My husband is hot...

...and he just keeps getting hotter, which is probably a good thing since I'm pretty much stuck with him at this point. While at the pool the other night the light was so good and, let's face it, even I can only take so many pictures of my kids in the pool, so I shifted my focus to my super cute sweetheart.

I love how the light hits his face. He looks so peaceful and you can just catch a glimpse of that very sexy 5 o' clock shadow.

Check out those smoldering eyes giving me the "come hither" look... MMMmmm! How could I ever say no?

I love his quiet confidence... absolutely iresistable.

And then 

he did

(wait for it)

this...

And I'll just leave you with that lovely image. 

Please, feel free to click on the image to see it larger.

Have a nice day!

We LOVE the Browns!

Chris and I have known Derek and Emilie Brown since before we were married. Chris actually met them while they were all in Young Ambassadors at BYU together. They got married right before Chris and I started dating and so we double dated a lot during our dating/engagement/newlywed time. We even traveled together and Derek played piano for our wedding reception (he's amazing). It has been fun to stay in contact throughout the years as we have all moved around the country... sending Christmas cards, emails, and even getting together when we all happened to be in the same city. Well, we've all been back in Utah for almost 3 years now and Chris is even working for the company that Emilie started with her sister Rachel (see link to the right for Signing Time). It has been so fun to hang out with each other again and for our kids to become friends.

Anyway, Derek and Emilie were staying at the Snowbird Resort and invited us to come spend some time with them. So, yesterday we took the day to relax! The kids swam (even though it was way colder than we thought it would be... there was still a lot of snow on the ground), then we went to dinner and watched a movie. We definitely need to do more together. Thanks so much for inviting us... we had a blast !

Zack and Abby... they are about 10 moths apart and love to play together. They both make up the wildest games!

Alex and Max... these two are totally cut from the same cloth. They have the same interests and get along so well. They are about 6 months apart and first played together as babies. Every time they get together they just pick up where they left off.

All the kids... Abby, Zack, Afton, Alex, and Max. Afton actually looks more like one of their kids then ours with those blue eyes and light hair. She was so funny... all day she was so obsessed with Alex because he's THE Alex from "Signing Time." She would follow him around and sit on his lap and kept calling him "Alex and Leah" like it is in the song. It was funny because she has spent time with him before but this was the first time she was old enough to make the connection. 

The original four... I wish I had a picture of us all way back when I could post with this one (actually I do, but it's not digital and I don't really know how to work my scanner. Maybe I'll get Chris to show me how and add it later). It would be pretty funny.

Summer Tradition

Last Thursday was the first swimming/BBQ night with my family over at my Dad's and brother's houses. This is one of our favorite things to do in the summer and something we always look forward to. We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next time! Sorry to anyone who isn't pictured... that's what you get when you leave early.
If there was ever a baby who loves to swim it's Afton. This little girl can't get enough of the pool and will stay in it as long as we're willing to let her. She even pretends she's swimming in the bathtub (I guess all kids do that at some point, but she signs it so it's even cuter!) This pool is perfect for her because they have a kiddie pool just deep enough for her to stand in and safe enough for us to sit on the side, watch her float and reach in and grab her if we need to. And it's even covered so we don't have to worry about sunburns. The light was perfect for taking pictures... I love how this one of her in the towel turned out (I actually took a ton and love them all, but this is my favorite... nothing like sunset for great photo light).

Abby had fun playing with Afton... 

I'm not sure how much fun Afton was having.

Abby's favorite thing about the pool is the slide. They totally remodeled it after last summer so now it is really cool rock with a waterfall. She also loves to play with her cousins and Aunt Aubrey and sometimes likes it when her uncles throw her really high into the air! She is becoming a better swimmer every year!



Max is quite the swimmer. He especially enjoys playing under the waterfall and making up secret games. He also likes being rough with the big boys, getting dunked and thrown in the pool.

Abby and Max with my little sister, Aubrey.

My cute nephews, Taylor and Ben.

My not so little (I think he is the tallest of all 5 boys) younger brother, Peter, and my Dad (see Dad... you ARE on my blog!)




This is my brother, Luke, looking very cool in his awesome shades and... um... interesting beard!

Beauty Sleep

Not much to say... I took this picture last Sunday. Afton had fallen asleep on the way home from church so I put her on the chair in the living room while I made lunch for the kids real quick. When I went back to take her to bed this is how I found her. I don't usually take sleeping pictures, but the headband over the eyes made me laugh so I couldn't resist.

June

Can I just tell you how excited I am that it is June? The kids have been out of school over a week now, but the fact that today is June 1st makes it really feel like summer (although Max informed me that it's not officially summer until June 21st... yeah, whatever) and even though I lamented about summer a few posts back I really am excited. Due to past pregnancy complications, I'm not really allowed to travel after 30 weeks and tomorrow is 25 weeks so we are cramming it all into the next 5 weeks. 1 family reunion, 2 sets of out of town visitors, 2 birthdays (Abby's and mine) and 1 two week family vacation! It's going to be a blast if we survive it all! Oh, and the kids summer activities start this week: day camps once a week, playdate with the Farnsworth cousins once a week, Max has guitar and Scouts, Abby's gearing up for Tae Kwon Do... busy, busy, busy! I think the beautiful weather, the fact that my kids were very well behaved during church today (and the rest of the day for that matter... Afton was asleep by 8:30 and Max and Abby actually put themselves to bed by 9:00!), I was able to take a nice little nap this afternoon, my house is mostly clean and my sweet husband gets back in town tonight are also contributing to my extremely positive outlook right now. So, come on June, I'm totally ready for you!