Growing up so fast!

Mckayla is now walking all over. She has been able to take a few steps at the beginning of the month, and is now using walking as her main form of transportation. Mckayla is growing so fast. She is babbling a lot and loves to read books. She is such a daddy's girl right now too. Whenever he is around, she clings to him. We are getting excited to celebrate her first birthday!

One Step Closer

Mckayla is so close to walking. We hope she can walk on her own before her first birthday. The day she started crawling, she was also standing up next to anything she could possible hold onto. To help her with this goal, she walks with this toy car. Her favorite thing to do is push the smallest button on the car which plays music. This has gotten very old to mom and dad when it is played at 7:30 in the morning at the loudest volume ever. Despite its loud sounds, Mckayla has made great steps with this car. She can walk across a room pushing it, even going at a quick pace. She loves to sit and dance to the music too!

Hiking in the Uintahs

Justin and I took Mckayla hiking for the first time yesterday for the 24th of July. The weather was not too hot in the mountains, so that was nice. Once we reached Long Lake, we took a lunch break and Justin tried catching some fish.

Fun in the Sun!

Mckayla got to play in her first baby pool. She loved it. She was so happy the whole time.

Cousins

Mckayla and her cousin Caden Humpherys.

socks, socks, and more socks

I took this picture 4/12/09. I have wanted to blog about this picture, because I just thought it was so funny. One day I was getting ready to go out the door and when I looked at Mckayla in her car seat, she had pulled her sock off her foot and had it in her mouth. What a goof!

blogging help

Does anyone know how to fix the picture on the top of my blog so it is centered? Nevermind, my brilliant husband figured it out!!!!!!!!

4th Year Anniversary

May 25th 2009 Justin and I celebrated our 4th year wedding anniversary! We decided to get away for the weekend and stay at this cute little bed and breakfast called The Ellerbeck Mansion. For dinner we went to Trolley Square and ate at my all time favorite restaurant The Spaghetti Factory. On Saturday we went to the Hollywood Connection Center and partied like kids. We played arcade games, played miniature golf, and rode the bumper cars. Later that afternoon we got massages. Talk about a splendid and relaxing weekend!

Teach Me About Food Stoarge!

So, I have been really motivated lately to start working on getting a better food storage. I have checked out a ton of websites and am getting my shopping list prepared. I have set aside a monthly budget to get some items for our food storage. I first went onto a website to calculate how much food storage our family would need for two adults and one child. Next I am working on getting some good recipes so I know what ingredients I need to stock up on. Yesterday I got some gallon jugs of water from Albertsons for 1.00 each and then I also got some gallon gatorade powdwer mixes from Big Lots (1.00 each). I will keep my progress posted and any good deals I find on food storage products. Please comment on any of your favorite food storage products, tips, or ideas.