Enjoying the Wild Flowers

We went up to Wyoming to spread Tim's grandpa's ashes. When we were done with the ceremony we decided to play in the wild flowers.

Riley's 1st haircut

Riley was born with a ton of hair. Everyone said he was going loose it all but it just kept growing and getting thicker. Some hair was longer than the other hair and he looked like he had a nappy comb over. It was time for a hair cut. Riley was almost five months when he got his first haircut in Generations Salon by Susan Ball. Riley did really good and he looked like a handsome little boy afterwards. He has had two other haircuts since that first one.

Ryker and Riley at 4 weeks!

The Big Day!

This picture was taken on December 20, 2007. Tim and I had to do the belly bump to see who was bigger. At the time I just didn't understand why everyone thought I was so big! Now I see why. After work on January 2, 2008, Tim and I decided to go to the hospital for a stress test. They ended up keeping me at the hospital because my contractions were getting stronger and I was dilating. At 9:40 pm, my doctor came in and told me they were taking me in for a c-section in 20 minutes. Both Tim and I became a little frantic, because even though we had been saying we were ready for the babies we weren't completely prepared. We called our family to tell them the news and within 20 minutes we had 16 family members in our room waiting anxiously for the doctor to take me away. I didn't end up going to the OR until 11:30 pm because my doctor had two c-sections scheduled before me. They pulled Baby 1 (Ryker) out at 11:59 pm and Baby 2 (Riley) out at 12:01 am. Ryker weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. Riley weighed 4 lbs. 3 oz and was 18 inches long. The nurses kept saying that Ryker got all the groceries. Riley had to stay in the NICU for 6 days because he was having issues digesting food. There was six set of twins in the NICU when we were there. Everyone kept referring to us as the ones with the babies that have two different birthdates or the ones with a baby in the NICU and the other one in an open crib. It is amazing how the love you feel increases even more when you meet your babies for the first time. Ryker and Riley is one of the best things that happened to me. I know Tim feels the same about all of his boys.

Our Wedding

Tim and I had been dating for about 3 years before we got married on September 10, 2005. Tim has two wonderful children from a previous marriage. I met them when Trei was 3 and Gage was 5. We got married at Rose River Receptions (near Blackfoot). From the pictures our professional photographer took, you probably can't tell that we were freezing and the majority of the guests left early because of the bad weather. Our family had to unfortunately stick it out and dance the night away. This was our new beginning to an eventful life.