Thursday, July 29, 2010

Good Times

I have been so excited about my best friend Alison's arrival for quite some time now. We've talked for months about her coming to visit. I met her when I was 13 yrs when we lived on Vancouver Island and have been best friends since. She finally arrived yesterday around 11:30am. All I can say is =D!!! And of course as any good Canadian best friend, she brought us the mother load from Costco. Yum, yum, yum. She was kind enough to hook my brothers and sisters up too.

Today we loaded up Lincs and headed to PARK CITY. Love that place. New fav outlet store? Yeap-don't you know it-CARTERS! Lol... We had a lot of fun browsing, walking through the POURING rain, laughing and just catching up. In all my happiness (and lameness) I haven't taken one picture yet! That WILL change!

Tomorrow we are heading up to Idaho to see Jory's family (I know, again). Jory's little sister is having a baby in 3 weeks and Saturday is her baby shower. It's going to be really nice. I'm excited! Ali and I are going to try and go to City of Rocks to do some Star Trail pics. Hopefully we do. It could be AMAZING.

And to end this post, here are some pics of Lincs snuggling with his dad. He LOVES his dad! They have so much fun playing together and laughing. These pics are pretty sweet though.


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Monday, July 26, 2010

Tummy Time

Today we were working on tummy time again. Lincs does not like to be on his tummy at all. Sometimes he cries. Other times, he'll look at me as if to say, "Yeah right mum-not happening," then BLOOP, he'll roll over. Pretty cute.

Here we are doing so well and being a big boy...

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And the rolling starts...

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"Mum, I'm done doing Tummy Time for the day!!"

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This is my FAVORITE image of the day.

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Friday, July 23, 2010

3 Months

You guessed it, more pics of my cute boy. I took these on his 3 months mark. He's so stinkin cute. He weighs a little over 13 lbs. I know, what a chubbers eh? LOVE IT!!

Yesterday during tummy time, he was holding his head up sooo strong and kept rolling over onto his back. So proud of him.


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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sleepy Head

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He just woke up from a 4 hour nap in this thing?! Are you kidding me??? I LOVE this swing-I swear it's magic. The toy he's cuddling with is from my cousin-it seriously is his favorite thing ever-next to me of course! But he plays with it all the time-too cute

Tomorrow I'm posting a handful of his 3 months pics. I posted a bunch to my portrait blog http://srwportraits.blogspot.com/ but I can never just narrow them down to a few-he's too cute!!

The Bumbo

Last week I decided to test this Bumbo out. I've heard good things about them.

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Babes was a little hesitate at first and then became pretty curious...

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Then he wasn't so sure about his situation...

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Yeap, we're done! DEFIANTLY DONE!

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

CARRIE UNDERWOOD!!!!

One of my best girlfriends and I went to Stadium of Fire this year. I've actually never been and never had cared to go. However, this year my beloved Carried Underwood was playing! Of course this changed everything right?! So me and Jeanie went to see her July 3. What a GREAT night! My preprgo jeans FINALLY fit again (my very favorite ones mind you) and it was a gorgeous night. I left little one at home with his Dad and it was a good thing. Our seats were pretty close to the fireworks. They were LOUD!!

They had the Second Generation Osmond group preform-they were amazing. Also, they honoured the Boys Scouts of American. YAWN-is all I can say. And there was this family group that all played the piano and they must have been on drugs or possessed cuz they were completely out of their minds while rocking out. A little disturbing, not going to lie. I mean let's be honest, we were all just there for the insanely GORGEOUS Carrie you know?

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Buddy here was a die hard, proud American. His hat had an outline of the US and said USA above it. Oh... it didn't stop there! These outlines lit up light a friggin Christmas tree! No joke... And take a look at that shirt! HA HA HA HA-love it!

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Hello Ms. GORGEOUS!

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Amazing fireworks...

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Overall it was an AMAZING night! When Carrie sang, "Jesus Take the Wheel" and incorporated "How Great Thou Art," I seriously choked up. She is AMAZING and so dang adorable. Thanks to my Jeanie for a GREAT girls night out!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The Nursery

For those that live far away and have been dying to see Linc's nursery...

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And yeap... that's my little man on the floor. Doesn't he look TINY?!

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Here's his bedding-or a glimpse at it. I LOVE jungle animals right now. Esp monkeys and giraffes.


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The Dilemma...
Here is a beautiful pic of my baby on the wall right? Well that pic is a 20x24!!! It looks like a bloody 8x10! So I have a lot of wall space to cover eh?!


