Jesse - Brooke - Reese - Roxie

Reese's First Day of Skiing!

2012-01-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

This is Reese cursing down the hill on her first day of skiing! She sure made Mom and Dad very very proud!! It was such a fun day!!

Reese our Little Skier!

2012-01-19T10:31:00.000-08:00

Well 2012 ski season has not been as we would had hoped. We are in the middle of January and Pebble Creek has still not opened the Skyline lift. Jesse and I made a trip over to Sun Valley in the middle of December to get a day of skiing in which was great but really that is all the skiing we have done. However Pebble Creek does have it's Aspen (baby hill) lift open, and we have been able to take Reese up the last two weeks to teach her how to ski! I have to say it has been so much fun! Jesse and I have enjoyed every minute of it!!

Reese is a natural and has been doing so great! Her very first run we hooked her up to the harness and Jesse skied in front of her and helped her get use to her skis. She skied down the bottom and she was so excited to get on the chair lift! She skied 4 runs like a champ and then we went in for lunch! Jesse and I couldn't believe that she did so many runs in the morning. We thought we would be 2 runs in the morning then lunch and maybe a couple more after lunch. Nope she showed us....After lunch she skied 5 more runs until she was exhausted! She cried as we walked to the car because she was so tired but wanted to stay and ski, but we had to call it a day at some point. She had already surprised Jesse and I with how long she lasted. We are so proud of her and so excited that she picked it up so fast and loves it!

Reese and Jesse getting ready fro her first run!

We started working on stopping and slowing down last week. We still have a lot more work to do but she will get it! I tired to play a game with her that when she yelled 'Stop' I would stop with her, but she got bored of that and just kept telling me she didn't want to stop just to go fast.

Here is our little skier about 3 minutes into the ride home from Pebble Creek after her first day.

We are so proud of her and love spending the time with her!

The next day was also a proud day for Mom and Dad, it was her first day in Primary at church! She is now a Sunbeam and is loving it! She loves to go sing all the songs and told us that she had a lesson but that she didn't know what they were talking about. It was pretty funny! She is the youngest in her group since she hit the deadline to move up by 2 days. So I was a little nervous on how she would do but she did awesome. I am now teaching the 11 year old girls in Primary so I can kinda keep an eye on her.

She is growing up so fast and I just can't believe it! We love her so much and couldn't ask for a better kid!

Reese's 3rd Birthday!

2012-01-18T09:51:00.003-08:00

Reese turned 3 at the end of December! I can't believe that she is already 3! We are so proud of her and love her to pieces.

For her party we had a Skiing themed party (getting her excited to learn how to ski) Jesse and I had bought her all her skiing equipment for her birthday so it all tied in together. She got the whole set up and looks so cute in all her gear! The big surprise was her brand new PINK skis! It was important that they were pink, she was very specific!

All dressed up showing off some of her new ski gear!

She got these cute fairy wings that she loved and didn't want to take off!

We had a house full again and are so grateful for everyone that came to celebrate her birthday with us! She loved all the gifts she was given and sure is a spoiled little girl!

We had chili dogs and for her cake we just made cupcakes with pink skis sticking out of them! It was really fun decorating and making everything for her party!

Since we don't have a fireplace I ordered a fireplace dvd and had it on all night. We cut out snowflakes and hung them from the ceiling and Jesse and I made a few ski run signs and put them around the house. It was all a little cheesy but was kinda fun.

Reese had a great birthday and loved runnng around and playing with her cousins! We love our little Reese so much and she is such a sweet and fun little girl! Happy Birthday Reese!!

Christmas 2011

2012-01-04T18:52:00.000-08:00

Here are the Girls fresh out of the bath and ready for Santa to come visit them!

Reese wanted a pink kitchen and Roxie wanted some new clothes ;). So they both got what they wanted and more. Reese was so excited for kitchen, all her food and pots and pans. Roxie got alot of new clothes and some new toys as well.

Reese admiring her new pink kitchen!

Love the hair Roxie!

We had a great Christmas with the Girls and loved seeing there cute little faces that morning. We had both our parents stop by and bring the Girls their gifts and got to see alot of our family through out the day. Reese got to make everyone who came over Pizza with her new kitchen and she loved every minute of it! We are so grateful for all that we have and for all of our family.

Christmas night Roxie thought she would try to stay in the Motorhome that Jesse's parents gave to Reese. She is a pretty funny little girl!

Roxie's Sweet Shoppe Party!

2011-11-22T10:31:00.000-08:00

Roxie turned ONE on the 15th of November! We had a party for her the day after Chase and Taylor's Wedding reception so all the family that were in town for that could stay and celebrate with us. We had so much family there and are so grateful for everyone that came! It was a fun party!

The theme of the party was "Roxie's Sweet Shoppe" I saw the idea on a blog and decide to give it a shot. Jesse and BreAna helped me a ton that morning and I think we pulled it off! I was so happy with the way everything looked and tasted!!

Roxie enjoyed playing in her cake. She was not all that excited to eat it but she had a couple little bites. It was much more fun to smash it in her hands.

My favorite part of the party was watching Roxie open each and every gift! She would get so excited and Oooooo and Awwwww over every thing! Then she would say "Thank You" It was the best! In this picture below you can see the expression she got everytime she opened something new.

Part of the decorations I made was this giant Dum Dum sucker! Roxie thought it was pretty fun and so did all the other kids running around.

We had a packed house and was so nice of everyone to come and celebrate her 1st Birthday! We love you all!

We are so happy and blessed to have Roxie part of our little family! She brings so much joy into eveyones lives! Reese and her are best little buddies and it is so much fun to watch them play together. Roxie is such a sweatheart and loves to cuddle (it is the best)! We love you Roxie and are so proud to be your parents!

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Here are some photos from Chase and Taylor's Wedding Reception

Chase and Taylor were married in the Logan Temple on November 11th and had their reception the next day at Rose River Receptions. Everything went wonderful and the reception was beautiful!

Chase had a perma smile on his face the full two days! He was pretty excited and happy! We are glad that Taylor is part of the family!

Reese and Roxie absolutely adore Taylor!

Our Trip to Arizona

2011-10-26T18:12:00.000-07:00

Jesse has to go to Arizona a couple times a year for work. So this time we thought we would all go and have a little family vacation. My friend Hollee and her family moved down there last year so we were able to stay with them and spend some time with them.

We stopped in Vegas to break up the drive. We stayed at Treasure Island and got to show the girls a little bit of the strip. Reese really liked walking around and seeing all the different things.

We made it to Arizona after we had walked around Vegas for a bit. It was so good to see Hollee and her family! Her and Chase have two little boys the same ages as Reese and Roxie! It was so funny to watch Reese and Alex play and see the major differences between Boys and Girls! They had a blast with each other and were fast friends.

We were all able to go to a Pumpkin Patch on Sunday. The kids got to ride some Pony's, rides and watch some pigs race. We had a good time but I must say it was SO HOT!! Wow!

Monday we weren't really the ideal guests....Jesse went to his meetings and was back to Hollee's by Noon and had to go to the doctor. He had a really bad sinus infection. Also Reese was a bit dehydrated so we all just hung around Hollee and Chase's all day and tried to get everyone feeling better! Luckily Tuesday everyone was feeling better!

Tuesday we went and did a little bit of shopping and then we took the kids to the Phoenix Zoo. It was such a great time! I was really impressed with that Zoo! It was great! Reese and Roxie loved every minute of it.

Tuesday night we meet back up with our Hubby's and went to dinner and got some Bahama Bucks. We had the best time hanging out with Hollee, Chase and their boys! They were such great hosts and really opened their home up to us! We are grateful for such great people to call friends!

Wednesday Jesse had to finish up a few meetings and then we had to say goodbye and be on our way home. We left about Noon and didn't roll into Pocatello til about 3 in the morning. It was a LONG day but we made it and Jesse and I were able to make it to work on Thursday. Very tired but we were there! The girls were absolute trooper! I know the DVD player helps but they were really pretty good both ways!

Just a little update on the girls! Reese will be three in December and is such a great little kid. She has quite the vocabulary and makes us laugh on a daily basis with the new things she has to say. A couple of her funniest lately are....

"Lighten Up Guys"

"I am so Serious"

When someone is not where she thinks they should be she will say "What are you guys doing here" it is sometimes a little embarrassing when she is always asking strangers that.

She has started in a Preschool/Daycare. She loves it and we love to hear all the things she has learned that day. We are so glad she likes it! We love our little Reese and watching her grow!

Roxie is almost one if you can believe that! She turns 1 on Nov 15th! We are trying to keep up with all the new things she is up to. She as mastered her walking stills and is quick. She has the cutest wave I have ever seen! She is starting to say a couple words now, she will say "Hi" "Daddy" and "Thank You". She is getting so big I don't know what to do! It seems so weird and feels like I just had her. She has the best personality and has the best facial expressions! We love her and think she is so special!

....and summer is gone!

2011-09-08T21:46:00.000-07:00

Well now Summer is pretty much over and not quite sure how that happened. I really love and enjoy the summer time and am always disappointed when it is over. Granted it does mean that ski season is around the corner, but I will miss working in my yard, wearing shorts, and going for mountain bike rides in the evening. I am not ready for Fall and wish we really could go straight from Summer to Winter!

We had a very busy summer and had a lot of fun!

We went to a few Car Shows. Chase had his car in a few throughout the summer, and we hit about 3 or so to see him. Going to car shows is something that my family usually did a lot of in the summer, and is fun for Jesse and I to take the girls to now.

One thing this summer that we did that was different, and fun was camp for a weekend in Lava Hot Springs with my family. I had never been to the swimming pool in Lava so it was fun to go and swim with Reese and BreAna's boys. We ate at the Thai Restaurant there in Lava also for the first time. I had heard people rave about it and now I know why. It was delicious! It was a fun and relaxing weekend.

We also made our yearly trip to Stanley with Jesse's family! It is so beautiful there and is always a good time. This year we decided not to take the motorcycle and fourwheelers up because of where we were camped but we took our mountain bikes and and went for a few fun rides. Reese had a blast with all her cousins and she really liked swimming at Red Fish Lake. Roxie did pretty good on both our camping trips this year. I know she will enjoy it much more next year when she can be running around with all the kids.

There seemed to be something going on every weekend the last part of the summer. One thing was my cousin Kristin's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy for Kristin, Bobby and little Hallee! It was good so see alot of my Dad's family but we all sure missed my Uncle Brett!

Reese got to ride her first horse this summer. She rode her Uncle Andrew's horse Dusty and fell in love! She couldn't get enough and talks about going and riding Dusty all the time. Hopefully sometime soon Jesse can take her out for long ride around his parents ranch.

We also took a trip a couple weeks ago down to Richfield to see my Mom's family. There was a few things we still needed to do and take care of at my Grandpa's house. It was good to see my Grandma and Dale for a few days, we only see them a couple times a year so it is always nice to spend some time with them. Bre and Linc came with us and the kids enjoyed playing in the pool at the hotel. Then on our way home we stopped in Salt Lake and went to Hogle Zoo with BreAna, Linc and the kids. Reese loved the zoo and looking at all the animals.

