Fathers Day 2008!

Steve enjoys spending all day Father's day with his girls....



Candy is always a great gift - Loving the Salt Water Taffy!

What is that??? OH, a Tie - who get's a Tie on Father's Day - all Dads!!!

The girls have some hand made gifts from school. Really nice.

What a happy trio!

AND...the best gift of all.....HOT TAMALES!!!

Ally gets her hair cut and ready for summer! May 2008

Right after Mattie got her hair cut, Ally got a new 'do' for Summer!

The final look - very nice!
And Ally looks happy :-)

Short and sweet, but still long enough to fit in a pony tail :-)

That is a lot of hair - the left overs from both girls....

Mattie give her hair to Locks for Love!!! May 2008

I have been meaning to post this for a long time. Mattie got her hair cut last summer and we sent it off to Locks for Love. We are so proud of her for doing this.

These are her before shots...

Now we are at the Salon, getting combed out and ready for the first cut.

The First Cut!!! So Brave!

What a weight off her head :-) Doesn't she look happy!

Now comes the styling of the new short hair...

A great BIG Thanks to Kristi @ Salon Dijon in Taylorsville, Utah! She did a wonderful job!

What a nice stylish do!
Mattie seems thrilled with her new 'do'!

Allysen's 11th Birthday Party - February 7, 2008

We had fun having a party for Ally - she turned 11!
Here she is with her friends: from Left to Right:
Ben, Megan, Abigail, Ally, Emily, Rebecca and Mattie


Of Course - you have to have a funny face picture when you have a party!

Ally enjoying her presents!

I just love her face! She is so excited!!!

Christmas Sunday 2007

Steve with his new tie - a BYU tie and out pretty little girls in the dresses that Santa gave them.
Don't they look nice?

Here are the girls showing off their nice church dresses.

What a nice curtsy from Ally and Mattie in their new dresses from Santa.

More of Christmas time 2007 - Michael Presson

Mom's Grandson, Mike, decided to come out and spend Christmas with us. He enjoyed his time, but did not enjoy the cold :-) Mike did have a fun time playing with Bella and taking her for walks, as long as the sun was shining.

Here is Bella, staring down Mike to come out and play...Mike gave in.

Mike and Bella playing chase.

Grandma got Mike a train tie for Christmas and he proudly wore it to Church on Christmas Sunday. Doesn't he look sharp?

Christmas Day 2007

Christmas 2007 really feels like our first Christmas in our new Home. We had time to decorate, get furniture and bake some really good yummies.

Here is Grandma, handing out the gifts from Santa.

Ally with her new Black Beauty figurine.

Mattie with her new movie: Barbie Island Princess and her new books: Harry Potter and Barbie Island Princess.

The girls with their new church dresses that Santa gave them - aren't they pretty.

Santa was really good to Bella as well. She got a very BIG rawhide to chew on.

Mattie and Ally getting ready to open Family gifts.

We had a HUGE surprise for the girls - they had been wanting a Barbie Doll House and so we decided to spoil them...

It has registered in Ally's mind what it is, but Mattie thinks she is seeing things :-)
Now Mattie finally gets it - she is not seeing things but it is real!