VACATIONS!

It's currently one am in the morning.. And i should be sleeping but im not. It's not like I can sleep in tomorrow even if I wanted, I have to get up with my baby early in the am. I am filled with excitedment. I am jumping up and down inside! I get to go to seaworld next month for my first time with my little family and some friends. I am thrilled!!!! I absolutely love going out of town and having some fun. Also, I'd like to mention we are staying at a super nice hotel. I can hardly wait and I want to just fast forward until next month. Not only that but next month my little love bug turns one!!!! I can't believe how fast time flies. Next month is going to be busy but fun. I can't wait to celebrate with my family and friends my babies birthday. Have a good weekend my friends, I know I will. (I should also mention that I am up late editing pictures because I have had a ton of side jobs) Yay!!!

Temple Sealing.

About two weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to a family sealing. Well I should say a baby sealed to her eternal family. What a special blessing for us to be able to attend such a wonderful and special event. It was so awesome being in that room and the spirit was very strong. I am very thankful for the Stewarts example and frienship. They deserve those children more than anyone else I know. I hope their family continues to grow and they keep doing what they're doing. Here are some pictures we took after the sealing. Isn't Chris such a natural with a baby ? I think so, he's so good with children I love seeing him hold and play with kids.







Love,

love this pic

See what I mean? She's so precious and I couldnt get enough of baby Sophie. Merik and Chris were playing, singing and just playing rough like boys usually do. While us girls were busy talking and relaxing. It was such a good Tuesday.
Enjoy the cute pictures. More to come stay tuned.
Chris is such a natural with kids. I've been noticing that more and more as I see him play and interact with children. There's no doubt in my mind that he will be the best father in the world someday.
Love you baby Chris. You amaze me.


LOve,

Monday Night FUN and then some.

We got a chance to celebrate Papa Kirks birthday with them. We had dinner with them and got to catch up. In case you don't know my father in laws name is Kirk and I like to call him papa Kirk. :)
He's such a good father and I look up to him so much. After dinner with our Rudd family we went home and Chris did some work on the computer while I took my dear buddy on a walk/run. I say walk/run because it's been a while since I've been out there and it felt good. I decided that Buddy is such a fun partner to run with because he has so much energy and he's super fast. I know he will help me out with my speed. Im also really considering doing the Mesa triathalon in October. So I better kick it up to high gear so that I will be in good enough shape. It's still not a 100% final because I need to figure out my schedule and see if I really want to do it because you know everything costs a ton of money now a days. Im hoping that I'll be able to do it. It's been like 9 months since I did a tri, the last event w did was Ragnar- and that was a lot of fun. It was the hardest thing I've done but it was so much fun and well worth it. Im hoping we'll do it again with couple in the future to improve our times and now that we know how its done we'll be much better prepared.
On tuesday I got to work!!! I've been workng on several photo shoots and photography business that I need to do. I'm really close to being done but I still have some things to do. So between the computer, tv, and chores thats where half my day went. Although it was a little bit of a lazy day I was being productive. I even cooked a very good dinner for Chris and I. We've really been trying new foods and we've been doing awesome at succedding in all our cooking. Sunday- Chris made some delicious friend chicken with mashed potatoes and yesterday I made Salmon seasoned by me and some rice to go along with it. For my first time it wasn't half bad, we almost finished everything but we have a few left overs. I have to admit that it feels so good to make a good meal and sit down and enjoy it.
After dinner we were relaxing and got ready to visit our good friends Amy and Drew Stewart. We got to finally meet their baby girl Sophie and she was a doll!!!! I got to hold her for about 4 hours. :D She is the cutest baby girl I have seen in a long time. I took about a million pictures of her because she is precious. The entire time she only cried once!! And that was so we could change her diaper and give her some more bottle. I am so happy for the Stewarts and Im thankful for their example to our family. I hope to raise children as beautiful and obedient as theirs someday. The last thing we did last night was visit my family. We got to talk and hang out with them for a little while. We then went home and fell asleep so fast. Ha!

Our week is already filled with exciting and wonderful moments I cant wait to see what the rest of this week brings. Hopefully we are productive on Saturday do our house chores we want to do and then have some fun in the evening. We are thinking about going to the movies.

Have a good week!

Love,

Courtneys Bday

My bestie had her birthday last weekend and because of her big 23 we treated her to the river with all expenses paid, and bought her dinner at the Señoras. Wait .. it doesnt end there. On Sunday early morning we made her the best breakfast ever. We got to all eat breakfast together and that never happens here so it was very nice. :)

I think we gave her the special treatment and made her feel like a princess. Here are some pictures to prove it.

Did I mention we are also having a girls night tonight?? We are having pizza and ice cream sundaes. YUM!!! So excited to have some good friends over and have some fun. I will post pictures from tonight some other day. Here's to a good night and a good weekend.
We love birthdays at our house, its the one time a year you dont have to do chores, no dishes, no cleaning, and you get treated like youre a queen or King



Love,

ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!

Summer time has come! Woo Hoo and I am so excited. Chris and I went swimming this past weekend and we had such a good time. I love being in the water keeping cool. I feel like I am a fish and could do it all day long if I could.
I don't have any recent pics yet but I am going to reminisce about the past. When I would swim like 24/7. Doesnt the water look so nice and beautiful?
I have loved all the wonderful places I've been able to go to.
Enjoy your summer.

I am proud

One of my dear friends from high school will get home from his mission and I couldn't be any more proud. My friend and I are like brother and sister, and since I don't have any brothers besides my in laws, I can tell you that he means so much to me and I've missed seeing him. Honestly, I cant believe it's been two years since he left. He is such a good example of Missionary work. He will be coming back from serving a mission in Kentucky. It's crazy how fast time flies. I can remember going to his little farewell party and thinking I wonder what will happen in these two years. He is the one on the left.

Life is amazing and I can't wait to see my good friend Jonathan!!
I know he's impacted many lives and has set such a good example to those all around him.

A special thank you

I want to thank my friend because of her I am able to have such a cute blog- I love how talented and sweet she has been to me- so I returned the favor this past weekend and gave her a free photo shoot. She deserved it and the pictures turned out so cute!!
Thank you.

Love,

Pamela's Party Celebration

Meet my friend Pamela, she is truly beautiful.
She has been there for me so much and I appreciate
her so much. I wanted to make sure we all showed her
our support and love, so we all went over to her house
this past Tuesday and we had a blast!!!!
Now you can finally see pictures of the cake I was making.
I maded a devil's food cake- just like she had asked me.
I have to share with you, in our culture every time someone
has a birthday we usually push them in their own cake. Ja Ja
but we just have to tell them to bite it a little bit and thats
exactly what she did until my MAN reached over everyone and
totally dunked her in the cake :)
I have to admit it was a really good time with my friends & my
love. Also, by the end of the night the cake was all gone!!
So I take it that's a good sign.
We also cheered the little ones hitting the Pinata.
It was a really good evening, thank you Pam for inviting us.

I cant wait for our birthday month in August- I better plan
soemthing big? Dont you think?


Love,