Zack's Birthday Party!

What a year it has been! One year ago today I was admitted into the hospital for severe toxemia (which ended up being HELLP syndrome), and was told that I was going to have my baby either that night or the next morning. A year later, with a crazy, crazy year behind me, I planned Zack's birthday party!!
On Saturday we had our family's over for a pool party to celebrate Zack turning one! It was such a fun day. Swimming, food, cake and ice cream, and just having fun together. Perfect!
Lately, I can't stop thinking about how much has happened over the past year... and that a whole year has past. I truely can remember details as if they happened last week.
Zack's year has consisted of being "out of the house" (able to go to stores, restaurants, etc.) for the past 3 months, in the hospital for his first 3 months, and then in our house for the other 6 months! Wow!
We have so much to be grateful for!! What a fun and energetic little boy we have. We love you Zack... Happy Birthday!!!

Out with the old, in with the new

Our lease was up on our Mazda CX7, so we turned that back in (Which by the way, I don't care for leasing! We put new tires on the car only 2 months ago, had to get the windshield repaired, and it's not even our car! Not so much fun!!). But other than that, we loved the car and had a good time driving it.
So after much looking, we decided on getting a Toyota 4Runner. We got it on Tuesday night and love it! (This is a picture of one that looks just like ours...)

A big thanks to Jared for being patient with me in finding the car I wanted (I figured since he has access to auctions, that I could be a little more picky, right?!). He is the best!!! Love you!

Camping

On Friday night, my sister Amanda and her little family and us went camping. What a fun time we had! We were all a little worried about how our babies would do, but they did great! We had so many layers on them, how could they not do great?! We also had enough food to feed enough for a week, so that just made it all the more fun for us!!

Saturday morning we woke up to some rain sprinkling, and not much time passed and it was raining. So we loaded our car up and was home by 9:30. Still worth it all!

Josh warming up Talon's bottle!!

Graduation

So better late than never, right?! (Sorry to my sister!)
Last week, June 4th, my sister Becky graduated from Copper Hills High School! We are so excited for her and she looked so happy that day. What an achievement! She also graduated from seminary on Sunday and that is a great acheivement too! We are all so proud of her and her amazing desire to learn (She is the smartest one in our family, I bet!).

Now, she gets ready to venture to Southern Utah University, and as much as I want her to go and get that college experience, I am already really sad to see the day coming closer and closer... I don't want her to go! If I miss her already, and she's still here, what am I going to do when she's actually gone?!
...This happened when Amanda moved too!

Memorial Day Weekend

At the last minute we decided to head to St. George for Memorial Day weekend! It was such a blast!! My mom and sister, Becky, were going to stop in Cedar City to check out the college, and my other sister Amanda and her fam, decided they were going to go, so we said, "why not?!"

Isn't this a cute Barbie, or what?!

Becky... always trying on shoes!

We just did the usual swimming, shopping, playing games, the boys went golfing, we went house hunting (Don't worry, not for now... but for future purposes!) and we just relaxed! The weather was perfect for the most part, so just a great weekend!!

Summer treats!

There are a few yummy treats that I just love about the warmer weather. One main one is the "snow shacks" or the "snowie's" or whatever you want to call those, but I love them! Black cherry to be more precise!
But another new favorite is this place in Bountiful called "Yogurt Stop". Such a great idea... you choose what kind of yogurt you want, add whatever toppings you want (I when I say "you", I mean you do it yourself!), then you give it to the cashier to weigh it in and you pay. I get whatever random mixture I want, and that's that. No extra money for the extras! Wonderful!

Mother's Day 2009

I have so many wonderful memories of today... Mother's Day! What an awesome day to remember our Mom's, and even the role of womanhood! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful influences in my life.
First and foremost, my mom!! What a woman! She and I tend to share a brain and I love it. She is my one of my very bestest friends and I love that she is so silly and weird with the rest of us! Words don't describe how amazing she is, but I just love her so much!!

My mother-in-law is also so amazing. What a self-giving woman she is. At a moments notice, she will do anything for anyone. Always willing to help and give advice and I am just lucky enough to say that I married into a great family! She did such a great job raising Jared, and I couldn't ask for more.
And finally, my role of being a mom today! I am feeling overwhelmed with joy at the sound of Zack playing with a toy on the blanket and making the little blah, blah, blah sounds right now! What a year we had watching him grow and make it one day at a time. I love everyday being a mom to him! And I am glad I have the opportunity to do it!!

How much better does life get today???