The ugly stage is upon us now...

My 7 year old has finally lost a tooth. I am so sad:( Her face will start changing, she won't be my 'little' girl anymore, and she will get big ugly adult teeth. I might just cry:(

Rich ripped her tooth out last night...the night before school started. I sat in a different room dry heaving...because i can't handle teeth. Anywho, i'm pretty sure i heard bones breaking as he pulled it out. There was alot of blood, and if i had been in the room, there would have been alot of puke too:)

The toothfairy brought Willow a $2 bill...which she called a dollar. Funny girl. i explained to her what it was, and then she felt pretty special!!!

Love this little girl:)

I got my backpack packed, my shoes tied tight, i hope i don't get in a fight....

Another year of school is upon us. This little girl:


Is going to be in second grade this year. That just breaks my heart!!! She was super excited/nervous. She has been praying for the last month that she will have fun at school, and that she will have a good time with her new friends. She cracks me up!!! We met her new teacher yesterday, and she seems really great. I am excited for Willow!!! It's gonna be a great year!!!

Willow wanted me to hurry with this pic so she didn't miss the bus:)

Willow and her backpack...check out Elwyn, she was trying to be in the picture:) She's killin' me!!! LOL!

Willow and Elwyn. Pretty sure this is a retarded pic of Elwyn. Oh well:)

Good bye my looooovvvee...or my sister

My older sister Steph is moving to Arizona. She actually left yesterday. Mostly i am jealous that she gets to move, and i am stuck here in UT. BLAH!!!! I can't wait until i can move again...i LOVE living away, i know that probably sounds weird to many of you, but i love it!!! Here are some last shots of us.

Me and Steph. Don't worry that she is 20 weeks pregnant. She is smaller than me. I am pretty sure she is anorexic. I'm jealous:(

Willow and Elwyn and Lyla. Their oldest cousin Izzy is missing from these photos.

Elwyn's face makes me laugh!

Me and my sis. She hates these pictures because she wasn't wearing any makeup....

So here is a nice looking photo of her:

On her wedding day:)

Growin' up

This little girl is growing up too fast. This past weekend she was invited to a friends birthday party, where they would be riding their bikes. Willow hasn't rode her bike in quite a while. She got a big bike last year when she turned 6...well she didn't ride it much, and had a hard time with the training wheels. So we pulled it out Thursday night for her to practice on. She was doing great, so of course Rich decides he is going to take the training wheels off. He practiced with her for a short time, and then it was time to go to bed. We didn't have much time to practice on Friday, but i got her on the bike for about 5 minutes...and she was on her way. I couldn't believe it. She took off on her bike without any help at all. So within a matter of about an hour and half, she learned to ride without training wheels...GO WILLOW!!!!

On another note...she finally has a lose tooth. I guess i better prepare myself for the 'ugly stage' of childhood. It is going to break my heart:(