family pictures !!!

Happy Halloween

Madison dressed up as her favorite princess Cinderella for Halloween!

Me, Connor and Madison at the Trunk or Treat.

Madison and one of her favorite friends Edie trick or treating. Madison loved trick or treating. She ran from one house to the next and would yell "happy halloween" when she left each house. It was so cute.

Me and Madison on Halloween night.

Brett and I got invited to a Halloween dinner party and we dressed up as Troy and Sharpay from the High School Muscial!

Fall 2009

Madison on her first day of Preschool! I can't believe she is old enough to go to school.

Posing at the front door :)



Here she is coloring on her first day. She LOVES school. She is learning so much and she loves her new friends and her teacher. She goes twice a week. Her favorite part is "share day". She gets to bring something from home to share with the class. Almost every morning when she wakes up she asks me if its her "share day" today!! So cute.

Brett and I at the Boise State Football game! We have season tickets and don't miss a game. GO BRONCOS!!!!!!


Madison at the pumpkin patch.

Our family at the pumpkin patchn :)

Disney Land again!!

In August, Madison and I went to California again to visit Hailey and Connor. My mom came and met us there too. We spent 3 days at DisneyLand and we had a blast together. Of course Madison was once again in Heaven. Her and I went on a special date to the Princess lunch and she was such a polite girl. She dressed up as Cinderella and was so excited to see all of the other princesses. She absolutely loved talking with all the Disney Princesses she was so excited she could hardly contain herself! I love seeing her experiencing such excitement and joy. We had a great trip together!

In the Boise Airport with her Princess suitcase, getting ready for our big trip!


Madison and Sleeping Beauty at the Princess Lunch

My Princess Madison AKA "Cinderella"

Madie meeting Cinderella. It was so cute. She gave her a big hug!!

Me, Madison, My Mom, My Sister Hailey and My Nephew in Disney Land!!

Connor and Madison on the beach in Laguna. Aren't they the cutest?

Madison playing in the sand at Laguna Beach.

snowbird, ut

A little family picture on the balcony at Brett's grandparent's time share in Snowbird. We go there every summer. Its so fun to be with family, and enjoy the beautiful mountains in Utah.

Madison turned into such a good little swimmer this year! We signed her up for swim lessons and she loved it. We took her to the neighborhood pool a lot this summer to practice. She got to be so brave. We can't wait until next summer. We love hanging out at the pool together.



Brett and Madison getting ready to go down the Alpine Slide. She loved it.

Madison and I at the Gateway Mall. We stopped here after our trip to Snowbird for some shopping and Madison ran through the fountain

happy father's day

Madison and I bought Brett a new BBQ grill for Father's day! Brett is such a good dad to Madison. He is always playing with her and teaching her new things He reads to her all the time and has taught her how to count and they are working on the alphabet. We are so lucky to have him in our life. He is such a wonderful husband and father. We love you so much Brett!!!!
Me and Madison on Father's Day

Madison playing in the backyard. Brett bought a bird house for the yard this year and they love to go out to the back yard and watch the birds together. She loves getting more food for the bird house and watching them eat!

Me and Brett on our 7th anniversary :)

the sawtooth relay

This June I ran the Sawtooth relay with my sister and girlfriends. We ran 63 miles in 9 hours! There were six of us on the team and we each ran two legs of about 5-6 miles each. Our start time was 3am and we had to wake up at 1am to drive to the start. What a fun experience it was!! We had to wear these cute head lamps and relfective vests so we could be seen running on the side of the road in the pitch dark!

Me and my sister :) She is getting ready to run her first leg, just after 3 in the morning!!

Here are all six of us at the start line.

Me, Jenny and Magan getting ready to run...

Here we are in our hotel the day before the race. Resting up for the big day ahead.

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Madison turns 3 !!!!

Madison turned three on June 7th !!

What a special day it was! She had been waiting for sooo long to finally have her "friends" over for her birthday party. She wanted a "barbie cake", so I had my friend make her a beautiful Barbie cake. She was in love! My sister and I made the cute cupcake pops. I loved how they turned out. We also rented a castle jump house. Madison had so much fun. She was grinning from ear to ear the whole time.... and as soon as it was over she started asking me when her next birthday is!!

Me and Madison at her birthday party :)

The cup cake pops I made for Madie and all her little friends :)

Madison adoring her "barbie cake". I saw this in a magazine and asked my friend to replicate it! She did a wonderful job.

Blowing out her candles... I can't believe she is three

Madison posing with her cakes and her pinata!

The princess jump house. The kids loved it!

The happy birthday banner I made.

ITS ABOUT TIME...

It is about time I made a blog post on our trip to MAUI!! We went to Maui with some of our best friends... and I must say we had the time of our lives! What a blast! We enjoyed every second of it. It was so relaxing.

a girl's trip to so cal

dessert, diet cokes, sushi, shopping, sunshine, no kids, beach, girl talk, in-n-out , more dessert, more diet cokes, hot tubing, more shopping, late nights, more beach, and more eating and more girl talk...

best weekend i've had in a long time

first stop: huntington beach for my first sushi experience


good thing i had some sushi experts with me... it was so good!!

day two: wake up, get dressed, go shopping!! we were there for 9.5 hours! kid free. it was heaven :)

back at the hotel modeling some of our matching accessories

day three: shopping at cookie lee... and then to laguna beach. i love you laguna beach. i have been dreaming about you ever since we left you...

one of our MANY desserts...the famous pazookie at BJ's

catching some major air on the beach!

can you tell we are excited to be here?

leslie and me on laguna beach :)


this is where i was when i got the call that my sweet grandpa had passed away after a long battle with cancer. what a peaceful place to hear that my grandpa had passed. hearing the waves break on the shore is so calming and peaceful. i know my grandpa is in a beautiful place, free from his pain and suffering. and i know i will see him again. i love you grandpa.


day four: one last stop to huntington beach to soak up some california sun! and some last minute shopping on our way to the airport.
leslie and me on the beach in 80 degree weather!

sister time...

leaving our hotel :(