Our Yard

In February of 2010 we started landscaping our backyard. If you know Christian, then you know that the yard is very important to him. He was very excited to take this project on and turn our dirt backyard, into a fun and beautiful place.

He started by drawing out what we wanted and hauled in all of these bricks (in the back of our Accord) and created the outside border of the lawn and garden.

Yes, that is him working out in the dark... that's how dedicated he was :)

We couldn't make all of our plans come to pass on our own, so we hired Capital R Construction to come and help us. Rusty and his crew put in a beautiful paver walkway, a barbeque pad and borders for the sandbox. They also brought in lots of sand for the sandbox and dirt for the garden. We had rock delivered too but Christian did most of that.

The paver walkway was a pretty big job!

Rather than doing Sod, we planted seed. It took awhile to come in but now it looks great.

Some of the bounty from our garden. This cucumber plant produced a TON! It was great!

And since we were in the mode, Christian decided to put grass in the front too.

Disneyland: April 23, 2010

We did the Give a Day , Get a Day Volunteering and spent my birthday at Disneyland. The girls had SO much fun, but who doesn't at the happiest place on earth? It was Julia's first time, and she loved it!

We waited to meet Tinkerbell and got to meet Silvermist on our way in.

We also waited to meet the princesses. Julia was almost asleep by this point, but was still excited to meet them.

April: Easter

Easter 2010

We went to the city for an Easter egg hunt.

We colored our own eggs at home and had an egg hunt at the park beside our house.

Julia's Birthday Party

Julia's birthday party was pretty casual. We had the Newman and Ballard kids over to help celebrate. She loves pizza so we had that for dinner with cake and ice cream. It was lots of fun and she enjoyed playing and getting presents.

Eliana and Dean eating their cupcakes.

I love how she's opening her mouth her as she is feeding Christian. So cute.

It was fun to see her so excited to open presents. She truly is our little Jewel and we are so grateful for her!

February In Review

February was a fun month for us. The girls and I went to California for a visit with family and to meet Jenn's new baby Natalie. While there, the girls had fun playing with cousins.

At a fountain with their cousin Nathan.


They went on a carousel ride with Nathan too.

We also took Morgan with us to the LA Zoo and met up with one of my favorite mission companions, Shannon, and her kids.

My parents were driving from Maine to St. George and took the southern route so they could stop in and visit. This first picture is Eliana making a cake for them, my Dad loves chocolate cake and vanilla frosting. Eliana thought a few sprinkles would make it a lot better.




My mom face painted with the girls and even let them experiment on her a bit.

We had preschool at our house when they were here so we did a little thing about service dogs with the kids and my Dad showed off his service dog, Gunter. The kids loved it.



Eliana, Grandpa Williams and I went for a little bike ride while they were here too.

I usually drink a smoothie everyday. It's just what I do. Julia loves them and if I don't make her her own, we share.

The Many Faces of Eliana

When I get my camera out, Eliana's face just goes kinda crazy. A few weeks ago I was setting up my studio to do a headshot and I had her sit in so I could get my lighting set up. This is what she did.

Our Two Year Old

Julia turned two in February. She is our big girl now. It is hard to beileve. She no longer uses a pacifier and sleeps in a big girl bed. She loves pink and princesses and ponies and barbies. She also loves trucks and trains.

Yes, she is jumping on the bed....

Julia loves to sing... like really loves to sing. She sings Happy Birthday, Once there was a snowman, Good Night Baby, Popcorn Popping, and a little of I am a Child of God.