Happy Halloween!

Today was Nayeli's first Halloween. She was so cute dressed up as a strawberry. We went to our ward party earlier in the evening then came home to be together. Side note: Ben won the Chili Cook-off in our ward! When I groaned to him yesterday that I had to make a pot of chili for the ward party, he was more than willing to make his famous Taco Soup. And then he won. I'm so proud.

In other news, Nayeli recently turned seven months and is getting so big. Being her mom is wonderful. If I had to use one word to describe her it would be intense. What I mean is, she loves to be part of the action. It always seems like her mind is going 100 mph and she wants to discover everything. We love it.

A few days ago the weather was beautiful, so she and I went outside to take some pictures of her in her costume. Most of the pictures involved her eating the leaves, but I got some cute ones nonetheless.

 Hope you had a happy Halloween!

Family Pictures!!!

Last night we did something I've been wanting to do for awhile. We got professional family pictures taken with Nayeli. We'd gotten plenty of amateur ones but something inside of me really wanted to go to a studio and get nice pictures. And I'm really glad we did.

I had a friend recommend Camera Shy to me. It's a studio in Lehi that give you 45 minutes with a photographer and then a CD of all your images. We had a really great experience there and would highly recommend it.

Well all of us except Nayeli. She was having a rough night. 

But luckily she wasn't sad the whole night and we got some good ones (sorry in advance for the picture overload. It's more for my mom and sisters than anybody else).

 

 

Initially I put a pearl necklace on her but all she wanted to do was suck on it.

This is what happened when I took the necklace away.

But she's so cute; it's so easy to make her happy again.

 Until I put a hat on her. Then I was subject to her wrath once more.

 But once again, she's easy to cheer up.

I love these pictures. In fact, it's almost 1am and Ben and Nayeli are already asleep. I haven't gone to bed because I can't stop looking at these pictures over and over and smiling. How did I ever get so lucky?  I can't believe I have such a wonderful family. Really, Heavenly Father outdid himself when he gave me Ben and Nayeli.

Facebook vs. Blogging

As of late, I've had a personal dilemma.

Until my last post I hadn't updated our blog for 6 weeks. Why? Well I've been having an internal debate lately about whether to put photos and updates of our family on Facebook or on Blogger. I know, I know, this really isn't a serious problem (a first-world problem, as my brother-in-law Darren would say). However I don't have the patience to do both and I feel like I'm not pleasing everyone (including myself) if I only do one.

Obviously I enjoy the space I have to write on Blogger.  However the picture upload on Facebook is much faster.  Also, my family tends to check the blog more while most of my friends keep updated on my life through Facebook.

Any opinions from you fellow Facebook / Blogger users?

Brigham City Temple and Willard Bay

A few weeks ago (okay, maybe more like months ago) my sister Julia invited us all up to her house in Perry, Utah for the Brigham City Temple Open House. We drove up on a Saturday and got to spend time with my parents, Julia and her family, Laura and her family, and my brother Mark even came down from Idaho.

Of course the temple was spectacular and beautiful. Because Nayeli doesn't take a bottle, it was the first time I'd been in a temple since she was born. I love the feeling inside of the temple. There's nothing that compares to it.

All the grandkids that were there

Showing Nayeli the fountain

She wasn't sure what to think about it

With my sweet niece Makayla

Our family

Our whole group together

After the temple open house, we went to Willard Bay, a small beach by Julia's house. It was so much fun- Julia and Terry had brought all kinds of water toys and even a jet ski. It was a blast.

One of my favorite pictures of Nayeli... ever. She was trying to be brave and not cry when I put her in the slightly cold water, and this is the face she made.

With my brother Mark and his wife Malinda

Nayeli with Aunt Laura

After Willard Bay, we went back and had a barbeque at Julia's house and then drove home that night. Thanks to Julia and Terry for hosting us. It was so much fun.Who knew you could have such a fun time spending a Saturday in Perry, Utah? :)