Flower Girl & Ring Bearer (Sort of...)

I know I'm probably biased, but these have to be the cutest boy & girl EVER! These are pics from Uncle Marcus' wedding where they were the Flower Girl & RIng Bearer (at least in thought becuase their talents weren't put to use :) )


These two insisted on sitting by themselves in the front row. They were a little noisy and Lucas & Tyler shot me glares to keep them quiet, but they were having fun and making cute noises not screaming. Matty was cracking up & Elle was busy talking on the cell phone during the ceremony.



This pic is so cute of Grandma & Elle Belle




Elle giving Matty a BIG hug!




Big smiles!




Elle loves to take pics of herself with cell phones! Look how cute Matty is sitting there just like a little man!

All of the Groomsmen... I had a bad seat!

Wearing Aunt Lauren's glasses.

Just wanted to run up with my daddy during the ceremony

Juli, Lauren, & I --- All eyes open... MIRACLE!

Elle & Dad on the way to the rehearsal dinner!

Surprise! Baby #2

Hi everyone! We are so excited to announce that baby #2 is on the way! My due date is Sept. 19, 2009, but how cool would it be to have the birthdate 09/09/09???? I'm a little concerned that I'm going to have my hands full becuase Elle will only be 21 months old, but at least they will be close!!! I'm sure she will make an excellent Big Sister!!!

Camping & Horses

This seems to be all we do recently is camp and horse stuff. Elle is obsessed with horses!!! Unfortunately her dad tore his groin/hamstring so he hasn't been taking her on any horse rides, so now she cons others into it. We spent last weekend at Chet's in Moapa. There were a bunch of people and kids there it was a lot of fun. It was gorgeous on Sunday almost 80 degrees! Elle and I are ready to go swimming, but we think it will be cold one more time!

Elle and Lucas petting the horses


I was trying to get cute pics of her on the hay but she kept making this face because the horses were running around in the arena


The guys hate this dog- Smoky, but he is so good with Elle & Matty




Yes folks the hot walker entertains children too


Here is a pic of Cricket. He is my favorite horse to ride!



I'm totally biased, but I think these are two of the cutest people in the world!
She thinks she is so big!



This is up at Chet's. Here are Shaylee, Elle, Dylan, & Brighton swinging


Poor Chet always slaving away cooking for all of us! I promise at the Logandale Fair I will cook once!



Ben & Weston throwing shoes

Matty & Aunt Chels

Shelley & Shaylee

Unlce Marcus was up there too!

This is Elle's cousin Dylan he is sucha cutie. Elle loves him and follows him around.

Elle & I watching the guys rope!

I can feed myself!

Hi everyone! Elle was cracking me up today, like normal I guess. She is very insistent on being a big girl! She wanted to feed herself, apparently I can't get it in her mouth fast enough. I guess its one of two ways, either your child will eat nothing or eat everything. Elle is on the everything, although it is not as easy as it seems. If anyone is eating she thinks she deserves a bite no matter who it is or if she is hungry or not. I think she is going to have the fastest metabolism when she grows up. Anyways here are some pics of her being a "big girl" feeding herself oatmeal for breakfast!

Once it landed in her hair she looked up at me like uh-oh!




Then she decided it was funny and was shoveling it in her mouth and on the floor to Lola.




She had to get every last bit of oatmeal out of the bowl!




All done!

Lucas was roping her stuffed animals the other day with this and now all she does is carry her rope around swinging her arms, its pretty funny!

Playing outside

She has the sweetest face...sometimes!

Nice little animal lover!

Loves to be outside!

Kissing Cousins

We were up to Uncle Loud Man & Anut Chels' house the other day and this was the nicest Elle & Matty have ever been to each other. Matty was giving everyone kisses and Elle even gave Matty a big wet smooch! Matty doesn't really like to eat food, but Elle sure does. So Matty the nice boy he was fed Elle his bites of Granola bar, which she gladly accepted! They are so fun right now, but definitely have minds of their own! (Just stubborn like their dads!) Here are some pics of when Johnny came over and LeAnne's wedding too!


So cute!




Elle reciprocating and making Matty eat..it took some coaxing on both ends!


We are on to you Matty eat your food don't feed it to Ellie!

Rocking w/Grandpa & talking on the phone! Multi-tasker already!

She kept putting Grandma's glasses on. Hopefully she will never need them!

I stole her treasured binky right out of her mouth!

It was so nice here last weekend that Lucas & I took her to the park!

She loved the swings, but I was so bored of pushing her back & forth!

All of us girls at LeAnne's wedding. Lauren was her Maid of Honor. Sorry Elle this isn't a good pic of you, but it was the only one with Aunt JuliAnne's eyes open!!!

Bride & MOH

Elle is so funny when she smells flowers she does a little shutter!

Cousins playing at Aunt Shelly's house. Elle now thinks she should only run and climb over stuff after watching the "Big" kids!

Johnny was so cute & nice to Elle and she just adores him!

Camping Trip @ Uncle Chet's

Happy New Year Everyone!! So I'm a bit of a slacker these days. This is our first blog entry of the New Year. Here are just a couple cute pics from our first camping trip this year! It was our Nephew Matty's first camping trip too. The kids loved it! Love being outside & eating Uncle Chet's potatoes. The guys didn't fare so well in the roping, but will get them next time!

Our wild little girl running around the camp!


Chet & Lucas whipping up Dinner



Elle & Matty sitting by the fire!

This is what I found when I came home one day. Elle & Lucas eating my Chex Mix that Grandma V especially made for me!!!! But they were so cute I let them have it.