Little Taylor C.

Jill and I were going through some old family pictures to look for Taylor's baby blessing pictures. We found some classics!!

2 months old!

Alexander turned 2 months on Friday! We celebrated by going to the doctor and getting shots. So we had a pretty rough day and night, but he is back to normal. He weighed 13 lbs 4 oz and was 24 1/2'' which puts him in the 98 percentile for his height. He is doing so good, and it's hard to believe how much he has grown. He is smiling so much and loves to his suck on his hands and his binky. Alexander loves to kick his legs and just coos away, and his neck is getting stronger. He still just sits so contently during his baths. He sleeps so much better when he is swaddled and recently has slept a lot better when we put his little noise maker in his room. He loves it, but Taylor and I are getting sick of the music! I found myself humming the little tune this morning...ha ha anyways we are loving this weather and have been going on lots of walks. We love our little baby boy!!

Photography...

I usually don't talk about myself much on here, so here it goes... I've been dreaming of doing my own little photography business for the past year. I really LOVE taking pictures (I think I'm getting pretty good at it too). Thanks to my family for letting me practice on them and their kids...I've built up a little portfolio. I also have a great friend Andrea Balmforth who has let me follow her around and learn from her expertise! I'm really enjoying everything I've learned and I learn something new everyday. Most of all, I love taking pictures of my little family and no matter what is it a huge blessing for us. Check out my new photography blog here.

Conference weekend

So we headed down to Utah for a mission reunion and conference. It was fun to visit with old friends and see my mission president. We also spent lots of time with family, rode horses, played in the sun and relaxed...

Taylor's favorite mission companion Bryce and his girlie friend came by to visit. Rochelle is from Alpine, and she actually had been to my parents house before to hang out with one of my brothers, but we never made the connection until now!

Saturday we all took turns riding the horses. Darby and I went on a ride with Dad later, but I didn't get any pics. I rode Abner, he is such a sweet horse. This is John on Abner.

Dad on Doc

Here is Rock on Hop

It was Sammy's 7th Birthday on Sunday. He is so handsome and such a good boy. Here is he decorating easter egg sugar cookies for everyone.

Spring weather!

The weather has been amazing lately! We have ventured out to go on lots of walks with our friend Malea and Scarlett. We live really close to the Idaho Falls Temple and there is a beautiful trail that loops the temple and the Snake River. The whole loop is about 7 miles, but we just do the main 2 mile loop. I took the baby in the stroller one day, and I also tried him in the carrier. Anyways, it just felt good to be outside and get a little color to our cheeks. Alexander is getting chubby and starting to smile a lot. He is just a great baby and we are so happy to have him. Taylor is super busy with school and his new lawn business. He is doing great and I am so proud of him for working so hard. I forgot to post these pictures of the long walks we took and his new truck that he bought right before the baby was born. Its pretty sweet! 

And here are a bunch of pictures we have taken in the last 2 weeks. 

Our cute friends Adam, Andrea and Lincon Balmforth.