Friday, April 8, 2011

It's About Time!




Well it's about stinkin' time I update the ol' blog!! :) Life has been more than crazy and our internet/computer are super slow and so I dread having to update, especially if it's been for FOREVER since the last post. There's been way too much to catch up on so here's the condensed version.


  • We got our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago by a dear friend Randi Gardner at r.gardner photographs. Her website is randi@rgardnerphotographs.com. You should check it out and see her amazing talent! Here are a few of the awesome pictures she got for us.








(PS - I have the cutest kids ever!! Sorry everybody, but it's true!)



  • Ray is in his second semester of his Masters Program and he is still the Elder's Quorum President. In other words....he's super busy and I cherish any moment he gets to be home.

  • I'm still attempting to train for the Newport, OR Marathon that is in 8 weeks (yikes!!!). I got some major shin splints a few weeks ago that are extremely difficult to recover from and not to reinjure again. I dunno, I'm not going to trained the way I should be for the marathon but I'm still gonna wing it and see how it goes! :)

  • Logan started his first year of soccer and Ray is the coach. It's quite entertaining watching these young kids "playing" soccer.





  • Chase is officially potty trained and isn't biting anymore!!! Those are some major accomplishments for the little guy and he's still just as obsessed with ABC's, Lightning McQueen, and Woody as ever.





  • Rylee turned 1 last month!!! I can't believe my baby is 1 and she's starting to walk. She's figured out how to stand up in the middle of the room all by herself and she'll take a few steps but it still kind of wobbly. She loves to play outside with her brothers and just makes our family feel so complete.





  • We got stucco on our house and it turned out so good!! We're also in the process of relandscaping the front yard so the pictures aren't so great yet, but give us a few months and it'll be AWESOME!!


Front of the house after the stucco.


Front of the house after stucco...but BEFORE the yard is finished.



Backyard after



Front of the house before


Backyard before



10 comments:

Kristen said...

Super cute pics. I keep thinking we need to do some again, but I have to plan it properly so I don't have complaints on all sides, plus we need consistant warmth and green. Love the house too. It looks so nice.

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Unknown said...

I love your pictures. They are so cute! I also love how the house turned out. It looks so great! Way better than I imagined.

The Hatch's said...

Love the family pics! Such a cute family! YOu're house looks great!!! Love the stucco!

Krista said...

Your family pictures turned out beautiful. Your kids are super cute. Congrats on potty training. I wish Evelyn would get that down. House looks great too.

Randi Gardner said...

thanks for the shout out!
Okay, we are SO obsessed with your stucco! We love it so much that Trenton wants to re-do ours with a smoother texture like that... haha.
I hope your training goes well... and you do have VERY cute kids! I know, because i stared at their faces for hours... editing.. haha not to mention how pretty you are!

Valerie said...

Welcome back! We missed you!

(Love the stucco! Good job!)

Kabe 'n Dave said...

Awwww! You guys are sooo cute! I love your family pics. My parents were here last week so I showed them, too, and they asked me to tell you what a beautiful family you have :) We miss you guys. And my word, you look great, girl! HOTT!

Dan and Katie said...

I am love love lovin' the pics!!! One day when we're filthy rich like you guys, and have loads of extra time like you do......(I hope you can tell that is pure sarcasm)maybe our house won't look so white trash anymore!! ;)

Anonymous said...

Ya Katie! once Dan is a teacher, you guys will be rollin' in the dough just like we are! :)