Family Pictures

Several weeks ago we had some family pictures taken.  Stephanie Ryan also took these pictures.  She was great with the kids.  These are just a few.  

I am going to brag just a little. . . I have dang cute kids.  I know I am a little biased

Mother's Day

I would have to say this Mother's Day was the best.  Dean took care of the kids so that I could sleep in until almost nine.  For breakfast I got one of my favorites, fresh from the oven cinnamon rolls. 

My family attended our ward to see Abby sing with the primary.  After church Dean barbecued some yummy hamburgers for my whole family.

That evening we went to visit Dean's family.  Dean was so great letting me have a break.  Any time the baby would crawl to me crying he would come over and pick him up. 

I also got a sweet sewing machine.  I am so excited to use it.  I already made a skirt for my sister and hope to improve my sewing skills. 

I also want to acknowledge my mom.  She is a strong woman.  Her life has never been easy but she always did what she needed to do to take care of her family.  She always put her children first.  She sacrificed a lot for us.  I am grateful that she was brave enough to make hard choices that have helped our family to a happier place.  I love you Mom! 

This year for Mother's Day we took some family pictures for my mom.  Here are a couple of them. 

Stephanie Ryan was our photographer.  She did a great job.

  

I had to learn it the hard way

Sunday I left my camera at my sisters house.  That evening she was attempting to look at the pictures and somehow all of the pictures on the camera were deleted. 

I had not uploaded the pictures onto my computer.  I lost all of my pictures  since the beginning of the year. 

My sister felt awful.  I should have been clearing them from my camera on a regular basis and then saving them onto our external hard drive or a disc or my online storage. 

I can't imagine what it would have been like to lose all of my pictures.  (It was only four months of pictures) 

Luckily I have somewhat kept up on my blogging so I have some pictures. 

So now I feel like crap because I should have been saving my pictures and my sister feels like crap because she accidentally lost the pictures. 

I have learned a lesson.  Backup, backup, backup. 

Abby's 6th Birthday

This year for Abby's 6th birthday we had a fairy themed party for her.  The party included a "Fancy Fairy Beauty Shop," cupcake decorating, wand making, a pinata, and lunch.  Abby had the best time doing girly things with her friends. 

At the end of the party we gave her the gift we ordered online.  She had been asking for a doll house for a while and I think she was pretty happy with it. 

(Due to an unfortunate accident these are the only pictures I have from the party.)