A New Little Niece

I just can't help myself, I have to post these pictures of Tressa's new baby. Her name is Ella Josephine and she was born yesterday, April 18th at 7:30am. I don't know how soon I'll get to meet this little one but I'm really looking forward to it. As you can imagine the whole family is so excited for her arrival.
*Photo's from Tressa

Date night

Well it is Friday night and I'm on a date. Yes I'm on a date with Harold...and Mikey. Harold is the name of our library here at BYU. Mikey had some last minute cramming to do and I...well I have homework, but I decided to leave Mikey's side (he's fine, he has his book) to work on my blog.

I love distractions.

Well I've talked about my sister Stephanie and about Isabelle, now it is time to talk about my beautiful sister Tressa. Things that remind me of Tressa:
1) That "baby, baby" song by Amy Grant. (Don't act like you don't know it, and if you really don't, look it up on youtube-now.) We learned every word to that song. That's when it was a cool song to know. I still know it but rarely do I bust it out like we did back then.
2) Family vacations - We had many adventures, mostly disasters, which included dragging her bike named pinky, behind our vehicle for many miles, sleeping in a leaky tent trailer, mom accidentally scorching a bird's nest (chicks included). Hilarious stories, yes, but for another day.3) Donuts - I recently found out my health conscious sister has an obsession with them. Who would've thunk.
4) New Kids On the Block (not now, but when they were cool). In fact any of that late 80's and early 90's music. I love it all because of her. They made the best music then.
5) Hollywood - No she's not famous, although she could be. She introduced me to Hollywood and how fun it is to try to run into a star.
7) Cleaning and Exercising - she does these to relieve stress. Just more reason I wish I could be more like her.
8) What is takes to be a good mom. She is 100% devoted to her baby girl. There are so many more things remind me of her but there are far too many to go into. Can't wait to see you next week, Tress.

Wrinkled Nose Face

Am I not the luckiest aunt in the world? I mean, come on. She's a Doll! I giggle everytime I see this picture. I hope it has the same effect on you.

I just made plans to go see this little fart. I'll be there next weekend. I'm convinced that I am most definately the luckiest aunt.

Ladies and Gentleman, Now Presenting My Sister...

This is my beautiful little sister. She is full of spunk and humor. Despite our six year difference in age, we make pretty good friends. We play together now, just as well as we did when we were little girls. When we were little we used to dress up in my mom's old dresses from the 80's. Me in the blue paisley one, Steph in the zebra patterned one. Oh how I wish I had a picture. We were hot. We would get out our nerf tennis raquets and use them as our guitars. We would put on concerts singing the "josie and the pussycats" theme song. We didn't know the words so we would sing, "josie and the pussycats, they are extremely fat."(It doesn't work unless you sing it with the tune.) Who knows where we got that one. The coffee table was our stage. Steph would run out to introduce our band and then yell out, "Ladies and Gentleman, now presenting my sister." She would throw out her arms with all the presence and showmanship in the world. Now I feel like it is my turn to take a minute and present my sister.
This last weekend was her weekend. From the volleyball tournament, to homecoming dress shopping, then going to church in pink high heels, I loved being with my sister and seeing what she is all about these days. Here are some pictures to show you what I mean.

Can you see why I love this girl? Stay tuned for more family introductions.