For a giggle

Man time flies! We have reached the 8 month mark as of last week. We have an eight month old... That is still so weird to say. We have such a happy little girl and she is so much fun. She is trying to crawl and has gotten into picking at everything with her pointer finger (the screw holes in her crib, buttons, eyes). Sunday @ church, she was entertained for at least 10 min. with a piece of lint on the floor. She is getting so big and we love to see her learning new things about the world. Here is she tonight, supposed to be winding down for bed, but the opportunity to get her all wound up again was too irresistible. Enjoy!

Happy Dad's Day!

Here is to Mark's first official Father's Day! What a miraculous man I married. My husband, Mckinley's dad...he does laundry, keeps Mckinley fed, clothed (sometimes even picks a matching bow to go with the outfit), cleans the house, makes the bed and ultimately, makes the sacrifices of the average "bread winner" to be home with our little girl. He is an amazing father with so much patience and love for our daughter it boggles me. I love to see them snuggled up in our bed in the mornings before I leave for work- nestled close, Mckinley's hand tucked gently into Mark's goatee- I love them! Here is to all the dad's out there- love and adoration. HAPPY DAD'S DAY!

7 months

Not a whole lot to report. The weather here this week has been unseasonably cool and we are taking full advantage. I got up early and went yard sailing yesterday-not too many good finds. The most noteworthy- "Blades of Glory" & "Quigley Down Under" for $2.

Mark, Mckinley and I went swimming for a bit yesterday- she LOVES the pool and it was fun to watch her. These are some pictures of her right after her nap...if you look closely you can see her two teeth on the bottom :)

Grateful for Sundays- I love to sit down and read the newspaper. I especially like that we have church @ 1:00 so I can max and relax in the morning. We are having the Iunds/Stephens over for dinner tonight. Always grateful for friends.

In a few short weeks we will be back in Utah. I am grateful for the vacation and the reprieve from the hot weather. Mark and Tony are going to Cali for the motorcycle races so this will just be a girl trip-two full days off work!

Where it's at...

Two weeks of no blogging can be deadly! These first pictures are of Mckinley's first trip to the zoo. It was actually pretty "cool" for Phoenix standards, one of the last days under 90 so it was nice. Mimi, Papa and Brittnee came with and it was fun. Mckinley was pretty ornery but fell asleep right as we were leaving. She did look super cute in her shades and hat.

This last weekend, we headed to Utah for the shortest trip of ALL time. If you are reading this and you didn't know we were in town, take no offense, we got in late Friday night and left Sunday night so there wasn't much time. Do not fret, I will be back in July for a little longer :) We had a good time for the 48 hours we were there. Did some yard saling (Herriman put on a great show!), went to Sunni's MS Charity Boutique which was such a good idea, my sweet mother-in-law's retirment party and Mark got to go to the motorcycle races with his dad and brothers.

Mimi and Mckinley

Above is my sister Bree and her husband with Mckinley (Bree is pregnant and due in Sept...Mckinley is excited to meet her cousin) and then, lastly, this is me and my closest cousin Ashlee and her twins Finn and Sophie. All the kiddies played together and it was fun to see.

We are so blessed to have friends and family. We do miss Utah and will eventually make it back but the short trip revitalized us for a bit.