Day 90

These are all the kids I took to the park today. They all had a lot of fun playing tag, and hide and go seek on the big play structure. After the park we went back to our friend's house for BBQ and a campfire. It was a fun night. Rhayn had so much fun she stayed over for her first sleep over while living at our house.

Day 89

We went to Island Cafe at Hayden Island for dinner tonight. Rhayn had a lot of fun feeding all the ducks. She saw a black swan and thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

Day 88

Driving lessons from daddy. O'rien really liked the race car at the bowling alley tonight. It was the best entertainment for him, because running down the alley way didn't really work out so well for him.

Day 87

Rhayn came back from Texas today. Daddy surprised her at the airport. She didn't think he was going to be home for a few more weeks. I made the kids stop and take a picture with their daddy while we were heading to baggage claim.

Day 86

Shopping day today. These are some of the new things that we got. Our closet was in need of an update, since most of what we have doesn't fit us any more.

Day 85

We got a new car today. It only took quite a few hours at the dealership as they usually do, but O'rien did pretty well while we sat there. Now we have two family cars instead of just the truck.

Day 84

Daddy and O'rien playing in the pool at Noah's 10th birthday party. Fun day in the sun. Felt like childhood when we all played out at Grandma and Grandpa's pool.

Day 83

We got free tickets to see Gretchen Wilson and go to the rodeo. This was the latest concert that I have ever gone to. She didn't start playing until 11:00pm. This was O'rien's first concert. He didn't make it through very much of the concert, but lasted for most of the rodeo.

Day 82

This is Abby waiting outside the gates to the Toby Keith concert. Too bad they wouldn't let me take my camera into the concert. A little disappointing, but the concert was fun.

Day 81

We took the dogs to the dog park. O'rien was watching them run around and playing in the field. The dogs were in heaven, because they haven't gone there in months.

Day 80

Daddy came home today! This was O'rien and his monkey waiting at the airport.

Day 79

Two little trouble makers planning something together. Good thing they are so cute. We had fun with Katie getting wedding stuff, and then playing at the Bucks tonight.

Day 78

O'rien was giving lessons on how to use the bathroom sink. He was also showing me how to turn on and off the light and fan. He is a good teacher.

Day 77

Katie is my lovely model today. We went to Blue Lake Park to check out a potential venue for her engagement party. I made her stand for me so I could take a few snap shots. We were planning to do engagement photos today, but there was a change of plans. At least we did something wedding related :) Of course there were a few non-wedding related activities as well. We got good Thai food for dinner with Andrew, and a pedicure with Monica. We had to do something since I had a babysitter for the first time when I wasn't heading to work or the gym.

Day 76

Just got back from a photo shoot. I love taking pictures. Now the hard part was to decide on just one to post today. So, I chose this one of Kaiya and her mommy Terina, because it is so angelic looking. There are a few others from today that I posted on Facebook, but even that was hard to narrow down. I didn't want to overload with them, especially since her mommy and daddy haven't even seen them yet. I hope they like them as much as I do!

Day 75

Went shopping at the Children's Place today. They had some awesome deals and I had a coupon on top of the cheap prices. I think I made out pretty good with all the stuff I got for the kids, and for some birthday presents. This is the only shirt that O'rien got out of the deal, but he wasn't really in need of anything anyways. I just thought he needed a new doggy shirt. Plus it was a bulldog so it made it a must have for his closet. He loves his brother dog Titan.

Day 74

Today was a day of cats. Well not exactly, but O'rien made a new kitty friend. It was also the last day for my parents cat. So here is Ashley outside while I was watering the yard tonight.

Day 73

Today I worked in the back yard. I spent quite a few hours back there. My yard still needs some serious help. Hopefully this weed killer I bought today will help me out some more. I wish the people who lived here before us would have never put stupid pebble rocks in my yard. They are the nightmare weed area. I just put up these stars on the fence today as my finishing touch...or more like my starting touch. Hopefully sooner rather than later my yard will be presentable. As for now, this is as good as it gets for pictures of the back. You will have to use your imagination, and think of something pretty to send me good luck getting it to look like that. :)

Day 72

Rhayn left for Texas today. We had a long morning in the airport. Lots of long lines and a delayed flight. It was actually a good thing it was delayed, because she wouldn't have gotten any lunch if it would have left on time. We got there 2 hours early like we were suppose to for once, and it was definitely a good thing we did. O'rien was a good sport about it, but I felt bad he was trapped in a stroller and car seat for about 5 hours this morning with our long day dropping off sister.

