"Not yet."

The past little while I've been doing a lot of reflection. I think it's important to stop and look back at the past and think about how you have changed. I try to take time to reflect on my decisions and how they have affected me and those around me.

I feel I have reached a critical point in my life in which I feel I need to consider my choices for the future. I'm faced with many questions. What do I want? What is holding me back? What am I doing to set and reach goals. Am I progressing and making life better? Or am I living in stagnation? What is keeping me from attaining that which I desire?

I am a strong believer that if we don't actively seek after the things in life we truly desire, a passive approach will leave us with regret. "If I would have only..." is no way to live. There have been times in life when I wonder, where is my breaking point? I ask myself, "When is it OK for me to just give up or let go?" The answer that I always seem to come up with is, "Not Yet."

Pictures mean so much to me. I love having them to remind me of the significant happenings during a period of time. It seems like, I can never have enough pictures, and there's nothing worse than feeling like I'm missing a picture of something important.

Here are just some of my favorite pictures from the last year or so in black and white.

M & M Wedding

On this day, we officially welcomed Marissa into our family. It was an amazing day, just like out of a fairy tale. Matthew and Marissa both seemed to just glow in a way that words and pictures can't do justice. Here are some pictures from their temple wedding and ceremony and dinner at La Caille. Congratulations Matthew & Marissa! We love you.

Ute Fan Fest

It was a bit hot, but we had a great time at the Utah Fan Fest on Saturday. For those of you who are Ute fans, this is a fun event and you should definitely check it out if you haven't already.

We loved getting to see our new Aunt Kimberly dance with the Crimson line. She did awesome!



Mallory even got to join in and dance with her for a bit.


And Riley got a cool autograph on his jersey from quarterback, Brian Johnson.

Meet Griffin

He's the newest member of our family. Today Dad surprised us with this little guy. He's half toy poodle and half maltese. He's adorable and super sweet.
As soon as I found out I was pregnant with Macy, I knew it would be a girl. Riley was pretty bummed at the thought of not getting a brother. As compensation, we promised him he could get a puppy. We made him wait all summer and finally today we followed through with out promise. He's pretty happy about it!

Trip to Bear Lake

We had a fabulous weekend at Bear Lake. We've been going up there every year for about five years now. This year we stayed in a condo in Harbor Village and loved every minute of it. We're already planning to go back there again next year. The weather was perfect! The kids had lots of fun building sand castles, swimming in the lake and pools at the condo, and Dad even buried them in the sand. I was a little worried about how Macy would do on the beach, but she was an angel. We had our usual pizza dinner at Lakeside pizza and then of course treated ourselves to a raspberry shake. This year we discovered breakfast at the Bear Lake Motor Lodge... yum! We wish we could have stayed longer, but we're glad we were able to squeeze it in before school starts back up. Bear Lake is one of our favorite summer memories.

Mallory turned 6!

Happy Birthday Mally Pie! We celebrated our little Mallory's birthday with a fun party at Build-a-bear and dinner at her favorite restaurant, The Old Spaghetti Factory. She was super excited to add "Kit" to her American Girl doll collection. We love you, sweetheart!

My Girl

I sing "My Girl" to Macy all the time.
Today Daddy's strummed it for her on his guitar.
What a sweet moment.
We love this little girl.