Reese and Roxie are such fun little girls. We are so blessed with the two of them. Reese will be three in December and I really can't believe it. She is now potty trained and has been for about a month. It is GREAT! We had been working with her since July but she was just not ready. Then it all just clicked. She was ready and is so proud of herself for being a 'Potty Trained Girl' as she puts it. She surprises me everyday with how smart she is and how quickly she picks up on things. I am hoping to get her going in some type of pre-school here soon and we have talked about putting her in dance as well. Just not sure if they will take her yet where she is not 3. So we will see. This year will be the year for her to start skiing. We have looked at some skis for her and she definetly know what she wants.....PINK SKIS! She tells Jesse and I on a daily basis that she needs pink skis and a backpack. She really thinks she need to go to school too. She is so much fun and we love her so much!

Roxie is just to big for her own good. She is almost 10 months and is as busy as ever. She is working on walking right now. She can take a few steps on her own now so I'm sure it won't be long til she is off and running. Rox loves her big sister and thinks she is hilarious! She also likes to tease Reese already. Reese has a purple blankie she has to sleep with, well anytime Roxie and get her hands on it she is all over it! She will wrap herself up in it and just laugh when Reese tries to get it from her. Roxie is very smart and is understanding new things everyday, for instance.....she know how to brush her hair, plug things into the outlets (we don't let her play with plugins and outlets, sometimes she is just too fast) she knows what rooms she is not suppose to go in, and as soon as the doors get left open she b -lines right for them. She understands what NO means and will stop what she is doing, look at you, smile and go back to what she was going to do. So yeah she is growing right up!

Reese and Roxie love to drive in their Mustang. Reese isn't the best little driver yet but she will get there. She will drive for a minute and then say she needs to "fix it" and puts the hood up and looks things over. I think she has spent a few Saturdays out in the garage with my Dad and Jesse.

We are so grateful for our families and all they do for us! We don't know what we would do without each and everyone of them. They are always there when we need them and we love to spend time with them all!

Summer is Here.....

2011-06-29T16:06:00.000-07:00

We are so happy that Summer finally decided to show up here in Idaho! So nice to have the girls out and about! We have worked really hard to get the yard, sprinkler, rock and landscaping in......and we have pretty much got it all done so now we can just sit back and enjoy!! It is so nice! Reese love to go to the "Parking Lot" which is really the park (not quite sure why she calls it that...but I think it is kinda funny) Roxie loves to cruise around in her stroller and Jesse and I are just happy to get outside!! The girls are just getting so big and are so much fun!!

Roxie is now 7 1/2 months old and is a mover and a shaker! She is crawling now and gets to just about anywhere she wants to go. She has also started pulling herself up on to the couches and will use the wall to stand up. She is a tough little thing! I think we will have another early walker on our hands! She has just the funniest facial expressions and smiles! Right now when you look at her and smile she will get the cheesiest grin on her face and start shaking her head back and forth. She is quite the ham! She thinks Reese is just about the funniest person ever and loves to watch, and play with her. About 2 weeks ago Jesse could hear both girls laughing hysterically so he walked in the living room and.....Reese would laugh.....spray Roxie in the face with a water bottle.....then Roxie would laugh. Oh we are going to have some fun year ahead of us. We are so blessed to have our little "Hoxie" (that is what Reese calls her) and just love her so much!!

Roxie enjoying the new grass!!

Here is my Reese.....WOW she looks so grown up! She is just a big ball of energy and keeps us on our toes all the time! We bought her a bike a couple weeks ago and she is learning how to ride it. We are making progress! She loves to show everyone her "Brand New Bike" as she calls it. She is so fun to listen to talk and hear the stuff she comes up with. She is so smart and picks up on things so quickly. She talks a million miles a minute, loves to sing and tell Jesse and I how things are going to be....well she tries. Reese is quite mischievious....we have to watch her like a hawk....if it gets to quiet you know you are in for it! The other day I was doing some stuff in the house and it got really quiet, so I looked for Reese in the house and couldn't find her. Jesse was outside working on some stuff so I checked with him to see if she has went out with him he had not seen her. So I checked all the bedrooms again and when I went into her room I hear "Get out of my room Mom".....she was hiding behind the recliner drinking Pepsi I had left on the table. Busted herself to make sure I stayed our of her room! She doesn't like Jesse to use "Her Bathroom" and tells him to get out of "Mom's Room"....we are not quite sure what rooms she thinks he can have....the garage I guess. She is a lot of fun and we are so proud of her! We love her to pieces!

Jesse and I have been keeping busy with work, kids, yard/home and playing. We have done a little dirt bike/four wheeling, mountain biking and ALOT of yard work. We are missing our boat this summer but once the girls get older we will be able to enjoy that as a family. So we have been finding new activities to do together. Lucky for us we like to do just about the same things. We just got back from Park City for his work summer regional. We left the kids home with my Mom and had a little vacation. It was nice to sleep in (well I got to), walk around Park City, check out the Olympic training center and do some mountain biking. We rode up the Park City Ski Resort lift and rode down that one day. It was something totally new for us and was an adventure.

Well all in all we are all healthy, happy and so blessed! We have such great Family and Friends that love and support us! We are so grateful for everyone!!

Roxie - 6 months old

2011-05-31T08:45:00.001-07:00

Roxie is now 6 months old. How can that be....everything seems to just be flying by! Roxie is such a sweet little girl and brings so much joy to our lives. She is a active little thing and loves to be on the ground rolling around seeing what she can find. She is close to crawling which I'm excited for because she loves to be on the go and gets frustrated now when she can't get to where she wants to be. She now has one little tooth that came in about a week ago.

Roxie is still a pretty good sleeper. She will normally sleep all night til about 6 or 7 in the morning. I think we will probably try to move her out of our room and into the crib in her room this week. I think she is ready....I just don't know if I am.

BreAna and Linc were up this weekend and he took all these photos of Roxie and he took some of her and Bella. They are about a month apart and were so cute this weekend. We would sit them by each other and they would play and jabber back and forth. It was pretty fun to watch!!

Finally....Sunshine!!

2011-05-05T15:20:00.001-07:00

Wow....Finally some sunshine and warmer temperatures! It has been so nice! We have had a good last couple weeks. Easter was alot of fun this year. We took Reese to the Easter Egg Hunt the company I work for puts together. She loved getting her Easter eggs and finding her little suprise inside. We also had one for her in our back yard Sunday which was fun and alot less hectic. Here are just a few pictures from the crazy Easter egg hunt on Saturday.

Life is crazy and busy as ever. Reese and Roxie keep us on our feet and running all the time. Reese is so fun to listen to and hear the new little things she says. Last week she wanted Jesse to get on the floor to play. He told her he would in minute...but of course that was not good enough so she put her head down, put her hands up to her face and says "Daddy...pretty please....you are making me sad". Well needless to say that is all it took and now when she wants something from him that is what she says. She sure catches on quick. Roxie is getting so big I can't believe it! She will be 6 months old on the 15th and kinda makes me sad. She can now sit up all by her little self and is a PRO at rolling around everywhere! She can get from one side of the room to the other in no time.

I am so excited we are putting our sprinkler system, lawn and rock in this weekend! It will be so nice to let Reese out back to play on the grass instead of sand. The dogs won't be tracking in mud every time it rains! Oh it is just going to be so nice! I can't wait! It is going to be a great summer of projects inside and outside the house!

Here are some pictures from Andrew and Lucy's wedding!

What a Winter!!!

2011-04-05T14:19:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a great Winter and hopefully we will start to see some signs of Spring. We have had a fun and busy winter and a little sad that it is coming to an end. Jesse and I have enjoyed a great ski season and are looking forward to a fun summer with the girls. Reese and Roxie are doing great and are so much fun. It has been a little while since my last post so I will do a short little update on each of us.

Here is Reese getting ready to bed in her big girl bed! We bought Reese a bed a few months ago and she does pretty good in it! She is just growing up so fast I can't believe it. We are still working on the potty training...unfortunately she has kinda lost interest in it. Sooooo we will keep at it and try to keep encouraging her. She is a smart little girl and knows her shapes, colors and knows some numbers...just doesn't always get them in the right order...haha it is pretty cute. The other day she was counting her bath toys and said '4, 5, 6, 40, 1' So we are working on it! She is so sweet when she wakes up in the mornings and comes running into Jesse and I's room and tells us 'I wake up 6:40...just on time' and then goes over to Roxie's bed and says 'MMMorning Baby Roxie' That is our daily morning routines. Reese is a big help when we are out working in the yard and is always telling Jesse and I that we are doing a good job. Well you can probably figure Reese is just full of funny one liners and keeps me, Jesse and our families continually laughing!

Roxie is doing great and is growing so fast! She is a very happy baby and has the biggest smile I think I have ever seen. There is nothing better than when I go to pick her up she gets so excited and her whole face lights up when she smiles. Roxie is much harder to get to laugh than Reese was...I really have to work hard to get a laugh out of her. All she wants to do is smile at you. I mean she will talk and squawk all day long but she just really wants you to earn it! The older she gets the more and more she looks like her Daddy! It is pretty funny how much Reese looks like me and how much Roxie looks like Jesse. We will see people and that is the first thing they say to us! Roxie is a strong little girl and is already rolling over. I will put her on the floor and walk out of the room for a minute and come back in and she will be all the way over on the other side of the room. She really surprises me sometimes with how strong she is. She is defiantly the best sleeper in our house! She will go to bed around 9 or 10 and then I won't hear from her til around 8 the next morning! Oh how blessed I am!!

I have had a active winter! We had a nice long ski season and I played city league basketball the past couple months. Pebble Creek opened up early this year and had so much great snow we got to hike and ski some pretty fun stuff this year. We took a long weekend to Sun Valley and had three days of excellent skiing. Our basketball season was another fun one!! There a few of us that have played together for the past couple years and then we pick up a few new girls each year. We went 11-0 this season and then ended up taking 3rd in our tournament. Which kinda sucked but all in all it is just fun to play! I am looking forward to working in our yard this summer. Which should be alot since we have to start from square one....grass. I am also looking forward to doing fun things with the girls this summer. We sold our boat and bought me a new SUV so we will be doing alot of over night camping trips, water parks, zoos and what ever else we can figure out to do as a family. The boat was really just to hard with little kids....so we got rid of it and will wait to get another one til they are a bit older. Sure will miss it though!!

Edward Jones transferred Jesse to an office here in Pocatello. So no more commuting to Rupert! We were extremely excited when we got the news. It has been great having him back in Pocatello everyday. He has been super busy and has been traveling quite a bit lately for work. He has been to Tennessee and Arizona with in the past three weeks. With the new office he has all his clients he had from Rupert plus all the clients that were already with this office. So now he is managing about 4 times the amount he had in Rupert so....it has been alot of work for him! But those who know Jesse know he is loving every minute of it! As usual Jesse loved every minute of his ski season and is looking forward to dirt biking! He finally got is dirt biking partner back so I'm sure him and Chase will be out riding as much as possible! One more piece of good news is that Jesse's little Brother Andrew got married. Him and Lucy were married in the Rexburg Temple. It was a great day and we are extremely happy for them!

So we have had alot of great things go on the past 6 months and are grateful for all of them. Unfortunately we had a few heart breaks. My Grandpa Nielson passed away in January. He lived a long and in my opinion successful life. My Grandpa was a extremely hard worker and worked for everything he and his family had! I will always have good memories of my Grandpa! Love You Grandpa!

