True Colors

So we got our pictures taken by Picket Fence Photography. You know it's a good photographer when your child is being a turkey, and won't cooperate AT ALL, and you still get some pictures you Love.

My little sister Savanna was doing a little dance and singing to get her to smile for this one,

We all look spent, and at this point we pretty much were :)

My Favorite

This was the only way we could get her to smile,

I think I might blow this one up and have it be our family picture.

It shows her true colors.

Sparklers

The other night, we did some Sparklers

At first, she was a little apprehensive

(I would be too if someone stuck a sparking stick in my face)Starting to warm up to the idea

This is the face she's been pulling lately, it's so funny

It's like she just found her tongue. There is nothing like sparklers on a hot summer nightAnd finally we have a winner

Queen of the Sparklers

at least at our house:)

4th of July

We Started out this years festivities by running the Freedom Festival 10k

I think we did pretty good, beings we didn't train AT ALL

Dempsey even ran with us (via stroller)The whole gang

It was actually pretty fun, we want to do it next year too.

It's a pretty awesome sight, thousands of runners, hot air balloons in the sky, we loved it.Then off to the Parade

Dempsey loved the parade, especially the marching bands,

She could clap her hands and dance when any of them came byIt was a pretty hot sticky dayOf course the highlight for us is the BYU truck/float everyyear

We {heart} cosmoAnd then we had an awesome barbeque

Fresh salmon straight from Alaska, thanks to my Aunt Cindy

Good Family, Good Food, Good TimesAnd lastly we watched the fireworks in Provo, Sadly I can't find my pics of this

My favorite part of the day was watching Dempsey watch the Fireworks

She loved them!

The loud booms didn't phase her at all! I'm so grateful for my sweet little family,and for the freedoms we enjoy. God Bless America!

Lovely Legs

The other day I heard this Jibber-Jabber coming from Dempsey's room after her nap. I walked in to find these Lovely Legs poking out of the cribYou would think they'd be stuck because of the chubby,

but no she gets them in and out as she pleases.She sure is a funny little girl.

Little Fishy

So the 1st time we took Dempsey swimming this summer, let's just say, it was pretty tramatic. To save ourselves a summer long escapade of crying, sobbing, hating swimming, I signed her up for a parent-n-tot swim class. Basically you go, do some kicks, blow bubbles, get used to the water. The first lesson she was alittle aprehensive, but after she saw the bath toys, she loved it.{Thank Goodness for rubber duckies}Practicing her bobsPracticing her kicksGraduation Day

She made it through the two week class

and now she loves the pool!

Best 35 dollars I've ever spent!
Plus how can anyone resist little chubby's in a swiming suits. Our little Fishy

Happy Fathers Day

Dempsey and I, both got so dang lucky the husband/dad/grandpa department. We are surrounded by good men who are amazing examples and caretakers.

One of my absolute favorite things about having a little girl is
that she is such a

daddy's girl

these two are 2 peas in a pod,

It's amazing to see how much love there is

It's beautiful.{We Love you so much}

Our Beautiful Life


Later in the day; we sat out on the patio enjoying our Ice Box Dessert
When suddenly
A snow storm hit

Well it seemed like snow, really it was cottonEither way, Dempsey loved playing in it.

Grandpa's Farm

Last weekend we went to Idaho to see our super cute new nephew, Taidg. While we were there grandpa took Dempsey out to see his 2 day old baby horse. I've never seen such a fresh baby horse, I was surprised how cute they are.Dempsey's favorite video is the baby einstien Farm Animals,

So she loved going out to meet the horseys

And she love, love, loves her Grandpa Nukaya

We are so lucky, We get to live in the city, then visit the country

We get the best of both worlds.