P.J., P-Diddy, Peage, Payton...

I can't believe it's been 3 years since my sweet little boy returned home to his Heavenly Father. There are so many times that I think about what he would look like, what his personality would be like, and what he'd be into. But, that's kinda hard to think about sometimes. Instead I have to remember the 14 1/2 months that I was blessed with him here. We made so many memories in his short life on earth and I try to do my best to keep those memories alive.

Here's a few...

these first two pics are some of the last pictures I have

he let me dress him up as a cute little "Pooh bumble bee" for one halloween
he gave great kisses, especially to me!

he had a best friend and they looked like brothers, with their blue eyes and blonde hair

he had many cousins that loved him, this was at his 1st birthday
he made it to Disneyland and loved some of the rides, Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan we rode more than once.

he could've passed as a clone to his DAD, look at those handsome boys


I am most of all grateful that our family is eternal, he makes us do our best every day.

We love you soooo much P.J. and miss you, but we know we'll be together again.

It's a magical place!

Disneyland that is...

So, we decided on Thursday morning (a week ago) that we were going to go to Disneyland with Jeremy's sister Laura's family, leaving Thursday night. Now I like to be spontaneous but driving 10 + hours in a car with 2 kids under 2 wasn't on the top of my list got up there when I decided I was in desperate need of a getaway. So my Thursday was crazy, doing laundry, packing, going up the canyon and hiking to do a photo shoot of a family in a gorgeous field on their horses, and trying to leave with my house clean. It's always nice to come home from vacation to a clean house, but that didn't happen.

Our friend's Pete & Misty decided to go with us, which was so much fun. We all drove to Las Vegas Thursday night, to break up the trip a little for the kids sake, and ours. We stayed at our friends house in Vegas, thanks Clint and Marianne, it was the best bed and breakfast ever. We had a crib for Beau, a comfy bed for us and Pancakes with fresh berries and bacon in the morning. You can't beat that. You guys are the best!

Anyway, we drove the rest of the way to Anaheim Friday morning and hit Disneyland and California Adventure for 2 days. It was sooo much fun and greatly needed with how busy I've been with weddings, families, and kids pictures lately. I just needed to get away so I didn't have to think about editing, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and everyday life stuff.


Us on the new Nemo submarine ride, it was pretty fun and
Bailey loved looking out the little window!


My happy BOY!!



I was a little too slow, a little too fast, too slow again, and not fast enough. So Bailey is on the Dumbo ride with Jer but yep, I didn't get a picture of her excited face. This is what happens with a little digital camera with a delay. I knew I should've taken my big camera, I just didn't think I wanted to lug it around since I knew I'd always have a baby, or a toddler in my arms, or pushing a stroller.


They we're both pretty beat, thank goodness for strollers, however you decide to fall asleep.


Bailey loved it and got so excited on every ride she went on. She danced in the streets, loved the horsies on the Carousel, and had fun shooting targets on Buzz lightyear with Jeremy. Beau, he just hung out in the Baby Bjorn, or in the stroller and was happy as can be. The car ride was a lot better than Jer and I expected, they were good for probably 80% of the time. I sat back with them for part of it but it all worked out great.



I'm so glad we went, it was our first family vacation with two kids and it was a BLAST!!!!

Amazed by you...

I loved taking these pictures of Bailey at 20 mths. old. Ya, I know that was almost 2 months ago and I'm barely sharing them. I was a little nervous to take pictures of her thinking I wouldn't get anything good because she's so busy. But, she came through and I got so many pictures of her I couldn't decide which ones to put on here. Honestly that's why it's taken me so long.

She amazes me everyday! I wake up every day wondering what she's going to do, learn, or teach me. Sometimes it's patience, sometimes it's to sit back, relax, laugh, and just slow down a little, and sometimes it's to give hugs and kisses to everyone, over and over and over again. She is growing up so fast and talking so much, it really does amaze me how fast these little ones learn and grow.

Sunday Afternoon

When we got home from church on Sunday, Bailey and Beau were playing on the floor together and it was too cute. Bailey is really starting to play with Beau a lot more, probably because he's finally laughing and responding to her. I love my kids they are the cutest things ever. Bailey cracks me up all the time. Her face expressions are enough to put a smile on anyone, her personality is out of control, and she is talking a ton. Her latest thing she says when she drops something is... "Ohhh mannn!" Where she got that from I'm not sure, but I love it! Beau is getting so big, time sure goes by fast. He is such a sweetheart, he's pretty much always happy and to get a smile out of him you just have to talk to him.





Look at the color difference in their skin tones, Bailey sure got the olive skin, Beau, I'm not quite sure what happened, but there's not much olive there. (now I do take into consideration he wasn't in the sun much this summer, but I'm still not holding my breathe that he'll be as dark as Bailey).


Look at that face!

Girls Trip (& Beau) to Seattle

I went away for the weekend with two of my close friends from high school. (Gloria & Stacey) Gloria lives about 3 hours outside of Seattle in Kennewick, WA so we decided to go get a hotel in Seattle for a few days. I took Beau with me since he's so little still and left Bailey with Jeremy.

We had so much fun just relaxing, EATING, shopping, EATING, shopping, EATING, and relaxing. Being with two pregnant women who need to eat a little more often than most, made it so we ate a lot. And, yep, I ate every time they did even though I probably didn't need to. I decided we need to get a Cheesecake Factory in Utah, we ate there twice we liked it so much, and boy did we eat. For the record don't ever get there Strawberry shortcake dessert to yourself, it's definitely one to share or you'll go home sick, which I did and was stuffed.

They had these painted pigs all over the city, why, I'm not really sure, but we had to get a picture with one.
We also went down to Pike's Street, it's their public market. They have the most gorgeous bouquets of flowers for $5, $10 & $15. If I lived close to something like that I'd buy a new bouquet every week. They also had the best fresh fruits, veggies, and seafood, and tons of little handmade trinkets. There were quite a few people singing on the street. The guy playing the guitar was awesome. He was jammin' and had the best raspy, blues voice, I gave him a couple bucks and had to have my picture with him.





Beau was a little angel! He was super happy the whole time and took great naps in the stroller. He fit great in the bathroom sink for his bath, which he loved. He was a great travel partner.





It was such a great weekend with two of my closest friends, we reminisced a ton and made new memories. Thanks Stacey & Gloria, I had a blast, we'll have to do it again in between kids and pregnancies. (I guess we're at that stage in our life where we schedule trips around babies)

Payton's 4th birthday!!!

Well this is my first post with pictures included. I decided I might as well start out thanking all of our family that helped us celebrate Payton's 4th birthday. They were all so great to come and hang out at his grave for a little while. All of the cousins love to go to Payton's grave and visit him.

This year I bought about 35 balloons so that almost everyone could have one to let go in the sky. The kids loved it and it was fun to watch the balloons until they disappeared. Then we had suckers and squishy balls with smiley faces on them for all the kids, to remind them that Payton is happy and when they think of him they have to smile. The kids love talking about Payton, where he is and what he's doing and how he's their guardian angel.

So, thanks to everyone for coming!

After I added the pictures I'm finding out what format and layouts I like, so I'm still in the learning process, sorry.