Yea for the Fourth!

Here is my brother-in-law Nate with my cute little niece Reagan. We were hangin out by the river listening to my Dad's band play before the fireworks!

My neice Brooklyn was having a good time using Von as a horse. Unlce Von is excellent at entertaining the kids!

Here is Sammie Mae with her Dad chillin down by the river!

Aidan and Kadren were having an awesome time at the parade. My sister bought some awesome glasses and necklaces for the kids to wear to show their 4th of July spirit!

This is the mother load of fireworks! We had enough to last us for three days! I am sure the nieghbors did not approve, but we sure had a good time! I loved going home for the fourth! My family is so awesome! We had so much fun! I honestly have the best family in the whole wide world! Plus this is the first year that we all got to be together in a long time! My mom's house was a mad scene though with all of the grandkids running amuk, that and all of the dogs! I had a great time!

Sammie & Von

So every time I leave Sammie with Von I come home and he has taken some fun pictures with her. This time she was having fun withVon's hat. She thought she was so cool wearing her daddy's hat. Plus she looks so stinkin cute!

Here is Sam and Von just chillin. The best part of my day is when Von gets home from work and he plays with Sammie. It is the cutest thing ever! I can just imagine when Sammie is older the as soon as Von walks in the door that she will run and hug him. She loves her daddy so much! Von is a great dad.

Oh aren't they just so cute?

Yes, they are just so cute! So here is my tribute to my husband! He is the most amazing husband and he is such a good father. I know Father's day was last week, but hey, better late than never. Sammie is so lucky she is blessed with such a wonderful father! I love ya honey! Mwah!

The last straw!

Ok so Sammie is now seven months old. She is getting so cute and she is so much fun! I love her more than life itself. I have had to adjust to being a stay at home mom, but I am getting there. The one thing that I am still really struggling with is getting back into shape. It has been seven months and I still have a lot of baby weight to lose. So I tried walking and eating better but then I gained weight, so then I got discouraged, but I am just sick of being out of shape! I am done! So this is the last straw. I have decided that I need to make a change and get myself healthy again. So I thought what better time like right now! Today I being my quest to become more healthy! For my eating protion I decided to go with weight watchers. When I try to count calories or just eat healthy it just never works for me. I need structure. I need rules. So today I begin weight watchers. That is not enough though. I also need to start working out on a regular basis. That part will be more difficult, so if you have any advice or any super cool tricks that work for you please share! Also if anyone has any yummy low fat, low calorie meals, please share! I am not very good with diets so I will need your help. My problem is that I always start strong, but then after a few weeks I sort of fizzle out, so if you could check up on me and ask how I am doing that would be great. I always do better when I know that I will be held accountable! So here goes! Wish me luck!

Dad's!

So as Father's Day gets closer it got me to thinking about my own dad. Now that I am a parent myself I have way more gratitude and respect for my parents than I ever had before. I was blessed with great parents and a great dad. My dad was awesome! He was always so much fun. I remember that he would take his day off and play with the kids. We loved to jump on the trampoline with him and my favorite activity was playing catch. So here are some photos of my with my dad!

I just love my dad's beard in this one. He looks like a bad a** biker dude!

So this blog is for my dad. Thank you for being there for me, and most of all for putting up with me. I love you dad. To all you dad's out there, you are awesome! Thanks for all you do!

SYTYCD!

Ok. I am a huge fan of the tv show "So you think you can dance." I love it. I look forward to it every summer. I have to say the show this year is already awesome. Plus they already got rid of one of the dancers I didn't like. For those of you that watch the show you know that this years group is really good. It is going to be hard to pick a favorite. Anyway, I love the show and can't wait to see all of the awesome dances they have in store! Makes me wish I had stuck with ballroom! For those of you who have not seen the show, check it out! It is on fox on Wednesdays and Thursday nights. Be careful though, once you watch there is no going back!

Six months, a tooth, and a funny new face!

Ok, so it has been a while since my last post, but man have we been busy! Sammie turned six months old! She is 16 pounds, 25 1/2 inches long, and her head is 43 cm. She is doing well. The doctor described her as "perfect." I don't think you can get a better desciption than that!

To celebrate her six month mark Tser took some more pictures of my little sweetie!

Here is a picture of Sammie's first tooth, it is on the bottom right side. You can't see it very well but it is there! So my little girl is getting so big! She has a tooth!

This is Sammie's funny new face! She makes this huge smile! It looks like she is trying to say "Cheeese!" It is way funny! Anyway, we are well, Sammie is just as cute as can be. Her new favorite food is squash. She loves it! She also loves to get it everywhere! Including my face and hair!

Viva Vernal =)

We went to Vernal to go and visit with my Ma. She has been sick for a long time now and I have not been able to see her. Plus she has never met Sammie Mae. We had a great time with her. She loved Sammie. It was also a really fun trip because Brandon, Linds, Logan, Melissa, and Reagan came. It was almost like a family reunion! While we were there we sang some songs and entertained the residents at my Ma's rest home. My Ma loves music so we mainly did it for her. We also got to see our aunts, uncles, and cousins while we were there. I always love going to Vernal.

Here is Sammie with Ma. She was all smiles and Ma just loved her.

Reagan is so funny. She kept getting in Sammies car seat and pretending to go to sleep. She is a little dare devil. She fell out of the car seat more times than she actually made it in it. She is getting so big and becomming so independent. She wanted to do everything herself. She was very entertaining to watch.

Reagan also loved to play with Sammie. She would bring Sammie toys and then take them away and bring her a different toy. Every time she would see Sam she would say, "Baby." Reagan and Sam are almost exactly a year apart. So it gave me a good idea what Sam will be like in a year. I have one word to describe it, busybody! She keeps Melissa on her toes! I don't know how Melissa does it! I don't know how any mom does it! So to all you moms out there with more than one kid I salute you! You are all amazing!