Happy Birthday Jory!

On October 25th, Jory turned 26. It was a raining and cold day so we just stayed home. For his birthday I made him a Cardinals blanket and got him tickets to a Cardinals game. He sure was happy about that! Happy Birthday Jory! I love you!



She was not happy about taking a picture!

10 Months!

Mikelle is 10 months old! She is growing up so fast. She gets into everything she can get her hands on. She loves to stand up and walk around furniture. She finally got 2 teeth...it only took 10 months! She loves books. She will get into the bookshelf and pull out books and just flip through the pages. She has gotten a little attitude lately. She will scream if I take her out of the bath too early. She won't eat baby food, but loves to eat what we're eating. If I forget about her, she will grunt at me to remind me to share my food. She'll eat any kind of grown up food, but if it's baby food she will spit it out. She has been a lot of fun lately. The older she gets the more and more fun she gets!

Every month I try to take pictures of her, but this time she would not let me take pictures of her. I tried for 2 days and these are the best that I got.

Thatcher Trip with The Krissman's

Last week we took our Kayenta friends to Thatcher with us. We mostly ate while we were there, but we did do some fun things.

We had a bonfire and had dutch oven chicken, potatoes and peach cobbler. It was so good. I'm craving it just thinking about it!

Rocki and Miki


Bri, Me, Annie and Little Ryann



Family picture by the fire. Mik just wanted to see the fire the whole time.


I love this one. You can see the fire in her eyes.

Jory with Ryann and Miki. They were too busy looking at the fire.

I'm still trying to work with Mik to help her like my dad!

Jory making peach cobbler.

She was always so tired at nap time. Too much attention wears her out!

We celebrated my brother, Derek's birthday even though he wasn't there. It sure was good ice cream cake!

Miki loved having a friend around all day.

She's just too cute!

We took the jeep, Ranger, and a four wheeler up to Frye Mesa.

The babies loved the water, even though it was freezing!

Ryann decided to cover Mikelle with mud.

The last night we were there we went on a date with Ryan and Annie & Dani and Bryce. We went to Casa and had dinner. Then went bowling. My mom babysat and I'm sure these little girls were loving it!

It was a fun trip, but Mikelle was worn out. She pretty much slept all 7 hours home.

Miki Can Crawl!

Miki can crawl now! She started a week after she turned 9 months. We went to Flagstaff for the day and when we got back she just started crawling. I tried uploading a video, but I can never get them to work! So here are some recent pictures just because she's cute!

9 Months

Our little girl is 9 months old! She is getting so big and smart. She can now pull herself up onto furniture, but usually just to get something she sees. She LOVES her toys. She can sit forever and play by herself. She likes to eat shoes, napkins and pretty much anything else she's not supposed to eat. She can crawl, kind of. She doesn't do it very long or very much. She usually does 4 crawls and then gets down and army crawls because she's faster that way. She loves talking and babbling. She picks a word and says it all day long. It's usually mama. She doesn't like to be told to do something. She won't clap if you tell her to clap, or wave if you tell her to wave. She likes doing things when she feels like it.

Here are her stats:
Weight: 18 lb 7oz - 44%
Height: 28 in- 67%
Head: 42.5 cm- 13%

She's such a happy girl


Loves that tongue!


She loves to clap!


This is her army crawl

Happy Birthday Madison & McKenzie!

On August 25 and 26 it was 2 years since Madison and McKenzie were born. I decided every year for their birthdays I want to do some kind of service project. This year we made activity books for the hospital. I spent a lot of time in the hospital and was really bored, so I thought that these books might help pass the time for other people. The project went so fast, we forgot to take pictures, but afterwards we went and ate at R&R. My whole family and Jory's sister, Mindy and her kids were there.

It has been a crazy 2 years and I've learned a lot! I still think about them all the time and sometimes wish that I had my twin girls with me. Other times I wonder how I could have handled 2 babies at one time. I'm so glad I have Mikelle. She doesn't replace them, but she does make it easier! I know I will get to see and raise my girls someday. I'm so grateful my family can be together forever. I wouldn't want it any other way!

Thatcher Visit

Me and Mikelle got to spend 2 weeks in Thatcher, but before we went we met my family in Phoenix and all the boys went to a Cardinals game.


All the girls got to visit with my Grandpa Jim and Uncle Kenneth who was in town for work.


Rocki had a lot of fun with Mik. She looks like a little biker girl.

I got to see my cousin Megan who just had a baby. People have always told us we look alike (even though we are second cousins), but our girls look like their dads!

Miki loved the fountain outside my parents house.

She loves anything to do with water.

This visit she wasn't too sure about Grandpa. She cried most of the times he held her.