Cute Nephews

Brian and I were able to escape to Las Vegas last weekend to visit family and take one last vacation before school starts. It was a blast. We had fun making decorations for my dad's birthday party and hanging out with the twins. They sure are cute when they are asleep! And when they are awake, though they make a lot more noise :)


Here is Michael sleeping in Karli's arms. He's the oldest and the most demanding- he wants to be held all the time and will wake up the second he is put down.


Here is Jared sleeping in his dad's arms- he likes to be held sideways; sometimes this is the only position that will calm him down (go figure).

Brian and I are excited to start school again, though I can't say that I'm excited to work on my thesis or to do tests again! But at least Brian is done studying for the DAT, so we don't have to deal with that stress anymore. But I'm not sure all this waiting is desirable either. So far Brian has two interviews with dental schools, but we're still waiting to here from about 7 more. Dah! We just want to know who's going to interview him and who's not, but these schools are being very slow about letting people know. So everybody, send all your good karma our way please!

Beautiful Flowers

My sweet husband Brian got me these lovely summer flowers the other day for no reason at all. He loves me! When I first got these, only one of the blooms was open. Then, slowly over the last week, more and more of the beautiful buds have opened. Wow, huh?


These are some fun pictures from our camping trip with my parents and our two nieces. We went to a place we call "The Peak." It's a piece of land that my grandparents own up on Cedar Mountain near Cedar City- our own private camping place. It's so beautiful. My dad and Brian built a swing set while we were there out of fallen Aspen logs. Our nieces had a blast with it, and we spent most of the vacation being conned into pushing the two of them.


And here's the hat that Carissa made for Leo out of his plastic water bowl :)