Gone Fishin'

There is nothing that my husband enjoys more than fly fishing. Him and Brandon (Karlee's boyfriend) go fishing every single Saturday and as many days in between that they can get away with. Here are just a few pics of some beautiful fish that they have caught along the Weber River. This first pic is of the sunrise on thier way up to fish.
Brandon's nearly 22" Brown....beautiful.

Happy Easter from Aunt Rae and Uncle Larry

Sindra's Last Night of Freedom!!

I through a bachelorette party for my cousin Sindra. We had a blast. We had a rep from Slumber Parties come and give a presentation so everyone could order some fun presents for Sindra! Boy did that poor girl have her work cut out for her; she literally had never had a more unruley group, LOL! Afterward we went to a little bar in SLC and sang karaoke and danced! It was a blast; however, the next morning wasn't so much fun!
We taped off the door with caution tape that said: "Caution, Wild Girls!"
The Bachelorette!Me, my sister (Karlee), SindraThis was our attempt to hide "double chins." LOL
Yes folks, plenty of tequila was involved....haha...

The party crew!

Cute decorations!

S.O.S.

Okay all you mamas out there: HELP ME! Raising a 2 and a 1/2 year old has got to be one of the biggest challenges I have ever experienced. I need any and all advice any of you have. Did you use a certain parenting book? Have a specific mode of discipline? What did you do? How do you know if it is typical 2 year old behavior or if your child is just spoiled rotten??? Help, help, help ladies!!! Aspen is the most amazing thing to ever happen to me, but I think she may be the end of me!!! LOL! I am pretty sure I know that we are enabling a lot of her behavior, and the changes are going to have to be with mine and Justin's behavior more so than hers....but I would really like any advice that any of you have! Thanks!!!

Organzied already...

Aspen woke up really grumpy one morning and didn't want me to get her out of her crib. She had a whole stack of laundry sitting on her dresser that needed to be put away. So I decided I would put away the clothes while she chippered up a bit so I didn't have to fight her over getting out of bed. She decided that she needed to help me and turned her crib into a closet. It was so cute to watch how serious she was about hanging up her clothes. Anyone who knows me knows how crazy I am about everything in the closet being lined up a certain way and facing a certain direction!!! I think she is already the same way, LOL! Her method didn't make a lot of sense to me, but it was very SPECIFIC in her mind. She probably stayed in her crib for over an hour playing with her clothes.

Aspen will very rarely smile for a picture and pose. She was so proud of her accomplishment that she said, "I say cheese with my clothes." Then she posed and smiled. haha....so cute.

Aspen and I both make this face when we are thinking really hard.

Long time...no post....

Well life has been insanely busy lately, hence the no posting situation. Things have been great. I finished my first quarter of nursing school and am officially 1/8 of the way done with the program. I have to relish in my small accomplishments. :) I will brag for a second: I got my first 4.o in my life this quarter. I was so happy and i have to say, I am proud of myself. I guess all those people in my life that said to me, "....If you would only apply yourself..." really knew what they were talking about. Justin has been staying busy taking care of everything. I don't know what I would do without him. I truely believe he is the backbone of our family. He was so sad to see ice fishing come to an end, but excited for fly fishing to start again. Him and Aspen have already started collecting bugs and "gardening." This is going to be such a fun summer with her. She absolutely loves to be outside and would be out there 24/7 if we let her. In fact, we are having a really hard time getting her to sit down for meals now that she is playing outside so much, she is soooo busy, haha. She has grown up so much it completely blows my mind. She talks like a little 4 year old and says some of the craziest things....never have I had to be so accountable for everything that comes out of my mouth, LOL! Anyway...thats my ramble on what has been happening in our happy little world. I attatched some pictures of the awesome snowman that Justin and Aspen built on the deck!!! It melted in one day, Aspen was so devistated.

Family FUn

Our family from WA and PA came into town for about a week. We had such a good time. It was so fun to see Aspen play with all of her cousins, she absolutely loved it. She doesn't get much interaction with other kids, so it was so good for her. She definatly loved playing with Daxton and Canyon. I think the perfect playmates for her are boys that are a couple years older than her. She is so rough that they are the only ones that can handle her, lol! I am posting a bunch of photos of the kids wrestling, Aspen playing outside with Samson (Larry and Rae's dog) and of Sincere's birthday party. Please know that all photos posted are copyrighted and require a release to be reproduced!

CONGRATS TO ALL THE NEWLY WEDS!!!

I just want to say how happy I am for my friends that got married this week. Steve and Cheech and Beau and Candice! Congrats guys, I love you all and hope you all have many happy years to come together! :0)