We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

Eleven months, wait that is almost a year old! Holy cow my baby is almost one year! Here are some facts about her: *Madelyn is such a joy, when she is content that it, if she is tired, doesn't get her way, or hungry she is a beast! She knows what she wants and is not afraid to tell you she wants it...NOW! *When she is happy her smile is huge and she squeals with delight, and points at things she wants or is curious about. *She is such a smarty, I was putting on my running shoes one morning before taking Rylan to school and she saw me and went into her room and got her shoes and gave them to me! *She loves to be read to, she will grab a book and walk over to you then turn around and "back herself up" into your lap. If there is a food item in the book she will try and lick it. *She has decided that me feeding her with a spoon is way to immature for her so I have to get a spoonful and hand it to her then she feeds herself and hands the spoon back to me. *She loves baby do...

Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted! Where has the time gone...our summer has been fun and busy! Even though Rylan is in school we still are playing because of the dreamy weather! Well it should be noted that Scott turned 30! Yep, he didn't want me to make a big deal out of it and I respected his wishes, but I still felt that I HAD to do something! Scott's grandma Bonnie gave me the idea of decorating his car, since he has to commute 25 minutes everyday to work. I wish I would have taken a picture but I was super sneaky. After Scott was asleep I snuck out of bed and put about 15 balloons in his car and wrote with window paint, "I'm 30 today, honk and wave it's my birthday!" He was totally embarrassed, and he secretly loved it I know! We also went to the Tetons with my family and stayed in a cabin for the weekend! It was so beautiful, cold, and lots of fun. We went hiking saw some gorgeous waterfalls, some went bike riding, a group went to pick ...

Some cute videos... ve Maddy has quite the personality, she is quite content with just wandering around as long as she has something in her hand to hold or drag around. She likes to find all sorts of treasures in Rylan's room including his stash of CANDY!

The day has come, the day that Rylan has been waiting for for a LONG time! I think I heard the question, "when do I get to go to school?" about 100 times in the past couple months! He was feeling a bit nervous the night before but Scott gave him a blessing (a special prayer) and in the morning he was very excited but still a little nervous. I got him a white board and wrote down with pictures all the things he needed to do to get ready all by himself. He woke up looked at the chart... Got ready...we said another prayer then took some pictures outside, this was my favorite... Then we got Maddy in her stroller and walked the 1/2 mile to school. You can see the school off in the distance. We got there just in time for Ry to give his teacher the shoe box she asked him to bring and to find his name at the blue table. He was very excited to be sitting at the table that happens to be his favorite color! I waved goodbye and he gave me a darling little smile and thumbs up. My ...

Here in Utah we celebrate the 24th of July because it is the day the Pioneers settled in Utah from the east. Some of my ancestors were in that group, so it is kind of exciting to think about us living where they traveled to so long ago. To start off the day there is a big parade downtown. I LOVE parades! The marching bands, the horses, and the floats. People get serious about floats here, they are elaborate, beautiful, and intricate. I should have taken a picture darn it! Anyway I have to give thanks to the Kikkerts for going early and getting a spot or we would have never gotten a spot! People camp out all night to get prime seats. My cousin Sierra and her fiance Lance, the newly engaged couple! Missy holding Maddy. Then we went to the Kikkerts house and had lunch. Scott met us there he had to finish up his combative course he was taking that week. The Kikkerts have a very fun back yard with beautiful landscaping, a trampoline, a fire pit, a hammock and their very own creek running in...

Last weekend we were going to go camping with my sister's family, but we found out that in Utah EVERYONE and their dog chooses to do what we want to do, so the sites we wanted to go to were booked...so next time we will have to make reservations in January to get a good camping spot in July. Seriously?!? Instead we "camped out" at our house in Layton. Erica and Rylan slept out in the tent in our back yard and had a blast. Erica read I think about 10 books to Rylan and at 10:15 we had to say...ok guys it is time to sleep now! Madelyn and Benjamin also had fun playing together. Maddy had a bad rash on her tushy so she took a lot of baths and had a lot of no diaper time. Ben joined her for this bath and they had fun splashing and stealing toys from each other. Those were the only pictures I took the whole time! We also went to the Boutiful rec center and went swimming! It was pretty fun!

Madelyn is a sweetheart. It is amazing how much she has changed since she has been more independant and mobile. She is a much happier baby! It is like she was stuck in a baby's body who wanted to get out and walk and move just like everyone else. She is walking all over the place now, but still is a little shaky. She LOVES to eat! And seriously she can eat A LOT! She packs it who knows where in that little body of hers. She is super silly, she loves to walk around and just do her own thing, if you distrupt her before she is done she gets angry at you. Or if you take away the precious toy she has found that she could choke on or hurt herself with, she will scream her head off. She loves to be outside and she often stands up against the screen door and points outside and talks and babbles. She loves water, the bath and the pool, as long as you don't stick her into something resticting say like a baby floatie or anything...she wants to explore the water HER way. We went to t...