We also lost another very important person in our lives. My Uncle Brett (one of my dad's brothers) passed away at my parents house on February 13th. This was such an unexpected lose for all of us and still really can't believe he is gone. He was only 51 years old and is such a giving, loving and caring man and that list could go on and on! Jesse and I were extremely fortunate that we were so close to Brett and his family. Brett was always a constant in my life and was so good to help Jesse and I when we needed help with anything. We all miss Brett so much and know that it just won't be the same without him!! Love You Uncle Brett!!

Little Twinners!

2011-01-30T21:44:00.000-08:00

Love these outfits that a friend gave us for the girls. I had to take a few pictures of them after church.

We are all doing pretty good. The girls are doing great and we are just enjoying them. Reese is up to something new everyday and always wants to be on the go go go...She is always naming everyone that she would like to see. Roxie is doing great and is finally out of newborn clothes and fits in most 3 month stuff we have. These two little girls are alot of fun and know it is only going to get better!

Jesse and I have tried to get up skiing as much as possible this year. There is so much snow this year and has made the skiing at Pebble creek great! The picture above I took as we rode up the lift Wednesday afternoon. We hiked over to this spot and skiied down. It is great to have a hobby that Jesse and I both love so much and can do together. The picture below is one I took once we finished hiking up to canal street. It was an inversion that afternoon so this was the clouds below us. It was one of the prettiest sunsets I had ever seen.

Our Girls

2011-01-19T19:15:00.000-08:00

I finally got some pictures of Roxie smiling tonight! I was so happy. She is getting so big I can't believe it. She is 8 Weeks old now and is doing so good. She is a healthy little girl and is already sleeping through the night! It is great. We put her to bed when we go to bed and she will now sleep til about 7 or 8 in the morning constantly. I am so grateful for my good sleeping girls. Reese also started sleeping through the night at about 2 months also! We are so lucky!

Roxie loves to have you talk to her and she tries so hard to talk back to you. Then once she gets frustrated because she can't talk to you she will start wiggling and just smile at you. She is getting better in the evening and is not so fussy. We are having so much fun with her and we are so grateful she is a healthy, happy little girl.

Reese had to get her picture taken with the baby before she went to bed. She is doing so good and we are so proud of her. We officially took her binki away from her last week. We were only letting her have for naps and bed time but I decide we were done with it! So it "Broke" last week and she has done really really well. Much better than I thought she would do. She only asked for it the first two nights at bed time and hasn't asked for it since. She will see the babies binki and say 'Binki Broke' so she gets that it broke and that made it so much easier. We also bought her a 'big girl bed' and we set it up for her last weekend. We ended up buying a queen size so if people need to stay the night they have somewhere to sleep. So she looks pretty little in that big bed but is really doing great in it. We can read her a story and lay with for a minute and then she will go to sleep. Nap time is a whole other story....she still has to take naps in the crib because we just haven't figured out how to get her to stay in bed. So we will keep working on it and hopefully she will start taking her naps in there as well. She is just getting so big and we are so proud of her! We are even making some progress on the potty training. She will actually tell us sometimes if she needs to use the potty. So we will just keep encouraging it but really are trying not to push her. I know she will do it when she is ready.

Roxie's Blessing Day

2011-01-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

Sunday we blessed our beautiful little Roxie. She looked so cute in her blessing dress. We had alot of great family and friends here to support us. We are so thankful for everyone that came.

Roxie is such a blessing to our lives. She is starting to smile for us and what a cute smile she has. She is starting to sleep through the night much better. Last night she slept from 10pm - 5am which was so nice. She is a great baby and I just love cuddling with her. She is so sweet!

Reese's Birthday Party

2011-01-02T19:45:00.000-08:00

We had Reese's birthday party Saturday night and had such a great time. Reese was so excited to have everyone come to her "Micky Party". For two days before she would name everyone that was coming to her party...it was pretty cute.

Reese loves to sing the Happy Birthday song and was so excited to have everyone sing it to her. It was hilarious to see how excited she got.

Reese got alot of really cute clothes and some fun toys! She is so lucky to have such a great family that spoiled her once again. We are so thankful for everyone that came to her party to make her 'Micky Party' special for her.

Happy Birthday Reese! We love you sis!

Christmas 2010 & Happy Birthday Reese

2010-12-30T19:48:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We got to spend time with both our families and had such a great day! Reese was alot of fun this year. She would open one present and then just wanted to sit and play with it and wanted nothing to do with the rest of her un-opened presents. So it took a while to get through all her gifts!

Here are our sweet little ones in their new Christmas PJ's!

We were all good and spoiled this year. We got Reese some fun new toys (including a basketball hoop...I couldn't resist) then when we went to Jesse's parents house she got a cute little shopping cart that she loves to cruise around the house with all her toys in. Then later that day my parents came down and brought her a rocking horse that makes the noises of a horse and she can get that thing really going. One night she had it going so good she flew right over the front of the horse....it was pretty funny! Roxie had a pretty good Christmas as well, she got some new cute outfits, PJ's and Jesse and I's favorites Formula and Diapers!!

Reese and her Uncle Chase showing off her Bears jersey he gave her for Christmas. She will have a few years to grow into it!

Thanks to all our family for the wonderful Christmas. We are so lucky to have such great families!

Happy Birthday Reese!

2010-12-30T19:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to our little Reese!

Reese One Day Old

She is two years old today and Jesse and I can't believe it. She is such a big girl now! She a sweetheart and is a great big sister. She loves to help out with Roxie and always wants to help do things around the house. Reese is talking really well now and we can understand most everything she is saying. She loves to play rough with her Dad and will get on the floor and say 'I gonna get ya' that is Jesse's cue to get down and play. She is a big ball of energy all the time and loves to dance, skip and chase our little dog Dakota around the house. Reese's favorite song right now is Reba McIntire's new song 'Hear me on the Radio' every time we get in the truck she yells 'Radio....Radio' and will sing the whole song at the top of her lungs. She is picking up and learning so many things it is just amazing to see how quickly she gets things. My favorite right now is she will walk around the house looking for Jesse yelling 'Jesse...Jesse' and he will say 'You call me Dad' and she will laugh and keep calling him Jesse. She is full of it! Well I could go on and on about all the special and fun things Reese is up to these days but that would make for a pretty long post.

This picture is one I took of Reese treating me to the morning from Hell. I have to post this story so that one day I will laugh about it. First off she got a bottle of Vaseline and scooped it out all over my bed and then put it all over her face and in her hair. I took this picture after I took her shirt off to put her in the bath. Then later on after I had got that mess cleaned up I got in shower and as I was getting out Reese was standing in my bathroom with blood dripping from her lip. I then noticed Jesse had left his razor to close to the edge of the vanity and she had grabbed it and put it up to her lip and cut it. I hurried and put my towel on it to stop the bleeding and she was not having that. I continued to try to put pressure on it to stop it and had no luck. So after about a half hour of that I stripped her down and put her back in the tub. I tried a few more things to get it to stop with still no luck. Then I grabbed the Vaseline bottle out of the garbage and scraped what I could out and FINALLY it stopped the bleeding. So after and hour or so of running around half naked trying to get her lip to quit bleeding and listening to Roxie cry because she was hungry I got things somewhat under control. While this was all going on I thought to myself 'Wow, I think I'm ready to go back to work' Ha Ha how sad is that but work is never this hectic.

Here are a couple pictures of our little Roxie. She is a pretty good baby for about 22 hours out of the day. However the other two hours usually around 9 at night she is a bit fussy. I'm not sure if she get a tummy ache or exactly what is going on but we are trying to figure her out. It is just kinda weird because she is absolutely prefect the rest of the day and sleeps from about midnight til around 6 or 7 in the morning. So hopefully we will figure out the trick soon. She is starting to smile at us and is stay awake much more during the day. She is still such a tiny little thing. Her cheeks are filling out but her body is still pretty little. She has these skinny little legs and arms. I love them! I just love to sit and cuddle with her...which is hard to do with a 2 year old running around getting into everything. Ha Ha
I know I say this like every post but we are just so grateful for our girls and love them so much and despite the story above I am so glad I have been able to stay home for the past six weeks with them both. I will miss them when I go back on Monday!

Just a few photos...

2010-12-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

What a great month it has been here at our house. We are all adjusting well and are loving having little Roxie home. She is a great baby and Reese just adores her. She is a great helper with the baby...sometimes a little to much help.

Roxie is about 7 lbs now and is finally starting to fit into all the newborn cloths I have. She will be one month old on Monday....I can't believe how fast time flies. She is such a sweetheart and I just love to cuddle with her! We are just so grateful for her and love her so much.

Reese is doing great and has adjusted very well to everything that changed in the past month or so. We recently bought a new home and moved, which we thought would be kinda hard for her but she adjusted really well. Then two weeks later I had little Roxie and she has done so well with her. So she had a couple pretty big changes and has done great! She is so good with the baby and just wants to kiss her and give her hugs (more like lay on her) all the time. Roxie is so lucky to have a big sister that loves her so much! They are going to be such good friends!

Jesse has had fun taking Reese out playing in the snow this winter. He made her a little slide for her in the snow and she loved it! We tried pulling her behind my Dad's fourwheeler on a sled and she didn't quite like it like we thought she would.....maybe next year. She is in love with snowmen right now so Jesse will have to make her one when we get another big snow storm. She is so funny we will get in the truck to go somewhere she will yell "Mom, Mom, Mom......Snnooowww" and then when we drive by a house with Christmas lights up she will yell "Mom, Mom, Mom........Pretty" She is talking really well and is easier to understand day by day.

Jesse and I are really enjoying this early snow fall we have had here lately. Pebble Creek is already open and we were able to go up skiing today! It was a great day and we had some great snow! We could not believe how good it was for December. So nice to be able to get a few extra weeks a skiing in this year! Should be a great ski season! We are going to take Reese up towards the end of the season to start her skiing. We are pretty excited!

We are really enjoying our little girls and are so blessed to have them!

Love ya Girls!

More Roxie

2010-11-20T21:10:00.000-08:00

Roxie is doing great and we are just excited to have her home with us. We brought her home on Wednesday and things have been going good. It was so nice to get home with both my girls. I missed Reese like crazy while I was in the hospital. I looked forward to all her little visits while I was there. She is a good big sister and just adores Roxie.

All three nights home Roxie has slept from about midnight to 6-7 in the morning which has helped me catch up on some much needed rest. She is a good little baby and has been pretty easy so far. It is a change to have such a calm and quiet little thing around when you are use to a 22 month old cruising around. It is nice to just cuddle up with little Roxie and take a nap or just enjoy how quiet and peaceful she is.

We are just so happy with our two little girls and feel so blessed to have them in our lives.

Roxie Lyn Ward

2010-11-15T22:42:00.000-08:00

Roxie arrived Monday morning at 7:39 am. She weighted in at 6 lbs 3 oz and is 19 1/2 inches long. She is a healthy little girl and is doing great. She looks a little like her big sister but defiantly has her own look. She is beautiful and we are so excited she is here!

I am feeling pretty good and am thankful that everything went as well as it did. This go around was so much easier than what I went through with Reese. Having the scheduled C-section was so nice!

