24th of July (belated)

We had a fun 4th and 24th. Most of our traditions include some family firework/bbq's, swimming and the like. This year our stake was invited to participate in the children's parade. My kids enjoyed walking along side a small float with the rest of the stake primary.

First day of school

Abby started her first day of preschool at Miss Stacey's and Blakely started Kindergarten. Wow!!! Blakely gets to attend Oakdale elementary and the neat thing about it... is that Oakdale is where her mom went to Kindergarten too!

Grandma Ramona

I've been meaning to post a picture of Baya Ramona with her great-grandma Ramona. We love her very much and she continues to smile and be a part of our lives and family traditions even with the pains and discomfort that accompany old age. We love her.

So big!!!

Baya is growing a lot. She has started to smile and sometimes we even hear a laugh. She continues to brighten our days. At her 2 month check-up they said she was 30% in height and 70% in weight. I told Bry she takes after her mama!

Old buddies

We had a fun time at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens w/ Neisha, Erin and Kristin... oldtime friends that I don't see nearly enough. They are such cute girls and now the kids are making friends also.

Blessing Baya

Sunday Aug 3rd Bryan gave Baya her baby blessing. It was a really nice occasion. We had a huge gathering after at our house and it was really nice to see family and friends. Bea (baya) our friend from Hungary is here holding our Baya. She looked so pretty in her blessing dress and Bryan gave her a beautiful blessing. Some of the things he blessed her with were discernment between good and evil, a peaceful spirit, patience and love for her sisters and a faith in the gospel.

Camping w/ a baby???

We ventured to Albion Basin/Alta last week for some camping. It was very last minute, bordering on insane considering we have a newborn, but lots of fun. We went w/ our friends the Nelsons. It was so pretty. The wildflowers were in full bloom, as were the mosquitos. We hiked up to cecret lake w/ the kids. Bryan carried Baya in Sara's sling, and Abby on his shoulders for a lot of the hike. I was just proud of myself for making the trip!

Just the three of us...

Blakely, Abby and Baya make quite the threesome. Here are a few pics of the trio. Blakely is getting pretty good at bouncing Baya around the house. Abby continues to be a pro at teasing and

torturing her older sister and Baya... well she makes for a good protestor to all the commosion.

BYU Hawaii--old timers

Wow... we are getting Old! 13 years ago I went to school @ BYUHawaii with some highschool girlfriends, Erin, Kristin & Holly. We met some great friends there and now, on very rare occasions, get together. Andi, our dear world traveling State Department lady, and the NY Jeppesons, were in town--so we had a little reunion of sorts. Wow, we sure have a lot of kids between us all... it was fun to watch the girls against the boys antics. Thanks all who came... we need to do it more often.

Such a Jewel

Baya is really so fun to have around. She has been Mello... as far as babies go. We are loving her and the girls are especially enamered by her and won't leave her alone, which is a mixed blessing!!! Here are some of our recent favorite pics. She is still a sleepy little thing... and we are getting used to this now. Our other two weren't quite so quiet!