9 years flew by fast!!

I can't believe my baby is 9 years old! I still remember all of his First's! Of course the day he was born was the most incredible and amazing experience of our lives!! He was healthy and perfect!
Then when he started to learn to walk. His first Christmas! His first trick or teating Halloween! Swimming in Arizona and jumping in! Potty training (I thought it would never happen!)!
And now here we are, 9 years later! When they tell you it goes to fast it does! I am sad that those baby years are over with him and yet sooooo excited to see him growing into a little man!! He and I have a special bond that I am so thankful for! He makes me laugh all the time! And he is always quick to help me with something!! So here is to the next 9 years, may they slow down a little more, but be filled with the same kind of joys and excitment!!

Family Pictures

So I love family pictures! I love the way my walls are covered with Pictures of my family and watching them grow with each new one! I love trying different looks and ideas and I love framing them and putting them up!!
However, I hate actually trying to be in and take our family photo! someone usually doesn't want to smile or act normal or hold still! And someone is usually yelling and screaming and freaking out! And that someone is usually me!

It's one thing taking a picture of someone and asking them to do something or trying to get them to do something! it is another thing all together being on the other side of the lens and having NO control of my kids and their faces and body positions (not to mention my sweet husband!)! Oh it makes me crazy!!!!!

So even though I Have a beautiful family, family pictures are a crazy event at our house!! No matter how "Beautiful" the end result is, the memories are not so sweet and loving! Lots of bribes, cussing, yelling, begging, crying, and fake smiles goes in to them!

And if we hung up real family pics, one of these would be on my wall! Instead we have some that turned out a little less honest!!

First days of schools!

Dallin and Emma started first! and like most kids who have done this before mom taking pictures was not what they were excited about!! But they are so cute and groing up way too fast!!

I told them to look happy! ok maybe too happy!

Aliya was next This was her first school day EVER!! She was sooo excited! We love the pre-school!! she picked out her clothes the night before and she asked for curly hair! I think we were ready an hour before we needed to go ( no that did not last long!)!

I love this picture! It captures her excitment!!

Not sure if I am ready for all of this! She had the best first day ever!!!

ANd then the littlest of them all! Some women in our subdividsion started a little pre-pre-school, and asked if Lilly would like to come! it is only 1 day a week and for 1 1/2 hrs! but she loves it!! This is her first day ! She knew exactly what was happening since she watched everyone else go before her! she could barely hold still!
Oh she is growing up too fast!!!

This is her running to the car!!

And this is her running into preschool! she was sooo happy and loved going to school! she now says, "drop me off!!" all the time!!

Meet George!

This is George!! He is our beautiful new puppy! He is 1/2 Standard Poodle, and 1/2 St Bernard. (If you want to goodle him he is called a St Berdoodle)

After losing Buddy it was really hard to think of getting another dog, but we felt a HUGE hole in our everyday lives! So we started looking. We tried a dog from the humane society and it was not a good fit ( more like a nightmare!!). So we kept looking. After a lot of thought about what type of dog we wanted and my allergies we settled on a type of poodle ( I learned so much about them! WOW! they are a cool type of dog( not the yippy small breed but the standard poodle)!)! Than after looking for a long time we fell in love with a picture of George!

We have had him for a month now and I forgot all of the puppy things puppies do and how frustrating they are!! But we love him and are loving the dog he is becoming! he doesn't bark much, loves playing in the water, and is quick to learn ( except potty training!)!! we are not replacing Buddy but adding to our family! We still miss our Buddy and with George here it is easy to see what a special dog he was! We are very excited to have George in our family!!