Birth-Day

Miss Ava J made her grand entrance into the world last Thurs. March 25th at 6:32pm.

6lbs 7 oz 19 inches long



She was greeted by 8 strong, amazing women! Her arrival made it 9. It was the biggest girl party you've ever seen. There is nothing to compare it to. She entered this world with laughter, tears, and sisterhood.

Stay tuned for the entire story. More photos here.

Please take a peek at the video that Onehm made. She flew in just for this special occasion. It was a great blessing to have her there. She is one of the greatest women in my life. I can never thank her enough for this treasure in my life.

Is this normal?

He's 2---'NUF SAID'

The first video is really short. If you just can't get enough...watch the second.

Mini-E's First Steps

We woke up to....

THIS Have I mentioned how much I LOVE living in Utah (insert sarcasm here)? We have Stake Conference today, but Farmboy has been doing this for the past hour. And HY has been sick for the past couple of days & doesn't seem to be getting better. So, I don't think we are going anywhere.

While Farmboy is doing his work, Mini-E is busy taking care of HY. She's hard at work.

Hope your Sunday is a bit more sunny than ours!

Top Ten Tuesday

Sometimes I get so busy that I don't have a chance to even mention what I did. I'm sure I'm not the only one & let's face it...it's probably best to be busier than your ability to document it. So this post is dedicated to all the things (okay, only 10 things) that I've done or my family has done & was just too busy to post. In the order in which I found the pictures on my computer.

10. Here's a video of a toy that I found at DI for only a couple of bucks. Not bad for something that cost 10x as much new. This was the day that I brought it home. HY is lovin' it. Of course, it's currently outside with melted snow surrounding it. This was taken Halloween Day.

9. These are HY's church shoes. He loves loves loves them. As you can see, they are used for a lot more than just Church. They are even being warn in the previous video.

8. In October, we took a tour of the Sweet's Factory in Salt Lake City. Here we are sporting our attractive hair nets & free taffy sample. It was a delicious day! Even Mini-E thought so.

7. Also in October, all of us girls were treated to "The Secret Garden" at Hale Theater. As usual, the play was fabulous, but the company was the Most fun. Thanks Nonna for such a fun treat.

6. Here's a little something I did for all the nursery kids. It's a placemat that they are supposed to use for treat time. I'm the nursery coordinator in our ward so I get to play with all 3 nurseries in our ward. I took each child's photo & then made up this template. Now I just need to print them all out & lamenate them.

5. This particular picture I love. Not because we all look fabulous but because we are singing "Arizona, zona...sunshines above us---darling, I love it! Woo! Arizona's home to me!"

4. A trip to Wheeler Farm all the way back in October. HY & Farmboy checking out the ducks.

3.I took a picture of this house because it so stinking awesome. It's locted in Midway & I love to drive past it when we visit Grandad. It's designed after a Swiss home. It's so beautiful...and the roof is incredible. How I'd love to take a walk thru this one.

2. Here's a LO that I did last week with some of the pictures that I took of my kids in front of the Christmas tree.

#1: All the way back in July, Miss Sparkle surprised me for my birthday by coming to visit me. I always meant to put a few pictures up of these 2 cuties. I'm not really sure why I love these pictures so much. I was actually quite sad when I took them. She was getting ready to leave. And we were saying goodbye. I didn't want her to go. What a great friend to come & spend a day or two just with me. And what a great mom! (with fabulous hair).

Happy Birthday to You

68 years ago, a very special man was born.

He's taught me about work, family, & what's truly important in life.

Thank you dad--For teaching me that I could do ANYTHING in life.

I feel more beautiful when I see myself through the refection of YOUR eyes.

I love you! Happy Birthday!

If you can dream it Friday

I realize that today is NOT Friday, but some of you won't even read this until Friday & I will be gone. Gone to Colorado.--I'm going for a Wedding of one of my cousins(sorry girls, not in Denver). I'll be sure to take lots of pictures.

How cute is this. She let little HY pluck a few of the harp strings.

As for Dream it Friday: Continuing nicely with the wedding/colorado theme this is a video from when I was in Colorado staying with Graffiti. One of the things on my list (things I want to accomplish in life) was to have a harpist at my wedding. Well, I had the harpist, but alas--no harp. Watch the video & you'll see how amazing this girl really is.

One of the most honest, gracious, generous, fun, intelligent, talented & innovative people I know. So glad she's my friend. Some day we'll share how she got her name.

PS: check out Jennie's blog. She's got some fabulous news. Don't hesitate to give her some love.

In my daughter's eyes

Ever since I first heard this song, I knew that I wanted to put some special pictures to it. Thanks to Miss Parker, I now can. So turn off the music at the bottom & Enjoy.

Local Celebrity Speaks Out

Mini-E's Daddy

Gabby Mini-E