Reese was so excited to see here little Sister and all she wants to do is hold her. She kept pointing at Roxie saying "little sista' it was so stinking cute. It will be interesting to see how she does with her at home and I know we are going to have to watch her like a hawk. She will defiantly want to be my little helper.

Welcome Home Chase

2010-11-11T10:55:00.000-08:00

Tuesday was the big day!! Chase flew into the Pocatello Airport at 6:00pm and we were all patiently waiting his arrival! We are so excited to have him home FINALLY!! It was great to give him a big hug.

Here is his grand entrance! It was so great to see him walk through those doors with his grin!

I am excited for my parents to have their baby home! It was extremely hard to have a brother gone for that long...I can only imagine what it is like to have a child gone for two years. They were so excited and both took the day off yesterday and just bummed around with him.

This was Chase's first time meeting Reese! She was pretty shy and a little offish but she will warm up to him. She at least gave him a big hug and kiss when we left my parents house that night. Chase was really excited to see her and is excited to meet his other niece Bella this weekend when Bre and Linc come up. It will also be fun to see Logan, London and Liam with Chase. Liam was only 5 Months when he left so he will really be getting to know him too. It will just be a fun weekend when they all get here!

The next two pictures are a Before and After of Chase and his buddies!

Before Chase left on his Mission....

.....and after.
It was fun to see Chase with some of his old friends and we're so glad they came out that night to see Chase.

Chase will be reporting on his Mission this Sunday in my parents Ward in Blackfoot at 9:00am. We are excited for all our family to be in town to see him. Should be a great weekend!!

Then Monday morning little Roxie should be here bright and early! We are so excited to have her here and I just can't stop thinking about what she will look like. I just wonder how much she will look like Reese if at all...? I am getting pretty nervous but happy it will be over too.

Time Flies When Your Having Fun....

2010-11-04T11:15:00.001-07:00

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything and well alot has happened in the past three months. We have been extremely busy and have had some fun things go on.

First off Jesse's little sister Jordanne got married in the middle of September! It was a great weekend and was alot of fun to see everyone. We are excited for them and happy Jordan is officially part of the family!

Congrats Jordanne and Jordan!!

Reese is now 22 Months old and is as fun as ever. She is talking up a storm and is getting so big. I can't believe she is almost two years old. She already is a big help with things around the house and is actually pretty good about cleaning up after herself if you ask her. She is in LOVE with Babies and every time she sees a kid about her age or smaller she will yell 'Baby'. So our next little one will defiantly be loved by her big Sister!

On October 20th my sister BreAna had her first little girl. Bella Lauren Palmer is finally here and she is a doll! Reese and I made a quick trip down to see her the day she was born. It was so great to meet my little Niece and Reese just wanted BreAna to put her on the ground so she could play with her. We are so excited for BreAna, Lincoln and the boys!

Bella Lauren Palmer - What a Beauty!

As for Jesse and I we have been really busy with well life in general. We recently moved and well that is quite a chore when you are 9 months pregnant. We had alot of really great help that made it alot easier! Jesse has been working hard and is loving his job! We are so grateful for his job and that he enjoys it so much! I have been feeling pretty good for the most part. This pregnancy has been much easier on me than my first one. I have been pretty sore but really that is about it. I am excited to take a little time off work after I have the baby and just stay home with my girls for a bit.

Well, another exciting thing that is happening is my little Brother Chase will be home from his Mission on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9th!! We are so excited to have him home and I am so excited for him to meet Reese for the first time! He has loved his Mission very much but is ready to be home with all his family and friends! The holidays are going to be great this year with him home!

4 MORE DAYS!!

And last but not least our new little addition will be here on November 15th! We have scheduled my C-Section bright and early that morning. We are still getting things ready for this little one and I really don't feel as prepared for this one as I was for Reese. So I will be working hard this week to get everything ready and perfect for her. We finally decided on a name for her....Roxie Lyn Ward. It is a little different but we both really like it and are just so excited for her to be here! I can't wait to see how Reese does with her and hope she adjusts well.

Well there is a quick update on what has been going on with us and what is coming up!

Yankee Fork

2010-08-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

This weekend we were camping with Jesse's family at the Yankee Fork. We went up Thursday and had a good weekend of riding, fishing and chasing around kids. We had alot of little kids there this year and they all had a good time together. We had some rain Thursday and Friday which made it fun keeping them all out of water puddles.

Reese loved going on rides with Jesse and I. We took her a few rides and she did really well. She loved watching her Dad fly by us on his dirt bike. She would just yell "Daddy Daddy" and get so excited.

Ward Family

Here is the whole crew that was there this weekend.

Massacre Rocks

2010-08-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went camping with my parents and Bre and Linc at Massacre Rocks. We had such a great time. It was so nice to get together for the weekend. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was a nice relaxing weekend and hopefully we can do it again this summer. I love this picture Lincoln took of our Motorhome!

Saturday we spent the day over at the beach playing in the water. Reese had so much fun running around and splashing in the water. We got some good wakeboarding and skiing in and even got Logan up on the knee board.

It was such a fun weekend but we were missing one thing.....Chase!! We are so excited for him to be home this November! He was transferred about a month ago to Palo Alto, CA and is now a Zone Leader! We are so excited for him and are so proud of him. He is loving being a Zone Leader and loves his new area. Only 3 More Months!

Hope Lincoln doesn't mind I am using some of his pictures he took. They look so good!

Welcome Home Andrew!

2010-07-07T22:41:00.000-07:00

Jesse's little brother Andrew came home today from his Mission. It was a pretty exciting day! We are very happy he is home and that he finally was able to meet Reese!! She did just what I thought she would do and just tease him all night. It was fun to watch her get more and more comfortable with him throughout night and when we were getting ready to leave she gave him a big kiss.

Andrew and Reese's first Hug!!

So Sweet!

Here is Jesse with his parents and all his siblings.

It is good to have Andrew home and it was fun to listen to some of his stories from his mission. I am excited for him and Reese to spend more time together and get to know each other better.

Welcome Home Andrew!!

Out on the Boat

2010-07-07T21:58:00.000-07:00

We went out on the boat on Monday for a bit. It was the first time this year and was a trial run to see how Reese would do. She is a little bit harder than last year. She does great when we are just sitting and she can cruse around and climb on the seats. She doesn't like when we are moving because we make her sit on one of our laps. She can't stand to have to just sit there. So it will take a few trips I think to get her more use to how it works out there on the boat.

We let her dangle her feet off the back and all she wanted to do was get in. So we put her swimming suit on and Jesse would let her get in and she didn't quiet know what to think of the cold water. So he would take her out and then she would want right back in. Then all she wanted to do was play and splash her feet in the river.

We spotted this Bald Eagle and got a few cool shots of him.

Another Little Girl!!

2010-07-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

Jesse and I are excited to announce we are having another little Girl in November. I know Reese will be a great big sister and is going to love the new little one. Two little girls is going to be alot of fun. Everything looked great in the ultrasound and I think we are kinda leaning towards naming her Meg Aniston, but that is not 100%.

The next couple months are going to be very crazy and I know November will be here before we even know it. Chase will be home about a week before I go into have this next little Girl...Yeah Just in time! His release date is the 9th of Nov and I will be going in probably around the 16th. It will be nice to have everyone back home and here to celebrate the holidays!

Summer Regional in Sun Valley

2010-06-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

This year Jesse's Edward Jones Summer Regional was in beautiful Sun Valley! We were really excited to go and had a wonderful relaxing three days. Our stay at the Lodge and all our meals were taken care of by Jesse work so it made it just that much easier to relax and enjoy the weekend to it's fullest. It was so nice to sleep in (while Jesse was a meeting Saturday morning), wonder through the ski shops in town and well just do anything we wanted.

Jesse would kill me if he knew I was posting this picture. Ha Ha I just think he looks really good. Sunday I took engagement pictures for his little sister Jordanne and well I was trying to get an idea of where I would like to take them so Saturday afternoon I made him be my model. He was a good sport and helped me alot. We got really great photos of Jordanne and Jordan Sunday and had fun cruising around Sun Valley with them.

Reese stayed home with my parents while we were in Sun Valley. We missed her but I know she had fun playing and shopping with Grandma. Reese is almost 18 months and is so much fun. She is talking up a storm. We are understanding more and more of what she is saying now. She is learning new words everyday. Of course one of her favorites is 'Nuoo' with pure attitude. Reese loves her puppies and gets so exciteded when we go out to Jesse's parents house becuase of Grandpa Wards Cows! She loves to stand at their back door and talk to the cows and their dogs.

Reese is so cute when you put her to bed. I always say 'Night Night' when I put her to bed so now she always says 'Night Night' and waves bye to you. If I am really lucky I will even get a "Luv You" too. She it such a crack up at stores becuase she has to yell 'Hi' and 'Bye' to everyone she sees. Oh she is such a cutie and we are so blessed to have that little girl.

Jesse's little Brother Andrew will be home from his mission on the 7th of July and we are so excited for him to meet Reese and give her a ride on his horse Dusty. I know she is going to love that and her Uncle Andy.

2010-06-12T21:18:00.000-07:00

Last week we got to celebrate alot of birthdays! Liam's is the 3rd, mine is the 4th, Andrew's is the 5th (he is still in Bolivia so he wasn't home to celebrate with but we were thinking of him) and Logan's is the 6th! Ha Ha So it is a pretty fun week for us. On Sunday we meet up with Bre and Lincoln in Malad to kinda celebrate everyones birthdays. We had lunch and let the kids play at the park for a bit. Reese was having such a great time with the boys!

She is getting so big. I really can't believe it.

Liam giving Reese a big hug! Love it!

We have started our busy summer, but wish the weather would be a bit nicer! We havn't even pulled the boat out of the shop yet!! Hopefully this next weekend it will warm up. Reese is going to love the boat even more this year but will be a bit of a challange I think. She is so active and loves to climb on everything. I am just excited to take her out.

This is our little accessories girl! This picture is not very good because I took it on my phone today. I still had to post it becuase she thought she was pretty cute with her new necklace and new glasses. We went shopping for a bit and every store we went into she found something she just had to have. By the end of the day she had a new necklace, new sunglasses, pink jellie shoes and a little purse. I think she just might be a shopper.

Happy Birthday Jesse!

2010-05-23T16:39:00.000-07:00

Last Monday was Jesse's birthday. Reese and I bought him riding gear. He will finally be legit and when Chase gets home he won't be able to make fun of Jesse for not having it. Unfortunately he didn't have much a birthday weekend. I got the flu Saturday night and was down for the count til about Monday afternoon. So needless to say he spent the weekend taking care of me. (I'm not a good sick person) Hopefully he will be able to get out and ride here soon.

Reese is doing great and is full of surprises. Can't believe some of the stuff she will do and come up with. She keeps it interesting. She is trying to figure out the whole jumping thing right now. She can get one foot off the ground. Pretty funny to watch her. She now will throw just about anything she can get her hands on and usually it is directed at one of the dogs. We are so lucky to have such a fun and happy little girl!

This weekend hasn't been much better for the flu at our house. Reese got sick Friday night with the flu. Oh how fun the flu is and how much more fun it is when your 17 month old has it. We got pretty good at getting a bowl in front of her towards the end of it. So it was a nice weekend of loads of laundry in the middle of the night and trying to keep her as comfortable as possible. This last picture is her tonight feeling better and up to her old tricks!

