New Family Picture

My uncle does an amazing job taking pictures, he did all of my wedding pictures and every family picture we've had taken have been ones he took. I absolutely love this picture! Thanks Randy!

What do you think?

SueAnn showed me a new website called Picnik... you can edit any picture! Isn't it cool what you can do with the internet these days?? Does it look ok?

Valley of the very very HOT SUN!

This past weekend my parents, my sisters & I went to Phoenix to see my brother & his cute family. It is so beautiful down there! But VERY hot! When we left On Tuesday it was 106... in Salt Lake it was around 75. It was so fun being down there, I hadn't been there since my brother got married 6 years ago! Very sad!Little Anna Elise was blessed on Sunday. I'm so glad that I got to finally meet my new little niece. She is so cute!! McKenna's mom made Anna's Beautiful blessing dress, and Jared picked out her shoes. She is such a good baby!We Flew down on Saturday and stayed until Tuesday. Kyler did so good on the plane. He was so curious about the plane and what we were doing. He loved to look out the window!! The best part was that he fell asleep as soon as the plane left the ground both times & slept the whole way! That was nice! While in Phoenix we did a little shopping, the coolest store was IKEA, I'd never been there before, Kyler found his new favorite friend.... but he was too big to bring home, so we had to leave him at the store. We also went swimming... Anna was adorable in her bathing suit! She loved the hot tub, but the cooler pool was too cold for her. Kyler started to jump off the side of the pool... if you can call it jumping! He loves the water! As long as the water doesn't get too close to his face. I also found that kyler loves to watch cartoons! He sat on the couch and watched Tom & Jerry in spanish for quite a while! He does get easily distracted though!

Two years, gone!

Today is our 2nd Anniversary! I can't believe how fast time is flying. Our first year of marriage we lived in Great Falls, MT in a very tiny basement apartment below Andy's brother's house. We worked at Tony Roma's restaurant, together (which means we were ALWAYS together). Most days we didn't have to be to work until 11 O'clock, we slept in everyday! We didn't really have many bills to pay, and nothing much to fight about, except the dishes! After only 4 months we found out that we were going to have a baby & we were so excited, I was nervous!! Just before our 1st Anniversary Andy was offered a Management job with Chili's back at home and we were SO excited to come home. We had a two weeks notice of our move. Within those two weeks we had to pack, find a place to live and move, while I was 7 1/2 months pregnant, it was a challenge. We moved to Twin Falls where Andy did his Management training & I prepared to have a baby. Three weeks after Ky was born we moved into my parents house in Idaho Falls until we found a house, or a place to live. We searched, prayed, searched and prayed some more until we were so blessed to find our beautiful home, which we love. And even AWESOME neighbors, which we also love!! This past year has been Crazy and Amazing at the same time. We have grown so much and luckily we still love each other!! I couldn't imagine being married to a better man! He is everything to me and I love him so much. Neither one of us are perfect, but we make it work together. I am very lucky to have found the man of my dreams & to have eternity to spend with him! I love you Babe!! Happy Anniversary!

Baby Tag

Age of Baby/Babies? 11 months, almost
Name(s)? Kyler Kenneth Boyd
Birthday(s)? September 19, 2007
Time of Birth? 8:40 a.m.
How long did labor last? 8 hrs 40 min
How long did you push? about 15-20 minutes
Epidural? That is a definite yes!
How much did your baby weigh? 8lbs 14oz.
Any hair? A fair amount
Who does your baby look like? Both of us, as he gets older he looks more and more like his daddy.
Be honest, how much weight did you gain? 53lbs-- I have the stretch marks to prove it!! I'm still working on loosing it... only 10lbs left to go! WAHOO!!Was baby early or late? That is tricky I had two due dates, he came right in between
How many baby showers did you have? Two
Did you breastfeed? Yes, but my milk dried up after a month. A big bummer!
Who keeps your baby the most? Family
When do you want to have another? Not sure, possibly soon.
How did you know it was time to go to the hospital? My water broke in the middle of the night, 2 am!
Anyone spend the night with you on your first night home? My mom
Who cut the cord? Andy
Did you cry when you first held the baby? No, I was a little dazed & Exhausted!!
Where was the baby born? Magic Valley Regional (Twin Falls)
Did you record labor? ummm... No!

This was fun! I tag anyone who would like to do it!

Fun in the sun!

On Tuesday my grandpa took all of us up to Blacktail for the day. It was so much fun! My sister & her husband and Andy & I went on these crazy tubes! Everybody had been on them before except me. It was just a little scary, you go SOOOO fast!As we were finishing up our tube went flat... Andy decided to jump ship and join the other tube... leaving me alone in a FLAT tube going really fast I was hanging on for dear life, but I couldn't hang on long enough.... I went flying out and the other tube ran me over. It knocked the wind out of me and I laid in the water trying to catch my breath. RUDE!!!! I can't believe he abandoned me! But it was lots of fun!Kyler loves riding in the boat looking at the water and intently watching whoever is behind the boat. Andy loves to go wake boarding, but we haven't been able to go very much this year, every opportunity he gets, he takes it! Here are a few shots of him behind the boat.What a stud!And last but not least a video of his mad skills & luckily we caught one of his wrecks on video! It looks like it probably hurt! Thanks Ang for the cool pictures and catching the video!!! Love ya!

Breaking Dawn!!

I am totally amazed with myself! I really thought it would take me at least a week to not only get to reading the book, but to finish it?!?!? And I finished!! I have to say that in the beginning I was very disappointed... only because I didn't think it was going the direction I wanted it to go. But now after finishing I am completely satisfied with the end. I think it turned out perfectly. I won't ruin the end for anyone!! I'm soooo excited to watch the movie though to see how closely they follow it!! I don't think it could come fast enough though!