Campin!!

We went camping with my family up at there property over labor day weekend. It was nice to just get away and enjoy the warm weather, while being with family!

The girls and Jace went to Swiss Days while the boys went prerrydog hunting. Somehow only my mom and I ended up in this pic... we had a blast and got a bunch of fun stuff!

The boys did a lot of shooting around at targets and had a blast!

Bentley and Jace playing uder his toy.

Goin on a four wheel ride!

Jace was an angel and slept the whole night both nights.

Cam Cam and Bentley around the fire.

Hangin out on the hammock

Jace seemed to like it:)

We went to the lake one day to fish but it was too windy so we just chatted and ate some yummy snacks.

Of course Gabe was fishing no matter what the wather was like:)

Thanks mom and dad for inviting us... it was a blast!

This is just a randon pic of Jace on our way to church one day. He's so smiley I love it!!

We pulled this toy out that we got from one of my showers, and he loved it. It's still a little big but it keeps him entertained.

And this is a toy he has loved lately... and so does mom, cause I can get a lot of stuff done around the house while he entertains him self with it!!

Goodbye Ellie

We are so sad to say that we had to get rid of our little Ellie doggie. She was our little baby a was so loved. Before Jace was born she was my little buddy and kept me company when Gabe had to work late. She was a very sweet dog that had so much love to give. I know some of you are thinking that she is just a dog, but she was part of our family for two years and was like a kid to us:) We had to get rid of her because of a couple things. Between both Gabe and I working and just being gone a lot doing different activities, we felt like she was constantly in her kennel. She was out for maybe three hours a day. So we felt horrible and knew that she would be much happier with a family that could spend more time with her. Also now that we have Jace, when i come home from work all I want to do is spend time with him since I had been gone all day and a little baby requires a lot of attention between feeding changing and just wanting to be held, so she got little attention from me and I felt so bad about it. Also she never quite grasped the whole potty outside thing and would go in our house sometimes, which I was never ok with, but I am even more not ok with it now that we have a baby that will be crawling around soon in all of those doggy germs. So yeah those are the reasons we had to say good bye. A girl that I work with has a sister that wanted her. She has four kids that I know will give her plenty of love and attention. She will be missed but we know that it is for the best.

Just some pics of Ellie to remember her

She was actually really good with Jace though and would just sniff him or come and lay by him.

This was the first day we got her. Love you Ellie.

Summer Fun!!

We have had a fun last couple of weeks! Between our 4 year anniversary, Gabes 27th Birthday and a weekend get away with Gabes fam, we have been enjoying our last couple weeks of summer. Can you believe summer is almost over already?! I'm not too happy about it.

We went up to Pineview reservoir with gabes family and stayed in there condo there! We had so much fun and it was so nice to spend time together and just get away for a bit. We did a lot of swimming, we went jet skiing and hung out at the lake and played a lot of the Wii. Thanks Don and Kristi. We had a blast.

Us at the pool. Jace swam a little and liked it, but I was nervous that he would get burnt, since you aren't suppose to put sunscreen on them yet. So he just hung out most of the time.

I know I look nasty, but hey i was swimming:)

Grandpa Don and Jace hangin out at the Lake

Chris and Ash goin out on the wave runner

Gabe and I on the wave runner. Gabe was a wild one and flipped us off one time. We went flying and had to swim it felt like forever to get back to the wave runner. I smacked my toe on wave runner and thought I broke it. It still hurts and is bruised, but I think I just jammed it or something. Good memories!

Hanging out lake side

Gabe and Don chillin at the condo

Don having a serious conversation with Jacers:)

Kris and Mel playing the Wii

Daddy and Jacers relaxin

Gabe and his brother Chris have the same birthday, so it was fun to celebrate it together. We are sad though because Chris and his family just left for the Czech Republic. Chris is playing Basketball for the European league over there for the season. They will be greatly missed, but we couldn't be more proud and hope the best for them!!

