26 on the 29th...

For Erik's 26th Birthday we had a wonderful day together. We pon'd Jack off and had a relaxing day full of things. We saw a movie, went out to lunch, had birthday cake, went to a party, and played some NES. It was fun, relaxing, enjoyable day. Here are some memories/reasons I love Erik.

Wow, don't we look "little"!(June 2005)

Erik is one good looking man.(June 2005)

He makes me laugh.(Feb 2007-Hawaii)

He is a hard worker.(June-July 2006-Mozambique)

He will go and stand where I tell him to, even if it's in the middle of the street.(Feb. 2007)

Yuck! Erik isn't scared to get dirty and then document that dirtiness.(could be any day)

A day in the life of an almost 2 year old

Jack is a silly little boy.... Two toothbrushes + excited scream = clean teeth?

Dad's old pinewood Derby + cooling rack + imagination = totally awesome and loud truck ramp

Apron + Cookie Dough = Yummy Snack

lot's of cars +silly smile = a good day

double chocolate fudge ice cream + Dad and Aunt Linda = big mess

Empty box + monkey hat = 47 minutes of fun

Tired boy from a full day of fun + no clean pajama shorts = no diaper

It's a.....

So I know that many of you are waiting with baited breath...hahaha...to learn what the gender of our new addition is....so...here ya go. (just thought this was a fun profile shot)

When a door opens....

....sometime adversity sneaks in the back window.One week ago.... on July 29th....this happened to my car.Still love you Tim, but now I don't have a have a car for the next 2 weeks while my car get's fixed. Bummer! Oh and Erik I love you too, even though (or maybe because) you didn't tell me about this until I got home from Girls Camp (4 days later) so that I would enjoy camp and not worry.

The Fat Sisters

My mom and her sisters are hilarious!

This is for all the cousins who missed it.

Darby Elizabeth Photography

In case you haven't heard, my sister Darby is an Amazing photographer! She is super awesome! And now she is teaching classes because she wants to share her talent with others and help those who would like learn more about shooting photos. Below is an excerpt from her blog: (check it out for more info http://jonanddarby.blogspot.com/


I'm opening up the following dates in

Arizona
July 14, 21, 23, 28
5:30-7:30 pm

Cedar City Utah
July 31
8:30-10:30am

South Jordan, Utah
July 31
5:30-7:30pm
August 1
8:30-10:30am

Classes will be limited to 3 persons each and are $50 each.

If you are interested you must bring an SLR camera (ie a big camera, Canon Rebel or the equivalent).

I will be teaching how to really use your camera, how to 'get the background blurry', composition and basic posing techniques.


I can be emailed to secure your seat at darby[at]darbyelizabethphotography.com

Thanks!!

Also feel free to check out more of my stuff at
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darbyelizabethfamilies.com
darbyelizabethlds.com

Toys

Jack loves toys, especially cars and books. He just can't get enough of them sometimes. Since we are on vacation, things are set up a little different than they normally or in our house. Jack is set up in a port-a-crib in our room and it's been as good as can be expected. Well tonight I put him down and as usual it took him FOREVER to fall asleep. He kept talking to himself and making noise, me I just kept reading my book because, hey, he'll fall asleep eventually and I was really close to finishing my book. So a few minutes ago, Erik sneaks into the room to get ready for bed and he sticks his head out and says "Come here, you gotta see this." So naturally I go and this is what I find. Silly boy, oh how we love you.

Can you guess how many toys he had in there with him?