Park with Daddy

Awhile ago we went to the park. I think it was during conference weekend. Yeah that sounds about right. I just found these pictures on the computer and had to share them with everyone.
Enjoy : )

New Stuff

So we have been a little busy as usually, just like everyone else.

We have recently decided(with the thanks going to my Father-in-law) to purchase a home. 

It's very adult of us. The timing couldn't be better for us so we must push forward. 

We are still looking to live in Goodyear so no worries there. There are SO many houses out there right now that we are allowed to be picky.  So... wish us luck. 

Tori has also now started to completely walk on her own. Wish us luck on that one as well. 

Church will never be the same again as long as I have a child roaming the halls.

I just love her drunken walk. It's priceless. 

Smile please...

So... what have I been doing lately??? I have been busy taking pictures. And I'm not done yet. Here are just a few that I have done over the past week and a half. Hope you enjoy. 

If you need pictures done or know someone else that needs pictures done. Let me know. 

Bike Trip

During Spring Break my family and I were able to take a nice little motorcycle ride to Prescott. 

Of course the weather was perfect which I am thankful for. 

I'm just so glad that so many members of my family own a bike. Brett, my Dad, Shane, and Nate. Me and Jenny rode on the back. 

It was so nice to be outside and doing something different. We are all thankful we wore sunscreen that day. Except for Nate who learned the very,very, VERY hard way. 

Maybe we can plan another trip soon before it gets ridiculously hot. 

Nate, Jenny, Me, Brett, Shane

Nate Dawg, me, Dad, Shanester, Jenny

playing catch up

Okay I finally downloaded all my pictures from my camera.  Now to update you all. 

Tori has recently been falling asleep in her highchair. She even did it this morning. One second she eating and they I hear her snoring. It's pretty cute to see. 

During my families spring break we were able to hang out and do a lot together. 

I'm glad that I didn't have to work during the day so I could spend so much time with them. 

On Friday of Spring Break all of us went to castle n coasters to play. 

We had some good times.

Even Tori wanted in on the fun at miniature golf course.

Scott, Me, Nate

Having fun on the magic carpet ride before we got really dizzy.

Rachel, Jenny, Shane

Scott riding around on the go-kart track. 

Right before this picture Nate thought he would be cool and ram into Scott but Karma came and bit him in the butt. His car stalled out after the bump and

 workers had to come and rescue him. LOL!

Tori on the Merry go round.

Brett, my dad, and I took a last minute planned motorcycle trip through Wickenburg at the beginning of March. It was so nice to get away for a couple hours but of course I had to work which made the ride shorter then we liked. 

Here's my view on the back of the bike. 

Every year we enjoy going to the Chocolate Festival in Glendale around Valentine's Day. 

We had a lot of fun with Jenny, JR, Eddie and Nikki. 

I especially enjoyed all the chocolate eating. 

I was able to watch the Allen's kids while Mandi was in the hospital giving birth to Caleb.

This is their first family picture at home together. So sweet.

Back in January Tiff and MaKenna came to play. 

The girls had a blast on the swings. 

We can't wait till they get older and can run around together.

As Simon Says....

That was dreadful. Absolutely awful. 

I just watched American Idol the results show. I'm a day behind I know. 

They had a special performance by Lady Gaga. Usually I don't mind her music and it's pretty fun to dance to in the car. But her performance on American Idol made me question her talents. 

At the end of it I just kept thinking to myself..... What was that. (It's the first time I have actually really ever seen her before.) She started off playing the piano in some costume that looked like some engineers designed some futuristic space outfit. She ended it by dancing amongst the stage, that looked more like a tantrum from a two year. 

Did anyone else feel like this? I just had to blog about it.

Random

I have recently been going through all my old CD's full of pictures and uploaded them to my computer. Looking through all my pictures really brought back some memories. I thought I would share some. 

This picture was taken at my 21st b-day. My friends decided to recreate formal nights on my cruise ship since I had just returned from there.  They even decorated their whole house in hawaiian decor. It was super thoughtful.

These were taken at our Sarival Ward campout. 

Gotta love siblings. 

Do you recognize anyone?

Having fun in the woods. 

These are some random pictures I took in Hawaii.

My one and only coconut I like.

San Fran Bridge

Black Sand beach

Blast from my past

I'm very thankful for the internet. Because of it I am able to keep contact with friends in the past and current friends. I pretty much know what everyone in my graduating class is up too still. 

My senior year I had a best friend named Alyson Bridge, we were attached at the hip that year, but after senior year and when I moved to Goodyear we lost contact. I was able to find her online, and wow what a story to share. 

She is currently starring in a reality television called WCG Ultimate Gamer on the SciFi channel on Tuesday nights. The first episode hired this week. You can check out the show on Hulu.com

Her audition tape is on Hulu as well: 

http://www.hulu.com/watch/61729/wcg-ultimate-gamer-audition-alyson

The show is actually pretty interesting. It's all about video games, you compete against different people on all sorts of video games and then also have to play that video game in a real life scenario.  I now have a new favorite show to look forward to each week. Go Alyson!

Probably some of my favorite memories of her is when she got sick with Chicken Pox's senior year and after missing a couple days came to school with a sign hanging from her neck that said something like I have chicken poxs now leave me alone.  Or her car that didn't have AC, radio, automatic window, and didn't reverse, We would always open the doors and start pushing the car backwards with our feet. It was a pretty funny scene. 

I have a bunch of pictures of us together but one a few that are actually digital. 

Alyson eating sand. She would do anything for a picture

Alyson's on the show intro.  I love the long hair now. 

Mickey Mouse you got Served.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=53384276

Check out this video. It's pretty funny. 

Julie Harrison you are going to love this!

Crafts

Well I have certainly been busy this past week. Brett went out of town to Cleveland to get another computer certificate and me and Tori had to find things to keep us entertained for the week. 

So I did what I do best. I worked on crafts. Here are some pictures of what I did. 

Easter project

I actually made this project for Tori's birthday but I have not taken a picture of it yet. 

Before and after

I can't put anything on top of my coffee table now because Tori just knocks it over 

So I decided to put some of mine and Brett's favorite pictures we've taken. 

(Thanks Becki for the idea)

Before and After

I got this table and chair set from my neighbor when they moved and redid the whole thing. 

Now I have a fancy place to sit outside.