The wonders of Photoshop

Kailey's favorite thing lately has been her BABY! She pushes it around in this grocery cart outside ALL DAY! It is so dang cute to see her "baby" her baby. She pretends to feed the baby, wraps it up in a blanket and even rocks her in the rocking chair. It's amazing how soon their "motherly instincts" kick in!


This was the picture before Trev altered it with photoshop

We have had photoshop for a while, but haven't taken the time to utilize everything it can do. Trevor has been playing around with it and these two pictures are just some of the new things he learned. If any of you have any other good tips for photoshop, send them our way!

Before photoshop:

After photoshop:

A Year Ago TODAY......

A year ago today, I heard the worst news that anyone wants to hear. "You have Cancer". On August 6, 2007 I was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer. We don't have breast cancer in my family so it was a HUGE shock! After undergoing chemothereapy and radiation treatments, I am a new person! I have a new outlook on life! I want to be a better person and help those around me! I want to enjoy EVERY moment that I have with my family. Although I am not quite sure what I was supposed to learn from this trial, I have had COUNTLESS blessings! I am just so grateful for a wonderful husband and a caring, supportive family who was always here to help us out! We couldn't have gotten through this without them! Thanks to our wonderful friends and neighbors too! We were definitley blessed to live in the right neighborhood who was so willing to help out with meals, mowing our lawn, etc. Thanks again to ALL OF YOU! I'm looking forward to a long Healthy Life because I AM A SURVIVOR!! I spoke at the Relay for Life in June and maybe one of the reasons I got cancer was so I could give HOPE to others who are struggling with it. This has definitely opened my eyes and I am a lot more sympathetic of the struggles that others are facing as well.
I can't wait for my hair to be this long again. It sure is taking forever, but at least it is coming back, right?

Our neighbors decided to all shave their heads to support me when I lost all of mine. Trevor was first in line so here is a picture of me shaving his head.
Here were all of the neighbors that were watching and apart of this. We had a neighborhood dinner earlier and then they surprised me by "getting out the clippers". It wasn't long after this that I actually shaved mine too. I got tired of having hair EVERYWHERE!
I wore a lot of hats because I wasn't really into scarfs or turbins. I'm glad I have some pictures of myself without hair. Even though it was hard to look in the mirror or have any bit of confidence, I know I won't regret taking these pictures! One my my new looks was the new WIG. It was definitely an adjustment but I got used to it and actually preferred wearing it over being bald. I felt somewhat normal when I wore my wig and people didn't stare at me.
Trevor drove me down to Ogden for radiation pretty much every day! I am so blessed to have him and Kailey in my life! At least I have been able to see what my hair looks like short! I wouldn't have ever cut it this short, so it does give me a chance to try a different look!
I AM A SURVIVOR!!!!!

Best Buds

We do a lot with our friends Nathan and Denise. Denise and I were college roommates and were in the same major. We were together ALL the time in the same classes and we did homework together. We liked to think that we both shared a brain. Anyway, we even had kids 6 weeks a part. It's perfect because we can get together and do things and our kids love to hang out with each other.



Kailey and Grant (Buddy) have been friends ever since they were born. They like to do lots of things together especially play in the water. Kailey loves buddy so much that she even prays for him in her prayers. Won't it be cute if they get married and we have all of these pictures of them together when they are young? Buddy even likes to wear Kailey's pj's on occasion. (As you can see above)
Kailey and Buddy strolling along in the mountains together. You should have seen their faces and hands before we took them home. Buddy likes to throw dirt, so he was completely covered.
We went to Bear Lake and the kids loved it! They didn't stop running around. We were lucky to get this picture of both of them sitting for 1 second.

Thanks Nathan, Denise and Grant for being such great friends!

Daily Happenings

Kailey loves cheetos and so the other morning (yes, before she at breakfast) she was asking for cheetos. So I gave her the bag while I finished making her some breakfast. I was getting in and out of the fridge and she managed to sneak in there and sit because it was the "cool" thing to do..

A new house is being built behind ours and Kailey cannot stay out of the dirt. She climbs up to the top of the hill and then runs back down again! She has so much energy!
She is really into drawing lately and always wants us to draw her bugs and worms on the paper. Daddy definitely draws them a lot better than I do!

She loves to wear Trev's hats. She only likes them on backwards though, probably because she can see better. If you look close, you can see that she has my shoes on too! What a goof ball!