and I since the beginning! He has been such a good friend! He then found the love of his life and introduced her to us and we fell in love with her too! She is the sweetest and nicest person you will ever met! Oh and she is drop dead GORGEOUS too! Liz and I became really good friends over the last year! We went on road trips together to see our boys play in there football games and we had a sleepover when they were at an away game we couldnt make it to. We did crafts together and would make dinner and dessert for our hubbies together quite a few times! She is so easy to talk to and I could tell her anything! We have made so many great memories together and I miss her like crazy! Thanks Judd and Liz for always being such great friends! We love yall and can't wait to come visit you in Chicago! We wish you the best of luck with life and your new job opportunities! XOXOXOXOXO!!!!!

P.S. Nate misses his MEME :)

Skyler and Judd
Liz and I
Skyler and Judd at Judd's wedding
Liz and I supporting our boys at intramurals
Intramural champions!
Supporting our boys at the Cal Poly game!
All of us after carving pumpkins

Summer is almost here!

Summer is almost here and I realized I really need a new swimsuit! Its hard to find cute modest swimsuits where I live and I just saw that Lime Ricki is doing a giveaway! They have the cutest swimsuits and I really really want one! I entered the contest here! I hope I win!