QUIET

Today's assignment is QUIET. This picture represents my most favorite time of the week! My sweet sweet husband always takes Toby outside so I can have some personal "quiet" time. Today he let Toby run around in our attic. Such a cute face! and the boots are super cute!!!

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OUT

Today's assignment is OUT (OUTside) Love Love Love these!!!!

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IN

Today the assignment is IN (inside).

I tried really hard today to use all the settings the right way. I like how the pictures turned out. Here is my favorite!!

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NEW

Today the photo assignment is NEW. Of course I wanted to take a picture of sweet little baby hands, but I don't really have that option lying around the house....

One of my religious beliefs, that I TRULY live by, is that we should always bribe our children. Miracles do happen when we bribe. Like getting your so crazy active kid to sit still during pre-school. So I bribed him with these toys. They are NEW and very loved!

Since I am taking this class to take better pictures of my moving Toby, I thought I should have him in the pictures and not just the toys. Plus he's stinkin' cute and really helps the pictures look good.

Also, today I just played with the settings. I didn't go by any rules I just wanted to try them all out. I didn't really care for the way these settings. I do love how cute my kid looks though!

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OLD

I am taking an online photo class from the super talented Beth Vermillion! The FIRST assignment is OLD. Ethen and I kind of collect hymnals. Old and new, different religious ones, anything we can find really. So these are pages from a Methodist Church Hymnal. It was published around the 1940's. Each copy was only 30 cents. I love this hymnal and the stage of life that it is in. A little torn, taped, bent, and falling apart, yet still beautiful.

Here is a link to the photo class:

beth V photography

http://bethvphotography.blogspot.com/2011/04/opposites-photo-class.html

Valley man to compete on USA equestrain team at Special Olympics

Matthew is my little brother. He has Autism and has the opportunity to be in the World Special Olympics this summer. He was on the ABC 15 news last night. Here is a link! Please share and repost! We need all the help we can get!! Here is a link to the news report.
We are so proud of you Matthew and we love you so much!
XOXO

Valley man to compete on USA equestrain team at Special Olympics

Time Goes By Oh So Fast....

So we just finished our 2ND move. It was not really planned but needed. We love our new place. It is a cute little home with cute little neighbors! So much has happened since I last posted.

2 moves

4Th Anniversary

Toby turned 3!

Me and Toby went to Wyoming with Grandma Bea

Ethen started school

Toby Started PRESCHOOL

Toby hated preschool...

Went to Bear Lake

Went Fishing twice

Went to a demo derby

Worked out all summer

Lost 15lbs

So many things! I wish I had pictures for all of them! I can't believe how time has gone by. My little man is such a boy. He has grown on me. I feel like I have missed so much, yet I have been here the whole time. He changed out of no where.

This is his first day of school. He is SO big I can't believe it!!!

Adventure

Sliding Down the mountain

All the way DOWN!

Toby Butt trail

Mountain Butt

Fishing Fun

Toby's favorite thing to do is go fishing. We went for his birthday and again this weekend. We didn't catch anything... but it was WAY fun!

This would be how Toby hooks a worm... not exactly the right way... but it works, right?

I think he only likes fishing because he gets to play with worms.

He played for a bit in the water and got all wet....

I really like this guy...

Move #1

Back in May.... we moved to a basement apartment. We found out we had to move out of the university housing so with in a week, we were packed and moved into a new place. The backyard was AMAZING!! The house.... not so amazing.
There were a lot of issues with it so we decided it would be best for us to move. Here is some of the fun we had!

On moving day... in May.... it snowed! Tons! It was freezing and a little miserable!

Dads BBQ chicken... YUM!!! Ethen got a grill for fathers day and he is already a pro!
He loves to grill. Toby loves to eat anything cooked on the grill. The other day he told us that he wanted to cook a cheese crisp on the grill.

These are the kids that lived on the floor above us. Toby LOVED these girls! We miss them so much!

Super Big Kid!!

This was the backyard. It was SO fun! Toby had his own little world back there. Climbing trees and playing with water, plus ALL the room to run around!