We picked the last of our spaghetti squash.. 11 to be exact plus we have 2 already in our kitchen. When we first planted we only intended on planting one plant but came home with two on accident. Looks like breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be spaghetti squash..ha, ha, Just kidding!

Love these two!!!

Alpine Loop

We have always heard how beautiful the Alpine loop is during the fall. We finally made it this year before the leaves were gone.We stopped at a small waterfall along the way and Hannah put her toes in. She loved it till she realized it was cold.


The mix of snow on the mountain peaks and colors were beautiful.

Love these too!!

I loved how the trees arched over the road most of the way.


Love this little girl!! It's hard to have a bad day with her around. She keeps me smiling all day long.

Successful trip to the park!

This times Hannah loved the park. I think she would have stayed swinging for hours if I let her. We also enjoyed the slides and exploring in the grass. The park has become our new favorite place to go to play or have a picnic.





It was so funny to see her hair sticking up from the static...She loved the slide!

We had fun going down the slide together

Summer Water Adventures

We tried to take advantage of our "Pass of All Passes" we got last year which included Seven Peaks Water Park. Hannah loved the "Lazy River" but didn't care for the kiddie park because the water was cold. We will try again next year!


We went to the lake with some friends. Hannah didn't care for the cold water but enjoyed hanging out on the beach with us. Robert and Aleasha enjoyed the wave runners..It was the first time for both of us and we had a blast. Such a relaxing and fun weekend! (expect for the fact we hit a deer on our way there. Luckily it only damaged our side mirror)

Hannah's First Trip to the Park

We quickly realized that she doesn't like the sun in her eyes.

Cool Shades

Hannah loves her new shades. She is now prepared to face the sun (plus she looks so cute)

Oh yea!!! Lovin' my new shades

Hannah's first ride in the shopping cart

Hannah loved being able to look around while we went shopping. She is getting better and better as sitting up with little help and on her own. She is also practicing rolling over. It is hard to believe how fast she is growing.

Our Garden

We enjoyed being able to have a garden again this year. We build two garden boxes, found some free dirt and enjoyed our produce. This year we planted cucumber, zucchini squash, spaghetti squash, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, and a variety of herbs. We also planted cauliflower and cantaloupe but they didn't make it :( We also planted asparagus and blackberry/raspberry bushes to enjoy for years to come.

Some of our favorite moments!!!
Aleasha is now working from home and loving it! She loves being able to capture Hannah's moments of growth/development. It seems like she is changing and learning something new everyday and we are grateful that we have more time with her to share in this journey. Here are just a few of our favorite memories so far:

One of Hannah's favorite games is Peek-a-Boo..I was working on the computer the other day and hear her chatting away. I looked down to see she had found a tab on her mat and was playing Peek-A-Boo.. We love this girl so brings us so much happiness.

My first taste of Brown Rice cereal:

Hannah wasn't so sure about Rice cereal. We keep trying a little more everyday.

Happy Halloween!!!

Our dentist office gave us free tickets to Cornbelly's @ Thanksgiving Point. We all enjoyed the corn maze, pig races, pumpkin match and other festivities.

The royal update!

It has been A LONG TIME since we have updated our blog and now we have a lot of catch up on. Since our last post we have moved to Utah, was shocked/excited to find out I was pregnant, and now we have our precious "little" Hannah..

More than 4 years ago we were reading a book together and one of the children's names in story was "Hannah". We loved it and decided that if we were to have a girl we would name her "Hannah". We never knew if that moment would come. Many of you may know that we tried for over 4 years to get pregnant and were told that we might not be able to have children without doing fertility. We tried some but had taken a break from it all (about a 2 yr break). We were about to start checking into options here in Utah when Aleasha found out she was pregnant. She had always felt that we would be able to have children but in Heavenly Father's own timing; which is better than we could have timed ourselves.

Before/During/After

The cute "little" house
( Before we knew we were expecting we had downgraded to a one bedroom house to save some money..a few months after moving is when I found out I was pregnant. Luckily it was only a 6 month contract then month to month after that. I didn't believe that it was true but after the 3rd pregnancy test I finally decided to break the news to Robert. We enjoyed living in this house and it had a beautiful yard for our dogs and garden)



Hannah's new room..
ready and waiting for her arrival
We moved to Lehi a few months before I was due. We feel so blessed that Hannah now has her own room. It made it seem more real as we got her room ready.

38 weeks along

During:

(I have always wanted to go unmedicated but didn't know if I could do it..My midwife said that it was best to stay at home as long as I could.. All day on Thursday, April 20 I was having increased contractions at work. I worked until 7pm that night and went home; where the contractions continued. Finally about midnight (when I could barely walk) I called my midwife and she said to go ahead and come into the hospital and they would check me out.. That was the longest drive to the hospital. When I arrived I was told that my water had broke..though I was only dilated to a 3. (I thought I had just lost all bladder control..ha, ha).
I had called my mom when I headed to the hospital and she got ready to make the drive from Farmington, New Mexico. She got there about 1 1/2 hrs before Hannah was born.

After:
About 10 hrs after I first called the hospital and then finally went in; Hannah made her grand entrance. A priesthood blessing Robert gave me, my midwife and labor coaches (Robert, Jamie Jiminez,and my mom) all help me get through it "unmedicated"..

A kiss from Daddy!!

Hannah and Uncle Taylor

Hannah and her great aunt Kathy


Uncle Keyton and Rod came to visit Hannah

First Car ride and first few days at home