Girl's Weekend

In September a lot of my sister's and sister-in-laws went to St. George to get a way and to enjoy time with just us ladies. It was so much fun catching up with everyone. The first day we went shopping a lot..! That night my niece Sophie babysat my niece Reagan and Carter. I was a little worried to leave him, but she did an awesome job of taking care of him. It was also nice for me to get away for a little bit. While Sophie was babysitting we went to the Tuachan (spelling?) Its an outdoor play. The play we saw was Greece. It was so-o good! The next day we went out for lunch and did a little bit of shopping and then we headed back home.

All of us ladies getting ready to go see the play.

Mary, Tristin and me

Tristin and me

Me, my mom and my sister. Unfortunately my other two sisters weren't able to come.

Sadie's 1st Birthday

Carter and I flew out to Vegas to spend some time with my sister Sabrina. Carter was awesome on the plane and the people on the plane with us were very nice and helpful. It's hard flying alone with a baby when you don't have any help to carry luggage. Luckily everything went well. Sabrina and I did a lot of shopping to get things ready for Sadie's party. To give us a little break we went swimming with their ward. While we were there we also celebrated my niece's first birthday. My mom and my sister brought Matt down later that week so they could celebrate with us.

Carter ready to go swimming. So cute!!

Nice farmers tan...I know! Ha ha.

My niece Afton! She's so cute. I love that girl!

Carter didn't really like swimming. The water was pretty cold so I don't blame him.

Sadie's birthday

Sadie's cake. My sister decorated the top two tiers and I did the bottom tier. It turned out so cute!

The birthday girl!

Fun in Colorado Springs

In August Matt and I were able to visit our cousins Grace and Abe Payne. We had so much fun visiting them. It was a lot of fun catching up with them because it had been a while since we saw them. Abe is in the army so they live at Fort Carson. It was fun looking around Post and to see what it is like for the Army. Since Abe had to work most of the time while we were there Grace took Matt, Carter and me to go see Garden of the God's. It was really neat to see the red rock formations shooting from the ground since Colorado is so green. We also went miniature golfing and to Denver. Abe and Grace were very sweet and treated us to the Cheesecake Factory in Denver. It was much fun spending time with them.


Carter loved Grace

Grace, Abe and Carter

Garden of the God's


We had a little picnic while we were at the Garden of the God's and of course we had to feed little Carter.

Gracie Grace


This rock formation is called the "Kissing Camels" if you look at the top of the rock it kind of looks like two camels are kissing.

Grace Mini Golfing

Grace and I searching for our balls. We sort of missed the course...

Carter and Matt having fun golfing.

Baby Blessing

Carter was blessed on July 31, 2011. It was a special day not only for Carter but for our niece Afton. It just happened to be her birthday. We were sad that Afton and Sabrina couldn't come to his blessing, but it was still a special day. My mom, my brother Tony and my little sister were able to come. Matt's parents and his siblings were able to come and share this special day with us. I truely am blessed with my family. They all really mean a lot to me and want them to know that I love them very much!

Carter in his adorable blessing outfit. He was hungry and wouldn't smile in any of his pictures :(

Tony and Carter

Grandma Connie holding Carter

My handsome nephew Harrison


Thanks Tony for the awesome pictures!

Our cute little family :)