Leila's Blessing and Brunch

This year, the 4th of July was a very special day for Miss Leila. It was her blessing day, and Brock did such a good job. She looked beautiful, and there were no mishaps with spit up, blow outs, crying, and the such.
Afterwards, we had everyone over to our house for visiting and eating. The weather couldn't have been better. I had been so stressed about it being too hot, because all week it had practically been 100 degrees! It was probably in the 70's on Sunday, and no rain either! Brock and I had been up until midnight the night before getting all the food prepared, the yard trimmed up, and the house cleaned, and it was all worth it. Everything was wonderful. We also had lots of help from family, and it was so appreciated. Thanks to everyone who helped, and who came to help us celebrate our beautiful little girl.

Here she is.


The whole dress. Yeah, its pretty much a mini wedding dress. I loved it the minute I saw it.


Sweet smiles. She looks just like Nixon did at that age with the disappearing lips!


Ahh, just love her!

She loves to stick out that tongue!

Here's the back.

And the bow. The one I ordered online got here, and was cream. It looked white online. Bummer. Brock's aunt found this one the day before her blessing at like 6:00, as the store was closing. Thanks so much Brenda! It was perfect! Well, it was once you glued the pearls on it!


And the bracelet. I made it with some help from my friend Shandra. Well, I put the beads in order, and put them on the wire. Shandra did all the hard stuff!

Here's pictures of everyone at our house afterwards. (well, not everyone, but you know)

The boys. Brock had been wearing a pink tie, in honor of his daughter. I made him change so that he would be festive like the rest of us.

The girls. I love having someone on my team.

The whole patriotic family.

Leila's grandma and grandpa Keddington.

Grandfather's wife, Elaine. Leila fell asleep the second she got her. She has the magic touch! Grandmas always do, don't they?

And, the GREATS.

My grandfather Bingham, I want to say 89?

My grandpa Sanders. 91 in next month.

Brock's grandma Bills. 88 years old.

Here is my cute niece Jaylee. Nolan and Treo's daughter.

Chloe and Brett can be found pretty much any time of day checking out their phones.

My nieces Leah, and Jaylee.

Our friends Ty and Melinda, and their 5 month old Maddox.

Jace stuffing his face. Treo and Julia in the background.

A special thanks to everyone who made this happen so smoothly. Brock and I are lucky to have so many people who love and care about us, and support us in all we do. I also need to mention my parents, who couldn't be here. It was sad not to have them here. My dad wrote the most beautiful letter to Leila, and we know they wish they could have been here. You'll be at her baptism right? That's good enough! We sure love this sweet girl!

Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay 2010

Brock, and a team from work ran in this year's Ragnar Relay Race from Logan to Park City. His was a team of 12, each running 3 legs of a 188 mile race. It took his team about 27 hours, which apparently is a very good time! I can't even imagine. They had two vans that would switch off driving while the other tried to get some much needed sleep. Brock did great, and even said it was fun! What? Doesn't sound like much fun to me! Here are some pictures captured along the way. Good job everyone!

Father's Day

This year for Father's Day all Brock wanted was to sleep in. He ran the Wasatch Back, which is a Ragnar relay race from Logan to Park City. That's 188 miles for those that don't know. He was on a team of 12 people who each ran three legs over a couple of days. Actually, they came in at about 27 hours which is really good. Anyway, he got home around 7:00 on Saturday night, and was exhausted. So exhausted in fact, that when he went to bed at 10:15 he didn't hear Nixon come in at 10:30 with a poopy diaper that was so painful on his poor diaper rash that he was crying. Nor did he hear when Nixon threw up all over his bed at 3:00, or when Jace came in and told us he had to go to the bathroom at 3:30, or when Leila woke up at 4:30 to eat, and then when I laid her back down at 4:45 she decided she wasn't quite full. Then, he didn't hear me as I was walking back to our room at 5:00 and Nixon was so sick still that he needed me to hold him, and tickle his back and arms and legs until he fell asleep in the hallway. This did wake Jace up though, so we chatted until about 5:30. Keep in mind that I am the worst sleeper on the planet, so I was just awake the entire time from 3:00 to 6:00. I figured that at least they'd all sleep in since we were up half the night, but no. Jace came in at 7:30, and in order to give Brock his one present (sleep) I dragged myself out of bed and downstairs. Nixon heard us, and came down, and Leila was next. When Brock finally came down at 11:00 and asked how the night went, I tried not to be mad, but I don't think I hid it very well.
We went and saw Toy Story 3, which we all loved, and then came home for naps. I got about 20 minutes. Then it was off to Brock's aunt Brenda's house for dinner and playing in her big backyard. By this time I was pretty exhausted, and feeling like I might be coming down with whatever bug Nixon and Jace had. Dinner was delicious as usual, and we even had s'mores! They had set up the sprinkler under the trampoline and Jace really loved that.

