target shooting

My dad took us target shooting and it was SO much fun to spend this time with him.  He brought his arsenal of weapons and let us try them all out. Thanks Dad!

Papa with Tanaya instructing her on gun safety and how to load a gun.  She was a natural :)

Johns turn. He out shoots me every time. I have a hard time believing he never shot a gun before he met me ;)

My turn!

My FAVORITE...this gun was SO fun to shoot!

My dad...a perfect aim as always

18 weeks & baby heart beat!

i'm 18 weeks and finally getting a belly. i'm glad the in between stage of no belly and a prego belly has finally passed - the stage where people think you might be pregnant but are too scared to ask.  i love having a big belly to rub and rest my hands on. and i love not being sick anymore. the first 16 weeks were anything but my favorite, but at 18 weeks i'm nothing but smiles cause i'm lovin what 'normal' feels like. 

this last doctors appointment was pretty special cause tanaya was able to come with us.  during the visit our doctor listed to the baby's heartbeat and i looked over and saw tanaya smile.  then i looked over at john grinning ear to ear recording the miracle of a heartbeat with his phone.  i've listened to this precious beat over and over...and here it is for you.

Hear Baby Heart Beat at 18 weeks

alice in wonderland

tanaya was a stage crew member in her school musical 'alice in wonderland' this year.  she worked long hours to help get everything ready.  there were some last minute stresses as two days before opening night several of the fuses blew, the stage floor collapsed, and the 'queen of hearts' fell threw the floor and twisted her ankle. due to all their hard work however, opening night was a success. she had a blast painting and building the set, helping the cast members out on stage, and her favorite part - working the curtains and microphones.  it was a bit crazy switching the microphones from the different cast members in a matter of seconds but she loved it.

tanaya and her friend emma on the queens thrown

they had the cutest shirts designed for the play

and of course we had to celebrate the final night with nielsen's frozen custard  :)

family ski day

the boys took the kids skiing/boarding to brighton today. it was another beautiful day to be on the mountain.

here's the kids: braelyn, tanaya, and cabe with nothin' but smiles

tanaya and braelyn being the rock stars that they are

ryan, tanaya, alan and cabe

ryan and braelyn

and john and tanaya. good, good times!

boarding

john took brayden and tanaya to brighton today. the weather was perfect and they had a blast.

they had fun playing at the terrain park. here's brayden trying to help tanaya get across...

...and success! 

then brayden rocked it solo style. nice!

i heart you!

i love holidays. any holiday. therefore, i love valentines day. and this year at our house valentines day was full of disgusting amounts of ooshy gooshy love it was simply amazing :)

tanaya and i made heart decorations for our mantle during one of our nay-ma nights...

the day of, john left surprises of treats and flowers for tanaya and me to wake up to...

valentines breakfast was crafted by mom made love...

dinner by the love of john...

and dessert by the love of tanaya...

i love, LOVE, LOVE my family! thanks for celebrating with me and making it such a fun day! KISS KISS

baby, baby, oh baby

at 12 weeks and 2 inches long isn't baby the cutest darn thing you've ever seen! after spending a day at the doctors office which included an ultrasound and vials of blood from my arm we have happily completed the genetic testing AND the results are in. we are growing a STRONG and HEALTHY baby with all the parts and pieces in the right places! the highlight was hearing and seeing the heart beat. such a tiny little heart beating SO strong brought huge smiles to our faces! baby, baby, oh baby - we cant wait to hold you.