I know it's a little late- but my sweet baby turned ONE on June 1!! It honestly made me a little sad. I just can't believe how fast this past year has flown by! She has been so much fun, she makes me laugh every day! Its weird looking back and seeing how much she has changed! When she was first born she had really dark hair and for a long time we thought her eyes were going to stay green... but now she is my feisty little red head with dark brown eyes!

Of-course the morning of her party I took her outside just long enough for her to be attacked by mosquitoes!! I was watching her the whole time I was pullin weeds and I guess the mosquitoes were too! I didn't see any around me so I didn't even think about them getting her. I felt like such a bad mom because of course she has sensitive skin so they swelled up like crazy!! So I had a mosquito bitten, cranky, tired baby on her first b-day!

I took a million pics of her while she was diggin into her cake and of course none of them turned out- but she definitely loved it. She cried the whole time until we put the cake in front of her. She instantly dug right in and ate every last crumb!! She is just like her mommy and LOVES the sweet stuff!!

It was really funny because Abbie and Cohen (her cuz) kept "sharing" with each other. I think they just liked sticken their fingers in each others mouths!! :)

Abbie got a lot of fun toys- she loves this grocery cart. It is super funny watching her push it around because it is almost as tall as she is and she has a hard time seeing over it so she is continually running into things and hasn't figured out how to turn it around. So she gets super frustrated and starts chucking everything out that she just took forever loading in. -funny girl-

Another one of her favorite toys is this magnet farm set thing. She loves to stand at the fridge and push the button because it plays songs and she loves to dance! So to say the least I have every song memorized and can never get the tune out of my head all day long!!!

The first part of June we went with Justin's fam to Durango. It was a lot of fun. I always like getting out of town and heading up to the mountains. We rented a pontoon boat so we could go fishing and hang out on the lake. Of-course all the kiddos were required to wear life jackets and it was hilarious trying to get the babies to wear them. Poor Abbie... the jacket was as big as she is!

This is definitely my favorite picture. She couldn't move at all! Her face says exactly what she thought of the whole thing! :)

Justin was nominated to be the captain- although he soon got fired because he kept hot rodding it and splashing us all!!

I also went to St. Johns to hang with the fam and take Abbs swimming for her first time. I have always love the sj pool. Growing up I think I spent everyday there in the summers! Although the first day it was kinda cold and windy and then the second day it was closed. But she still loved it! So instead of swimmin we went to the park and swung!

Her favorite thing right now is dogs or "doe doe" as she calls them. While she was swinging she saw a dog and started yellin for the doe doe.

Abbie absolutely loves water. Whenever I am watering the flowers she is constantly squirming in my arms so she can stick her hands in it. Although the absolute worst is when I irrigate .. she trys to do nose dives out of my arms so she can reach the water. One day I got sick of fighting her so I let her have at it. She instantly started splashing, crawling, rolling and even tried to drink it!! She is my crazy girl!

I can't believe summer is already here....TIME FLYS!!!! So far this summer has been super crazy for us. Justin usually leaves by at least 8:00 am and doesn't get home until around 8:30 pm Mon -Fri and on Sat he is gone until at least 2 or so and Sunday he usually has meetings!! Sometimes I go crazy but I am starting to get used to it. Abbie and I are definitely never board....since Justin is never home we get to do ALL the yard work and Justin's paperwork for his business on top of everything else. I really do like doing yard work but sometimes it gets overwhelming.. I swear I could pull weeds daily and still never get them all!! It was pretty funny.. a few days ago I was trying to start our lawn mower (which ALWAYS takes me forever) and of course the stupid thing wouldn't start , so I was yankin and yankin on the dumb string thing and after about the 20th pull I let a few cuss words slip and I was getting super ticked! I looked over at Abbie and my dog Sadie and they were both completely kicked back on the porch just watching her crazy mom.. I wish I had taken a pic cause it was really funny!




