LaNea's Blessing

Having been home a couple of weeks we were more than ready to jump onto a plane again and

head to Texas for the blessing of LaNea. Jill went all out to make sure everyone was comfortable

and had their own rooms, even to her own discomfort. It was a full house with adults everywhere all doting on one little girl, which they are now paying for with one little girl that wants to be held at all times.

Click here for April's blog and pictures of LaNea in her dress.

When we arrived Friday, LaNea was so happy, just couldn't help but take pictures of her.

I was trilled that mom and dad (Great Grandma and Grandpa)
we able to fly out and be there for the blessing. They
also took off to find ancestors that lived close by.

It didn't take long after dinner was cleaned up for Halli to find
some paper, scissors and markers to begin her pluther of cards she made and freely handed out.

You can always count on Grandpa Logan to provide hours of entertainment.

He would hid in the off-set hallway and jump out at Lexie...she knew he was there

and loved running past him.

Which turned in to running down the hallway and jumping into Grandpa Logan's arms.

Then Lexie found it funny to tease Grandpa and run the other way just when

he thought she would jump into his arms.

Big hugs and more chasing.

That in turn, turned into playing Mother May I with Halli, sorry I didn't get her in the pictures

She was so concerned with being fair, Peyton moved up this far in the hallway,

so Halli had Grandpa Logan take 5 big steps which brought him right up with her.

and Lexie did summer saults, well she attempted them.

Who would have imagined all the fun one could have in the hallway?

Yea, a picture of Kevin and he's soo happy. Was ESPN on?

Random samplings of everyday events that took place during the week.

Halli and her school friend in their poodle skirts.

I love how Peyton is looking up at her big sister, she truly adores her.

The girls loved all the attention with so many adults around handing it out in large doses.

Great Grandma and Peyton.

And nothing is better than laying on Grandpa Logan when one doesn't feel well.

It was pure joy to be with everyone and enjoy the company. I am thankful for airplanes, computers and cell phones, but they still can't replace having family close by you.

Sunday Driving

Where to begin...after a wonderful Saturday session at conference and spending time with our parents, we opted to head home after the morning session of conference, due to the storm coming and the travel time.

Not sure if this was our punishment or were we actually blessed for making that decision and not having to deal with this while it was snowing. We were just outside of Salt Lake City headed towards the Salt flats when we noticed a little wabbling in the tires. After checking the tires, I jumped out of the driver seat, why? Because a little voice in my head said if we blow a tire, and I'm driving the car will flip. Not more the a mile down the road it blew and Logan held the car straight and took us to the side. Two wonderful good samaratians stopped to see if we were alright and then came back to change our tire. We stopped in Wendover for cardboard and duct tape to cover the back window that was taken out by the tire.

The weather was looking good things were moving along fine until we hit California. We sat in this for 1 1/2 hours and then some road construction after that. What a long day...I asked that if I think about making this drive again, please take away my car keys.

Peyton's 3rd Birthday and Random Pics

Last Friday Eric, Jill, LaNea and I headed down to Houston for Peyton's birthday party, due to various circumstances Peyton's birthday seemed to have become her birthday month.

She's so excited for her presents.
Her Birthday cake in keeping with the coloring theme.

WOW! A surprise inside the cake.

April's fabulous cake.

Lexie loves Izzy.

Lexie giving Eric kisses, hoping to take Izzy home.

A walk in the Park

During LaNea's first photography session, Izzy took the girls for a walk. Seconds after this photo was taken, Halli lost her grip on the leash and Izzy made a mad dash for home. Halli retrieved her and we headed out to the playground where Halli tied her to a post and the girls enjoyed the swings.

Swings are the most fun. So why then do most parks not have them? This park does and we LOVE IT!

Peyton was loving not having to hold onto the chains.

When we were done at the swings the girls wanted to take Izzy inside the dog park, sounded like a fine idea to me. Silly me, as soon as we were within sight of all the other dogs, Halli and Peyton were surrounded with dogs taller than them. As a result both girls had muddy dog prints on their shirts and Peyton even had a dog leave his muddy nose print on her hair. I got the girls seated on a bench and a lady who owned the two tall dogs showed the girls how to react to stop the dogs from trying to play with them. Izzy had fun in the water and running in circles with all the other dogs.

Heading home, on the run Lexie bringing up the rear after making a few detours.

Portraits of LaNae

Even after the birthday that almost wasn't, April brought her girls and her camera back up to Eric and Jill's for a round of baby photos. While I entertained the girls with walking the dog, (photos on that to follow) April and Jill set out to make some beautiful photo memories of LaNea.
Click here to access April's blog for additional photos from the photo session.

LaNea Brooke 7 lbs 6 oz 21 in

She's here and nobody could be more excited than Jill and Eric. After a horrible 1st attempt at inducing over two weeks ago, another attempt was ordered and began around midnight. At 5:08 pm LaNea came into the world, she is bright-eyed and beautiful. She has lots of dark hair.