Bentley and Nixon in there cute little matching outfits!

Bentley loves his brother!

Bentley and Nixon in there cute outfits...my sister-in-laws gave me Nixon's outfit not even knowing that I had already had the same one for Bentley so it worked out perfect!

Starting from way back...my sick little Bentley & of course it fell on MOTHERS DAY :(

Don't be fooled...This is me after I ESCAPED for one hour to run to sacrament to get out of cleaning up Bentley's throw up. I came home and opened some gifts and let me tell you it was a the only small moment of fun on my Mother's Day! Let me explain...

Here is Bentley with me after I opened his gift to me. Mind you he is only in a diaper because I got sick of washing throw up off of all his clothes.

This is my bed after I stripped the sheets and mattress pad off due to Bentley puking all over it.

Probably the only smile I captured that day because my poor little guy had a bad case of the flu along with high temps all day.

And here is just some of the laundry that I was doing all day Sunday...mind you it had throw up all over it.

Here is Bentley's bed after we took off the sheets from yet again MORE THROW UP!!!

And of course he could never get it into the bowl...here is our poor couch after we scrubbed all the throw up off.

And lastly here is my little Bentley so sick he couldn't even get off the floor hardly with his bowl by his side. So I thought that a one year old could at least throw up in the bowl...geesh who was I fooling? He never got it in the bowl..it was always just after he stepped on the carpet, sat on the couch or layed on a bed. Bentley was sick for a few days and got better, but lets just say I never want another Mother's day like that one!

I have been everywhere...

We are still in St. George from some fun vacationing, but I thought I would update a little. Mind you there won't be any pictures until I get home from my mom's etc.

June- We were in St. George and Lake Powell for 2 weeks. Love the lake...pics to come. Bentley loved riding on the "Vroom Vroom" (translation...Wave runner). He also loved riding in the boat and swimming in the water. It was a little bit exhausting though with 2 kids this year I must admit. Not to mention I was so nervous about Bentley getting out of my sight and drowning, but that didn't happen :)

July- Had over 31 family and friends over for a big 4th of July celebration. Celebrated by eating and watching the fireworks. Halle caught on fire and burned a baseball size hole in her cute dress. Also Halle stepped on a bee in our backyard. Other than that it was fun! Also on the 5th was Nixon's special day! We blessed him and had such a fun luncheon afterwards. On the 10th we left for a much need family reunion up in northern Utah at the Camelot lodge. It was so beautiful! We floated the Strawberry River, played softball, ate etc. It was so fun. After the reunion we went to stay with Nick's brother Bryson and his wife Kristen at there new home in Layton. It is so nice! We loved every minute of being there except the fact that we both came down with the flu! So now we are back at my mom's in St. George not sure when we will be home! Love VACATIONING!!!


O yeah today I went to Costco and bought the pans that I have been wanting forever! They are the best!

More to come...

Captured by Mikki

Thanks to Mikki Platt we have these beautiful photos. I love all of her work and she definately knows how to Capture the moment. Isn't she awesome with color too? Thanks again Mikki for the wonderful pictures. I love them all. Nixon looks so precious in his all white outfit!

Check Mikki Platt's photography out at capturedbymikki.blogspot.com!

Happy Birthday to me! April 30th

We were able to celebrate my 22nd birthday up in SLC with Bryson & Kristen and also Doug. I woke up and Nick had these beautiful flowers on the counter along with this perfume I have been wanting! Thanks babe! We went out to breakfast at a little diner in SLC then Doug took us on a little drive to see where his parents grew up. The boys then went to some gun stores and us girls put the kids to bed and took naps ourselves!! When they returned we went to this awesome aquarium. (pics to follow). We went to eat at the Market Street Grill for dinner, it was amazing food. To finish out the night Kristen and I went to the mall after putting the kids to bed. My birthday was fabulous. Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and birthday wishes! (P.S. I had forgotten to take pic's while in SLC on my birthday so this pic was taken back in St. George at my moms lol)

Easter..then came came Nixon...trying to get caught up :)

For journaling purposes I wanted to put something on the blog from the hospital. Having baby number two was just as easy as the first except breaking my tail bone in four places. The baby and I are doing great. We are now a happy family of four! Nixon and I just bonding after birth!

This was obviously before we headed to the hospital! I was counting down thats for sure!

Easter...better late than never!!

Ok..so here is hopefully the beginning of quite a few posts. I really need to get caught up and it seems we have done a lot in the last 4 weeks. Easter was fabulous this year. We headed to St. George and went camping with my family for a few days. Mind you I didn't actually camp out there even though my parents have a trailer with a bed they offered me...being almost 9 months pregnant I opted to go back to the house to sleep at night. While camping we atempted to fly Bentley's kite, colored eggs, had an easter egg hunt, ate great food, went on fourwheeler rides and sat around the camp fire. Bentley loves anything that is outside. Thanks mom and dad for a fun time. Following the camping on Saturday we headed to Nick's parents for our traditional egg hunt in there back yard and a yummy dinner. The egg hunt was particularly hard this year. We each had 5 eggs to find and it took a long time for Nick and I to do this. Bentley had a blast as well. Sunday was Easter and Nick had to head back to Kingman to work for a few days so I gave him and Bentley there Easter basket Sunday morning. Bentley got some movies and books and bath toys and Nick got 2 new swim suits. Each Grandma gave him a basket as well filled with fun toys, books, movies and money. Thanks for such a fun Easter. Thanks Grandma W for the handsome Easter outfit that Bentley is wearing. Here is Cindy and Doug with there cute grandkids (missing addy :( though)

Bentley and Grandpa W Easter Sunday

Mommy and Bentley at Grandma T's house before church.

Nick and Bentley about to check out what the bunny left them.

Bentley with dad holding his Easter presents from Grandma T.

Bentley just wandering freely. It was so cute to just observe him and see what he wanted to do and where he wanted to explore.

Our little family holding up what we found in our Easter eggs along with the candy. Thanks Cindy and Doug

Bentley and I with his Easter basket from Grandma W. Sportin' the new glasses for this summer.

Nick and I just sitting down for a minute after our hard Easter egg hunt. :) Doug hid the eggs and boy did he do a good job!

Pictured left to right: me, bentley, nick, aunt stef, JT, aunt mickell, Halle and unlce Josh

Nick lookin for his eggs.

And here is Bentley and his Grandma W looking for his eggs. I think this is a sweet picture of them together. We had such a blast in the 3 days of Easter celebrations.