Family Picture

Growing up I never really understood the process of getting family pictures. I was always just told what to wear and where to be at what time. Now that I am the "mom" I don't know where to go to get them and I hate the thought of how much its going to cost us. Thank Goodness for BYU-Idaho, and the IBC program! I heard from a friend of ours, that there was an IBC group that was doing Family pictures instead of selling drinks, food or what not. Our friend's family took some family pictures and they turned out fantastic. They had nothing but compliments to give. So I thought why not....right? We had such a great time too. The photographer was amazing to say the least. He did a great job on getting Carson to smile! Get this, the best part was, the sitting fee was only 15 dollars and all we had to do was purchase one picture at cost and we would get the cd of all the pic's that they took for free. Thank You Aspen Digital for such an amazing job and for making this a great experience for us!

Easter Bunny

We went to Wal-mart on Saturday to get some last minute Easter stuff when I saw the Easter Bunny there. There was a employee taking pictures of kids and the bunny. I thought that it would be a cute idea for us to get one with Carson. I thought that for sure it was going to cost us something......but to our surprise.......it was free. A 5*7 picture for free. I was so excited about it. And luckily was able to have my friend Lindsay there to get Carson to smile. It took some time, Carson kept looking at the bunny then back at me to make sure that I was still there. Back and forth and back and forth for a little. Good job Lindsay on getting a smile!!!Thanks for being such a good sport in all this!

What's Wrong, Little Pookie?

Carson loves books! We read to him every chance we get. Before he goes down for naps, bed, or just because. We really want him to love reading. We got him this book called, What's Wrong, Little Pookie? By Sandra Boynton. Its a board book, and he absolutely loves it! This is the book that he can just sit down and look at for at least an hour. And it helps that its a really cute one too! It really helps me out when I need to clean the house, it keeps him busy!

Easter Time!

So its tradition now, every year that we are in Rexburg for Easter I am the lucky one that gets to throw the Easter Egg Hunt! Not going to lie, I really do enjoy doing it! Every year we always have done it in the the Taylor Building. This year was going to have to be a different place due to a Relief Society Fireside in that building. We had to find a place big enough to hide about 165 eggs. We are talking good hiding places not just on the tables or on the floor! After scouting out the buildings and finally deciding that the Ricks would be the place this year. And a good choice that was, everyone had a hard time finding the eggs! At the end of it all, we still couldn't find 2. Oh Well!!! Maybe someone else will find them and enjoy the candy!



Aunt Kierston had time to pose for us while she got her eggs on the stairs






Callie, Adam, and Kaden taking a second to smile for me!



Jake caught in the act; putting one of Kierston's eggs in the elevator after he took the candy!



Aunt Kierston taking care of Carson......ah, thanks Kiers!




Jon and Carson searching for Jon's blue eggs and Carson's Automobile eggs

Pic's to Enjoy

Just some cute pictures of carson and some of the dad and myself!

On Saturday we finally got to hang out as a family all day long! It was so much fun! We we able to make Carson laugh so much it was awesome! Just thought that it would be fun to have everyone see how big he has gotten and how cute his laugh is!

Gotta Love Throw Up!!

Today started out like any other Sunday. Getting up at the crack of dawn- that's when Carson loves to get up! And then of course Jon making breakfast.. It seemed pretty much normal except Jon and I were starting to get sick; just with a cold, nothing serious. When we get to church, Carson was in a good mood playing with Dad. Jon had put a blanket on Carson because we were about to feed him some cheerios. Right after a couple of Cheerios he started to choke a little-not that big of a deal. Jon worked his magic and calmed Carson down. When a couple minutes later Carson did a full on Throw Up all over the blanket and Dad's arm. We aren't just talking one spew, it was two HUGE ones. All over the blanket. Good news though.......not a drop got on his outfit!! Not knowing if Carson was coming down with anything we decided to go home. And to help us get better too. I knew that this day would come when one of our kids would do something like this, and that day was today! So from here on out it's not going to be anything that we haven't survived!