Catch Up!

At the zoo. 

4th of July 

Emmaline and Papa Ridge. 

Daddy and Emmaline driving. 

Kisses for Uncle Brady. 

All tuckered out! 

Splash, Splash

Sweet girl! 

Emmaline's play kitchen! We found it at the garage sale and she loves it!

At the request of some friends I am finally adding another blogging again....and when I say again I mean I probably won't blog for another 6 months or so...but hey I will try! The last time I blogged it was about Thanksgiving...lots has happened since Thanksgiving. This Tuesday our sweet little Emmaline will be 1 years old! I can't believe how fast the time as gone!!! Her birthday really snuck up on us too. I sometimes feel really guilty because I have nothing for her birthday! Bryant has turned into a workaholic! The past two weeks he has been working 3-10 and doing school full time. He has gone days without seeing Emmaline and only seeing me for a brief 10-15 minutes when he gets home from work at night, before I go to bed. I am student teaching and so am up before he is up and a few times I have gone to bed before he gets home at night. Bryant's mother, Michelle, has been gracious enough to come and watch Emmaline during my final semester of school. I couldn't do this without her here and knowing that Emmaline is with somebody who loves her...even when she is a needy and fussy. Well...I am done writing...all you really want are the pictures so here they are. Enjoy!

Crazy!

Instead of trying to catch up on everything that I haven't talked about I decided just to move on and begin blogging on what is going on in our life right now. April 17th marked the start of a very crazy and busy time for both Bryant and I. We both went back to school. Since BYU Idaho does a track system here, we were off track in the winter and now that its spring we are back in the full swing of stuff. Over the winter we have been very blessed with Bryant finding a good job! A few catches are he is working about 30 hours a week in Idaho Falls and taking classes full time. He is such a good guy. His day consists of getting up at about 6:45 going to class at 7:45 then taking classes until about noon. The he comes homes gets a bite to eat and then heads to Idaho Falls and works until about 7:30-8 ish. Then he rushes home to see Emmaline before I put her to bed for the night. I have so much respect for him being able to do that, I know I can't. As for me I have started to take my last set of classes before I student teach. This semester is going to hard for more than one reason. My classes are senior level classes and Emmaline demands quite a bit of my attention. So far she seems to be adjusting great to being with a babysitter! I feel like my prayers have truly been answered with finding child care this semester! One of my dear friends has agreed to watch her and another dear friend has also agreed to watch her. Both are wonderful and help to make me feel better about leaving her. At home of her babysitters they have a dog! It is so cute to see Emmaline sit there and laugh at the dog! Bryant has sworn that we will never have a dog, but after seeing how much Emmaline likes the dog....I kind of think it would be fun for her to have one someday....in the FAR future. Emmaline is now 6 months old! She is growing like a weed and each day I feel like I learn something new about her! Over our anniversary weekend (April 13th) we left her overnight for the very first time! I was very nervous and hesitant at first, but after leaving her for the night....I realized it was really nice to be able to sleep through the night! On our little getaway Bryant surprised me with a couples massage! I loved it! I hope Bryant realizes what he started because now I want one all the time! As fun as it was being away, it was great to be back and have Emmaline in my arms. Recently I have felt very blessed to have a great husband and a great life. I love where we are in our life right now! I look forward to the future and the many more crazy adventures that await us!

Emmaline loves working out with mom! (More pictures to come soon!)

Emmaline's Very First Thanksgiving!

Wow! It has been such a long time since I have blogged and while I have the time I may as well! Emmaline has become the joy of our little family. She is so full of personality and even though she has some rough times-when she giggles or smiles it makes us forget about all the bad times. Emmaline had a very eventful Thanksgiving. This was the time when she got to meet most of my family and reunite with Bryant's family. This year we were able to have Thanksgiving with my family and Emmaline was a very good sport at letting her cousins play with her. She also was able to meet some of her great grandparents for the first time! I am so grateful that we have the technology to document these fun times.