How did this happen?

Can you believe that this....

...turned into this?

This is Michael! (the little boy that I nannied in New York) As you can see, he looks so different! He is getting so old! He's almost 5 now! When I first got to New York, he was just about 7 months old and he was 18 months old when I left. Susan, Dave and Michael were all here a few weeks ago for a wedding. They had 6 of the 7 nannies present (including the current nanny)! We tried to get a picture with everyone, but it was a little hectic chasing after Michael, etc. Right when we got to the reception, we walked into the cultural hall and see Michael picking up the knife and ALMOST cutting the cake! This was followed by Susan trailing behind yelling, "Michael, NO!" Apparently they had a long talk the night before about how there was going to be a big cake there that he wasn't allowed to touch it! He was so funny! And he loved JD! It was so good to see them as well as the nannies! (Miquelle, Jenna, Megan, Cassidy and Beth) I love any chance I get to visit with them. And although it was a quick trip and visit I hope we'll see them again soon! Hopefully in New York!

Summer Pictures

We spent quite a bit of time at the Kitchen Family cabin this summer in Bennington, Idaho right near Bear Lake. We had a lot of fun sleeping over and boating at beautiful Bear Lake.

We went to Denver in July for a quick little vacation and loved it there!

Elitch Gardens

16th Street Mall

Cheesecake Factory

There were some really cool buildings all over the city and this one happened to be across from our hotel. We were just kind of wingin it here! We showed up with no hotel reservation or anything and had a blast! We went shopping, walked all over the city, went to Elitch Gardens, Cheesecake Factory, 16th Street Mall, and for a drive all through the Denver suburbs before heading to Glenwood Springs on the way home.

We went to Flaming Gorge with the Kitchen side of the family. I conquered many fears there like this slide! I went off the slide on the houseboat, jumped off a cliff, and went tubing...TWICE! With Grandma Kitchen and Dave. Unfortunately I don't have any picture of those...

We went to Lava Hot Springs for the yearly end of summer camping trip. We had a lot of fun swimming at the pool, floating down the river, sitting in the hot springs, and just chililn out!

Ashley and Chase

Allison and Adam

Alicia and JD

We had a really fun summer and are sad it didn't last a little longer!

My Girls

I went to a baby shower for my cute friend Jessica Dunford Gnehm last night and it was so fun to see everyone! These are the girls I grew up with in the Kaysville 2nd ward. It was so fun to catch up with everyone. I miss seeing them and I just love them! It doesn't seem to matter how much times passes, when we get together it seems like we were never apart! Jessica looks so darn cute with only 15 more days to go....if she makes it that long! Everyone seems to be betting little Hunter will be coming this weekend!

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our blog! I hope you enjoy it! It has taken me forever to get it going, but here we go...

It's back to school and we are super busy this semester! I am working full time and going to school full time so I can FINALLY finish! Two more semesters after this! JD and I should probably graduate at the same time, have a semester off and then it's off to Optometry school. We have been looking at schools on the east coast, but haven't decided yet. I think we should go on a long vacation and check them all out!

Well at least we had a fun summer! Here are some of the things we did this summer

Ok I'm going to have to post the pictures later because it doesn't want to work...and I have to figure out how to use this thing! Check back later!