She's gettin' there

Yeah Carl!

Ivy's uncle, Carl, graduated tonight from Union Mine. Ivy was just too excited to be there.

Sadly, the only decent picture we got. He's the one facing us, next to the girl on her phone.

sorry neighbors

This is what our lucky neighbors got to enjoy as they drove past our house today. I guess it could be worse...I could be in there too. Actually, I'm sure I couldn't be in there.

Jazz Festival

Our new best friends

So I have this nanny friend, Jackie, who goes to our same music class and has been for years. We always try to get our kids together, but it rarely works out. Finally, everything worked out perfect and we were able to go to her house to find this...

Pretty much the coolest water slide ever, and the kids went crazy for 2 hours straight.

Poor Ivy, she mostly hung out by the climbing wall, trying so hard to go up like all the big kids. I don't know how I resisted this time, but next time I am going down it (just so I can take Ivy, okay...).

Birthday Boy!

Happy birthday William! He finally got a new TV. I think this is his scared face because he got it without my knowledge. I had to fake like I was mad, but he knows I love it, especially since he scored it for 40% off at Wal-Mart because it was a display. Anyway, he also got to spend a few hours on Saturday night at one of his favorite places, Sunsplash.

Janna's Wedding

Saturday was Janna & Jerry's wedding. It was a lot of work, but really fun, and I'm glad it finally happened. Everything turned out just right, the bride looked perfect, the food was awesome (catered by a Mexican restaurant), and no one knocked over the cake.

So, this was the first time I'd made a wedding cake since having Ivy and now being 7 1/2 months pregnant...it was quite rough. It probably took me twice as long to make, and it already takes forever to make. I'm glad I did it, but I'm very glad it's over with.

I don't know why, but this is my favorite picture from the event.

Newlyweds

They were married at some botanical gardens, see if you can find the big prego maid of honor. It was quite a warm day, but it all turned out beautiful. I'm sure the ceremony was nice too, all I was doing was praying I wouldn't faint from the heat and the (very cute) 4" heels that were a little too small.

Java & Jazz

So after 4 long years of marching band, jazz band, and drumline, my brother, Nick, is finally done! My mom made sure everyone came to his last event, Java & Jazz, on Saturday night.

ahh, the chocolate fountain

Ivy partied a bit too hard

okay, I've never done a video on here, and this one's not too great.

one year later

One year ago...

15lbs. later

I have the happiest baby ever (usually) and she definitely gets that from her daddy. Happy Mother's Day to me! William gave a talk today in Sacrament Meeting and of course he made me laugh, cry, and feel very nervous (you really never know what he'll say). It was so sweet and made today more memorable. He even brought Ivy up as a visual aid, which was nice because she was yelling for him the whole time we were down watching him.