Family Pictures

Here's some cute family pictures that I had my friend take. She is doing very well with beginning her photography. Elora and Max didn't exactly want to cooperate too much though...

A little comparison...

Here is just a little comparison for you to enjoy, a little proof that we have kids who are "carbon copies" as one person put it...

Tyson Gough

This past weekend we went down to St. George for a little visit so we could go to a graveside burial for our nephew, Tyson Gough. Tyson is Jared and Kathy's son, and lived for an hour and a half after he was born. To read more about what happened, go to my other brother and sister-in-law's blog site here. So here are some pictures from the graveside burial, and you can read more about the service here. We were glad we could go down and support Jared and Kathy and the rest of the family. We were very touched by the spirit which we felt of Tyson, and are also thankful for the strength and example of Jared and Kathy. We love you guys! One thing that Jared said during the service which made an impression on me was that, "Sometimes we pray for a miracle we want, but we get the miracle that we need." That is so true. We don't know what Heavenly Father has in store for us, but whatever trials or anything we go through during life is meant for us. And we can get through it and learn from it and grow so much from the experiences we have in life.

Summer Fun

Elora had a lovely hairdo, and then started wrapping her baby blanket around her neck, I just thought it was so cute!

We gave Max a mohawk after his bath, and it actually stayed through the next morning!
Now here's a little comparison between our two kids. Here's Max at about 13 or 14 months:

And here's Elora at a little over a year:

Grandpa Gough came up for a couple nights to go a conference in Layton. Elora and Max loved having him around, especially to read to them. The next day after Grandpa left, Elora asked me, "Where's Grandpa?"

Every kid has to have a great spaghetti face picture, well, here's Max's:

We got a new toy a month or two ago, but haven't been able to use it much since it's been practically winter in summer. But it's been warmer lately, so we've been able to go on more bike rides. We absolutely LOVE our bike trailer.

And the rest of the pictures are just a fun day at the park...

Happy Fathers Day!

I just wanted to say a little about Travis, the father of our 2 kids. I am truly blessed to have such a great husband. He works full time working on cars, and goes to school full time. He wears himself out everyday all for us, his family. He truly loves me, Elora, and Max. He would do anything for us, and does everyday. He treats me like a queen and he finds time to play and enjoy and help out with the kids and even helps around the house happily. I'm sure glad I found such a great man to marry and to be with for eternity.

I love you Travis!

Our trip to St. George

Peekaboo!