Easter and a Powder Day!

2010-04-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

For the past 2 weeks our house has had Easter Eggs everywhere! I had to stuff a little over 2,000 eggs for my works Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Reese loved making a mess with them and playing with them. She made stuffing them very difficult. She would actually help put the candy in the eggs for about 15 minutes or so and then just wanted to eat the candy, and play with the eggs and made it impossible to get them done.

Saturday was the Easter Egg Hunt and after all that stuffing Reese didn't even get to come and enjoy it. It was way to cold to have her out. It has snowed Friday night and we had like 30 mph winds that morning. It was almost impossible to scatter over 20,000 eggs in the park with the wind. The wind was blowing the eggs and our prizes all over. But despite the freezing cold we had just as good of turn out as usual. I was shocked! People are serious about their Easter Egg Hunts...haha.

BreAna, Lincoln and the boys were in town for the weekend. Reese went and hung out with them at my parents house while Jesse and I headed up skiing after the Easter Egg Hunt. We had about 2 feet of powder! It was great skiing all day! It was a little cold but was well worth it. We were able to get a couple good photos from the day.

Sunday was a great day. We went to Blackfoot for dinner and little Easter Egg hunt and just hung out and played with the kiddos. It was fun to watch Reese play with the boys. Her and Liam are really funny together. Reese is getting so big and so independent I just can't believe it. She is picking up new words everyday and is very smart. It is nice now that she understands alot of what Jesse and I tell her. She is a pretty good listener but has her moments. We are so lucky to have such a great little girl!

Jesse over in South Bowl

Awwww....Powder

Playing Outside

2010-03-12T22:43:00.000-08:00

Reese is loving the warmer weather here in Pocatello. I took her to the park behind where we live Thursday and she couldn't have been happier. She smiled and laughed the whole time we were out. We went down the slide a couple times, played in the dirt and I let her just cruise around where ever she wanted. It was fun to just follow her around and watch her explore.

We have a hill in the back yard and she loves to run down it. She would fall down.....try to get back up....end up falling forward....and roll about 3 times and get up. Big old grin on her face the whole time and come up with leaves and branches all over her.

This is the look Reese gets on her face with she sees the dogs and watches them chase around the yard. She just wants to follow them everywhere they go and gets a big kick out it when they come barreling by her. I'm always afraid Sage is going to take her out but manages to barely miss her and she will just laugh.

We are going to have so much fun with her this summer...I can't wait!

2010 What a year it will be!! Good news all around!

2010-03-07T21:07:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a while since I posted anything. We had a little camera trouble and now we are all fixed up so time for a update. We have been keeping busy with Reese, work and skiing. Reese is now 14 months and is busy as ever. She has to climb on everything, run everywhere she goes and loves to chase the dogs around the house. Pu-pu-pu-puppies, bye, hi, Dad and Mom are words she says most the time right now. My favorite is when she says 'yesssss' and raises her fist up in the air. She learned that one from me while we were watching the Olympics. You have to be careful with her if she doesn't like how something is going she will tell you off. You can't understand what she is saying but you know you are getting the word. We need to be a little more careful when leaving the door open. She will make a straight shot for the yard and cries when be bring her back in and shut the door. It is so fun to watch her learn new things everyday. We are so lucky to have such a fun and happy little girl.

Jesse's Edward Jones office will be opening on April 1st in Rupert. He is very excited and can't wait! He has been working so hard and is the first person to get a office out of his group. With his office opening we will probably see less of him until we get moved over there but we will make it work and it will be worth it.

We have been taking every chance we get to go skiing. We went to Sun Valley the last two weekends. Last week we skied with Jesse's family. There was a group of about 13 of us which was alot of fun and made for a great day! During the week they got another 10 inches so we decided to go again this weekend just Jesse and I. We dropped Reese off early at my Mom and Dad's (Thanks again Mom) and headed over. We skied all day in the hot sun and enjoyed every minute. It was extremely hot and of course we both over dressed and were in the bathroom stripping layers after the first run. After skiing we changed and went to dinner and back to the Lodge and sat in the hot pool. Relaxing weekends in Sun Valley are great!

Baldy Mountain

This is one of our favorite runs.....Holiday. A good workout!

We are doing great otherwise. We are excited for the rest of the year. Alot to look forward to.....Chase will be home at the end of October. 8 more months to go!! Yeah!! He is doing great and is loving his mission. He has been in Pleasanton, CA for a while now and just got a new missionary to train. He was pretty excited about it. We can't wait for him to be home with us and meet Reese! Jesse's little brother Andrew will be home in a short 4 months! He is a Zone Leader and is loving his mission! We are all excited for him to be home and meet his nieces. Won't be long! Another piece of exciting news is that Jesse's little sister Jordanne got engaged on Valentines day and is getting married on September 18th. Yeahhhhh Jordanne and Jordan!! Jesse and I are very excited for them! Jordan is a great addition to the family and loves to ski....so he fits right in.

Congrats Jordanne and Jordan!!

Ahhhh ha I have one other piece of good news to post. BreAna and Lincoln are expecting their 4th baby! She just barly went public with the the news on Facebook so it is offical I can brag about it! We are all praying for a GIRL! When she called us last week to tell us the good news she had London deliver the good news and here is how that conversation went.

London - My Mommie is getting married

Me - Yes your Mommie is married

London - My Mommie is getting married and is having a baby girl.

Ha Ha Ha Ha it took me a minute to get past the married part to realize what he was telling me. Bre and Linc tell the boys that you get married and then have a baby. So he thinks that everytime you have a baby you have to get married. He asked Bre who she was marring when they told him. Ha Ha What a cutie! We are very excited for them and EVERYONE PRAY FOR A GIRL! She is due in October.

California Vacation - Day 6 Disney Land ----- Round 3

2010-02-07T18:56:00.000-08:00

For our 6th and final day in California we were back to Disney Land for Round 3. It was raining all day long so we got there a little late and only stayed for a couple hours. We did however get to get a picture with Tinkerbell and ride a couple more rides. We took Reese on It's A Small World and she seemed to like it. We bought her a little Minnie Mouse poncho that she looked pretty cute in and kept her dry from the rain. Really wish it hadn't been raining so we could have enjoyed the full day at Disney Land but I guess we were pretty lucky that Friday was the only day we had rain. We had absolutely beautiful weather the rest or the week and it was so nice to get some sun shine! I think it did us all some good.

It was alright though that we were back to the Condo early Friday night so Jesse and I could get a good nights rest to get ready for our full day of driving that we had ahead of us. We got up around 5am and hit the road. It was a down poor of rain as we headed out of California and headed straight for home. Reese did really good all day and we were all really happy to be home. It was nice to sleep in our own bed and sleep in and lay around all day to recover from our busy busy week. I wish we had one more day to recoup before we go to work tomorrow but we will survive.

We are happy that we were able to go and spend so quality time with my family and our friend Mireya. More importantly it was great to spend the entire week with our little girl Reese! I hope she had fun and that we can take her back in a few years when she is a little older. All in all it was a great week, we covered alot of ground, saw alot, did alot and only were missing one thing....Chase. It would have been great if he could have been there with us and can't wait for him to be back in Idaho with us. My Mom got a call the other day from his Mission President and he told her that Chase was having some problems with is back but that they were going to get him into a chiropractor Monday. I hope that he will get feeling better soon and just think only 9 months left!! YEAHHH

California Vacation - Day 5 Sea World

2010-02-07T14:20:00.001-08:00

I love this picture of Jesse and I in front of the San Diego Temple. I am glad that we were able to stop and take some pictures there. It is such a beautiful place.

Sea World was our 5th stop for the week. Lincoln took all of these photos but I put these of the Dolphins and Shamu because I thought they were absolutely amazing! I just think they are so beautiful. He is extremely talented!

The Shamu show was very fun to watch. It is amazing what they can train those animals to do.

After the Shamu show we took the kids over to play in the Elmo play ground. They had some cute rides for the kids and Reese loved playing with all the other kids in the jungle gym.

California Vacation - Day 4 Disney Land ---- Round 2

2010-02-07T13:45:00.001-08:00

Wednesday we were back at Disney Land for Round 2. This was one of my favorite days. We went to California Adventure at first. It was the first time that any of us had been there. We rode the Monster Inc ride first and I thought it was a really cute ride. Then we went over to the Bugs Life rides. Reese loved the rides over there. Then we rode the Tower of Terror. It was a really fun ride. It was great we walked onto every ride we wanted to ride. We were able to get in a lot of rides in a really short amount of time.

Screaming California was a great ride and this picture is of Logan and I riding it for the third time. I made sure we sat in front so Lincoln could get a good shot of Logan on one of his favorite rides. I'm not sure if he liked this over the Indiana Jones ride but he enjoyed both of them.

This was one of the rides in Bug Life and you know how competitive I am....London and I were team 'The Killer' and were were in for the kill in the bumper cars.

Look out Bre and Logan were going to get ya!!

This was a really cute ride. We all got to ride and it was so fun. When you ride through the animal cracker box it actually smells like animal crackers. Ha Ha

These were my favorite rides because Reese could ride on them and really seemed to enjoy them. I took her on a airplane ride that she really liked and then right before we left everyone went on Splash Mountain and Jesse and took Reese and Liam on the Whinny the Pooh ride. They loved it and their were no lines so they just let us stay on and we ended us going like 3 times. She also loved the Carousel. We took her, Liam and London on it a few times too while we waited for everyone to go on the California Screaming ride.

California Vacation - Day 3 Universal Studios

2010-02-07T13:14:00.001-08:00

We were at Universal Studio Tuesday. Jesse and Reese stayed back at the Condo for the morning while Reese caught up on some much need sleep and Jesse needed to get some work done. When they meet up with us Reese was a whole new little girl.
Universal Studio had some of the best rides I thought! The Shrek 4D show was great, the Simpson ride was extremely cool and the Mummy ride was intense! We went on the back lot tour which was very interesting but Reese didn't care much for it. There was alot of stuff going on and some of it kinda scared her.

While we were waiting to leave there was a Blues Brother concert going on and Reese loved walking around and dancing.

She just looks so Innocent there standing with Chuckie! I think this is a pretty funny picture.

Reese really didn't know what to think about Shrek and was not letting him out of her sight. She didn't want him to get to close. She that was the best picture we could get. That is how she was with most of the Charaters that we saw all week.

Liam really didn't like Frankenstein. When he would walk up to us he would push him away and tell him 'Bye Bye' It was pretty cute.

Califorina Trip - Day 2 San Diego Zoo

2010-02-07T12:44:00.000-08:00

San Diego Zoo is where we spent Monday. Reese wasn't feeling great the first part of the day but in the afternoon she was feeling better and actually was able to enjoy it. She would call everything "pu-puppies". Thank so much Lincoln for taking pictures for us!

Oh yes that is me smiling happy as can be right in front of the Elephant's tail end and Lincoln got a great shot of it! When I smiled for this picture I thought I was standing on the side of the Elephant back leg. Nope, right under his butt......what a great picture!

This was one of the last pictures I took before by camera decided not to work. We were pretty bumbed!