Day 71

Just a picture of my flag flying high. I was just outside on the upper deck taking a few pictures, and this was my favorite one. I didn't take very many though. I was hoping to get the plane that was flying in to land at the airport. I did get it, but wasn't happy with the way it was looking. So, I took this instead.

Day 70

We went to the park today. Evan had fun playing with his uncle's motorcycle gear. What a silly kid.

Day 69

Today O'rien and Rhayn had fun playing on the skateboards. Rhayn took O'rien for lots of rides from the top of the cul-de-sac to the bottom while they sat down on it together. We had lots of fun playing outside and used the water table too. Later in the afternoon we went to the Sandy Mountain Festival, played at the park, and went to grandma and grandpa's house. Today was also the first day Jacob stayed over night without his parents. The kids had a lot of fun.

Day 68

We went to the zoo today, and of course I took my camera. However, I left the battery at home. What a bummer, because some of the animals that are never out were out today. Grandma and G-Gma also went with us. Would have been perfect for pictures. We went to the pool at the gym after the zoo, so I took this picture there. We had a lot of fun swimming. After we went to the pool, we went and had some delicious enchiladas that grandma cooked. The neighbors were having a little get together, so Rhayn had a lot of fun getting to know the neighbor kids at grandma and grandpa's house. We had a very eventful and fun day!

Day 67

This was the traveling Veterans Memorial out in Sandy. I pulled over on the side of the road to take a few quick pictures of it. Just thought it was pretty cool. We went to the Sandy Mountain Festival Parade tonight, and the kids had a good time. Then they got to play at grandma and grandpa's house in the little toddler pool and sprinkler to cool down. We had a good night.

Day 66

Today we got most of Rhayn's stuff moved in, and she came up to start her Summer here. This is just an update on part of her room, since I can't get the entire thing in one shot. The dresser didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped, but it works for now. At least she has a place to put her clothes, and it matches the wall paint in her room. She put up the circle stickers tonight, and it made the room come together a bit more. You can just disregard the extra stuff that is on the shelf. It will soon be hanging from the ceiling, but it was too late to start that project. I am not even sure that you can tell what I am referring to in this picture, but there are dragonflies and a butterfly that don't belong on the shelf. Hopefully in this corner we will soon have a chair for her to hang out in, but I wanted to wait until she got here to pick out a few things so she felt included in the process.

Day 65

I finally figured out an easy way to get him to smile, thanks to you-tube. He loves it, as if you couldn't tell from looking at his facial expression. I was on the back side of the computer screen while he was watching it. Best way to get an easy, genuine smile!

Day 64

This is the start of today's project. I finally got the paint off enough so I can repaint it. At least that is what I am hoping. As you can see the drawers were much easier to remove the paint from. I got a little too lazy when it came to the main sections, because it just wasn't coming off as easily. When I get it finished I will post an update of Rhayn's room and her new dresser. That way you don't have to wait in suspense any more to see what was going on with the paint and other random things I have put on here about Rhayn's room.

Day 63

Happy 4th of July! We went to a BBQ at the Neibert's house today. I just took a few snap shots of the Buck's, and this happened to be my favorite one. We had fun swimming in the pool and the hot tub for a little while today. O'rien really liked the hot tub, because the weather didn't permit very well for the pool. It was a little bit too cold, and mommy didn't last long in the cold pool water. The hot tub was much more appealing in 65 degree weather. We watched some fireworks tonight too, and O'rien seemed to be pretty mesmerized by them. I think it was half due to sleepiness and the other half from the actual fireworks flickering. It was a fun day, but we wish daddy could have been home to share it with us.

Day 62

Flip flops anyone? I got a little crazy with buying flip flops today. I wear them just about every day, and I found a coupon for $1.00 a pair at Old Navy. So, I went to 2 different stores so I could use it twice, since it was limited to 5 per purchase. I bought a bunch for myself and a bunch for Rhayn. At a $1 a pair I figured it was worth it to stock up. Now I will have some to match just about everything in my closet.

Day 61

Just O'rien doing what he does best. I am sure you can guess what I am talking about. (Hint: there are 2 things in this picture.)

Day 60

We had another fun day at the zoo with Jessica, Evan and Lilah. The boys did really good together in the double jogger stroller. Lilah slept for most of the day again, but maybe next time we go she will be more awake to play with us ;) O'rien was just checking out some of the stuff at the zoo in this picture.