My beautiful New niece Ellie Mae

I took these photos of my new little niece Ellie Mae on Sunday. She was 6 days old. She was so good for the photos awake and asleep. I really enjoyed taking these. I enjoyed posing her and playing with her.

So I have decided that Newborn portraits are my absolute fave to do!! I do enjoy all portrait photography but Newborns are on the top of my list!! They are so new and precious. There is nothing like it, it is like taking pictures of an Angel.

Boating at Strawberry and Starvation

JayLynn & Annabelle in their favorite spot on the boat, they love the very front of the bow.
Eva and I

Savannah and Trin jumped out of the boat to play in the water.

Eva wakeboarding, she did great!

Steve giving Trinity the 411 on wakeboarding before she goes out.

Me

The kids getting ready to play Trinity, Annabelle, Savannah, JayLynn and Josh

Me

Angela (me) wakeboardingDaxton started carving, crossing the wake and tried jumps his SECOND time out!

Trinity got up on the wakeboard her FIRST try, and she stayed up for a while.

Eva the proud mommy of 10 yr. old Trinity up on the wakeboard

We had a fabulous weekend. We went boating this past weekend with our friend Steve. We camped at Strawberry and boted for two days then to Starvation the last day. We had a blast.

Nice 80 degree weather fun!!

Today was so nice!! It only got up to the mid 80's which is cool for July. Me and the girls went to Dixcie's pool today and played for a few hours. We drove there in the Jeep with the top off and it was so nice because usually this time of year it is too hot to ride the Jeep in the middle of the day. This evening Dixcie came over and her Eva and I went for a nice eveing burn and it got chili out.

Not the best picture but hey, it's us on the bikes!!

The basement Bathroom countertop and tile

Well our work is finished downstairs!! No more work downstairs!! I finished the counter top last night and we sealed the grout this morning. The tile turned out beautiful.
I made this counter top the same way I made the kitchen counter only I used different colors and paint techniques.

Eva and I found this nasty ugly bathroom vanity at savers for only $15, I was even skeptical on whether or not we could make it look good!! We put on some raised stencils and painted and glazed it, then we changed out the hardware and pulls and tah dah....it looks FAB!! I wish I had before pics because it was bad!! You wouldn't even believe it was the same cabinet!!

tile work!!

God's country right in our own backyard!

I can't believe we didn't get any pictures of Independence day!! We had a lot of fun! We had a barbecue and lit a ton of fireworks!! Our Culde-sac was booming with the whole neighborhood. I was lighting sparklers for all the kids for at least an hour and a half straight.

The day before yesterday (July 3rd) We went on an beautiful jeep ride up the Timpooneke trail past the Timpooneke trail head for hiking with some friends of ours. It is so amazingly beautiful up there. You drive from the back (East side) of Timpanogos to the front (west side) You can over look the whole Utah Valley from the front side. It is so breathtaking!! These pictures we took don't do the scenery justice!!
We feel so blessed to have all of these beautiful places within minutes of our home. It is only a 15 minute drive to the canyon. I feel bad that I murmured so much about all the June rain but our Mountains are so green now and we really needed the moisture.

Taking our baby sisters out for their 17th birthdays!!

Eva and I took Beth and Koleen to Mimis for their 17th birthday. They are so fun to hang out with. We laughed a lot in the restaraunt. Afterwards we went to the Gateway.

We had a blast, they crack me up. I am so blessed to have the sisters I have :)

Candy Land Parade Float

Me and my sister Eva were asked to help with this parade float for our Church. We can't take credit for the whole thing but we were happy to be a part of it. Lots of hours went into this and lots of people helped out...hours and hours of sculpting chicken wire, doing paper mache, and painting!! The theme is 'If I could I would...Live in Candyland.' It is for the Lehi mini float parade. I'll post more pictures of it after the parade on Saturday. We are so excited to see where it is placed with the judges!! :)

Third Grade Talent show

Savannah played her guitar and sang her very own song that she wrote for the third grade talent show. She did so well!

JayLynn's kindergarten Graduation

We are so proud of JayLynn, she graduated kindergarten with all A's!! She reads very well!! She is so excited for first grade!! They make such a big deal out of it now a days, we are happy for her!! We are excited for both our kids to be in full day school next year!!

Boating

JayLynn was on the molecule tube and got sucked under the water, she got so cold afterwards so she sat on the boat with a blanket on the rest of the day.

We had fun boating last weekend with friends.