what we've been doing...lately.

living it up...


packing it up...

partying it up...



finishing up...



saying goodbye...






crying our eyes out...

moving on...

fighting off the swine flu (I suppose it could have been the seasonal flu... in June)...

playing at Powell...





driving to Idaho (in one day, with 3 kids, because I was so homesick for my family)...

making memories in West Yellowstone...

starting first garde...

having a wedding...

having a VERY big birthday...

taking off the training wheels...

trying to take a picture...

trying to take a picture again...

trying to take yet another picture...

having her 1st birthday...

having her other 1st birthday...

going Trick-or-treating (without Dad because he was dressed up as a tree somewhere trying to shoot Bambi)


and finally, having her 7th birthday.

we've been busy lately.

Baby Jude

This is my precious new nephew, Jude Ryan Olson.

I can't wait to meet you in person little man!

Happy Hero Day

My handsome Grandpa (and favorite Veteran) served in the Air Force during WWII

I miss him.

back roads.

So Zach and I went on our first overnight getaway together in almost 5 years. Wow. That's pathetic. We went to Sedona... one of my favorite places in the world (which I guess isn't saying much since I haven't been many places, but still). Most of the day was spent off-roading and hiking. So fun! I wish I had video of Zach's truck crawling up the rock. It was nuts. Zach had a lot of faith in his Chevy, but I was skeptical at first... can you blame me?







After that it was my turn to play. I made Zach hike in his flip flops so I could shoot some stream pics. They don't do the place justice.

come on now.

I had to sign a permission slip in order for Shayla to see the address President Obama gave to the schools. I can only assume this is because so many parents complained about having their kids subjected to listening to him for all of 10 minutes. I would say I'm a fairly partisan person, but come on people. What are you afraid of? That your kids are going to come home flaming liberals? Ignorant. I think it was nice that he thought of kids... probably because he has young ones still. Ok, so maybe it was his advisers that thought of it. Maybe it was purely tactical. Who really cares and what on earth is the big deal?

The "mountains" in AZ

Ok, so they're not like the mountains in the Northwest, but I'll take it! We got out of the blistering heat for labor day. Thank you Mom & Dad Davis for the fun weekend!

Our little critter friends.

As you can see, our little munchkin is cutting teeth
at an alarming rate.

I wonder where Leah got those blue eyes.

Playing with Grandpa

We didn't get to go on a trail ride because of the rain.
Shayla was extremely disappointed, but at least we got to pet them.

Cousins. Colter has killer brown eyes.

My third Great-Grandpa is buried in Show Low and I finally got to go see his grave. It was so awesome! There's also a monument there because he was the Captain of the first handcart company to head for the Salt Lake Valley. The picture below is of the monument (with his great great great great gandson standing by it).

This is his actual headstone.

Definitely the highlight of my trip.

The big 3-0

Happy 30th hun! Wow. You're really old. Just kidding... sort of :)

We love you!