I forgot a few pics.

My preschoolers!
I'm sooooo glad we brought the tables in the kitchen when we painted, as it was VERY messy!

My girls & I Why my elbow is like that I have no idea. Maybe I was sliding Allie over or something.

Rainy Day=Time to Blog!

Sorry these pictures are somewhat out of order!

Allie's 1st Birthday: July 25th! She LOVES balls. So, I tried to make her cake look like a half of a ball. It didn't turn out quite like I pictured, but it still tasted good!

Kailee enjoyed it too!

Al & Cathryn (our bestest buddies) came to visit! So cute! Al lost 30 lbs. Go Al!!
Check out this HUGE cantaloupe. It was sooooo delicious. Our garden is gone for now. At least until the Spring!

My younger brother!

Our car died. The timing belt broke and messed up our engine and it would've cost more than the car is worth to fix it. So, now we have a minivan and I'll post a picture of it sometime!

Kailee came out of the bathroom like this, so I had to grab the camera, lol.

My little preschooler. Doesn't she look like such a big girl! I love her to pieces!

Granny got Allie this sweet lawn mower for her birthday. She pushes it all over the place as it makes a really loud annoying sound, lol.

Granny made Allie an adorable blankie. She holds it with her fingers while her thumb goes in her mouth.

Family pic! FYI, Jared lost 15 lbs. since this picture and is lookin so good!

Allie at 14 months!

My brother came to live with us and sell pest control for a little while! Good times! I loved having him here. He's back at BYU-I now. Miss you bro!

I love this cute little face!

While hugging Jared, I slipped in one of Kailee's bows and he totally didn't know it for like an hour until he walked by a mirror. He thought I was just taking pictures of him and Kailee just because! lol If only we had made it out of the house. I would've loved it if he had that bow in while while we were at the park. Maybe next time!

Sisters are so fun and so cute! I just had to get a picture for you to see! Of course I can't get them both smiling and looking at the same time, but candids are the best, right!

Kailee loves to make a train with the preschool chairs . Allie had a good time too!

I got these cute bows at trades day!

They were so cute, I just had to take a picture!

Granny came down for Allie's 1st birthday! So, we celebrated her birthday too! Isn't she so pretty!

Granny painted Kailee's toes and nails and Kailee LOVED it!! She said "Granny's the best" almost everytime she looked at her green sparkly toes!

Grandpa & Kailee: She used to call him Paca but I guess she grew out of that :( It was so cute!

Jared's sister and her two girls. She totally went into labor like 2 days after she got home from the beach. Isn't she so cute pregnant! She has 3 girls now! I wonder if Jared's side of the family will ever get any more boys???

Kailee & Eden

Allie got was stick our whole time at the beach. She threw up all over herself, me, and the floor. I felt so sad for her. Luckily, my mother-in-law was there to rescue me. She bathed Allie in a cool bath so that I could clean myself up!

Jared & Kailee at a 4th of July Parade!

Jared, & Adam, & the cousins

Jared's sister! So cute. So sweet. So tan. Kailee adores her!

Dunno

Dunno why I've been so lazy when it comes to blogging lately. I keep putting off getting AA batteries so that I can turn on my camera and download our pics. to the computer. Brief update: In July, we had a fabulous beach week at Port Aransas, TX with Jared's family! Good times, other than the fact that Allie was sick for most of it. At the end of July, Allie turned 1!!! She will get her own post all about how cute and wonderful she is very soon!! Recently, Jared bought a scooter so I could have the car during the days (his work is like 3.5 miles away). And before he had the chance to get it inspected and registered, our car broke down. The timing belt broke and messed up our engine. It would cost twice what our car is worth to fix it. So, in search of a minivan that we could grow into, we met with a few dishonest people that claimed their vans were in EXCELLENT condition. Carfax reported one with much more miles than their odometer read... hummm. A couple people had gotten buddies to fix up their cars after an accident, which wasn't reported to Carfax. I watched a youtube video about how to know if a car has been in an accident. After spending WAY too much time on the internet searching for the perfect vehicle for us, we finally found an old 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan with 73K miles. A recall on the van got it a new transmission at 50K, so that's good. Carfax reported that all the scheduled oil changes and maintenances were performed for most of it's life (until recently). So, we checked out the van, loved it, bought it, and then got the timing belt and water pump changed!! Though we were hoping to save up and pay for a minivan with 100% cash, we are happy to have more space and are hoping to have what we financed paid off in 9 months!

This year, I started a preschool from my home for 2 1/2 and 3 year olds. I have 10 students (all girls, coincidentally)!! We just finished our 1st week and it is so fun! Kailee LOVES preschool! I have an assistant to help me and her daughter attends my class.

