Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Settling In


June was about as busy as May. I think we have officially settled in to our house. There may be a few boxes in closets, but whatever is in those boxes must not be very important since I haven't had a need for it in a month. 

My parents came to visit, and it was so great. They have lived in their home for 30+ years, so I would say they are home owner experts. We tackled numerous projects and they delivered our old family piano and my Grandma's hutch. Thanks mom and dad!!


Jared is pretty much in heaven having a garage! You should have seen the plans he designed for this work bench!
The flower beds in the front of the house had really ugly red wood chips so we took it out and planted some plants. Guara, lavender, creeping thyme, a popcorn tree, and Shasta Daisy's.

This poor old apple tree had to go! It was DEAD. There were hardly any leaves and wasn't going to be producing any fruit. 

I'd say my parents are enjoying themselves

Exploring Fort Buenaventura Park





Two Grandma's in town at the same time. Ellie is one lucky lady!

A re purposed childhood toy from my brother! Ellie will get a lot of use out of this thing!


This may have been Jared's highlight of the week. They found the on/off switch for out ancient sprinkler system. Hallelujah!

Ellie helped too!

Explored Antelope Island with my parents. It was a beautiful day.




We have lots more planned for the month of July...stay tuned!





















Monday, July 7, 2014

Newborn Photos- Elena Cooper

Sometimes I have the opportunity to do an uninterrupted photo shoot. Where Ellie isn't the subject and she isn't tugging at my arms forcing the photos out of focus. I so enjoyed taking photos of miss Elena. She was the cutest little thing. There isn't anything quite like the new mother either. Happiness and joy radiate through the tiredness and their true beauty is beaming from them. Congratulations to Solana and Danny on your sweet little lady.