The boys love watching Brett play with his Iphone.

Here's Brock jumping through the sprinklers to show the boys how fun it is!

Sweet Nixon.

Jace on the tramp.

Leila watching the boys play.

Grandpa and Nix relaxing on the hammock.

It looked so nice, that Leila and I had to get in on the action.

Unfortunately, I was not able to see my dad again this year on Father's Day, but I sent him a card telling him how much I love him and how lucky I am to be his daughter. I hope you know Dad, just how much you mean to me, and I hope you had a great day! And to my father-in-law, how lucky I am to be a part of your family. You are so caring and thoughtful. I appreciate everything you do for our family, and how much you love me and my kids. I am grateful for the example you were, and are to Brock of what a good father and husband is. And Brock, how lucky our kids are to have you as their father. I am so grateful that I get to see that part of you every day. You were made to be a dad, and you are so good at it. I love you all so much, and thank you for all you do to make our world go 'round. Happy Father's Day!

Jordan High School Class of 2000, 10 Year Reunion

A couple of weeks ago I had my 10 year reunion. I know, I can't believe it's been that long either! It was actually pretty fun. Catered by Cafe Rio, one of our faves, and emceed by an okay comedian. It was kind of sad though when, at one point, the comedian said, "Let me guess...this table was the cheerleaders." He was right. We just laughed, but I thought Dang! He can tell??? Anyway, we played a trivia game about high school, and those days, and also about everything since then. We each had a buzzer thing with a number on it, and at the end of the first game guess who was in second place? Nope, me! So the kid who was in first (don't remember him) and I went to the front to win our prizes, but first we had to sing karaoke to see which one of us really got the prize. I was totally embarrassed, but sang Abba's "Dancing Queen" and then he sang "I Will Survive". Then everyone voted, and I won! Woo Hoo! Then I found out I had done all that for $10 to Target. Whoopee.
Anyway, it was really fun to see that everyone pretty much looks the same, and I really only hung out with my girlfriends that I see just about weekly, so I had a good time! It will be interesting to see everyone in 10 more years! I wish some more people would have come. There were about 200, but I would have liked to have seen some people that weren't there.

Here are the ladies: Obviously we all wanted to look thin! We're almost all wearing black!

Talitha, Shandra, Lindsey, Lisa, Anna, Me, Jenn, Natalie.


And here we are with our husbands...and Greg. We met at a yogurt place afterwards.

Go Beetdiggers!

Hogle Zoo

My brother Justin called us this morning inviting us to the zoo. It looked like it was going to be a nice day, so we decided to go. It ended up being perfect. Overcast, and not too hot at all. As soon as we got in our car to leave it started raining. The boys had so much fun with Justin and Maria, and her brother and sister-in-law, and their son Sam.

Here they are with Justin in front of the elephants. You can see Zuri, the baby elephant way in the back. The boys loved him.

Leila slept the whole time. Like usual.

Nixon looks like a native with his eyes squinted like that! He's our little blond haired, blue eyed Asian baby.

Thanks Justin and Maria for letting us tag along!