Random fun pictures & Valeries first campig trip ever!!

I put her down for a nap...I guess she was not having it!!

Valerie wanted to eat Brandon's shoe really bad for some reason.

this is an outfit that my mom made for me when I was a baby and now Valerie gets to wear it...fun huh?!?!

This is Val "helping" me with the laundry :)

The second we got to the ward campout a guy in the ward gave Valerie a big piece of licorice...that made a pretty big mess pretty fast!

Beautiful!!

Valerie trying to be a big girl and drink out of a cup, obviously its not working very well.

Brandon teaching Valerie about leaves, he loves showing her new things.

Me and Val hanging out in the tent.

Daniel and Ashley

Brandon's little brother Daniel got married to the love of his life Ashley yesterday. It was a beautiful perfect day! Here are a few of my favorite moments.

Just Married!!!

Brandon trying to teach Valerie to walk at the temple just before the wedding. This is the dress I made out of the shirt that Brandon wore on our first date. It fit him funny so he stopped wearing it and now Valerie gets to wear it.

Amanda and fiancee Matt had their hands full during the sealing!!

Princess!!

This is all of the siblings and their significant others: (from left to right) Adam & Christa, Curtis & Angela with baby Zachary, Ashley & Daniel, Amanda &Matt, Me & Brandon with baby Valerie. Notice every couple haves someone who's name starts with the letter A...that's fun!

Cute little family!!

Valerie climbing on the table. My mom made her dress for the wedding...Thanks mom!!

Brandon dancing with Valerie...so sweet!

Brandon's parents dancing with their grandkids.

Brandon injured Daniel when they had an all out brawl over the car keys...Brandon won and the car ended up FULL of toilet paper.

All of us dancing together...not many people danced, but we had a blast!!

Congratulations you guys, we love you!!!

First pictures with my new camera!!

Well we got our new camera, a day late, but we got it!! The second the battery was charged I started taking tons of pictures. Here are a few of the first pictures I took. This first picture of Valerie if you click on it and look real close you can see her first tooth coming in and if you look even closer you can see next to it the start of #2.

We just got this jumperoo and Val loves it!! Thank goodness now maybe I can get some things done around the house!

I am not sure if you can see this very well or not, but I LOVE this picture. Valerie is smashing her face up to the netting on her pack-n-play and making the funniest face ever!!

Our House

So this is our house, notice the big ugly trees that completely block your view of the house. Well Brandon has been saying for probably a year that we could chop them down and yesterday it actually happened!!! :)

Valerie was hanging out in her stroller and found herself surrounded by branches that we were cutting up.

Ta Da!!! And this is what our house looks like without the big ugly trees. It actually looks really cute now that you can SEE the house, and the pretty tree at the side of the house. We also painted the door white last fall and I think that makes a big difference too. Well next step: New shingles on the roof....good luck Sweetheart!!