California Vacation - Day 1 Disney Land

2010-02-07T12:10:00.000-08:00

After a LONG day of driving Saturday we finally made it to California around 5 pm. We decided to make the trip in one day. It was alot of driving for Reese but she was a trooper!!

Day one in California we went to Disney Land. We had a great time and tried to get as much possible done as possible. It is a little over whelming when you walk in there because you just don't know where to start. The first ride of the day was the Buzz Lightyear ride. The boys loved it!! Reese didn't quite know what to think of all. She didn't really cry she just sat will a huge frown on her face. My parents bought her Mickey ears and had her name stitched into the back of it. Very Cute! These first couple picture are ones that Lincoln took and the rest our mine (you can totally tell) Unfortunately our camera was not working after day 2 so most of the pictures I will be posting are ones Lincoln took for us. I hope he doesn't mind! They look so much better than mine anyhow!

Reese really liked the boat ride through the Jungle (I can't remember the name) but we ended up taking her on it about 3 times because she really liked it. She would get so excited and wave her little hands all around. We also took her on Pirates of the Caribbean and she cried pretty much the whole time. To dark and loud for her! Jesse and I enjoyed it though. One of the best parts of the day was taking Logan on the Indiana Jones ride. His Dad had taken him on it and then Jesse and I went so we took him. He was so cute. He would tell the people in line with us that it was his second time and that it was not scary. It was so fun because he was so excited to go on it again!

About 8:00 that night we were all so beat and headed back to our Condo for the night.

New Years in Sun Valley

2010-01-02T21:27:00.001-08:00

We were pretty lucky this year to be able to spend as much time as we did with our families. Between Christmas, Reese's Birthday and New Years. New Years eve we spent with my family. We went to dinner and then went back to my Mom and Dad's house and played Beatles Rock Band. The best was watching Logan rock it out on the drums. The kids played and had a great time. We had to cut out kinda early because we had to be up by about 4 the next morning.

We spent New Years Day skiing in Sun Valley with Jesse's family. We drove up that morning had a great breakfast and then headed up to the hill. It was fun to ski with everyone again. It had been a pretty long time since we all got to ski together. We had great snow all day. We missed having Reese with us and can't wait til she is able to ski with us.

Beautiful Sun Valley

Jesse at the top of Roundhouse Lane. Last run of the day!

On the Gondola

The new Gondolas at Sun Valley are so nice!

Getting ready to head home.

Ace and Jyl

Jordanne and Jordan

Jyl, Jesse and Jordanne

Stephanie hanging out in the Lodge by the fire.

Reese's Frist Birthday Party

2010-01-02T19:52:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the photos that Lincoln took for us at Reese's Birthday party! We appriciate him doing it so much and we think they look great! We are so grateful for everyone that came and spend the evening with us!

She loved diggin in her cake. I dont' think she ate much just mostly played with it.

Thanks again Terry and Bea for letting us have the party at your house!

Cousin London

This is my good friend Hollee's little guy Alex. What a cutie!

Cousin Dallas

Reese and Jesse's Dad

Reese with my Mom

Reese and my Dad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REESE!!

2009-12-30T21:08:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little girl is a whole year old!! She had a great day and had a great party! She is such a sweetheart and Jesse and I are so grateful to have her in our lives. She is a very special little girl and we love her very much!! Reese is such a beautiful little girl inside and out!! She is full of it and loves to tease you! She loves everyone and is good to show it! It was so cute one of my good friends and her family came and when Hollee picked Reese up she gave Hollee two big kisses! Ha Ha She is a very smart little girl and impresses us every single day! It has been such a wonderful year with Reese and love that little girl to pieces!! I just hope that she had a very special 1st birthday!

Reese has many family and friends that are so great to her! We had alot of family and friends at her party tonight and it was so much fun! We are so grateful for everyone! Just want to give a special thanks to everyone that helped with the party and for Terry and Bea for letting us have the party at their house! Also to everyone that traveled to be at the party!

I can't find my camera cord to up load some photos but hopefully we can get some up soon! I know Linc got some good ones too!! Can't wait to see them!

Reese's First Christmas

2009-12-27T18:49:00.000-08:00

Reese's first Christmas was great. She had alot of fun opening her presents and playing with all of her new toys. We started the day off pretty early so we could make sure we were out at Jesse's parents house in time to call Andrew. It was nice to talk to Andrew and he sounded really good. We then opened presents and ate breakfast. Then we were off to our next stop.

We needed to be at my parents house by 11:00am so we could talk to Chase when he called. So while we waited we opened presents and Reese played in her new Red Mustang she got from Grandpa and Grandma Peterson! She looks pretty stinkin cute in it. She can't quiet reach the petals yet but she like to push the buttons for the radio and horn for now. We waited and waited for Chase to call and finally at 2:00ish he FINALLY called. It was so nice to talk to him and he sounded so good. We are so excited to be able to have him home for Christmas next year!

After we talked to Chase and hung out for a bit we headed back to Pocatello and went to Jesse's Grandparents for desert. Then Reese finally got to play with the toys that Jesse and I had bought her. She loves her little ball popper game. She gets pretty excited when she plays with it.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!!

Weekend in Sun Valley

2009-12-14T21:21:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago Jesse and I went to Sun Valley to Ski. We went down the night before and stayed at the Sun Valley Lodge. It was so nice to get away, have a nice dinner at Ricos and sit in the Hot Pool. Reese stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson. They loved having her!

This was the little pond out front of Sun Valley Lodge.

Jesse and I had a Great day skiing. In the morning we had some sunshine and then in the afternoon we had fresh show! Can't beat that! It was nice to ride the new Gondola that they just put in. Makes that first ride up in the morning not so bad. In the picture above to the left you can see the cut in the trees where the Gondola goes up. We skied alot of vertical and were beat by the time we left.

Here is our little cutie pie Reese. We can't wait for her to be able to come skiing with us! That is the one thing that was missing from our weekend. It will be so fun to teach her how to ski and watch her progress! Watch out it won't be long! Ha Ha

Update and Some Beautiful Pictures of Reese

2009-11-07T21:07:00.000-08:00

These are some very beautiful pictures of Reese that Lincoln took for us a couple weeks ago. Thanks Linc!!

Well it has been a while since I have given a real update of what has been going on with us. I feel like I just report on what Reese is doing all the time (to me that is what is important), but I will give a quick run down about how we have been doing.

Jesse started a new career last March. He is working for Edward Jones as a Financial Advisor and is loving it! For the first couple months after he started with them he studied for two extremely hard tests. One being the Series 7 which he studied for, for about 2 full months. He has been working extremely hard and is really doing great (as far as Edward Jones standards).

I am still working at Gate City Real Estate in the office. I only work part time so it is a nice break to get out of the house but I get to spend most of my days with Reese. While I am at work Jesse's Grandma, Mom and Sister have been so great to watch her for us. We really have appreciated all of their help!

We had a pretty good Halloween and are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. This will be the first year since Jesse and I got married that I will put up a tree and decorate for Christmas. (Just kinda felt like a waste when it was just us and we were never at home on Christmas anyways....bad I know) Not this year though, we are going to do it up right. Then once Christmas is here....bam...it will be Reese's 1st birthday just five days later. Wow how time flies!!

We are looking forward to this coming Ski season. I wish we could go straight from water skiing and wakeboarding on the water to Skiing at Pebble Creek. Ha ha Luckly we do have a few things we can do in the off seasons. Jesse tried getting out on his motorcycle as much as possible the last few months but it is hard since we don't have a fourwheeler for me to ride and his Motorcycle buddy is gone on his mission.

Speaking of Chase he has been out on his mission a WHOLE YEAR as of Thursday! We could not be happier about this and are so proud of him. He is with his 6th companion and his 3rd area. He is loving every minute of it and is workin hard. I am so excited for him to meet Reese!

Jesse's little brother Andrew has been out on his mission now for 16 months and will be home in July. He served is first year in Peru and was finally sent into Bolivia and has been serving there for about 4 months now. He is so glad to be in Bolivia and is loving it! He has two new members of the family to meet when he gets home! Very exciting.

Reese of course is our main focus and such joy in our lives. She is so full of energy and is so much fun to play with. She likes to play peak-a-boo with you. She will hold up anything big enough over her face and drop it and just laugh. She is getting better and better at walking all by herself everyday. She will take about 3-7 steps and then stop and get SO EXCITED. She will just laugh and clap. It is so funny! She is an absolute joy and has made this whole parent hood thing pretty easy. We are so lucky!

Other than that life is good. We are just plugging along and enjoying being parents. We are so lucky to have the families that we have. They all adore Reese and are always more than willing to help us out with her. Enjoy the other couple pictures. I love them!

I love the ones with her pouting. She was not to terribly excited to take pictures that day.

Uncle Brett's 50th Birthday!

2009-11-04T09:31:00.001-08:00

Sunday was my Uncle Brett's 50th Birthday. We all went dressed as Grim Reapers to give him a hard time! It was a fun afternoon and was good to see everyone.

My little Ducky!

Kristin making Cotton Candy for the kids!

Hallee was dressed up as Mulan! Very Cute!

Happy Birthday Brett!

BreAna looking gorgeous even with blood all over her face.

Happy Halloween to our little Ducky!

2009-10-31T20:24:00.000-07:00

For Reese's first Halloween she was a little Ducky! We had fun getting ready this year for Halloween. We carved pumpkins and Jesse and I even dressed up.

Jesse, Me and Reese

She is definetely not a scaredy cat. These masks didn't even phase her.

Growing up fast!

2009-10-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

Thursday Reese found a new trick that she LOVES to show off. She will stand up all by her little self and start clapping. She gets the biggest smile and makes sure that everyone is looking and clapping with her. She gets so excited about it that when she falls she will hustle to get back up and start clapping again. But like I said everyone has to be watching and clapping. It is pretty dang funny. She is very proud of herself! She even took three little steps today!

We are so blessed to have such a fun, happy, healthy little girl! She keeps us hopping but we are loving every minute of it! She has the most sweet little laugh and gives the best kisses ever! She likes to craw into the hallway....sits and watch for Jesse or I to get up to go get her and then she....takes off as fast as she can go so we will chase her. She thinks it is pretty funny. Well we just are so lucky to have such a sweet heart little girl!

Saturday I had to go help with Gate City Real Estate's Pumpkin Patch and I took Reese with me. It was pretty cold but we didn't stay the whole time and we got Reese a couple pumpkins.

That night last night Jesse and I carved the pumpkins after Reese had gone to bed. Here are the results. It had been quite a few years since I had carves pumpkins....it was kinda fun.

Yellowstone National Park

2009-10-25T18:58:00.000-07:00

A couple weekends ago we were invited by Jyl and Ace to spend the weekend in Island Park with them. It was a nice relaxing weekend. On Saturday we took a little trip into Yellowstone and went through the park. These are just a few photos that we took.

9 Months and Star of the Show!

2009-10-04T12:50:00.000-07:00

Reese is now 9 months old and is picking up new and hilarious things every day. She is crawling everywhere and stands up on everything. We really have to keep an eye on this one. She is a very busy little girl. Yesterday I flipped her hair out with my straightener. I think it turned out pretty cute!

