Thursday, May 19, 2011

Pregnancy Pictures!!!

So I really wanted to take a few pictures just in case I went into labor early...you never know. I have been having so many hard contractions, and some have even started to hurt at times. There are still some more pregnancy pictures that I would like to take outside, but we just haven't gotten to them.

I had my close friend Jessie come over, we put our heads together to come up with the shot, I set the camera up, she took the pictures, and I edited them, and here are some of my favorites...





If this doesn't portray the life of a pregnant woman that's 8 months along, with a 21 month old, I don't know what does. Pure peace, comfort and happy laziness:)
NOT...but I thought this would be a fun picture!
I probably should have given myself a peticure first:)




I love this shot!!! Not too soon though, but sooner than June 29th would be great:) The last month is always the most uncomfortable. But we are so dang excited though!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Bon Fire Season:)

Keep reading... 3 more new posts to look at!

Hallelujah...It's Bonfire season. This is a favorite activity of ours, and I think all the little girls loved it too. We had of course hot dogs, and s'mores, and lots of great company!

Here's Ashlyn giving a Mia a warm welcome:) So cute!

Lance, Arthur, and Kelly

"Your getting very sleepy"

I'm not going to lie, it was a little scary watching the girls walking around the fire. But they loved it, and it's so fun that these girls are all around the same age. They get so excited to see one another!

Me, Gabe and Steve. Rebecca and Christopher were out of town, so Steve was flyin' solo. Poor Guy misses his family!


Kelly, Amy, and Jessie! I have such great friends.

Jessie has some sort of fascination with the pregnant woman eating:) I gotta take that camera away from her.


Funny little Emy, just wanted to be so close to her friend Mia:) Mia doesn't look too comfortable.

...better!

Ashlyn was so cuddly and sat so good on Dallin's lap. I was a little jealous, she was keeping him so warm. I had to steal her a little later:)

What a great evening. Can't wait to do it again!

What more could you ask for?

Keep readin', there are still two other new posts I've done today! The best is yet to come:)

Anticipated warm weather is finally here. It may not be exposing itself for very long, but by golly we are going to take advantage while it is. So we decided to go take an adventure with the kids to the Idaho Falls Zoo. Ashlyn was so cute when I told her we were going to go to the zoo and look at all the animals. She is at that cute stage where she repeats EVERYTHING you say. Side note, watch what you say around my child, she will report back:) Anyway, for the rest of the day everything was "animo, animo". I was excited to see how she would react.

Here's Ashlyn and her best friend Emy, awaiting our arrival to the zoo!

They were able to feed the ducks. Luckily none of them put the duck food in their mouth!

It was so fun to watch the penguins!

Such cute little cousins!


I don't know if any of you have ever seen a baby camel, now you have! It was so cute. Ashlyn was terrified of it. She kept saying "OHHHHH NOOOOO!!!"



Jessie and Jane, my 2 girlfriends we came with. Lisa and the kids met us there!

Apparently this is baby season. I don't remember what this animal was, obviously some sort of cat, but I wanted to take one of those babies home!


Guess how old this camel is? You'll never guess... this camel is a year old!



Ashlyn thoroughly enjoyed all the "animos" at the zoo!

Isn't she a beautiful little girl! I just can't get enough of her!

This is Jane's little girl Addi, and they are watching the otters waiting to be fed!

This is me at about 32 weeks. I thought I would throw that in since it's such great... big profile pic!

Baby Monkeys...oh they were so cute!


Such a cute little group of friends. Ashlyn has become obsessed a little with her nose...and the boogers in them. She can't stand it if there is anything up there, so I had a hard time getting this picture without her finger up there, I hope she found success:) Cute anyway!

After the zoo I was exhausted, and hungry, but they have such a park right next door. So we took the girls over to play and really wear them out.


Watching the girls go down the slide was hilarious because one of the three ended at the bottom with their feet in front of them. Addy ended up head first...

Emy was the one who landed feet first...

And this picture doesn't show what the end result, but Ashlyn ended on her side, facing up!

My friend Jessie got a nice picture of the pregnant woman sitting and eating! Well, all I have to say is she was tired and hungry...and her day wasn't over yet.


It was a fun, and clearly an exhausting day at the zoo.

Right when we got home our husbands all wanted to go golfing, and we wanted to spend time with them, so all of us wives decided we were going got go and watch them play. Of course we rented carts, which was not only fun for us, but it was fun for the girls.

Emy, Ashlyn, and cute little Christopher. Ashlyn loves him, she always sees him and says, "ohhh baby!" She is going to be such a fun big sister!

You may wonder why Gabe looks the way he does right now... so do I! I've seen this same run before... I believe it was from Gabe's dad. Thanks a lot Mark, Ashlyn has also inherited this awful run. Gabe and I think it's so funny that one day we were throwing the ball and we would laugh at her as she ran to get it. Her little tush moves back and forth so quickly, oh it's so cute! I should put a video on here of her running, it would surely make your day!

What a sweet moment. He's such a cute dad!

Dallin and Steve


Check out that dirt flyin'

Once again, another tender moment! You think Gabe's excited about having a son to teach to golf, fish and hunt?





It was such a nice day, but then half way through the course that darn wind started to pick up and it was freezing! The girls were really tired too, and hungry, so I think we all were ready to go!

That's right...I'm a natural. That ball went right in! Gabe was a proud husband. I think that I would actually enjoy golfing if I took the chance to learn. It's just a little humiliating when you swing and straight up miss the ball:(


Jessie, Emy, Gabe, Rebecca, Christopher, Ashlyn, Steve and in the back is Gabe and Dallin

Isn't he so cute all bundled up?I think Christopher is excited to have a friend that's a boy! He's surrounding by doting little girls:)