Niece and Nephews

Dallas and I have the cutest niece and nephews! We love spending time with them and I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite photos of them. Currently we have one beautiful niece- Brooke. She belongs to my JT and Britney.These pictures were taken when she was just so little! We haven't seen her since her baby blessing, so I am glad that Britney is such a good blogger and keeps new pictures of her posted regularly!! Dallas and I are expecting two new nieces to join Brooke this summer and even out the numbers... Becky is due in early July and Jennie in August!


We also have four adorable and rambunctious little nephews. The youngest- Epeli, who in this picture is going for his first swim! He belongs to Brittany (yes we have two--Brittany is Dallas' sister and Britney is my sister-in-law). He is just learning to walk and I am having a difficult time accepting the fact that he will be giving up his speed crawl soon. It is so fun to watch him crawl.


Lance the 3rd will be turning two in September. He loves his Uncle "Dal-Dal"... as you can tell from this picture. He is growing up so fast and it's hard keeping up with all of his energy!

Jared and Jackson are two and four years. They are my sister-Jennie's boys. I can't believe how old they are getting and how grown up they seem. Jared is two now and Jackson a whopping four! Jared loves to be outside in the the garden getting dirty and Jackson is always riding his new bike. He is getting very good and will be off of his training wheels in no time! They are both very excited for their new sister "Cutie Pie" to arrive in August.

Welcome Home, Elder!

Dallas' younger brother, Matt just returned from the Munich, Germany/Austria mission. Dallas and I joined his family at the Salt Lake airport to pick him up. Everyone was so anxious to see him come home. Extended family and friends came to surprise Matt at the airport. It has been fun getting to know Matt--especially since I had never met him before! I was a little nervous to meet him for the first time, but now that he's home it's hard to believe he was ever gone! Bronx (Matt's dog) is especially glad Matt is home and is so happy that things worked out between Dallas and me... afterall he is one of the reasons that we even hooked up in the first place! :)

Dallas gets a haircut

Dallas hadn't cut his hair since right before our wedding, so I thought I'd share some before and after photos!

April showers bring... Birthdays!

Dallas and I both have our birthday's in April. I am older than Dallas by one year and just a couple of weeks, but Dallas loved to mention that I was two years older than he during those few days where I was 24 and he 22! To my relief we are back to just one year now. We had fun celebrating both of our birthdays. I had a fun surprise when my parents and little brother, Brett came to visit that weekend and stayed for a whole week! Dallas even got me a new gas BBQ for my birthday - or was it an early birthday present for him? - we had been wanting one for some time, so I was excited when he came home with it! This picture was taken right after I blew out my 24 candles.


For Dallas' birthday we surprised him with lots of new toys and tools for the BBQ... just what he needed and I even went to work in the kitchen and made him my grandma's famous German chocolate cake! We were too anxious to dig into it and skipped the fancy decorating, but it still tasted pretty good.

Wedding Bells are Ringing!

Dallas and I have attended quite a few weddings recently! John and Bonnie were married on April 28th. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding. It was fun to see some of our close friends tie the knot. Dallas and John went to preschool together and have remained great friends ever since. Everyone in the picture on the left went to high school together and were the best of friends. The only one missing is Tyler who was getting ready for his own wedding that was a week later!

Tyler and Shannel were married on May fifth. It was one of the best Cinco de Mayo celebrations! The weather surprised everyone that day with Spring showers and snowstorms, but nothing clouded the happiness of the day. Tyler and Shannel glowed in matrimonial bliss. The only thing that could have gone better was if I had remembered to bring more batteries for the camera! We were only able to take this one picture of such a beautiful reception.

Needless to say, Dallas is excited that some of his best buds have taken the plunge :)

Dallas & Suzanne at the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas December of 2006.