Flash Back Friday!

Today I wanted to show every one pictures from my most favorite vacation with Wes. Wes' family does a "Family & Friends Cruise" every 2 years. I was pregnant with Halle when they were planning a cruise to Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and Cozumel. We weren't sure if we would have the money to do it after having the baby, but we wanted to go so bad. We had Halle in March and the cruise was in August. We finally decided to just do it, we needed a vacation. I worked my tail off trying to loose my pregnancy weight so that I would enjoy myself. All that work definitely paid off :) This was the most fun that Wes & I have had together ever. Halle was almost 5 months old and of course we loved her to death, but having a baby is a ton of work! Being together without Halle made it seem like we childless again. I love Halle more than anything, but leaving her with my mom was the best decision ever! It was like when we first fell in love. I can't really describe it, but it was just the best time we've had together.

Here are some cute pictures from the adventure :)

Our cruise boat left from the New Orleans port. We got there a couple days early to explore New Orleans. I'm so mad that I didn't take more pictures there. The week after we got home from our cruise Hurricane Katrina hit and took out most of New Orleans. I'm so glad that we got to see it when we did.

These picture is from a Swamp Tour we took, it was so crazy!!!

This is a picture of the "crew" we had a ton of people go, it was so much fun.

Wes fed an alligator raw chicken. I was so scared it was going to take his hand right off!

This is Wes & I after the tour

Wes is being attacked my the alligator and his brother Russ comes to the rescue!

We finally got on the boat. This is Wes, me, Michelle, Mom, & Dad just leaving the port.

Ooh la la!! Formal night!

The boys (doesn't Wes look so hot! I love this picture of him)

The girls :) Kylee, me & Michelle

This is in Grand Cayman. We went to a turtle farm. I've never seen so many turtles in my life! They eat turtle soup as a novelty! eww.

This is Wes in Hell! This was cool to see, but not that exciting.

This is Stingray City! Isn't it beautiful!

This is Wes snorkeling in Cozumel. They have the best beaches there! I loved it!

Wes paid like $10 for that drink, and it was Virgin! Good thing I got a picture of it :)

Wes & I in front of our boat on the last day :( We were sad to leave, but so excited to get back to our little punkin!

And we're home! Here's Halle showing off the beads we got on Bourbon Street (and not I didn't have to do anything to get these :)

It's a girl!!!

Wes & I had our friend Kelli do an ultrasound today and we found out that it's a cute little girl cookin in my belly. She is super active and looks just perfect! We were able to get a quick video ultrasound of her having the hiccups :) It was so fun to just watch her move around. Kelli checked her out and everything looks awesome. We couldn't be happier right now!

HYRUM DAM

Last weekend we went with Wes' family to Hyrum Dam. It's something we do every year. They have a great camp ground that is right on the lake. We brought our trailer, Wes' parents brought their boat, & Russ & Kimi brought wave runners. We played all weekend! Here are some cute pictures.


Halle & Lexi on the jeep, they cruised that thing all weekend! We went through 2 batteries :)


Halle & Lexi saw some boys fishing down and the lake and they wanted to fish too. Wes usually has his fishing pole in the trailer, but for some reason he had taken it out. So, instead he grabbed one of our marshmallow roasting sticks and took the girls down to the dock. They pretended to fish and the girls loved it! Isn't my hubby the cutest daddy!


Beckham & Halle all ready for bed.


Halle, Beckham & Kylee soakin up the sun.


Daddy & Halle playing on the wave runner.


Halle, Daddy & Me on the wave runner. I know I'm prego, but we drove slow and Wes was very careful with his precious cargo on board :)


Halle just playing on one of the wave runners while we waited for Grandpa to get the boat in the water.


Halle & Daddy floating on the knee board.


I just had to post this picture! It's too cute to not :) This is Kylee, Halle, & Judd (Kylee's boyfriend). Kylee emailed it to me today and I absolutley love it! Thanks Kylee :)

Flash Back Friday

Halle's 1st's

I thought for my Flash Back today I would show some cute pictures of some of Halle's firsts, like her 1st Easter, 1st Halloween, 1st Christmas, and 1st birthday party. She is the best thing that has ever happened us and we are so grateful that she is our little pumpkin eater :)

Halle's Firsts

Hard at work

Yesterday I got a phone call from Wes at about 1:30pm telling me there was someone there that wanted to talk to me. Halle comes on the line and says "Hi mommy, I'm just working with my daddy today" She said it so perfectly and matter-of-factly that I couldn't believe it was her. Normally Wes picks up Halle after he's off work, but yesterday he was working at the University Mall (close to my mom's house) and didn't want to have to make the drive back down in a couple hours. So... he and Tyson (a boy that works with him) picked her up early and let her work with them for the last little bit of the day. I really think it made her whole day. That's all she talked about last night when I got home. I told Wes to take a picture with his cell phone so I could post it on my blog. He laughed at me! I have to kind of laugh at myself too because since I started blogging, thats all I really think about! I take pictures all the time because I want to post them. I know, I'm a crazy person!!

I just want to say that Wes & Halle have the sweetest relationship. I am so grateful for Wes. He is a wonderful Daddy. He cares so much about Halle it's unreal. He wants to do everything with her, and she loves doing everything with him. She is such a "daddy's girl" and I love it!


Daddy & Halle hard at work, she is so helpful!

4th of July

I'm a couple days late, but the pictures are worth the wait! The morning of the 4th we went to the West Jordan parade. We've done it every year since Halle was born. It's a much smaller parade than the one in Provo, but the kids love it! They throw out candy through the whole thing, and Halle loves the horses. After that we went to my sister-in-law Kimi's parents house for a bbq. It was super fun. While we were there Kimi's sister-in-law Lindsay took some professional pictures of the family. When I get those I'll post.

Later that night Halle and I went to my mom's house in Provo. We went to Outback Steakhouse (yummy) for dinner. We went with my Mom, my sister Tracey, and Amanda and her little girl Makayla (Halle plays with her almost every day, they are best friends). After that we headed out to Stadium of Fire. Halle has been talking about seeing Hannah Montana for weeks now and she is still talking about it today! The whole production was awesome! Halle loved the sky divers, but she was a little unsure about the fire works, but she got through it. We had a great 4th!

Silly Halle

I have worked full time forever! For all of Halle's life. At first I had the hardest time going back to work after I had her, but it got easier. I still wish that I could be home with her, but I know that she is with someone that loves her as much as I do. My wonderful mom watches Halle every day. I drop her off in the morning aroun 7:30 and Wes picks her up around 4. I am so grateful that I have my mom. I don't know what I would do without her. I love you mom!

Now to the real reason for this blog :) My mom just called me and told something that Halle said and I just wanted to share it. She has been playing out in the water all morning with her friend Makayla. My mom brought her in to get her changed and feed her some lunch. Halle is in the sun every day and her skin just milks it up. She has beautiful skin that tans very easily. So, my mom took off her swiming suit and was getting ready to put on her clothes. My mom looks at her and says to her "Girl, you are so tan!" and Halle says back to her "Why you guys lookin at my bum for?" She is too dang cute! She honestly looks like the baby from the Coppertone Sunscreen bottle!

This picture is from our trip to San Diego the first of June. She was eating ice cream on the beach.