Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. We enjoyed nice weather, got tons of stuff done around the house and got to have some fun too. We went up to Snoqualmie Falls with some new friends - Spencer and Amanda and kids. We enjoyed the falls, a little hike and a BBQ back at our house. It's so nice to have Justin home from work on the occasional holiday off. They're pretty few and far between, but we sure like having him home when we can!

Hooray for holidays!

I just can't STAND it!

I just posted about this yesterday on Dylan's blog, but I just had to post a few more pictures because we are just so excited around here! I can't believe that he can stand up all by himself!

This boy is coming up on 17 months now, and he has just climbed over a big hurdle. His world is becoming bigger every day, and it is just so exciting to see his determination and his curiosity skyrocket.

So, so proud of this little guy!

Girlies!

These girls just make me smile.

Lindsey made a fantastic pirate for pirate's day in kindergarten

Notice her beauty spot on her cheek, just like mommy! :)

Arrrrrrgh!

And nothing beats curls and matchin' dresses before church.

Love!

Happy Birthday to Miss Katelyn!

Is it really possible that our cute little Katelyn is 4 already? 

Why, when she was born we were in Kansas 

And then we packed everyone up and moved to Utah two months later

And then she grew for those two years in Utah

And then we packed everyone up again and moved up to Seattle

And now I cannot believe that it has been two years since that move. There are so many things we have done and places we have been in her 4 years of life! 

Now look at the cutie!

We had a fun family party to celebrate. 

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Music

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to go to my first Time Out For Women in Seattle. It really was an amazing couple of days with the awesome talks and music. But I felt very lucky because I got to see Mercy River perform. My friend Whitney sings in the group and it was so fun to see her! Love their music!

And then a couple of weeks ago I got to perform at a stake women's conference about finding peace. It was so fun for me to sing twice during the day, and I also participated in a flash mob of sisters singing and dancing to a Miley Cyrus song (lyrics rewritten about Relief Society) which was of course very funny. By the way, try flash-mobbin' in a skirt and heels! Most of us kicked off our shoes and left them under our tables before we ran up there. You do what you have to!

My life has been greatly blessed by music. I love opportunities to listen to or participate in great music! What a blessing.

Photo shoot favorites

We had a great time taking family photos when we were in Utah. It was a very windy day, as you can see in the pictures. But it's a good thing we got them when we did because there was 5-6 inches of snow in the ground the next morning. Credit where credit is due: http://www.michaelandkaraleephoto.blogspot.com/

Some of my favorites: