Growing puppy

This puppy is hilarious. We often find her in Allie's car seat when Allie is not with us. Just chillin.

She is growing so fast...when we got her three weeks ago she was 8 pounds. We took her to the vet on Wednesday and she was 15! They predict that she will be quite large. Her paws are huge! She is just the cutest thing ever...she follows you around everywhere. While I'm doing the dishes she will just sit on the rug by my feet. She's a good little companion.
And not matter where she falls asleep she makes sure that part of herself is laying on someone.
We are off to Park City tomorrow until Wednesday for my yearly family reunion and Ryan's sister Kim is so sweet to watch Nala for us while we are gone. It will be weird not to have her around, she's a big part of our family now! Allie has already had a breakdown about leaving her but I'm sure she will soon forget about being sad when she sees all of her cousins!

The big 3-0

So my birthday was on Saturday and I turned the big 3-0...wha? When did I get so old? Ryan is still 29 for another 5 months and does not let me forget it. Oh well. It was a great weekend that started out with me waking up and walking downstairs to find this...

Finally I have my own wakeboard! I have always had to use Ryan's, which is super nice but a little big and bulky for me...this is just right :)

We went to see an Imax show that night and then took a walk by the lake
The next day we had a family party at my parent's house. The little girls were sooo excited because they made my cake...it was a rainbow cake with some strange type of icing on it, but once you scraped that off, it was really good! They were so cute and proud of their cake!

A proud baker

This was the finished product...a little funny to look at but very tasty...thanks girls :)
Thanks babe for a great birthday...you're next :)

Welcome baby Carter!

Our good friends Drew and Brittany just had their second little boy, Carter, on Wednesday and he is just the sweetest little thing. We went to see them the day they came home from the hospital and Allie was in love. She adores babies and can't wait to be a big sister, she will be a good one! Congratulations to Drew, Britt, and Dallin! We love you guys.

SUMMER HAS BEGUN!!

This past week we went out on the boat for the first time this year!!! It's so nice to be back out on the lake after the LONG cold winter! We don't have our boat out of storage yet because we are still waiting for our hitch to be put on the Tahoe so our friend Ryan took us out on his boat. The water was a little too cold for me and Allie to get in, still around 63. But those who know Ryan know that a little cold water will not keep him from getting in! So we sat back and enjoyed watching the boys, they did amazing. It was a fun day with good friends and it made us sooo excited for the rest of the summer on the lake!

About to go out for the first time this year!

We love playing on the boat
His first set of the year was amazing...he did great!

Below is our friend Ryan, so good also...it's so fun to watch them.
And this is our friend Ryan's little girl Faith...she is only 9 and is already so good! It's so cute to see someone so little wakeboarding!

Our little redhead

Ryan and Ryan

The end of the day...it was a good one :)

The newest member of our FAMILY

This is our new little Boxer Nala...she's 7 weeks old and sooo cute! She was a little feisty towards Allie the first few days but she has quickly learned that she is not the boss! So we'll keep her ;)

Here she is on her first night home...she took a liking to Allie's pound puppy

The girls like her bed more than Nala does!

She finds the strangest places to sleep

Luckily, both Ryan and I love Boxers so there was no question as to what kind of dog we were gonna get...I can't wait til we are not getting up in the night to let her out! It's like having a newborn all over again!

Little graduate

This little lady graduated from her first year of pre-school last week. Here she is on her very first day of preschool last August...

And here she is on her last day! And this is Cooper, her favorite friend in pre-school. We just laugh, they are only 4 years old and they said they were boyfriend and girlfriend! How do they know this stuff?

Congratulations to our little graduate :)

Our Wedding!

The morning of our wedding we woke up to dark black rain clouds. Our wedding was scheduled for 4:30pm in the Taggart's backyard so we were playing a waiting game with Mother Nature...right around 3:30 the rain stopped and the sun came out. It was amazing. We had sun and blue sky for the whole ceremony and reception. The rain showed up again about 7:00pm after everything had ended! We were so lucky to have Ryan's dad perform the ceremony, it was a perfect day that we got to share with our families and closest friends and it could not have been any better! Thank you to everyone who came to share our special day with us and a special thank you to my sister Betsy and her husband Steve for doing sooo much to help out that whole week! Here's a little peek at our most favorite day ever.

Getting ready to go!

Walking out to meet Ryan for the first time!
Our flower girl was a little shy

We're married!

This is Christy...she set us up on a blind date and we would not be here without her!

My Mom and Dad

Ryan's Mom and Dad

This picture of Allie cracks us up!

Sweet

Bets and Steve! Sitting and resting for a bit

Our dance Ryan surprised me with

And we're off!

but first we had to check out the x-rated picture drawn on the car window

(notice how Ryan is wearing his iFly shirt in honor of our first date :) )

The end...