Flashback #8 Rappelling

Nick and his brother Greg took the youth in my aunt's ward rappelling. Allie, me, and Greg's girlfriend Ashley went too. We had a lot of fun. WARNING: By continuing to look at pictures you promise not to judge us or get on the phone ASAP and call CPS. It was a one time deal and we won't do it again...at least until Allie is older. Nick wanted Allie to have a cool story to tell her friends when she got older...

My cousin Caitling rappelling

for the first time! She did great!

My cousin Lynsey striking a pose

before she goes!

Lynsey went Aussie style!

(Face first) Truly the most

fun way to go! Once you do it

you won't ever go backwards

again.

My aunt Wendy proving she's just

as young and fit as the rest of us!

Greg's girlfriend, Ashley.

Aussie style!

Nick made a harness for Allie.

She was wrapped up really

tight. She looks so cute!

See, she is smiling. Looking back

on it I know it isn't the best

parenting ever...but as stated before

we won't do it again. She laughed

the whole way down.

Flashback #7 Our Backyard!!

Our backyard is 90% finished! We were lucky and got a good tax return this year so we did it! Thanks to my brother-in-law, Jeff, it went really fast. He is in the landscaping business and brought some really helpful tools. Thanks also to Kim, Sue, Kelly, my mom, and of course Nick. Nick did the sprinkler system a couple weeks before, and the curbing company came the day before. The day we put it all in everyone helped plant bushes and trees, lay sod, and shovel gravel. I am so happy it's done! We left a big space in the left corner for a garden which will hopefully be done next year. It is nice to have Allie and Kasey (our dog) running around in grass instead of dirt.

Nick and the Ditch Witch

hard at work.

Allie is always a big

helper.

We have 4 of each

of these plants. 2 on

each side of the yard.

There's an orange tree,

lemon tree, and grapefruit

tree along the back fence.

My nephew Jayden helped

Nick roll out the sod.

Flashback #6 Claire's Babyshower

I'm pretty sure Claire's baby, Cooper, is like 2 1/2 months old, but I guess better late than never. Joy was kind enough to let us have it at her house, which is way cute by the way. It was fun getting together and seeing the girls. We missed Natalie, Nicole, Stacey, and Rachael! (Hopefully I didn't forget anyone.) Claire looked amazing of course! I was way behind on my baby shower gifts, so I gave Melissa and Lindsay their gifts then too. I can't wait for the day where I actually have time to do fun crafts! I'm so glad we all can still get together and have such a good time!

Lindsay's baby was asleep and Joy is pregnant.

We keep those babies coming!

Quick side note

Quick side note: Trying to format these posts is a pain!! Why is it so hard?? It looks normal when I type it all out and then it jumbles up when I post it. Then I have to spend five minutes trying to edit it to make it look somewhat normal. It still comes out with more space between things than I put in. Any ideas??

Flashback #5 Great-Grandpa's Birthday

My cute great-grandpa turned 95 on April Fool's Day this year! I am so greatful to have him with us still. He is such a fun grandpa. He used to live in Strawberry, Arizona, so when we were little he was Grandpa Strawberry to us. The name kinda stuck even after he moved here. He goes walking in the morning with my grandpa (who lives next door to him), does yard work, and actually is in pretty good shape. He used to make picnic tables and rocking chairs and we were lucky enough to get one of each for Allie. I also have a rocking chair and table from him that I got when I was little. I have such fun memories of him playing baseball with us, pushing us on the tire swing in Strawberry, four wheeling in his jeep, nature walks where he taught to smell the pine trees and determine whether they were Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry scented, building snowmen, feeding the squirrels, and so many more! I am so grateful for all he has taught us and that Allie is lucky enough to have a Great-great grandpa here with us that loves her so much. (She is one of I think 8 of his grea-greatgrandkids.)

Here are the chair and table he built.
Allie was lucky he had extras for her!


















This is his birthday party last year. He
is quite the harmonica player.









This is the most recent 5 generation pic we have.
It's back from Allie's blessing day, so apparently
it's time for a new one! He is the grandpa
on the right. Grandpa Davis (his son) is on the left.
Allie is so lucky to have so many grandpas!










(Haha, I hope my mom doesn't get too mad about
this picture. She looks TOTALLY different now.)

Flashback #4 Easter

Ok, so this is a huge holiday and I didn't even post it! I promise this shows how crazy our lives have been. Anyways, Allie was a lot of fun this year and liked finding the eggs. We had a ward egg hunt in the morning and Allie was more interested in throwing rocks than finding eggs. We went to the Powells on Saturday and had lunch and another egg hunt. Sunday we went to the Davis' and had lunch and yet another egg hunt. It was a good Easter!

Allie got some candy, an Easter bunny,
and a purse to go with her new Easter dress.









This was at the ward party.









I love this picture! They both love each
other so much!









Taking a break from all that hard work!









This picture makes me laugh! Emma and
Allie gangin up on poor Hailey and her one
egg.









Here's kinda a pic of the grandbabies. Allie's
smile made me laugh so I had to pick this one.









Hailey, Shaela, Emma, Allie, and Jayden

Flashback #3 Nick's 1st Roundup

Nick went on his first cattle roundup with my uncle last summer (but I am just now remembering the pictures). They left on Thursday and got back late Saturday night. Nick got quite the sunburn, but absolutely loved it. He is like a little boy when he gets on a horse. He loves horses and anything that has to do with them! It was a round up down in Tucson and although Nick and my uncle didn't feel it was very organized, Nick left with some fun stories. (The pics are way small and won't get any bigger, sorry!)