A Baptism in Boise

Our oldest nephew Brigham turned 8 last week and was baptized on Saturday! We took the opportunity to fly out to Boise and visit family and support him. It was so nice :) I miss the western United States :)

The Baptism-ee

Cute Noelle with her Cute cousin Karlee. We think Noelle will have curly hair. Karlee is the only other cousin so far who also has curly hair.
Strapped in and ready for take off! Actually we held her the entire time for every plane ride.


On the way home from Boise we had a layover in Salt Lake and just couldn't resist the opportunity to see my family. They came up to the airport to visit with us between our flights. It wasn't for very long, but it was sure nice to see them, and be able to show them Noelle and how much she's grown in just a month.

Facebook

I finally did it. I got a facebook. I swore I never would, but it is now the only way I have to keep in touch with a friend of mine who is going on a mission. So I did it. So if you have one too, and from what I have seen so far everybody has one, then look me up!

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Its my sister Jenny's birthday. I'm not sure if she would want me to tell everyone how old she is, but I will anyway. She is 30 today! Happy birthday Jenny, you are an awesome sister and mom.

Noelle "Talks"

This video cracks me up. Not only does she make her cute little sounds, but I had the camera held next to my face, and she didn't know if she should look at me or the camera, so she just constantly was looking back and forth the whole time. I love the confused look on her face :) You can tell she's just a little flustered by it.

Memorial Day Early

We celebrated Memorial Day on Sunday because the actual Memorial Day is a huge selling day for our company, so Erik works all day. It was really nice, our apartment complex has multiple public use barbeques, so Erik was wonderful and he grilled some hot dogs. We bought salads and chips from the store, so I didn't have to cook! So nice :) After we had our little family bbq, we met up with some of our APX friends and roasted marshmallows and had smores. Yum! As noted in the previous post, Monica had made a hat for Noelle, and I felt kind of bad because I didn't think she would be able to wear it for a while, since it is supposed to be summer. However, Minnesota doesn't disappoint. It wasn't really cold, but cool enough for her to need her cute new hat!
The "gang" (that sounds so cheesy). Erik, Jorgan, Stevie, Monica, Noelle, and Karalee. Jorgan is our lead technician, Karalee is his wife and our office secretary, Monica is Jorgan's sister and is also an office secretary, and Stevie is Monica's husband and also a technician.

With our friend Karalee

3 Months Old!

Can anybody believe my little baby is 3 months old! She is so big, I just weighed her and she is 13 lbs! Just about twice as much as when she is born. She is so wonderful, she is very social, always looking around at what is going on. She loves to snuggle into her blankies, and especially loves to snuggle with mommy and daddy. She has just recently discovered her fingers and that they can move, so it has been so much fun to watch her get better and better at using them every day. I love how quickly she learns and grows, but at the same time I am sad to see my soft squishy little baby slowly disappearing. I think she looks more and more like her dad every day, but her personality is definitely all her own! She has the best, most precious smiles and is capable of melting my heart numerous times every day, and she also is capable of going from happy and content to screaming mad in about 2 seconds. But it's still so cute when she's mad :) She will look me right in the eye and scream at me! Hopefully that little trick doesn't last forever... She truly is a wonderful baby, and our lives have been blessed in too many ways to count. We are in love with our little girl :)

In the cute little hat that our friend Monica (that's her with Noelle) crocheted for her.
Absolutely Precious!

Just One of Her Many Talents

Sitting up... almost :)