Ashlyn's Blessing Day

Darren blessed Ashlyn today. He did an excellent job, it was a beautiful blessing. Ashlyn was a really good baby for Dad. We were blessed to have some of Grandpa Gary's good friends stand in as well as Uncle Mike and Uncle Doug. The spirit was very strong through out the meeting. Thank you Grandma Karin for sharing your testimony. It was nice to be with family and friends.

Thank you Grandma Zimmerman for another beautiful dress. And thanks Grandpa Z for sending it. My friend and neighbor, Diane made the bow and donated the beads for the bracelet. I have added a link to her website if anyone is interested. We love you all and missed those of you that could not come.

We are having pics taken this Tuesday, I'll post some as soon as I get the negatives.

Hand-me-down Room

This is the new room! The decorating is not down but aren't the colors great!?! You can see the difference in the tables from the pic of the kids below.

Fall update!

Ashlyn is now a month old. I can't believe it. It has gone by so fast. She has really gotten big! She's probably the size Garrett was when he was born (10 lbs.)! My favorite thing is that her cheeks are filling out! Aren't they cute?! I took this pic of her today.




I took this pic of all the kids for a birth announcement (which I haven't done yet!). I took it when Ashlyn was 1 week old. They are pretty darn cute if I do say so myself!


In August... Alec lost his first tooth (he is about to loose his 2nd) and turned 6. School started! Here are the pics from their 1st day. Alec - 1st grade, Rachel - 2nd grade, Garrett - Preschool.

We love school!

I have started creating a family room I can love. I call it my "hand me down" room because all the furniture I bought from friends and neighbors. Liberty and I painted the entertainment center, and tables. I painted, with the help of Liberty, Pam, Lacy, & Jenna (Jenna mostly held Ashlyn!) the walls. It looks fantastic! Dispite Darren's protests he loves it and even said we did a good job. I'll post a pic as soon as the wall hangings are up. We love you all!