We had a great time at our family reunion in Oregon!! Here is our attempt to get a picture with everybody in it using a tripod. I can't believe how big our family has grown.
Grandma and Grandpa with all 21 grand kids.

This picture cracks me up because of what my dad is wearing, he looks like a penguin or something.
We had a great time with our bonfire on the beach.

We went on a hike in the Oregon countryside, it was beautiful, Malana was very fussy, which made it a little less enjoyable but it was still very pretty.

Malana's favorite thing to do was eat the sand. She loved playing in it and didn't mind the feeling one bit, she takes after her daddy and LOVES to be outside.



Most of our time there was spent at the beach, playing in the sand/water and flying kites (it was very windy). The house that we stayed in had its own beach access and we were right on the ocean front it was beautiful!!

My grandma turned 90 Yrs old the day after Malana turned 1, We decided that we needed to take a four generation photograph because my grandmas health isn't in that great of shape.

While we were visiting my grandma we went to Thanksgiving point, you can't tell here but Malana loved the animals.

These are some photos from the summer that I never got around to posting -plus it is a good reminder of what it was like when it was warm! We went to the splash park with Alisa and her kids and Barbara, we had a great time!



One cool girl!

Everyone says that she looks like Travis this proves them wrong. Wahahahahah!!!!!

I know, I know I have been a blogger slacker, but I have a good excuse, We went on vacation then we bought a house that we are fixing up, Malana turned 1, and is walking all over the place (which means that she's into EVERYTHING) and Travis started his graduate program. We have been somewhat homeless because we had to move out of our apartment but our house wasn't done so we have been living between my parents and Travis' parents house. Boy will I be glad when it is done. It has been worth it though because now we will have a place of our own where we won't have to deal with loud neighbors and smoke coming in our windows.
WAH-HOO!!!!!!! This is what you have to look forward to once I'm not waking up at eight, going to the house and coming home around ten, sigh.... pictures of, vacations in Oregon and Utah, Malana's first birthday, Malana walking, and before and after pictures of the house. Hopefully soon, very soon!!

P.S. Thank you to everyone who has helped us both at the house and babysitting Malana, we really do appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lana loves taking baths, especially in the sink. ( keep scrolling down there is lots of new pics)

Happy 4th of July!!! My mom and I (mostly my mom) made this outfit, pants, shirt, bows, and all for Malana for the 4th. We had a great time, we went to the Ashton parade and then to the fireworks in Pocatello.
Malana absolutely hated the fireworks, she screamed the whole time that they were going, hopefully next year she'll like them better.

I hate this picture of me but Travis made me put it on.

Family Time!!
This picture cracks me up because one of Lana's favorite things to do is grab your lips and PULL , then laugh at your screaming OWW!! As you can see from the pained look on Travis' face and the delighted one on Malana's.

This one is by far my favorite, Malana is such a little spit fire and brings so much joy to our little family.

My friends from highschool all got together for a reunion in June, we just got together for a BBQ and some catching up.
Mary and her family.
Lacey and her husband
Chelsea and her husband
Nicole and her husband

It's amazing how much six years can change things, we all got married, two of us have kids and Lacey has one on the way. My how time does fly!!!

Malana got to play with her cousin Trevor this summer at Grandma's house. They play so well together, Trevor likes to put whatever shoes he can find on his hands and crawl around and Malana loves to just follow him around.

9 months old....Already!!!!

Our little Lana is growing up so fast. She can get almost anywhere with her army crawl in no time. She has recently started climbing stairs (oh boy), and now has three teeth with a fourth on the way.




I love this profile, I just can't believe how much she looks like her daddy. ( especially when she cries.)

I couldn't get Malana to hold still in these last photos so I got in front of her and let her crawl towards me just hoping that one of the photos she would be looking at me.