She has become quite the copy cat. If you sneeze, cough, laugh or if I blow my nose she will mimic the sound you make. It is so funny!! The best is when people laugh she will laugh with you. Not just a little laugh she is really loud. She loves to give kisses. You have to say 'kisses hmmmm' and she will open her mouth and stick out her tongue and give you a big wet kiss. She gives the best kisses. She loves to scream at the dogs. When they get excited and bark she will yell back at them. She must be picking that up from Jesse and I. Ha Ha She is getting better at not pulling Dakota's hair and she will just pat her back now. We keep telling her to be soft. She definently knows what 'NO' means and is pretty good about listening but she occasionally looks at you smiles and keeps on doing what she was doing.

We went winter cloths shopping for her yesterday and found these super cute PJ's.

I bought her a basketball the other day. She really is not to interested yet but hopefully soon ;).

Camping up the Yankee Fork

2009-09-08T21:20:00.000-07:00

Here is Reese on our way for her first camping trip!

Here she is right after I took the first picture. She woke right up with a cute little smile!!

So stinkin cute!!

Love Love Love that hat. We found it in Sun Valley!

We left Thursday for the yearly camping trip with the Bailey's. We camped up the Yankee Fork which it by Stanley, Idaho. It is beautiful country and we had a great time. We spent the days fishing and riding. We found some great trails and had alot of fun riding around. Jesse found a couple really good fishing holes up and down the creek right by our camp site. He would load Reese up in the backpack and take her fishing with him. He loved it and so did she.

Sleepy little girl! Doesn't get much cuter than that!

The last day we were there we were walking up the creek and two pretty big fish came and swam right by Ace and Jesse. I snapped a few shots and this was the best one I had. They were kinda fun to see so close.

She really loved cruzin in the backpack with Dad.

The night we left we went for a last minute ride and headed up a trail we hadn't gone up yet and when I came around the corner this is who I saw. I hurried and grabbed my camera and took as many shots as I could. There were two does behind her in the trees. It was pretty fun to see them.

Riding up Elk Meadows

2009-08-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went for a ride up Elk Meadows. It was a nice cool day and we had a great ride. We ran into this Baby Moose. Kinda cool.

This photo we took for Chase. Last year Jesse and him came up here riding and when they were up here it was raining. Well this little bog was nice and wet. Chase thought it was a great idea to get out into the middle up of and roost it. He did and as soon as he let out his clutch on his bike he popped he chain. So Jesse and Chase had to drive the truck back there and load it up. So I thought it would be funny to take this photo and send to Chase.

More From the Weekend

2009-08-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a busy one. Saturday we celebrated Jesse's Grandpa Ward's 90th Birthday. They did a little photo session before the party with all the family. Here are few of the ones Lincoln took for us.

The Ward Family
(Missing a few)

Happy 90th Birthday Floyd

Jesse and his Mom

Stephanie

Happy Anniversary - 5 Years

2009-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

Jesse and I celebrated our 5 Year Anniversary on Friday.

We had a busy weekend with alot of family in town so we needed to stay close. So we spent Friday out on the boat at Massacre Rocks. We skied, wakeboarded and while I laid out Jesse did a little bit of fishing. It was a beautiful day!

Reese and Logan

2009-08-23T21:04:00.003-07:00

My nephew Logan came and spent a couple days before he starts school. We played at the park and spent the day Thursday at Ross Park. Here are some cute photos of him and Reese. He is starting 1st grade tomorrow and is such a smart little guy. He is in a program where for part of his school day he learns Chinese. He can already count to 10.

Here are a couple cute pictures of Reese standing like a

big girl in her pack and play.

7 Months

2009-08-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

Reese was 7 months old on the 30th of July. I can't believe she so big. She is rolling around all over the place now and is so close to crawling. She will get up on all fours and then just rock back and forth. So she is really close. She is a busy busy little girl. Even with just rolling the little turd gets around. You always have to have an eye on her. The other day I just turned my back for a minute and she had rolled over, dumped out all the dog food in Sage's dish and had a piece in both hands and one in her mouth. So we have started baby proofing the house. She is getting pretty good at pulling herself up on things too and not only to her knees but she will stand all the way up. So we have to lower the crib already.

This is when she is really excited and is happy to see someone.

Awwww....what a cutie!

Look out Dogs it won't be long.....

Love all that Hair! It is getting so long and is coming in pretty thick!

For Uncle Chase's Birthday we did a little finger painting to send to him. We also sent him a hand print and a foot print.

I wasn't paying attention and she tried eating the plate that the paint was on.

After Dad got done feeding her. She loves her Plums!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHASE!!

2009-08-05T09:38:00.000-07:00

Today is Chase's 20th Birthday! These are some of the most recent photos he has sent home from his Mission. He has been out for 9 Months today! He is doing great and is loving every minute of it! He is Senior Comp as of about 6 weeks ago. Right now he is in an area called Dry Creek which is right out of San Jose, CA. His Companions name is Elder Creps and he told us he will be with him for another 6 weeks. Chase has had a lot of success on his mission and is having a lot of fun. We are all so proud of Chase and what he is doing!

I have started a Blog for Chase with some of the photos and letters that he has sent home.Check it out!
www.chasekimpeterson.blogspot.com

Love You Chase and Hope you have a very Happy Birthday!

Elder Gilber and Chase

Elder Creps, Brother Davis and Chase

Weekend in Richfield

2009-07-22T22:44:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we were able to make it down to Richfield, Utah to see my Mom's side of the family. It was great to see everyone and spend time with my Grandparents. Here is a "generational picture"

My Grandma, Mom, Reese and Me

Dale, My Dad, Reese and Jesse
(Also you can see a picture of Chase next to Jesse)

Evening on the Reservoir

2009-07-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

These are some photos we took at the American Falls Reservoir a couple weeks ago. We went out with our friends Seth and Hailey. It was alot of fun hanging out with them and we had great water to play in!

Beautiful Sunset!!

Hailey - 17 weeks pregnant!

Seth

Fun on the 4th of July

2009-07-04T23:16:00.000-07:00

Today we went out to Massacre Rocks to enjoy the 4th. The weather and water was absolutely beautiful. Couldn't have asked for a better morning. This was Reese's 2nd trip out on the boat and so I had to get some photos of her in her life jacket. Isn't she so cute!! She does so good out there and really doesn't mind her life jacket. We even sat with her on the back of the boat and let her dangle her little feet in the river for a minute. She loved it.

I love this picture!!

Had to get a picture when we got home to show off her cute rash guard swim suit!

Hopefully it won't be to long before she is riding her own wakeboard!

(I know that is a few years away, but still gets me excited!)

Aunt Stephanie and pics from the week

2009-07-03T22:27:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of Aunt Stephanie and Reese. Those of you that know Stephanie know that she likes to keep her distance from babies. Jesse and I were shocked that she was willing to hold and take a picture with Reese.

I was pretty excited and loved the shots I got!!

Thanks for hangin out with us this afternoon Aunt Steph!!

These are some pics we took on Wednesday at Massacre Rocks.

The water was great and got some good riding in!

(Brooke Wakeboarding)

(Jesse Skiing)

(Brooke Skiing)

I had to post this picture to give Jesse a hard time.

Jesse saw an episode of Cesar Millan The Dog Whisperer where he taught a dog to walk on a treadmill. So Jesse thought it would be a great idea to show Sage how to walk/run on the treadmill so on days he can't take her for a run she can still get her daily exercises. I just think it would be easier to just take her for a run. But whatever turns his crank. Ha Ha I just thought it was funny and was suprised that she actually did it.

Grand Targhee

2009-06-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

We were able to go to Grand Targhee this weekend for Edward Jones summer retreat. On Saturday we rode the chairlift up to the top of Targhee and took these first few photos. Jesse was pretty excited to take Reese on her first chairlift ride at just 6 months! I couldn't believe all the snow that was still up there. Although it was much warmer than it looks.

Reese's first chairlift ride!

This was the view from our room.

Reese trying to drink some of my pop. Ha Ha I really didn't let her have any, but she tried to get a swig.

These are ones I took after we got home.

What's going on?

2009-06-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to give an update on what has been going on. First to start off just want to wish Jesse a Happy Fathers Day!! Here are some really cute photos of him and Reese.

Things have been going pretty good. We have had a few big changes in our lives and I think we are adjusting pretty well. I think this change is very good and am very excited about it.

Reese is getting so big and is such a little doll! She will be six months old here in a week or so. Pretty crazy how time flies. Reese is so fun and is a mover and a shaker! She is rolling over all the time and manages to scoot to where ever she wants to go. Reese is quite the talker and shows her fun little personality in every scream, squawk, hum and laugh! She is such a happy baby and doesn't take much to get that little turd laughing and having fun. Toys and cell phones are now her obsession. She loves her bouncer and can get that thing a rocking. She throws her hands in the air and jumps like crazy! We have mastered solid foods now. She loves her oatmeal, applesauce, bananas, pears and sweet potatoes. She is such an easy baby. Her usual schedule is play, play, play until she lets us know she is hungry or ready for a nap. We are grateful she communicates so well and is so easy to read. She is still a great sleeper. I don't think we could ask for more, 10:00pm to 8:00-9:00 the next morning.

She is a little dare devil. Her favorite things are to be thrown up in the air and hang up side down.

Reese in her bouncer!

Love the shirt....it's Rainbow Bright! Funny Huh!

Say Cheese! What a cutie!

Sun's always shining when you are this cool!

You think she looks like her Mom??

2009-05-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

I was taking some photos of Reese this afternoon and well I finally got the face I wanted on the camera. She always makes this face and it is just like one that I use to pull. So I took the photo of me at 9 months making the same face. I must say...She looks like her Mom!

Reese - 4 months and 2 weeks old

Brooke - about 9 months old

This is just one that I thought was so cute!

Two Front Teeth

2009-05-14T20:24:00.001-07:00

Check out those two front bottom teeth!

You have to look pretty close, but they are there!

They have just barely broke through

All by Herself!!

2009-05-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

Tonight after we got home from my basketball game Reese was all sorts of full of it! She didn't want to eat and all she wanted to do was play with the dogs. She was watching every move they made. So I sat her on the ground and she was able to sit there all by herself! These are photos Jesse took of her. Such a big Girl she is!

She is just a little over 4 months old!

Oh she loves her little Dakota!

I couldn't believe she is strong enough to sit there all by herself.

We are so lucky to have such a beautiful and healthy little Girl! When I took her to her 4 month check up last week she weighed 15 lbs 5 oz and is 24 1/2 inches long. She is growing so much!

Reese is such a happy and fun baby. Jesse and I are so spoiled. We have it so good. I don't think we could have asked for an easier baby. Everyone tells us that we need to enjoy it because our next one will not be that easy....You never know! ;)

Another First

2009-05-10T21:46:00.000-07:00

Tuesday we started Reese on solid foods. We made a little bowl of rice cereal and well we tried to feed her some when she was more than ready for a bottle. Not the smartest thing to try to do. This is how our first experience went.

She was very mad that we were not giving her a bottle.

So we gave her some of her bottle to get her pacified. Once

we gave her about 2 ounces we tried it again.

Success! She took the cereal great after that!

She was a little messy...obviously,

but she did great and picked up on it quick!

Here is the after shot. Isn't she so stinkin cute!

