Amylia Ann

Amylia today is a month old! Time flies when your at home for a month attending to a newborn's needs. Anyways I am finally posting some pictures of our sweet baby.

Going private

I think I'm paranoid. I am going private so if you want to see what we're up to let me know. If your cool enough I'll add you onto our list.

Fall photo shoot

I just took some adorable pictures of Sasha's kids at the farm this weekend. These are some of the favorites.

September

I've been slacking with blogging. It's been a busy month with Luke starting school, dealing with crazy brides and mother's of the bride, and preparing for the arrival of our baby.

New Lawn
We have been working on our yard for 2+ years. We built a rock wall, installed an iron fence, installed a sprinkler system, and finally the moment we've been waiting for laid sod. Both the Cook's and the Colledge's combined muscles and we were able to get it done in one night. Thanks for all the great help!





Homecoming
I have not been back to the old stomping ground for over 11 years! The Vikings have a great football team this year and for Homecoming Luke and I joined Jamie and friends for the game. Jamie took the great picture of the flag.





My Birthday
The Cook's and Colledge's combined again to throw a raging birthday party. Luke gave me the lense I've wanted which I tried out and took pictures of Lily and Jared's dog Cache. Another highlight, the Cook's got me a snuggie which I immediately had to try on.






Cabin

We went to the family cabin a few weekends ago. It is so peaceful; quiet; and the trees are starting to change colors. We went on a little hike above the cabin and the sun was setting perfect to do silhouette pictures. Ava holding my hand with the pregnancy belly.

how to be a great friend

Jamie Karren Blaisdell
J- Joy to be around
A- Always there for you
M- Many talents
I- Inventive
E- Everyones friend

I am consistently impressed with her. The list could go on forever, but some of the things I love about her:
- She will drop whatever she is doing to help you
- She has an intuition to call/ stop by/ leave a card when you need a friend the most
- She has a way of making you feel like your important
- I can always expect to laugh a lot when I'm with her
- I am amazed at how she comes up with the cutest crafts or home decorating ideas.
- She is incredibly talented, she can do ANYTHING
- I know I can bring anyone along with me when I'm hanging out with Jamie because she goes out of her way to make them feel comfortable
- She is always thinking of others
- She is a great Mom
- I would never describe her as flaky, she is very dependable
- Just by being with her makes me want to be a better/kinder person

I really could go on about her, she really is a great person and I'm so lucky to have a friend like her!

where everyone knows your name

I've always felt a sense of pride being from Lindon. When I was in my teens and people would ask where I was from and I would say Lindon, they would reply "Oh, Pleasant Grove" I would correct them "Lindon". Today was Lindon Days and it was reaffirmed to me why I love it.

Reasons being:
- The parade consisted mostly of ward and stake entries and had more people in the parade than watching.
- I recognized and know both the mayor and the grand marshals of the parade.
- Its a town where everyone knows everyone, at least if your family lived in Lindon back when there was only one stake.
- If I ever go on a run anywhere in the city, a few days later my Mom tells me that so-and-so saw me running the other day.
- Most of the main city does not have sidewalks we have horse trails.
- We now have the most rockin pool in the county.
- If I ever go to Allen's Grocery Store it is a guarantee that I will run into an old ward member.

Lindon recently got put into the top 100 of America's best small towns so now the secret is out!




There was free face painting for kids.





There was also a cute Home Depot booth where kids could build bird houses, helicopters, tool boxes, etc which was also free.

because we can

Changes are coming. Luke is quitting work in a month cutting our income drastically. He is also starting school again. I will take on the responsiblity of financial support for our family and will also juggle being a new mom. With this looming in our future, we planned one last "because we can" moment. Spontaneously we took off for Vegas. We splurged on a suite at the Venetian and bought the best seats in the theater for the Bellagio Cirque Du Soleil "O" show. The show was AMAZING!!! If you ever have the chance to see any Cirque shows, I'd highly recommend it! Incredible. It was so nice to spend hours in the car with Luke and just talk. We have such good conversations. I think that was my favorite part of the trip.

To clarify. Luke is attending the BYU MBA program which begins in August. We are expecting our first baby; a girl. We are due Oct. 11th.