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Overall I am really excited how things really came together! It's a cute room and fun to hang out with Lincs in!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Thoughts for Sunday

The last 7 years, I've kept my testimony relatively quiet about my faith and religion. I never use to be like that and it's not something I'm all that happy about either. Time for a change... Today however, I was teaching the Young Women a lesson on the Sacrament. A few things really hit home to me and I was deeply touched.

We all grow up learning the basics of the Gospel and think we've got things down. Sometimes we think we know everything there is to know and then one of those lessons that come along and we realize we are still so young and naive. The following quote I read my girls today really made me think (let's not mention cry) and I wanted to share...

"Our Father in Heaven...loved his Son, Jesus Christ, better than Abraham ever loved Isaac, for our Father had with him his Son, our Redeemer, in the eternal worlds, faithful and true for ages, standing in a place of trust and honor, and the Father loved him dearly, and yet he allowed this well-beloved Son to descend from his place of glory and honor, where millions did him homage, down to the earth, condescension that is not within the power of man to conceive. He came to receive the insult, the abuse, and the crown of thorns. God heard the cry of his Son in that moment of great grief and agony, in the garden when, it is said, the pores of his body opened and drops of blood stood upon him, and he cried out, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me."

"His Father looked on with great grief and agony over his Beloved Son, until there seems to have come a moment when even our Savior cried out in despair, "My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?"

This is the part that really got to ME...

"In that hour I think I can see our dear Father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles until even he could not endure it any longer; and, like the mother who bids farewell to her dying child, has to be taken out of the room, so as not to look upon the last struggles, so he bowed his head, and hid in some part of his universe, his great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his Son. Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his Son, I thanks him and praise him that he did not fail us, for he had not only the love of his Son in mind, but also had love for us. I rejoice that he did not interfere, and that his love for us made it possible for him to endure to look upon the sufferings of his Son and give him finally to us, our Savior and our Redeemer. Without him, without his sacrifice, we would have remained, and we would never have come glorified into his presence. And so this is what it cost, in part, for our Father in Heaven to give the gift of his Son unto men."
-Melvin J. Ballard

What would it be like to watch YOUR beloved child suffer the way He did? Could you bare it? No, absolutely not. I think about Mary while she watched/endured her Son suffer the way he did. How the pain must have been too much to bare. What an amazing example of a great mother she is to all of us. I thought of my SWEET little boy that I have waited sooo long for. He is my testimony of miracles, my EVERYTHING and of course-worth all the emotional pain of waiting for him. I KNOW I could not endure watching him suffer the way Christ did for all of us. I admire Mary for what she did and how much she had to go through for her Son.

Not only am I truly grateful for what my Savior did for me, but I am also grateful for what my Heavenly Father let HIS SON go through because of His love for me. He easily could have removed the cup from his Son and stop all the suffering, but he loved us ALL too much. I know that this HAD to be done for us and it was part of the plan but I don't think that it made his suffering ANY easier. I know with out a doubt this is the true and everlasting Gospel. There is a quiet yet strong and peaceful reminder when I am in Church, teaching my girls (that I ADORE) and in the temple.

It also made me think of all the trials and heartaches we go through in life. Could he remove our cup from us? Of course! However, it has been through MY deepest, darkest hours that I draw unto him the most and with the most sincerity. This is also when my testimony has grown the most. I am so grateful to be a part of His church.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend

First of all... MY BABY JUST ROLLED OVER!!! I know I should be so happy and excited about his growth and the fact that he IS able to do these things and I am for the most part. I'm just sad that he is growing SO FAST!

So Memorial Day weekend, we took Lincs on his very first camp trip. It was a lot of fun and it was great to get out of the house and just away. We went with Mike's family and his in laws to their cabin down in Fairview. I have always loved going to their cabin in Fairview. It is seriously SO beautiful and peaceful there.

Kobe went fishing with Jory and LOVED it! He finally got to use his fishing pole we got him for his bday a few years back. It was pretty exciting to him. Taylor had so much fun too. The kids both loved going on the 4-wheeler too.

I think Linc's really enjoyed himself cuz he took like a 4 hour nap and that's really not like him at all. The cabin is so cute and there is a stream right outside so you could hear the rushing water the whole time. I love it! I'm so glad we got to go down with them. It was exactly what I needed.



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This post is pretty lame cuz it seems like this trip was years ago and it was just a month and a half ago! All I can say is thank goodness for pics cuz I wouldn't have remembered what had happened if not! I seriously had to look at all the pic to even remember what we did.