Hallee..."The Little Mama"

This is my cousin's little girl Hallee. Boy does she LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, babies!! Seriously she's so into them and she can't get enough of them. Whenever she sees Owen she asks to hold him right away. Our family is together a lot and with Owen and both my sisters' babies Hallee is in heaven. She doesn't favor one over the other...she loves them all! All the other kids will go play outside and Hallee stays inside and takes care of all 3 babies. She is very attentive to them if they're fussy or sad, and is always willing to help us with any of them. She's going to make a very good mommy some day:)

Sharing Time

I've got to say, after looking back on this past year it has really flown by. Kyle only has a few months left of being a Sunbeam:( He really had a hard time at the beginning of the year in Primary, but in the last month or so, he has adjusted really well. He loves singing and sharing time, his class and his teacher. This was a sharing time our Primary President did during July. She taught the kids about the Pioneers and what they did. They got to dress up a little and sit around a make believe fire pit. Kyle thought this was so cool and he was very interested...they all were. I snapped a quick picture of his little grin. I love this little monkey. I wish he would stay a cute little Sunbeam forever!!

Two Months

Owen was 2 months old on July 24th. As you can see he's filling out a little more:)

1. Smiles

2. Holds his head up

3. Good Napper

4. He's always moving his tongue

5. Still a little cuddler

Can't believe it's been 10 years!!!

Heather and I at the family picnic with our babies. We became friends in 6th grade and we cheered together in High School for 3 years

Me and Brittani at the dinner party. We've been friends since I moved to Grants Pass in 5th grade. I LOVE HER!!:) We hung out together most of the night.

Marisa and I at the dinner. She and I have been friends since 6th grade and we were also on the cheer leading squad together in High School.

Me and Jill, friends since 6th grade...she was actually one of my bridesmaids...CRAZY!!

Laura, Brittani, me and Angeline. Laura has 2 boys, Brittani has 2 boys and 1 girl, and Angeline has 2 year old twin boys(she also told me that she's expecting). Very exciting!!:)

CLASS OF '99

My 10 year High School Reunion was in July. It's hard to believe 10 years has already come and gone. I was actually hesitant on going but decided what the heck!! I had a BLAST. It was so good to see everyone and catch up. I've seen a few friends here and there through the years(some more than others)and talked with some people I hadn't seen since graduation night! I loved chatting with everyone about their families, children and jobs. The day of the reunion there was a family picnic. Tyler (even though I know was uninterested) and the boys accompanied me that afternoon. They were such good sports about it...especially Tyler. Even though he's met a couple of my friends he was pretty much out of his comfort zone, so he didn't go with me to the dinner that night. I was OK with that. I didn't want him to be uncomfortable so he said he'd rather stay home with the boys so I could go. He even agreed to keep Owen for me as long as he could. The dinner was only down the street and around the corner from our house. So, I had been there for about 30 minutes and Tyler called me with Owen screaming in the back round. I came back home to pick up Owen who ended up being my date for the evening. It was all good and he was a HIT!! Every body thought he was so dang cute...obviously, and he slept the whole night!! What a good boy. I had so much fun and so did everyone else...we all want to meet together in another 5 years for a 15 year instead of waiting for our 20th reunion.

Random Baby Pics

These are just a couple pictures I haven't added yet that I wanted to share with everyone.

Spence and Owen

Owen's Blessing

I wanted one of the 3 boys together, but Kyle wasn't going to have that...little stinker;)

Once again, Kyle didn't want to be part of the picture...Spencer outgrew this by now, when is Kyle going to get over it!!

My dad and Owen...we don't get enough pics of my dad with the kids...I love this one!!

All the priesthood holders who took part in the blessing
My Uncle Marvin, Baaba(my grandpa), my dad(Owen's Papa), Tyler's dad, Uncle Tim, Daddy, Uncle Joel, Uncle Chuck, and Uncle Chris (what the heck is Chuck doing to Chris)?

Owen was blessed on July 5th. He was blessed by Tyler at our home with our family. His cousin Sabreena is 6 days older than him, and was blessed a couple days before him. Marcee and I tried to get them blessed on the same day, but between the 2 families it wasn't able to work out, so I had her bring Sabreena in her blessing dress to Owen's blessing so we could get some pictures of them together. Aren't they so cute?!!!
What a special Day:)

One Month Old

Owen turned 1 month old on June 24th

I'm going to try and take Owen's picture in this chair every month to show how much he grows. He looks so tiny in it here.

At one month old Owen:

-holds his head up

-he sleeps a lot!!

-he's a good little eater

-quite a content little guy

-loves to be held

-such a cuddle bug

I know I said Owen is usually pretty content, but in this video he isn't very happy. I think he was a little hungry:)

Owen's first few weeks

For about the first 3 weeks after Owen was born, this was about as wide as he'd open his eyes. He's actually awake in this picture. We thought this was so funny.

Brotherly love

Daddy with all 3 of his boys...I love this pic!!

This was Kyle's first night sleeping in a bed other than ours. We got a trundle bed for Spencer's room so the boys could sleep in the same room together. He did very well adjusting to this. Sometimes he sneaks into our room during the night:)








Spencer holding Owen in the morning before school. It was very hard for him to leave for school the first few mornings. He did not want to leave Owen!!

Giving him a kiss goodbye

Just hangin' out

They can't get enough of him!!

Owen is 9 days old here. He and I just got back from Spencer's class field trip. Love the crossed feet!

I try capturing the smiles as often as I can...it's hard to do when they're so little.

His cute chubby profile

So sweet

First day of church...3 weeks old.
All my boys have worn this tie

Owen and Mommy

Owen is I think 5 days old in this video.

Oregon Coast

Getting buried

Kyle and his sand crab

Boys and their sticks:)

Spencer just hangin' out on the beach

We took a day trip to the Oregon Coast with Holly and Chuck and their family. The boys had so much fun together playing in the water and building in the sand. Spencer even got buried all the way up to his neck! They all built sandcastles and ran from the waves. Owen was so tiny I wasn't able to put sunblock on him yet, so I made some shade for him with a chair, and some towels and blankets. He pretty much slept most of the time. The weather was great that day and I'm glad we were able to do this as a family.