Jared is still teaching choir and has like 20 piano and voice students after school every week. His schedule is packed. It's so wonderful that he has the talent and ability to teach private lessons, as it is a great source of extra income for our family to help us pay off debt! Thankyou honey for working so hard!! He has a few people on his waiting list too, but he is keeping some time open for his family! :)

My brother, Jacob, who lived with us last summer is staying with us again for just 2 months. He is selling pest control. It's fun to have him around and so convenient because Jared and I can go grab a shake when the girls are in bed if he's here and when Allie is napping in the morning, Kailee and I can go run an errand!! Thanks bro! And he brings in the groceries for me and empties the trash and plays with the girls!! He's great!

Pictures to come soon!

June update!!

While visiting my Mom, we also headed down to Jensen Beach, FL for Jared's best buddies', Daryl & Mandy, wedding!! It was beautiful. Here are his best friends from High School. Jared, Scott, Dave, & Daryl! Great group of guys if you ask me!

Kailee dancing with her Daddy!

Guys havin fun!

Mommy & Kailee!

It's so funny how we match. I just threw outfits in our suitcase! If only Allie were there it would make for a perfect family picture. My Mom took care of Allie for us for the weekend!! Thanks Nana!

Sco-Mo on the left is crazy!

At the wedding!

Jared and a group of 3 other guys sang "stand by me" at the wedding; it was beautiful!

Darryl and Mandy came up with their own vows to say to each other. It was so sweet and they are so cute! They also pretty much did everything themselves for this wedding. They even made us a goody bag for the road!

Jared's high school theatre teacher, Vincent, danced with Kailee so Jared & I could dance!

Kailee was the dancing queen at the reception. She danced for over 2 hours. She finally gave in at ten o'clock so we went to the hotel for the night!

I was taking a picture of Kailee, but I love how the lady to the left is bustin a move!!

Group pic!! We had so much fun at the wedding. It was like one of the funnest receptions I've ever been to! I loved the breaktfast brunch the next moring too!

Nana & Allie! We had the best visit ever! We miss Nana and Papa already!

Kailee in Nana's pool! She swam in it a lot!

Three generation girl picture!

Kailee watered Nana's flowers like everyday! She loved it.

Kailee watering Nana's flowers!

Kailee sleeping in the play pen! So cute!

Sister time in the crib!

Nana with her Kailee-Pie!

Nana and her Allie-Pie!

Kailee in Nana's flowers!

Kailee playing with Nana's necklaces!

On our trip to Nana & Papa's house, Kailee had to go pee really bad, so she went on the side of the road on her elmo potty! Pretty cute! We won't do that again. We didn't think about a car hitting us.

Nana's garden! She has so many beautiful flowers and rocks.

Uncle Josh with Kailee. Josh was worried Kailee would get applesauce on him, lol.

My oldest brother Josh & I!!

Jess, Kailee, & Josh. They live in Orlando.

Kailee thought their workout machine was a very fun swing!

Aunt Jess had some pretty cool dress up clothes!

Josh smiling like always!

Kailee watering the flowers with Nana! Nana loved letting Kailee help her with everything. It was so cute! Kailee tried to spray me.

Papa & Kailee

Jess made me a birthday cake! So kind of her to remember my birthday was that week!! I have the best sister-in-law ever!

Josh loves to throw out cheesy smiles! Goof ball! It was so glad to see my bro and his wife, Jess. I miss them! Let's all pray that when Josh graduates this fall, he'll get a job in Texas!

Kailee picking Papa's 1st strawberry!

Papa and Kailee doodling!

Papa, Nana, & the girls!

Allie used Dakota to help pull herself up! Then Dakota shakes her bum and Allie falls back down on her bum. It was funny.

The beautiful grandparents!

Daddy's princesses!

Papa took us to pick wild blackberries! Kailee ate tons! They were so good!

Papa covering his ears while Allie is screaming like she loves to do so often!

Olive garden picture! Papa and Nana treated us for my birthday! I love OG!

Nana & Allie

My Mom made me a delicious birthday dinner: Chicken & Brocolli Casserole and for dessert, my favorite: brownies with ice cream and hot fudge!! YUMMY!

I spent my birthday at my Mom's house in Florida! Jared decorated! I'm 24 now!!

Mommy's girls!

Olive Garden birthday dinner!

Jared got me these sweet running shoes and a super cute diaper bag!! He picked both out on his own; I was so impressed! My Mom and Steve got me a beautiful shirt with earrings, which I'm wearing in my birthday dinner pic.

Our garden! You can see our pool sits on our slanted yard.

Doesn't our yard look nice. Jared takes good care of it!

Father's Day Breaktfast!

I made Jared a collage of pics. of him and the girls to put in his classroom or office at work!! He also got some new sheets and pillows for our bed and registration papers for a 10K and a half marathon!