Engagement Ring Pictures

Okay many of you have been asking for pictures of the ring, so here they are! Too bad I didn't take pictures Monday when my nails weren't chipped! Sorry. Hard to see all the detail of the ring in the picture, but it's BEAUTIFUL!!

Rafa and I. Aren't we so cute!? :)

I'm engaged!!

Rafa asked me to marry him last night and of course I said yes!! :) I am super excited and happy to spend my life with the most amazing guy! He has made me happier than I could have hoped.

Fun Times in Idaho

Over Labor Day weekend Laura and I went up to Idaho for Madalyn's baby blessing. It was a quick trip as we went up there Saturday night and came back Monday but we had lots of fun!

Kevin's family before the blessing of Madalyn

Monday we went to the Eastern Idaho State Fair and had a blast.

Owen and Wes enjoying cotton candy!

Owen was brave to go on a little ride all by himself! He was so excited to go on it but while riding it he looked really scared! But after he got off he had a huge smile on his face.

Precious little Maddy

Me and Owen

Laura and Madalyn

Wesley loved putting his hand inside his shirt and asking where it went. He is soooo cute!!

Summer Fun

I'm a little late in posting some pictures from our trip back home. In the middle of July Laura and I went home to help get some stuff organized around the house for the big move. We went down to Nauvoo one evening to see the Nauvoo Pageant.

The cast at the end of it.
Nauvoo Temple

Mom, Laura, and I on the banks of the Mississippi

Mom, Laura, and Dad

Pretty views of the river. Man I love this place. It is so peaceful and beautiful.

Laura pulling some weeds...she loves to do it, really!!

Toby relaxing while Laura pulls the weeds and works hard.

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For the 4th of July Laura and I went to the MTC lawn with a few friends to watch the fireworks.

Gisel, Laura, and Faby

Two of Laura's good friends from BYU.

Visit from Colorado

A few weeks ago Sarah came to Provo with the kids. We were happy to see them and get to spend a couple days hanging out. The kids are so cute and fun!!

Eleanor

Kimball loves making forts!

Laura and Eleanor

Me and Eleanor

Smiling Simon

He has gotten to be such the little talker lately and it was so fun to listen to him. They boys are so smart just like their parents!!

Madalyn Jane

Congrats to Kevin and Becky welcoming their new baby girl, Madalyn Jane. She is adorable and I can't wait to meet her.

Becky and the baby. Becky looking as good as ever shortly after having a baby!
Precious Madalyn Jane

Las Vegas

Last weekend I went down to Las Vegas for a quick trip. It too short of a trip and I will have to get back down there again this summer. I went down and stayed with my old roommate Samantha. We had lots of fun together!

Me and Sam
Sam and Nick
Nick made us lots of good food on the grill Sunday. It was quite a feast and a great way to end the fun filled weekend!

Lupe and me
I got to go to my old work at Kelly Hawkins and see some of the people I worked with. It was so much fun to see them and catch up. I went out to lunch with my old boss' and they offered me my job back! :) I also enjoyed being at the office and visiting with all my friends there. It definately made me miss Vegas.

Visitors

Last weekend we had visitors come into town. Aaron and Sarah came into town for her mission reunion and family reunion so Sam, Lisa, and their kids along with Staci and Kyle came down as well for a fun filled weekend. We missed Kevin and Becky and also the parents but we had a good time. We got to have them stay in our new house too so that was great. We enjoyed time together at the swimming pool, temple open house, Aunt Barbara's, temple square, and Aunt Deanne's. It was so much fun to see lots of family and all be together. We wish it could happen more often!

Me, Staci, and Laura

Simon, he's so cute!

Simon with Laura. He was so cute while he was here and he followed Laura around like a puppy dog, as well as Kimall. They sure miss their Aunt Laura living with them and you can tell they had so much fun being with her this weekend. They sure do love her.

Spiders

A while back (over Memorial Day weekend) we found a couple of interesting spiders in our house. We have had lots of them but don't worry we sprayed and what not for them and so hopefully that takes care of the problem.

I came home after church one Sunday and found this on the kitchen floor. But this was after I had already seen it outside (below) and done research on it because it freaked me out, needless to say. It looks poisonous and like it could do serious damage. But actually it is a jumping spider (it can only jump about length of body) and they are not aggressive with humans and actually eat other spiders. So I felt better after that but still I hope to not see anymore in the house!

This spider is also very freaky and looks poisonous and we found it on the wall downstairs in the office. I am not sure if it's dangerous or what kind it is but hopefully since we sprayed they are all long gone. I dislike spiders but not as much as I HATE bees.

We also killed a black widow outside the house on the front wall a couple of weeks ago (before spraying). So i really hope the spray we bought works well!! :)

Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memorial Day Weekend Laura and I went up to Idaho Falls and then stopped in Logan. We got to Kevin and Becky's Friday night and spent through Sunday with them and also Staci and Kyle. We had lots of fun up there. We spent lots of time jumping on the new trampoline with the boys and then Saturday we went for a hike. Sunday night we went and stayed with Sam and Lisa in their new home and then Monday we went to the park for a picnic and then looked at their little zoo they have by the park.

Tyler, Sam, me, and Laura

Brian giving Laura a big hug!

Laura and Brian in their cool sunglasses

Brian and Tyler playing the back yard.

Wesley and me before church.

Kevin and Owen

Laura and Wes
Laura riding
Me and Owen

Kyle and Owen giving the thumbs up. Kyle was nice enough to bring his 4 Wheeler over for us to ride on Saturday evening. We all had lots of fun taking it around Kevin's backyard. It was Laura and mine's first time riding one and I loved it! I can't wait to do it again! Thanks Kyle! You're the best brother-in-law ever!! :)

The boys love their new trampoline and wanted to jump forever! I sure got a good workout with them this weekend. It was lots of fun. The boys are so cute! Wes liked to sit in our lap while the other of us jumped because he was too scared to sit by himself and bounce that high.

Owen sure enjoyed bouncing around too.

Saturday morning I went on a hike with Becky, Owen, and Wes. We met up with some of Becky's family who went camping the night before. It's always fun to hang out with Becky's family. I enjoyed the hike and it had some very pretty views!

Owen and the other kids touching the water, it was warm spring water.Stopping for a drink of water.

Wes wanted to walk the dog but he had a hard time keeping up :)

Thanks everyone for a great weekend!