Blessings

We were able to celebrate a wonderful baby blessing today. It was little Luke's special day, and most of our family and friends were are to be there to celebrate with us. It is great being back in Utah and being able to get together with family so easily. We really packed the house after when we met for breakfast and treats. I am so thankful to all of our family members who came to Luke's blessing and thankful to everyone who helped with the food. We have such a great family!!

Luke looked adorable in his white outfit. I had to add the tie for a little color, though and I think it turned out great. Plus the tie was really great to chew on during church. Luke is a just over 4 months old and growing like crazy. I had fun snapping some new pics of him. Sometimes I think that I can't take pics of him because he cries so much. But he is actually a really happy baby as long as someone is holding/walking him. The pictures today turned out really great!!

I love him sooooo much!! His cheeks are perfect for kissing!!!

I love my family!!!!

One Month Old

Our little Luke is already one month old. I can't believe it!! I waited so long for him to be born, and now the time is flying by. He is such a sweet baby. He is very snuggly. I just want to hold him all day. He would like that a lot, too. I couldn't get very many good pictures, because he kept wiggling. Most of the pics are just a blur. Here are a few that turned out cute.

We all love him so much. We love to smother him with kisses and hugs.

4th of July is here again!!

Can you believe that the 4th of July has already come and gone?! We had another great celebration, although the fireworks were almost rained out. We started our day with the annual Butterfield Park Bike Parade. Check out the bikes!! We even decorated them this year!

Baby Luke slept soundly in his sling. As long as someones holding him he is a happy baby!

Here's our group shot. I wish it was a pic of the whole family!!

We went to our friends, the Bell's, house of a BBQ and fireworks. There was a torrential rain storm that almost rained out the food and fireworks. Thanks to Paul, he saved the food. And the storm cleared just in time for the fireworks. Hurray!!!

Snuggling with my cuties.

School's Out!!!

Dallin had his official last day of kindergarten a couple of weeks ago. I am really bad about keeping up with this stuff. We went to his class for a poetry cafe. He wrote an awesome poem called Spiders! He did a really great job reading it in front of everyone. I was very proud of him!!

Here's a pic of his class!!

Here's one of him with Mrs. Guerin!!

I can't believe that he is almost in first grade. He is growing up so fast!! I love him so much!!

Check out a sneak peak of Luke's newborn pics at: http://annamariephotography.blogspot.com/!

Our New Baby Boy is FINALLY Here!!!!

Here is our new baby, Luke Gunner!!

Luke and Daddy

Friday our baby Luke Gunner was born. He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. He was smaller than I was expecting, but of course they always feel like 20 lbs when you are carrying them around for 9 months. We were all so excited to finally meet him. The kids want to constantly take turns holding him. He's only five days old, but already very spoiled. He is very hard to resist, though. He smells so good and feels so soft. I love to cuddle with him. I have a hard time letting the kids have a turn holding him.

Josie and Luke at the hospital.

Reece loves her baby brother!!

Just the boys

Luke and Grandma

Memorial Day

The outdoor pool finally opened this weekend and we had big plans for a day of swimming. Then we woke up and looked outside to see giant looming storm clouds. With a temp of only 65 degrees, outdoor swimming didn't sound too fun anyway. Time for plan B: swimming at the rec center.

Pictures of Months Past

Is it really almost June? What happened to April?!!

Our Trip to the Zoo

We went to the zoo a few weeks ago. Can you see the animals hidden in the background?

Racing Champs

My Girls

Snow Day

We took advantage of the huge snow storm that blew through Denver this week by doing some serious sledding at the park. I think it was the first time that my kids have went sledding. (Usually we just pull them around the yard.) This time I showed them how to sled on hills. They didn't know what to do at first. I had to demonstrate a few times, which isn't easy when you are 7 months pregnant, but I managed to make it to the bottom without crashing. We laughed a lot, and sometimes cried (Reece landing face first in snow). Maybe we'll go again today, that is if the snow isn't all melted.

Visit with Cousins

My sister, Candice, and her three adorable girls visited Colorado for week. Poor Dallin was the only boy in the house, but I think that he still had a great time. One of the highlights of the week was a Cheetah Girl Camp Out (dressing up fancy and pretending to go camping.) There was plenty of fancy dresses, jewels, and lip gloss. We went to the park a couple of times and went swimming at the Rec Center.


We even got the kids to pose in their matching Easter clothes for a few seconds (and I truly mean seconds.)

They did enjoy spinning in their new dresses!

The week ended with making Pinkalicious cupcakes the night before they had to leave.

It was sad to see them go. Hopefully we'll be able to visit them in their new house once our baby is born.

South Dakota

Mount Rushmore


Pierre, SD


Capitol Lake


State Capitol Building

We visited South Dakota last weekend. It was great weather, and we had a lot of fun site seeing. First we visited the capitol Pierre. We met a lot of nice people there. It seems like a great little town. On the way home we stopped by Mount Rushmore. It was fun to see again, and the kids seemed to think it was cool. Overall it was a great road trip. It was a nice little vacation for our family.

Dallin's Missing Tooth

Dallin lost his third tooth last Sunday. The tooth fairy brought him 86 cents!!

Warm Weather

Reece and Josie are wearing the new "Jogging" outfits that Grandma and Grandpa sent in the mail.

Now let's talk about the weather. We have been enjoying many sunny days lately. It almost seems like Spring until the wind comes along. Then we can hardly stand to be outside. We have been trying to take advantage of the less windy moments by playing outside. We went to the park on Saturday. It was fun, but got a little cold. We should have brought our jackets.