So...since we have been so crazy I really haven't taken any pics (besides the millions I took at my cousins wedding). But I did get this one, Abbie loves to talk on my cell phone. It is pretty funny every time she could get ahold of it she puts it right to her ear and starts blabbering.


So the rest of this post is for my cuz lexi.. since she lives in Delaware she couldn't make it to Tara's wedding so I promised I would take lots of pics and post them for her...sorry there is so many..I was kinda camera happy!

Tara and TJ

I can't believe it has been over4 years since we were at this same Temple!

* The cake *

gramp and Justin chillin in the shade at the temple

my cousin Devin who had just gotten home from in mission and my sis cam

And another cute little cousin Riggs. He was so pumped that he caught the guarder. I liked how he decided to wear it!:)

Even more cousins ( yes I have tuns!!) Makayla (top) and Makenna ( bottom ) both loved playing with Abbie and she definitely loved it just as much. I basically didn't see her the whole night. They had so much fun together!!

This is the picture that doomed us all!!! I'm pretty sure Justin feed Abbs refried beans all night.. because we definitely suffered for about 4 days after!!! I seriously didn't think such a little thing could honestly crap so much!!! Poor baby...and mommy! :)

I thought this picture was super cute.. Abbie was trying to give Payson (Ki's baby) a kiss. I wish the picture would have gotten him in it also, but he is behind the leg tryin to get away. :) Lately she has been such a smoocher! She will give ANYONE a big wet one including people at the store, luckily I stopped that one!!

Abbie buggin Payson again, she was trying to give him flower petals. I love his expression..such a guy!! :)

My funny gram dancin the night away like she is 17 again! ( Sorry lex.. my camera takes horrible pics)

My mom and some of my aunts doing the macaraina (no clue how to spell it :)

Justin trying to act like he is a pro dancer.. nice try !

gram and Zack, look at the height difference.. where does he come from!?!

Justin and Orrin trying to give all the boys tips on how to pick up on the ladies!! Whatever.. keep tryin!! :)

I just love this chick!

Abbie has been so funny lately. I always knew she was full of personality but as she gets older it gets better and better! Whenever anyone gives her attention (which is a lot because everyone has to stop and ask me where she gets her red hair) she crinkles up her nose and gives them the cheesiest smile. She also loves to give people the finger...meaning she points at everyone and then opens her mouth really wide and sticks out her tongue. I know its kinda weird!! :) But her favorite thing is to wave at everyone.. so weather they like it or not they have to give her attention! But my favorite is her wet, slobbery kisses all over my face! She will only give them out when she wants to and sometimes I can't get her to stop! She can now say mama and daddy really good and she kinda makes the sounds for doggy, horsey, peek-a-boo and thank you! I can't believe my baby us getting so big!

I thought this pic was super cute! Her and Karli were rolling the ball back and forth and Abbie was bustin up big time. It was so funny!

Abbie and Karli petting Rita. They both stood there forever.. Rita loved it!

My dad and Karli love to play rock, paper, scissors. But the sick thing is whoever wins gets to lick their finger and wipe it on the loser's forehead!!! Karli tried to play it with me ..but no way! :)

My beautiful mom and Abbie just chillin' watchin my crazy dad and Karli.

My "giant-little" bro had to get surgery on his ankle because he grew too fast and his tendons and muscles were all messed up and had bone fragments floatin around. So he is in crutches for a few weeks

I had to try out his crutches. It was pretty funny, you can't really tell in this picture but my feet were no where even close to touching the ground. Even though I am the oldest, I am definitely the shortest. But I still dominate ;)

I know this is really late, but we had a great Easter. It was kinda cold so Justin's sister invited us over for a great lunch with yummy homemade ice cream ( my fav). I love this pic of Abbie in her Easter dress because it shows her chubby cheeks!

This is Abbie in her favorite pose.. mouth open and tongue out. Poor girl she was doing it so much that her skin and bottom lip got super chapped, and I still couldn't get her to stop!

