Kamryn's dance recital

Kamryn had her dance recital a few weeks ago and she did an amazing job. The day before the recital they had a dress rehearsal and she freaked out. She cried and cried and told me she was scared. It was actually quite hillarious and I wish I would have taken pictures of her crying during the dance. Anyways, I had a talk with her after the dress rehearsal and told her not to be scared and that mom and dad would be there to cheer her on (blah, blah, blah you know the routine). So dance recital night she was totally pumped and ready to go. She was so excited and was having the time of her life at the recital. She did so good and after it was all over she told me she wanted to do it again. It was so cute! I love dance recital's and I myself had a blast and loved every minute of it. Brynlee was mesmerized and loved watching the "Fairy's" as she calls them. I am so proud of you Kam and love you to death. I just wanted to give a shout out to Kamryn's dance teacher Mauressa and tell her thanks for such a great recital and thanks for all you have done for Kamryn. She will miss you a ton.My cute little flower.

Kamryn's best buddy Teagan.

I can't wait until Brynlee starts dance class and we get to cheer her on too. That will be a blast!

Daddy's little girl.


What a cheeseball. She was all smiles that night. I am not kidding either. She was so giddy and happy and was posing for the camera's and having a ball.

Here she is in action. I have video's of both of her dance's below somewhere.

Posing for the camera once again. Most of her pictures are like this.


Last but not least.....here is her certificate she got that night. How cute is that?

He is just so cute....

Tayson can be such a little stinker, but I just can't find myself getting upset with him cause he is just so cute. He gives me the biggest smile whenever he knows he is in trouble and it just melts my heart. I found him on Kamryn's bed having a good ol' time. I have no idea how he got there and I am afraid there are many more of these incidents to come.

Tayson is now in a big boy carseat and he LOVES it. He can actually see what is going on now rather than looking at the back of a seat.

Dance Recital Videos

Make sure to pause the music!

Happy Mother's Day (a day late)

I had such a GREAT Mother's Day and hope you all did as well. Taylor made me breakfast, we went to church where the girls made me their Mother's day gifts, had Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken for lunch (my all time favorite meal in the world and he went and got it for me saturday night so I could eat it for lunch on Mother's day), played outside cause the weather was beautiful, watched Taylor change poopy diapers and clean the house for me, and then Taylor got me a gift certificate to a tanning salon to get a spray tan, and then for dinner our next door neighbors invited us over and the men slaved away cooking and cleaning dishes while the women got to visit. It was such a fun day and what could be better than spending mother's day with your husband and 3 beautiful kids. I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!


The weather was beautiful that day and I got to sit outside read my new photography book(thanks mom), and enjoy watching my kids play with their daddy. Here they are swinging like a helicopter.

Here are my BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYED ANGELS!

Tayson has the most ridiculously beautiful blue eyes with dark LONG eyelashes, but this last month or so his eyelashes have lightened up a bit and his lashes are not as long as they used to be and I am afraid he is starting to lose his eyelashes. I am so sad!

Copy cat........and Walking????????

Tayson is growing up right before my eyes and this last week and a half he has just sprouted like a weed. He copies everything we do, started walking with help, claps, climbs on everything, and much much more. Taylor and I just can't believe the changes he has made in just this last week. The first child's milestones are so fun, exciting, and new and you would think that the 3rd child's milestones would just get to be routine and no big deal.......Wrong!!!....it is just as exciting as the 1st, and 2nd child's milestones. I love watching all 3 of them grow and get to new stages in their lives. This first video is of Tayson saying "Uh, oh". It's hillarious watching him cause he tries so hard. Make sure to pause my music at the bottom of my blog.

Miss smarty pants and future American Idol

Kamryn is my little smarty pants. I love teaching her new things cause she picks up on it so quick.

Kamrn's new thing she LOVES to do is play with daddy's Ipod or my cell phone. She loves to go right to the ringtones and play them all and sing to her favorite tune. She sings SOOOOOO loud if she thinks nobody is watching. Unfortunately she caught me with the camera and didn't sing as loud as she normally would but it's still funny.

Time for bed

This is how Taylor puts the girls to bed.........and this is also probably why they don't stay in bed. They come running out of their rooms once daddy has dropped them off to their beds saying "Daddy pull my jammy's"! I wouldn't want to stay in bed either, looks like fun!

So big.....

