10th Anniversary

It was this day 10 years ago that I married my best friend. We dated for six weeks before we got engaged, and then married three months later. Today finds us together going strong with a wonderful family, 4 beautiful children, my happily ever after. I think back to the night we met country dancing, our second date to Island Park, a summer apart sharing emails and phone calls, the night Nick proposed, all leading to the moment we were sealed together in the Logan Temple. Happy 10th Anniversary to my sweet husband, many more years to come, I love you!

McKayla Turned 1!!!

My baby girl is ONE! McKayla's birthday was on June 19th, (that wasn't too long ago was it?) I can't get over how fast this last year went. She has been a delight and joy to have in our home. The boys absolutely love and adore her. I thought that having a girl would be different, that maybe she wouldn't be crazy and wild like her brothers, but really who am I kidding? She has those great boys to watch and learn from, why would I expect anything else. McKayla is and adventurer, getting into whatever she can and climbing on everything. I went to get her from her nap one time and she had climbed out of her crib and onto the dresser next to it (time to change that huh). She gets so proud of herself whenever she accomplishes anything. She has her baby language that we try to figure out what she wants, loves to eat anything and everything, not yet walking but loves to dance, loves being told she is pretty and looking in the mirror, and loves shoes and accessories.

Happy Birthday McKayla! We Love You!



The traditional 1st birthday bear cake. She loved it and would only kiss it at first then got a taste of how yummy cake is!



I tried to put her hair into a ponytail, it stayed for about 5 min but it sure was cute!

What we've done this Summer

I was thinking back to the summer and wondered where the time has gone with school starting in just over two weeks. I had hoped that my kids had fun and got to do lots of great things. This summer I heard many complaints about being bored, wanting to go to friends, and being bored. I was thinking my poor kids didn't get to do much, until I started looking through pictures and realized they did quite a bit. So here is our summer in a quick post of some of the things we did together.

Haroldsen Family Reunion in Nauvoo Illinois







A stop at the Omaha Zoo in Nebraska



The Lincoln Highway Memorial in Laramie Wyoming



A summer camp out




Fishing




Yet another race, I ran the 5K and Nick ran the 10K




Festival Days in Farmington




A trip to Dinosaur Park in Ogden

Scripture Cover

Another project I have loved making are scripture covers. I have my same scriptures since I was young and they have gotten many many years of use and look really sad. My solution was to make a scripture cover. I have loved it so much and have made a couple for some friends.

Old Seat, New Look

I love having a project to work on! I get so many ideas and things that I want to do but it is hard to find the time. I also love to take old things and make them new again, plus it is a good way to save money. It is time to switch McKayla from her infant car seat and into a toddler seat. After having my boys, I wanted to get her a cute girl seat, well I looked and looked and didn't find any that I loved enough to pay the money for. I decided that Logan's old seat was still in good condition and the idea came to recover it. I had extra material from other projects that worked perfectly and so my project began.

I should have taken a picture of the car seat before, but l looked at old pictures and found one (nevermind how dirty Logan is)


And here is the new seat! When I finished, I put it down on the floor and McKayla excitedly crawled over to it and climbed right on, she loves it! I love it!

Lagoon

It was the annual OC Tanner employees and families Lagoon day on June 11. This is a day the boys look forward to every year, living so close to Lagoon they are always asking when we get to go. We always go with Nicks company, they very generously pay for everyones tickets and dinner. Well, this year the weather did not work in our favor. It was rainy and cold! Lagoon was not very busy and we concluded the only crazy people there were the ones who got in for free. The boys didn't seem to notice at all how miserable it was. Poor McKayla was not happy at all being towed around in the cold and wet. The rain stopped and the son sort of came out. The family hung in there and it turned out to be an okay night, we ended up staying until 10 pm (way to late). The best part is when the announcement came that if we bring back our tickets anytime until the end of June we can get in for only $10 each!

Two Tots

The mother fairness in me comes out when I post about my kids. I can't post about two and then leave the other two out. Logan and McKayla were very patient while we watched big brothers in their swim lessons. We would try to find creative ways to keep them entertained while I tried to pay attention to what Kyler and Nathaniel were learning. Having the camera ready always leads to taking lots of pictures from my kids, good thing for digital!



Notice McKayla's teeth finally coming in! She turns one tomorrow, can hardly believe it has already been a year!