While we were at Justin's sisters house, after awhile I realized that Justin was gone. When I went to look for him this is what I found. Notice there are no kids around only him! The funny thing is even though he kinda looks like he is asleep he is really playing with a toy train!! I think he waited for all the kids to leave so he could have it all to himself!:)

Abbie was having a blast playing with her cousin and grandpa!

And yes, another kinda funny Abbie and Justin story! We went to Target the other day and after awhile I realized that Justin and Abbie weren't behind me anymore. So after I went looking for them I finally found them in the patio area both almost asleep! The funny thing is that they were basically in the center of the store so people were all around them. Those two are constantly crackin me up!!

I just got back from the store and I had to have this be the first pic I post! Abbie is so funny.. I was buying some treats for conference weekend and she had to hold onto both root beers the entire time we were at the store and not to mention her leg was also kicked up the whole time!! When I went to check out she threw a fit when I took the root beers from her. She already knows the good stuff!!
* (Sorry I got way behind so this is a long post) *

SPRING TIME = BUSY TIME

Project #1: Justin and Abbie getting the side field ready for garden time .. hopefully we do better this year ;)

Project #2: We finally got some crusher fines to line the side of our house b/c our crazy dog has made a "great" running path that has no hope for any grass growing.

Project #3: Justin decided to dig the well deeper so that we would have more pressure when we irrigated.... and I think he wanted a happy wife b/c before it would take me ALL DAY to irrigate our lawns and garden... but not anymore:)

I'm not too sure what was happening here, but it was pretty neat seeing all that water shoot out of the well!

Project #4: Pouring a Patio!!! YEA!!! I have been wanting to do this since we moved in!!

It is so nice to have such great friends and family. We have had so much help with all our craziness!! Todd came down and helped us stamp the patio, it turned out really cool.. I'm excited!!

I thought this pic was kinda funny... I caught Justin watching Todd work, Todd with the "plumbers crack" and Kenzi walking on the new concrete! Just don't look too close at my ugly shed and dieing grass. Our house and yard is definitely a work in progress!!

The PBR came to town so of-course we had to go.. not only once but twice!! The first night Justin came late b/c he was conducting at a baptism.. hence the white shirt. He definitely looked out of place!! So since he didn't get to watch ALL of it we had to go back the next day.. but I have to say it was pretty fun! (Oh- for those of you that don't know what the PBR is it is professional bull ridding.. I didn't know until i married Justin)

Abbie especially loved it because her now favorite aunt Myka shared her chocolate ice cream. She definitely takes after her mom!!!

Justin again annoyed at me because I am trying to take pictures while he is trying to watch... whatever :)

My fam came down a couple of weekends ago.. which we love.. so we decided after church to go and shoot some hoops and throw the softball around. This is my "little" bro Zack. He thinks super hot now that he can dunk the bball. But I have to admit it is pretty cool!

Of-course it didn't take very long for Justin to find a hose and go after Zack!!! I keep trying to get Justin to act his age when he is around my brothers but I'm about to accept that, that will NEVER happen!! Between my dad, brothers and Justin it is always crazy when we get together..but I love it!!

Although Justin's "great" idea definitely back-fired!! They both got completely SOAKED!!

My brother Preston is serving his mission in Africa and sent Abbie these cute African shoes. Although I they are a little too big but I think they will fit her perfect when he gets home. We definitely miss and love him!! I also love this pic b/c it shows her cute little feet.. they are one of my favorite things about her. They already have a little arch.. it is soo cute!!

This is another picture of what I come home to!! Justin strapped Abbie in her car seat so she couldn't get into things and then put on baby Einstein!! Its always something new with those two. They both make me laugh!!

I have to say that conference weekend is one of my favs!! It always includes way too much eating, way too much laziness, and hangin with lots of family.. Oh ya and of course I do love to listen to all the wonderful speakers!! :) Garret, (Justins bro) as you can see definitely got a lot out of the Saturday sessions. Don't ask me why he has Abbies seat on his head!!! He is so funny.. justin and i were bustin up because not only did he have a seat on his head but he was also snoring SO LOUD!!!