Gabe had a great birthday and got a lot of good stuff. We love you Gabers!

Gabe forgot to smile and Jacers wasn't too happy, but oh well we got the pic!

Gabe and his children:)

Happy anniversary to us! It was our fourth anniversary on the 17th. I can't believe it's been 4 years! We love our life together, and I couldn't ask for a better husband and friend! He is such a hard worker and even though he is exhausted when he gets home from work, he always has a smile on his face and helps out so much. Can't wait to spend many more with you Gabe!! Love you!!

He brought me home these beautiful flowers for our anniversary!!

So pretty. (the flowers, not me:))

Our Little family!!

2 Months/Blessing

My little Jacers is 2 months old now and has changed so much since he was born. He is such a fun baby and has brought so much joy and love to our home! Gabe and I always just stare at him in amazement that he is ours. He had his 2 month check up... here are his stats.

Height: 23 in 71st%

Weight: 13.4 lbs 77th%

Head cir: 15 3/4 in 42nd%

He got his first set of shots and did pretty good. He only cried when they stuck it in, and then was smiling right after.

I wanted to jot down some things about Jace so I don't forget...

He Loves to be outside

He eats every 2 hours, I've tried to change it to 3 but that hour in between is heck so well stick to 2 till he's ready i guess.

He is a champ sleeper. He goes to bed around 9:30, 10ish and wakes up around 5:30 to eat and goes right back to sleep.

He loves bath time and could stay in the warm water for hours if i'd let him.

He loves his binki

He loves to hold mommys hair

He looks a lot like his daddy

He has blue eyes. Both Gabe and I have brown, my mom has blue eyes so maybe he got them from her.

He is smiling a cooing a lot

He has some amazing lungs and screams instead of cries, you would think someone was pinching him or something sometimes.

He constantly fights sleep, you think he's zonked out and then I go to lay him down and his eyes are wide open. It gets kinda frustrating, but I guess he doesn't want to miss out on any fun!

He is a pretty good baby and mainly just cries when hes hungry or really tired.

I could go on and on, but I wont, we just love him and are so happy to say he's ours!

At the pool sleepin in the stroller, he wasn't too fond of the cold water

Jace was blessed last sunday on Aug 1st. Gabe gave him a beutiful blessing, It was such a good day. We had a lunch after the blessing over at Gabes parents house in there back yard. Thanks to all who came and supported Jace on his special day!

He looked so hansome

Jace with his daddy

Jace with his mommy

Our little family

My family

This is my grandparents

Jaces grandma and grandpa Miles

Jaces Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin

So Sweet!

Arter a long and exhausting day at work, this is the sweet face I get to come home to... LOVE him!!

Holiday Festivities!

We had a really good holiday weekend. It was my birthday on the fourth. I love that my birthday is on Independence day. Family is always together, there are lots of fireworks and I get to share my b-day with the day of our countries freedom! When I was younger I always thought everyone was doing fireworks just for me, but then my parents had to set me straight:) We did fireworks with my fam on the 3rd and then we had a bbq and camp fire on the fourth with Gabes family. I'm mad cause I forgot my camera on the fourth, so no pics! It was a fun and busy weekend!

They put sparklers in my cake. Man that's a lot of candles. I'm getting old, 23!!

Bentley wanted to help me open my gifts!

Gabe and I gettin ready for the firework show

Cam Cam and Jace. She is such a good aunt!

MY dad spent like $300 on fireworks and my pyro brother Bryce gave us a great show!

My cute mom watchin the show

We went fishing a couple weeks ago with Josh and Nicole, we got scunked but it was a fun day at the lake!

Jace slept the whole time in his stroller

Bentley and Nicole hanging out gettin some rays.

My little baby is 6 weeks old and is getting chunkier and so cute. He has started to smile and is a lot more alert. We can't get enough of him!

Jace loves his baths. He just hangs out the whole time!

Gabe and Jace hangin out on the couch watchin sports!