The last couple of months have been full of fun for our family. Tim survived his first busy season (and so did I:) and we spent the time after enjoying our friends and family as well as some of the local sites.

Lucky me!! Emma, Eliza and Grace got to come to visit on their high school orchestra trip. I spent years and years babysitting for their family and it was so fun to "hang out" with them all grown up. I LOVED being their babysitter, but it is so fun to be their friend.

So we were a little late getting to the Tulip Festival this year especially since the tulips bloomed early. This was the one field that was left, but it was still gorgeous. Better luck next year!

Leavenworth, WA

Alaina's Easter Picture
4 months old


At the end of April, Tim's youngest brother got married so we took a trip to Utah. (It was kind of crazy so I apologize to my wonderful friends that we didn't get to see. I miss you!)


While in Utah we toured the Sweet's candy factory with Tim's family. Even though I grew up in Utah, I had no idea this existed. I highly recommend this as a family activity. You even get a free hair net.

New Calling

So I am so excited, I just had to post an update. I was called to be a Den Leader for the Wolves in Cub Scouts. Our ward needed more stay-at-home moms to be Den Leaders so they called me even though I just had a baby girl. They are a great group of boys and I work with great leaders so it should be pretty fun.

8 weeks old

So we have been trying to get Alaina on a sleeping schedule since she was born. Tonight I actually just layed her in her crib and she was out cold in about 3o seconds. That never happens and quite honestly I don't expect it to happen on a consistent basis, but I am grateful. Tim is with the Teacher's Quorum tonight, so what do I do with some time to myself? I catch up on my blog reading and I must say that it is so fun to see what my closest friends are doing with their lives. Thanks for posting and you have inspired me to update more. Hey, I am getting better. I wish I had more to update, but my life on the outside seems pretty routine. I am having so much fun being a new mom.

Candid Moment

So we were getting ready to go to the grocery store and Alaina was being smiley and happy. I thought, "ooh, maybe if I hurry and grab the camera we can get a picture of this". It worked!! I was pretty excited.

Alaina's Blessing

Here's a family photo after Alaina's blessing.

Merry Christmas!

Because Alaina is just a few weeks old we decided it would be better if we didn't travel yet, so Christmas was at our house this year. We missed being with our family and friends in Salt Lake City, but loved a chance to make our own traditions and spend time together as a family. We also feel so lucky to have a great ward family. In the afternoon we felt really lucky to spend part of Christmas with one of our favorite families in the ward and then a baptism that evening. I can't think of a better day to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a better way to remember why we celebrate Christmas.

We let Alaina open a couple of presents.

The excitement was too overwhelming. Maybe she will be able to handle it more when she is older:).

Tim loves to cook and one of our favorite dishes is his mom's eggs benedict. Since we were on our own this year, he decided he wanted to try it. It was delicious and I was very impressed.

Welcome Alaina!

It finally happened. We had our baby girl, Alaina on November 22 at 6:52pm weighing in at 8 lbs 6 oz and measuring 22 inches long. She already has her dad's height. She has brown hair, blue eyes, long skinny fingers, long legs and long feet and toes. We love her a lot and the first week and a half have consisted of trying to get her to sleep at night and not just during the day, making sure she gets enough to eat and enjoying all the funny things she does. We have taken a lot of pictures, but she moves so quickly so it's not very often we get a good one! We are working on that.