The Willow Park Zoo!

A few weeks ago we went to the little zoo here in Logan. Let's just say I forgot to blog about it, because it was extremely lame! I think you can walk through the whole zoo in about 10 minutes. There are different types of birds, a deer, and a monkey. Wow, amazing huh! Ella had more fun running through the zoo then looking at the animals. Anyway, she had fun at our picnic before and our time at the park going down the slide afterward. Even though the zoo wasn't too fun, we had a fun night together!

We love Shrek!!

Funny story.... So every Sunday night we like to watch a Disney movie together! This week Ella picked Shrek. Well, as Shrek came on she yells, " Look it's Daddy!!" We were laughing for a while, we always knew dad looked like a much handsomer version of Shrek (we are just glad he doesn't have his ears!)! Everyone always says people usually have a twin somewhere :)

Our Celebration!

Cavin in his sisters sunglasses :)


Us enjoying the day with the kids!


As you know, yesterday was our anniversary and we had a wonderful day. We started out by going to do sealings at the temple. We left the kids at our wonderful neighbors the MacNairs and had a nice time getting away for a minute! We love to do sealings every anniversary to remind us about the promises we made to each other. When we came home we relaxed, took a nap and then later went to dinner at Hamilton's and spent the evening relaxing, listening to a rainstorm, and watching So you think you can Dance, which we love (congrats Joshua!)! Rags bought me an Ipod to go running with and I am very excited about it. Thanks Rags! Anyway, it was nice to just be able to spend a day together!

Four Years Ago...

Four years ago, on August 7th, Ragnar and I were married in the Houston, TX temple. It seems strange to think that it has already been four years. So much has happened in our lives and we have grown up so much since then. When I think back on the story of how we came to be, I am grateful for Heavenly Father always knowing what is best for us. Just to reflect I want to leave you with our engagement story.....

Ragnar and I knew each other for a couple years before we ever started dating. We hung out almost everyday, at first for him to share of his undying love for my best friend. After that desire came and went, we still were together everyday. I went through other boyfriends and experiences and yet everyday if he hadn't called by 5:00 p.m. I would call him or vice versa. It was just something we always did, he was my best friend. His senior year of college was coming to a close and he had booked his one way ticket home to Germany. Not thinking much of it because I hadn't felt much more than friends about him, things took a drastic turn. He asked if we could date just until he left so that he would have no regrets. I basically said it was a waste of time, but I was willing to see if our friendship had anything more, because I knew if it didn't he would be gone and the chances of me ever seeing him again were small. Well, we did date and it went far better than I had imagined, in fact from the first date until we were engaged it was only about 2 months. I realized that he was my best friend, and so much more and I couldn't see him get on a plane and never see him again, so we decided to get married and here we are now. We were apart the whole engagement and I loved all the things we learned about each other from the millions of minutes we spent on the phone. Sometimes Heavenly Father opens your life to different possibilities and I am glad he made me aware that Ragnar was something too good see walk out of my life. Thanks for being patient for those years Rags and Happy Anniversary!!!

Cache Valley

As we think about moving our little family to big city Houston, Tx we were sitting here thinking of things we love about little cache valley and here are our top 10 for the day! I'm sure we missed some!

10. The grass is so soft in Utah

9. The summer nights are so nice and cool

8. The Logan fireworks in July

7. First Dam has a lot of memories for us

6. Everything is super close

5. There are little city parades and holidays that only small towns do

4. Great places to hike and enjoy nature

3. Friendly people and great neighbors :)

2. Utah State University

1. Aggie Basketball

We have really loved it here and have great memories to last the rest of our lives.

Wii Night

Making a fool of myself boxing!

Ella playing :)




Ian and Cavin chillin!

It's been a while since we have been able to have a fun night with our neighbors the MacNairs. Between us having a baby and then 6 weeks later them having a baby, we have said many hi and goodbyes, but we haven't really hung out. So, it was a treat to be able to hang out with our new boys and play the wii! We had some yummy pizza and then we took on the wii. Ragnar first got creamed by Tim in baseball and then slowly we moved on to boxing. Ella enjoyed the blocks and then trying to play (With her pretend remote of course....shhh!) The boys hung out in their car seat and bouncers, they had a good time enjoying life! We had fun and thank our neighbors for a fun night!

Weekend Bliss!!

This weekend we had the pleasure of having a whole weekend together as a family in Provo! Weekends together are a luxury at our home! Ragnar took off the weekend so we could go to our family reunion. We went to 7 Peaks water park and had a good time. It was nice and warm, but we had a rented pavilion so we were shaded and had plenty to eat. After the water park we cleaned up and went to Chili's with Marisa and Ethan and then hung out together at our hotel with my best friend Cameron! Sunday we went to church with Marisa and had lunch, then we had a nice visit with Oma Beck, Aunt Sheri and Uncle Dale, and then Sandra. We are grateful to have some extended family around! The absolute best part of the weekend is that the kids were GREAT! No naps, but still no tantrums, it was wonderful! I'm glad we had a chance to get away!We look forward to the day when EVERY weekend will be free of work!