Tayson loves to climb on everything now and just thinks he is SOOOO BIG!

Messy, Messy, Messy!!!!!

Want some? It's good!

My third set

Just trying to catch up and just thought I would share all my stuff with you guys. So Fun!

Here is my second set........

..........I feels so addicted now. I love digital scrapbooking!

My very 1st Digital Scrapbook Pages

I finally did it! I made my 1st digital scrapbook pages. They were super easy and fun. They are pretty simple but I think they turned out pretty good for a first time. I am sure the more I do it the better I will get and the more the pages will look better. I have been doing my original scrapbooking this last little while but I have decided that I am WAAAYYYYY too behind and I need something a little quicker to help me out. I will continue to do the "Old Fashioned" scrapbooking as well as this new super simple, quick, and fun way. It feels so good to get out of this Scrapbooking rut and get caught up. It's a big weight lifted off of my shoulders! With Taylor in the middle of finals I figured I needed to find something to keep me occupied!

The BEAUTIFUL colors of Spring

Spring is filled with magnificent colors and smells and I had to go out in my backyard and capture springs many beauties. Tulips, dandelions, and leaves, are just a few of the blossoms in our backyard. I LOVE IT!

Tayson is ALL BOY! He LOVES to be in the yard and eating dirt. He will stand by our screen door until we let him outside, if he hears the door open he comes a stomping down the hall to get outside. He will play in the dirt, eat rocks, chase the kids, and throw the balls. He is developing so much this last little while and I cannot believe the difference between boys and girls and the age that the differences come out. He is almost 11 months old and he LOVES anything that is related to boys (especially balls).

He looked at this flower for about 2 seconds and then of course attempted to eat it. Yuck!

Kamryn loves to go outside and swing on our swingset and play with her best friend Teagan (we share a backyard with Teagan). She too is growing and developing into such a beautiful little girl. She can now jump onto the swing and pump her legs till she can get "HIGHER" on the swings. Her and Teagan love to go around the yard and pick the dandelions and make beautiful bouquets.

Kamryn and Brynlee's best bud Teagan (or Teag as they like to say).



Kamryn, Brynlee, Teagan, and Pierson get along so well it amazes me. They are all best buds and love to play together. Teagan and Pierson are going away for the summer to Utah and by the time they come back home we will have moved back to Utah for good. They are gonna miss these kids so much and it breaks my heart to take this all away from them.


Little miss Brynlee is such a firecracker. She is so energetic and always on the move that it makes it hard to snap any photos of her. She is so smart and makes me laugh everyday at the new things she says and learns. She is changing everyday and I love her more and more each day! I am the LUCKIEST mom in the world to have these kids.

Sorry for the overload on pictures, it was such a BEAUTIFUL day and I had to soak it all up!

New bike, bath tub and t.v.

Kamryn has been wanting a bike for awhile now and so Taylor and I took the kids to get a bike last weekend. We let them attempt to ride a bike in the store but neither one of them could figure out how to pedal. It drove Taylor and I nuts so we decided not to get a bike. But I went to Target and saw a tricycle and decided to let the girls go for a spin and they did awesome and LOVED it. So I of course gave in and bought the tricycle. This will be a good starter bike and I think I will get Kamryn a real bike in August for her birthday.

Hold on while I brag about my little man. He is so beautiful and has the longest eyelashes that all of us women would DIE for. He is so sweet and mellow and just a joy to Taylor and I. I know every mom thinks their kids are beautiful, but I think Tayson is absolutely beautiful!

I turn cartoons on for the kids while I get ready in the morning and Tayson has to be right up to the t.v. so he can attempt to grab whatever it is he likes on the cartoon. Funny!

When boredom takes over....

Taylor is in the midst of finals and super busy and the kids and I are sooooooooo bored. It gets kinda lonely without him and so we have to find things to do and with the swine flu going around I don't wanna take the kids out. We have had 13 outbreaks in the state of Washington, 1 in Spokane, and 1 in Couer D' Alene. It is spreading so fast and I am not taking the chance of getting us all sick. So because boredom has hit I decided to whip out my camera and play. I still don't know how to use it very well and I have 4 photo editing programs and don't know how to use those either. You would think with all this time on my hands I could get it figured out........NOPE! I could use a few tips from you amazing photographers out there. Here is a picture of the girls that we took, pretty cute picture but I don't know about the pink edge. Oh well, good practice.