Come what may... and love it

I have realized why I don't go to the church book store that often (besides the fact that the one in Elk Grove closed and the only other one in Sacramento is so far away) but it's because I could easily walk out spending $1000 if I let myself. I love the artwork, they have the most amazing and beautiful pictures of Christ and the temple and this really nice one of the sacred grove. All beautiful!!! My most favorite and fitting for my life right now was a sign that read, "Come what may... and love it" I can only imagine the terrible things that the savior went through while on the earth and the great strength that he had to forgive everyone who inflicted them on him. I wish I had his strength and greater faith to love the things that come my way.

Disneyland

Sorry there is going to be a lot of posts and they are kind of out of order. Disneyland came first, then Abigail's birthday, then the first day of school. But what ever I did my best and at least they're on here for your viewing pleasure :)
Here we are after just entering CA adventure. From left to right Hailey (my sister she lives with us now, me, Abigail, and Derek)

We were tired of holding Abigail in this long line, so we let Hailey take a turn.

Me and Abby waiting to see Tinker Bell

Abigail and Ashlie watching the fireworks show. Abby loved it she was so amazed

Our sweet girl pooped half way through our day. She didn't sleep for long, but I was glad she slept at all.

1st day of school

As some of you may already know we have an addition to our family. My sister Hailey lives with us now and we are so happy to have her. She's been with us now for about 2 months and will hopefully be with us for a while. Anyway, she started school (the same school as my brother Jason) and here they are on the 1st day.
She was not down with all the picture taking... I'm guessing this is a look into the future when she'll be leaving for prom.

Our baby girl is 1

I can't believe it, but it's happened. Our sweet baby girl has turned 1 and it's a happy and sad day for us. She turned 1 on August 12th but we had a fun party for her at my parents house on the 15th. There was swimming, cake, and a lot of fun! We'd like to give a special thanks to Alisa for decorating the cake, it looked AMAZING! Overall it was a great day and I couldn't have wished for more. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated this exciting day with us.


Abigail before the cake was destroyed, she wasn't sure about it and she doesn't like her hands to get dirty so she was very cautious.

Until she realized that there was cake under all the frosting. Thanks Grandpa for helping her out!

Everyone having fun in the pool and below the beautiful cake before we all ate it.

Watermelon must be her favorite

We went out to dinner the other night and gave Abigail some of her very own watermelon. She loved it. She got turned around a couple of times and when we tried to help her she would hold onto the watermelon for dear life and lean away from us.

Happy Birthday Derek!!!

ok so some of you have asked about the birthday back ground and yes it's because Derek's birthday is on Sunday June 7th.
Happy Birthday my love!

Camping pictures

As promised here are some pictures from our camping trip.

This is our family picture at the beach, it was freezing cold.

This is Abigail body surfing on grandpa at the beach. She is a pro so grandpa better watch out.

This is Abigail on the hike that Jason (our trail guide) took us on. It was in the camp ground and we walked all the way up to the observation deck. He showed us plants and taught us about animals. He's so smart, he could be a great park ranger some day.