Reese is now a little over 4 months old and is picking up new tricks everyday. Saturday in the tub she was showing off her hand eye coordination. She has a little blue hippo that floats in her tub and well she grabbed it with her feet and lifted it up just enough to grab it with one of her hands. Jesse couldn't believe it.

Mothers Day was Great! It was a very busy day, but was fun.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day.

More Cute Pictures of Reese!

2009-04-28T00:34:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more pictures that Lincoln took of our Beautiful little Reese. Him and BreAna took these the night we left her with them. She got to spend the night with them while Jesse and I were in Wendover with my Parents at a Dwight Yoakam concert! The concert was alot of fun, but we missed our little Reese.

Love that little Smile!

She loves her binky!

This is Sunday morning getting ready to head back to SLC. This was the only picture I got at Wendover. I was kinda mad, I thought for sure you couldn't take cameras in the concert but once I got in there I saw a sign saying it was okay! Crappy! I guess I know for next time! Dwight Yoakam put on quite the show. He is a great entertainer. I know most of you probably have no idea who he is, but he is a good country singer from back in the day!

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Kristen is so nice to come over and watch Reese for us in the afternoon on Monday's. Reese sure loves her Aunt Kristen and we are going to sure miss her when she leaves for School this Fall. She isn't going to far but far enough to get her own Independence. She was accepted to BYU-Idaho and we are so happy for her. We know she is really going to enjoy it!

Teddy Bear and Reese

2009-04-20T13:32:00.000-07:00

Oh...how cute is this picture! I love it!! Lincoln took this one for us this weekend. I will be posting some other photos from this weekend soon. I just had to get this one up because it was SO cute!!

Thanks Linc!

Picture Happy

2009-04-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

I have been a little picture happy this week. Costco was having a sale on their 4x6 prints and well I figured I better take advantage and get a ton of photos to send to Chase and Andrew who are on their Missions. I ended up printing about 238 pictures. So Boys here come a ton of photos of Reese. Also I thought I would send a bunch to my Grandma in Southern Utah.

These are just a few of the photos I am sending.

I will also have a bunch of new photos coming soon. This weekend we are going down to Utah to spend the weekend with BreAna and Lincoln. Then Saturday night Jesse, My Parents and I are heading over to Wendover to watch Dwight Yoakam in concert and play a little Blackjack. So Reese will be spending Saturday night with Aunt BreAna, Uncle Lincoln and those cute nephews of mine! It will be the first night Jesse and I will have spent away from Reese, but I know she will do fine! Bre told me to bring alot of cute outfits...so I think they will have a little photo shoot with her. I love when Lincoln takes her pictures! He does such a GREAT job and Jesse and I appreciate him taking photos for us!!

She is so strong and is getting closer and closer everyday to rolling over.

So Cute...I must say!!

She is really good at grabbing hair.

You can't really see it but she has a hand full there!

She loves to tossed up in the air.

Great way to get her laughing hard!

I love this picture!! Little Buddies!

I felt bad I hadn't posted any photos of our Sweet Sage.

Isn't she a beautiful dog!

Dakota loves laying on Reese's blankets with her.

First Nike's! So cute! Thanks Grandma Nancee!

Another one of our hobbies is riding fourwheelers and dirt bikes. Here are just a few shots of Jesse, Stephanie, Ace and Dallas going for a little ride out on Jesse's Parents Ranch. I don't know what Jesse is going to do the next couple years Chase his dirt bike riding partner is in Salinas, California on his Mission. He has been trying to talk Ace into buying a bike so they can ride. Luckly Dallas and Liz have a couple fourwheelers that Ace can ride out there with Jesse. (Don't worry Ace he won't give up on you getting a bike!!) We don't have a fourwheeler for me to ride yet, but both our parents have a couple fourwheelers so I do get my fair share of riding in. Probably alot more now that Chase is gone and he will need someone to go with. We are so excited for it to warm up now so we can get camping with our Families and get the boat out! It is always sad to see Ski season end, but we love our summer hobbies just as much!

Stephanie ready to go for a ride!!

Peace Out Steph! She is so funny! I love this girl so much!!

Ace and Dallas ready to hit it! This will be Dallas' last ride for a little while. Hopefully not too long! Poor little guy has to go in tomorrow to get his tonsils and adenoids out and have tubes put in both ears. He is a tough little guy though and I'm sure he will do great and will recover quickly!

Good Luck Little Guy!! We Love Ya!

Before and After (also some cute photos of Reese)

2009-04-07T20:18:00.000-07:00

I am kinda embarrassed to even post this first photo of Dakota. She can get pretty mangy. This was the night before her hair cut. She really doesn't always look this bad.

And here are the After shots.

Isn't she so cute!

We love our little Dakota!

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Here are just some fun pictures we have taken of our Little Reese the last couple days.

She already loves the outside! She gets some of the funniest looks on her face if the wind hits her. The last couple days are really the first time we have had her outside. Finally getting warm enough.

Reese is 13 weeks old now and is doing new things everyday. It is so fun to watch her pick up new little tricks. She is always trying to grab everything so she can stick it in her mouth. Just last night she was kicking her little butt up trying to get rolled over. She is always talking and expects you to talk back with her. When you have her laying in your lap or on a blanket on the floor she is constantly kicking her legs and waving her little arms. She is a busy little thing. We love her little smiles and her cute little laugh. It makes your day to get a smile from that little girl. When we run into people that we know around town she loves to cheese it up for them. She will just smile and kinda turn her head to the side like she is shy. It is really pretty funny. Well hope you all enjoy the photos.

Getting excited for spring!

This is a picture that Jyl took of Reese and Sofi. They are only 10 weeks apart. Reese looks so much bigger than little Sofi. I can't believe there is such a big difference in 10 short weeks. (hope they don't mind I stole this photo off their blog)

13 weeks old

All Smiles!

I love those little red polka dot pants!

She has the prettiest blue eyes.

Getting ready for her first walk. She loved it! She stayed awake until the very end. She looks so big in her stroller.

Daddy's Girl and Hangin out with London

2009-03-24T22:29:00.000-07:00

Reese is such a Daddy's girl! She loves her Dad and oh boy does her Dad love her. She is so lucky to have such a wonderful Dad! I could not ask for a better father for my little baby girl! I have to say I am so spoiled, Reese sleeps all night until around 7 or 8 in the morning and Jesse usually gets up with her so I can sleep in. He is such a wonderful husband! I know I don't tell him enough how much I truly appreciate him and all he does for Reese and I! Jesse and I have many hobbies that we love to do together and I feel so lucky to have that. He is a great man and I am very grateful to have him!

Our Happy Little Girl!

London got to come spend a few days with my Mom and Dad this week! He was so excited to be able to come up all by himself. Him and my Dad stopped by Sunday afternoon and we took a few pictures with him and Reese. He is so cute with her and just keeps telling her how cute and pretty she is. He talks to her in this little high pitched voice (it is so sweet) and tries to get her to smile by tickling her.

London wanted to give her a piggy back ride. (Hang on Grampi)

London and Jesse playing around!

2009 Pocatello Women's Basketball Champions!

2009-03-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

Carolyn, Jen, Talina, Mandi, Me, Elaine
Kendra and Kammi

Not that most of you care, but my Pocatello City League Basketball team took the Championship! We ended the season 9-1 and were undefeated in the tournament! Way to go Team! 5 of us are playing on a team in the Idaho Falls League so lets see if we can take it up there too!!

This Weekend

2009-03-15T22:08:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few photos from the weekend.

Reese is starting to enjoy the bath a little better. She doesn't quite freak out as bad when the water gets on her face. She is so funny.

Jyl and Ace had their baby girl Sophi this week and they are only 10 weeks apart and Reese looks like a little tank next to her. It is so crazy how much they change in such a short period of time. I can't believe it!

Grandma and Reese

These photos are of Jesse and I at Pebble Creek Friday and Saturday afternoons. We had great weather and great snow. We definitely miss our little Reese while we are up there, but have such a great time skiing together! We are so lucky we have so many things we love to do together.

These are just some of the photos I took of my Dad's new car. It is a 2008 Shelby GT 350 Mustang. I took a bunch of photos to send to Chase. He has been begging me to get him some photos since he got it. It is such a sweet car!

Reese's Blessing

2009-03-03T09:44:00.000-08:00

We were able to Bless Reese this last Sunday. Jesse did such a wonderful job on the blessing! My Grandma Peterson crocheted her beautiful dress. We were so excited she did that for her! We had alot of family and friends that traveled to be there. We appreciate them and their support! It was so fun to see everyone. These first couple photos are of Reese in her dress and then of her after the day was over. She was beat. We put her to bed at 10 or so and we had to WAKE her up at 8:30 the next morning to eat. She is such a good sleeper. Ha ha Jesse and I are pretty spoiled...I think.

Sunday Night

She is 9 weeks old today and growing like crazy! She is smiling alot and last Thursday I got her to laugh at me. She is so fun and is already in love with Dakota and Sage. If she gets focused on one of them she just gets huge smile. About a week ago she was just laying on the couch and I saw Sage over by her smelling her like she usually does and all of a sudden she licked Reese right on the cheek. I was upset with Sage until I saw Reese look at Sage with a great big smile! Needless to say I watch Sage a little closer because I still don't want her licking her but it was kinda funny to watch. She is defiantly use to them. When the dogs bark, awake or asleep it doesn't really phase her at all.

The Stink Eye. lol I think she gets that look from me.

First Photo Shoot

2009-01-26T12:04:00.001-08:00

Well, Reese will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. She is growing so much. It is so fun to watch her grow and change. She is a really good baby and such a sweetheart. We had a little photo shoot this weekend while BreAna and Lincoln were here visiting. Lincoln did such a great job we really appreciate him taking the time to take the photos. I think they turned out great!

As for Jesse and I we are adjusting well. We are so lucky to have family that is willing to watch her so we have time to go to the gym, dinner and we were able to go skiing this weekend. It was great to be able to go skiing. Jesse and I had alot of fun. I was pretty sore the next day but, well worth it. I have been so lucky to have recovered as well as I have from my C-section. I never thought I would be able to ski so soon.

All in all we are doing really good and are so thankful for our beautiful little girl. Hope you enjoy the photos!

This photo we are sending to Uncle Chase! Ha Ha

2 Weeks Old

2009-01-13T19:42:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple photos I took today. She is now 2 weeks old. Wow, it has gone by pretty fast! Hopefully soon we can get some better pictures taken. My camera is really not that great. Ha Ha (Hint Hint Bre and Linc)

Anyways, Jesse and I are adjusting well I think. We are pretty lucky she is a good sleeper. We just feel so blessed to have Reese in our lives.

One Day Old

2009-01-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more pictures of our beautiful little girl.

Reese Brooklyn Ward

2008-12-30T20:56:00.000-08:00

She is here!! Reese arrived today December 30th at 4:25 pm. She is 6 lbs 13 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She is doing great and is a big eater!! Very healthy little girl. We are so excited to have her here finally. Here are a few pictures of our beautiful little one.

Our Beautiful Crib is Finished!

2008-12-17T20:59:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple photos of the Crib that Jesse's Grandpa

Bailey built for us. We were so excited that he was building it

and that it is finished! We are so greatful to have it! He did such an

amazing job on it!

Now we just need the baby to come!!