Alexa's Blessing

Here is sweet Alexa on her blessing day.
My and Joe's parents both came down
as well as Joe's brother John and my sister
Eryn and her family. We had a great time and Joe
did a fabulous job. He blessed Alexa with the gift
of faith and to be a lifelong missionary.
It was very special to hear.


She really is this sweet.

Grandma and Grandpa stayed for a few days and
finished the backyard and fixed a few things around
the house. Rook is loving his new basketball hoop, ball
and sandbox. Thank you Grandpa!

We are sooo glad Mom and Dad are home. Don't
they look so fabulous!

Trip to Utah

After my parents got home we had parties at everyone's
home. Sat was Corwyn and Kelly's home. They had a beach
party. It was great weather, but since we're used to 110 degrees
Rook was shivering after 15 minutes of playing in the water.

Sunday we went to Kirstyn's house. Sorry no pictures.
Monday we went to Thanksgiving Point for Sisley's
birthday party. Rook had lots of fun playing with the
cousins and running around. He loved the Dino Dig.

Here we are being eaten by the prehistoric Shark.
That was about the only time I could get Rook to sit still.

Rook was scared at first of the Pony Ride but after the
first time, he was a pro and still talks about it.

Tuesday was Rustyn and Angela's house.
Alexa is getting a little TLC from Grandpa.
Wednesday was Alisyn and Ty's house. We had
so much fun and played lots of games.
I got to visit some of my friends from BYU and
Memphis and Nu Skin. I really enjoyed my visit
but missed my husband. We called each other more
and more as the days went on. We were glad to finally
make it home.

Welcome home Mom and Dad

Of course they had to be the very last people on the
plane...so we all waited in the lobby of the International
Terminal for over an hour...Everyone loved us..
But we didn't care...we were SOOO happy to see them.

Ga-Ga is Grandma in Zulu. They looked so good
and we had such a nice reunion. We missed them.

Here's Alisyn and Sisley getting reacquainted with Grandpa.

Lauryn holding Eryn's Mary and Jonnie...Lauryn's
fiance. Nov 29th is the big day.

Joe had to stay home for school so I had to take the
pictures...which means I didn't get any of me, Rook and
Alexa with Grandma and Grandpa. Oh well...they came
down to visit us here in Las Vegas so we made up for that.

LIfe goes on...

Here's Alexa at 8 weeks. She is such a good baby.
She sleeps great, 7 hours at night, then feeds and 3 more.
She smiles all the time and is getting on a pretty
regular schedule.


We're trying to finish the backyard. So Joe
and his dad put a concrete slab in the corner
and then leveled the dirt and layed some turf.

Our city encourages people to put in fake grass
so we're all about saving money on water...
too bad the turf was so expensive. On the other
corner we'll leave a dirt box for Rook.


Joe is full swing in school again and I'm adjusting
to having 2 kids. They really are sweet kids...
I'm not sure where they get it.

My parents come home this Friday from their
mission in South Africa. We're so excited to see them.