August

 a quilt I made for John and Angie's beautiful baby girl Grace.

 My Ings got married, I can not believe that she has moved to a life that was so different from what I thought it would be when we met some 10 years ago.  She was radiant and beautiful and has found that best Man for her.  Rob loves her for everything she is and everything she will become.  I am blessed to have been apart of her wonderous day.

 Rob and Ingrid

 

While we were in Utah we spent time with both families.  We went to the zoo.

 

 

I was able to see a few of my sisters from the mission. 

 The kids had a blast playing with  each other and we have a great time catching up. Love you Tingey and McKay

I also got to meet up for lunch some of my favorite Young Woman.  These girls have a bright future and I am lucky to be apart of it.

 

 Cute little Jetta.  What a beauty she is and fun Randy.  Thanks for the good times.

Paige was so brave and cut so much hair off.  I love it short. Emily cut it for her and made her look so special.

 

Best part was when Baby June was born.  My beautiful niece made from scratch by Tabitha and Eric.

 Boy did she pick a great crazy family.  So glad I got to be with her.

 

It was a wonderful trip and so happy we were able to go and see friends and family.  It was also nice for the kids to come home and sleep in there own beds.  Gma Rass was kind enough to drive home with me.  We stopped at Jeff and Shawna and stayed the night.  Kids played so well together, plus it broke the drive up.

 

 

 

 

Chris Birthday and July

My baby turned 30!  He never understood why 30 was hard for me, but he gets it now.  You think you should be somewhere and own certain things.  Then you have to look at what you have and know how blessed and fortunate you really are.  I think Carter, Kennedy are very blessed to have the best husband and father.  Chris loves to come home and do nothing but be with us.  He spends his time doing whatever the kids want.  He is always on the ground playing with him and he is always making sure I am happy.  We surprised him at work and told his boss to put in a fake client and then we should up and took him out to lunch.  I also brought cupcakes for the office.  Then we had dinner and the Nielson's over for dinner.  We are lucky to have really great friends.  Our husbands get along, our kids get along.    Love you Babe Happy Birthday!

July 3rd

Chris got off work early for the holiday so we decided that we would go on a small hike.

 July 4th
There was the 4th breakfast at the church and then a bike parade.  We brought along Carter scooter.  you can see him in the front, and everyone took off and C is still standing there.  After we went to Idylwood Park with the Hayden's.  We brought a picnic and grill and had a blast.  Later that night we walked up to city hall and watched the firework display.  Carter cried the whole time.  Guess loud noises still bother his hears.

 Nyla

 Christopher

 lizzie

 Looks cloudy but it was very humid so it didn't feel like it looked.

July 7th

Carter had so much fun during naptime.  All he needed was a bucket and some water.  Sometimes he and I both feel a little stuck at home when K takes her long naps.  In the end we always have fun.

June/Birthdays

6/5/13
  There is a Bounce House that we like to go to and so we grabbed a few of our friends and wore our kids out.

 Leone and Margo

 Carter

Kennedy loves to have her hand in her shirt or in your shirt when she is tired.  She doesn't care who you are she will do that.  You can pull her hand out but she will try and put it back in .

6/8/13
  It was such a nice day so we thought we would go to the Botanical Garden's in Bellevue.  It is a great place to walk and explore and they have different sections, like the woods, the gardens, the bridge.  Carter also fell while we was running and we got some cute family pictures we took ourselves.  Carter loves the movie UP.  For whatever reason he seems to remember it when things in real life are similar to the movie.  So there was an old old lady walking around with a walking stick.  After about the 3rd time she passed us Carter finally asked "Who's that and what is she holding?"  I said it was a walking stick and you could ask her her name.  Carter says "what's your name"  The woman replied "Ellie" and Carter immediately said " Are you sad your baby died and you can't have anymore"  The lady was confused and we were embarrassed.  We told her we were sorry and said it was from a movie.  Then we had to talk to Carter about Ellie being a Character in a movie and that there are people with the same name but not the same person.  He did the same thing when we were in Utah.  Our friends Nicole and Brian came over and they have a little boy named Russell, and he immediately asked for Ellie and Mr. Fredrickson.

6/10/13

I use to do pillows for a lady who had a business.  It was good money and I could do it at night or nap time.  We had 2 really big orders I had to finish so I enlisted Chris in the work that week.  He hated every minute of it but it was what I needed and he loves me so he did it.   A few days later I took the kids to the Children's Museum one last time before our pass expired.  It was nice because Kennedy  was tall enough and now walks that she was able to participate more.

Father's Day, 6/16/13

What a wonderful day for Chris and to celebrate our dads.  I have to say Chris is the best dad and my kids make sure he knows it.  They love him.  When he walks thru the door from work Kennedy screams so loud with joy and runs to him and Carter has to help him put his suit and tie away.  They play and play with him until they go to bed.  I made Chris is favorite meal and I gave him a present that I got off of Groupon, 2 hours of paddle boarding for him and I to do on Lake Sammamish.  It was a blast and I love to spend time with Chris.

This was the card that we made for Chris.  I am in love with this man and can not wait to have more babies that he can be a dad too.  We are lucky to have him.

I also have to say that I have a wonderful father, who gets better and better with time.  There are things that will always remind me of him, like I can always remember him kneeling on his knee's in his room every morning before I went to school.  I always knew how important prayer was.  He loves See's Candy and movies.

I also have a great Father in Law Bob.  He is kind and compassionate and never says a mean word about anything.  I kinda give him grief about it but really it is a great quality and something I should pay more attention to.  Thank you for giving me Chris and teaching me good things.