New Camera!

I finally got a new camera! Our last one broke at Riley's birthday party back in December so here is an up date since then. (Lots of pictures)

In November Paula, Janae and I went to the premier of New Moon. They were just putting it up on the reader board as we got there!!

In the lobby getting in line.

Here we are the geek patrol ready for our movie. The girl on the left is a friend of Paula.

All the others waiting in line. We luckily got there early enough to be inside the lobby, lots of people had to stand outside in the cold.

Actually in the theater now!

Getting so excited. The movie did not disappoint!

This is at school with my new friend Andrea.

Thanksgiving at Grandma Trace's. This is how Luke spent the day.

Making a Christmas count down calendar.

Lots of stickers were involved.

Grandma gives all the kids an ornament at thanksgiving for the upcoming Christmas. Emma was alittle excited about hers!

A jingle bell snowman.

Riley got a deer in a wreath.

This is how my beautiful niece Abby sleeps. Comfy huh?

Now on to Riley's 7th birthday. Opening presents.

Just what he wanted.... Lego Power Miners. AWESOME.

At the Bowling ally for the party. Grandma and Abby came.

Riley and Toby bowling.

I love this action shot of Emma's hair. She turned just in time to see what she knocked down.

Daddy was the score keeper.

Uncle Curt (Kuncle) and Aunt Janae (Auntie Nay) and Levi and Marshall came too.

Kind of a blurry picture but still a cute shot.

Riley and all his "dudes." Devon, Kirby, Trevor, and Ry.

Kirby and Abby doo.

And just in case you are curious, here is the most recent picture of my hair. Dark with extensions. I got sick of the short hair real quick. Thank goodness for extensions. Luke likes it better long too. Also I was playing with the settings on my new camera.


I guess that's about it. Now it is just a routine of school for me, work for Luke, school for Ry and daycare for Emma. We keep busy but we are happy and doing great.

Excuses.... Excuses!

So not only did we get a new computer and all my pictures are on an external hard drive that I just barely learned how to use, but our camera broke at Riley's birthday party so I have been waiting to post for some pictures but I think it will be a while. That was a long sentence! School is going great, I am starting to build up a clientele and I am still loving every minute of school. I am already on my 5th hair style in the 3 months I have been at school. It is so much fun getting your hair done whenever you want. Since I always get sick of my hair after like a day it is nice to be able to change it as much as I want. Don't worry, no orange. We went to AZ for the Fiesta bowl with Luke's 2 sisters and their husbands. We had a blast! I will post those pictures as soon as they are emailed to me. (hint hint Zan and Tara Ü) That is about it for now. Life is great, kids are great, Luke has a job, we have a home, and we are a family. We are truly blessed!

Emma's Bed time Story

Once upon a time there was a pony. He couldn't find his mommy, so he look and he looked and he finally found his mommy... Amen.

Last night this is the story that Emma told Luke and I. It was so cute I just had to share. I sure love the imagination of kids.

Update finally!

OK so here is the update. School is AWESOME! I absolutely love it. I have been going for a month and a half and I am already taking clients. I did a cut and highlight on a lady today and it was so fun. I am so excited to be finally doing this. Luke and the kids have been amazing. Emma loves going to her cousin Levi's house to play everyday and Riley is doing great at his babysitter's after school. He is doing so great in school he has gotten 100% on all of his spelling tests so far. He so did not get that from me! Luke is busy with work but has been great about helping out around the house since I am gone more now. I am so blessed. So here are some pictures of what is new.

As promised (a while ago) here are some pictures from Emma's Birthday.


My mom came for the party and brought my sister's daughter Kiersten for the party.
Mommy and the birthday girl. Oh how my hair has changed since then.
Bestest cousies and friends!

We went to Hop 2 it for Emma's party it was lots of fun.
Headed up the slide.
Cute friends, Emma & Kya
Ready to go down the slide!
Trying out her new outfit. Emma is such a princess and she is a joy and blessing to have in our family. I love her so much and am grateful for her everyday.

So much to tell....

I have so much to tell, I have been a big slacker and I apologize. First of all I want you all to know that I am finally following my dreams and going to Beauty School. I start tomorrow and I am so nervous. I should have done this 10 years ago but I kept finding excuses. I have tried many different things but all I have ever really wanted to do was cosmetology. My wonderful husband Luke decided it was time for me to do it. I quickly agreed and I enrolled in school. We had been trying for 7 months to get pregnant. Which if you know us, you know it doesn't take long for us. We figured this was a blessing because now I can go to school while my kids are old enough. Riley will be in school until 3 any way and Emma gets to go to my Brother's house and my sister -in-law Janae is going to watch her. Everything has fallen into place so perfectly that we know this is the right thing to do. Luke is going to build me a small salon in the 3rd bay of our garage and so I will always be able to work from home. It really is a dream come true. This next year is going to be tough going to school M-F from 9-5 but after it is done I will have the freedom to work from home at the hours I choose. So that is what is going on here. I just got back from a very fun weekend with all my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law. We went quilting in the Tetons! I still need to post Emma's Birthday pictures but since there are alot I will do it on my next post. Wish me luck, life is about to get very crazy for us for the next 12 months or so. So I might not be the best at posting but I will try to keep you all updated.

Up at the Cabin in Star Valley WY
These are the blocks I learned how to make in our class.

Tara and Tonya

Me, Mom (Trace), Luiza, and Zan

All of us. Thanks Mom for this wonderful week!

Oh and thanks Aunt Tonya for getting me addicted to Glee. If you have not seen this show, go to Fox.com/glee and watch it. I LOVE the music. See my playlist!

Labor day weekend and more.

I decided to curl Emma's hair. It still is not long enough for the big sponge curlers so I bought some little ones. I did a practice run before we tried it for church. I think it turned out adorable!

All the curlers are in.

She slept just fine in them. I was worried. She insisted on sleeping on the air mattress.

After taking out the curlers.

After combing out the curls. Ummmmm can you say afro?

She was not thrilled.

I added a flower and I loved it but she still did not.

So we went for ponies. She had two little puff balls. After taking out the ponies.

Luke's buddy Ryan was a stud and got him a ticket to the big BSU/Oregon game. They were so pumped. BSU won occurs! GO BRONCOS.
We tailgated at Anne Morrison park. Ry was bummed he didn't get to go to the game.

For labor day weekend we finally got to use our new trailer. So we headed down to Aberdeen to camp at the boat dock. I grew up camping there and it is a great place for young kids.

Levi rode down with us. Look at those cuties. Luke and Grandpa Morgan roasting Mallows.

The mighty camper. We love it. Other than Luke tried to burn it down.... he somehow burned up some of the wiring and we thought we were going to have to evacuate! 1st time always has it's blips.

The kids love sleeping in the trailer.

We crammed 8 adults around the table and a card table for a mean game of hand and foot canasta. Look at my skinny daddy, for those of you who don't know, he lost 95 pounds. No surgery. We're so proud of him.

Trying to get all of us in a picture was a chore. Riley was our photographer.