Flashback Friday

I love looking at old pics of my kids. Seeing them day after day you don't notice how things change. Old pictures reminds me of all that is different and how life once was. Here are a few oldies, but goodies...in no particular order!
Here is Lauren when she turned 5, almost 2 years ago! Sheesh.

Lauren at 4:

Lauren at 3, this is her at Jamie's current age (so weird to think of it like that!)

Another shot of Lauren at 3.

Here was Lauren and Jamie's first official picture together. He was one month old at the time and Lauren was three. I will never forget this day, 05/23/07.

This wasn't too long ago...Jamie at 3.

Jamie at 2 years old

Jamie at one year.

Jamie at 6 months.

Here we are at our first family Christmas photo. A yearly tradition.

I just love love love my little family. I love that I have a boy AND a girl. I love that they are close to each other in age, I love that they LOVE each other. I love that I have such a wonderful man by my side to experience it all with me. I hope that time doesn't continue to fly at lightning speed.

Flashback Friday

Time sure flies. I wanted to take a minute and share some pics of those that I have lost. These pictures were both taken in 2003, with two that I lost in 2007. I was pregnant with Lauren in both of these photos. So much has changed since these were taken but not a day goes by that I don't think about them both!

This is me and Matt's mom, Suzanne. I was so lucky to have a Mother-In-Law like her. She was so kind, and loving and wonderful to have around. Family was everything to her, and she was everything to us.
This is me and our dog Dixie. She was so fun and energetic, she had so much personality..and that dang dog was always causing trouble. We will never have another dog like her, and our daily lives still feel a little bit emptier without her around:

Flashback Friday: Duplantis girls

I have seen this on other blogs and always loved it. I don't have many "old" pictures on the computer, so this one is courtesy of my cousin Amber. If you didn't know it, I have approximately 27 aunts and uncles and 40 cousins (that is both sides combined). I have always loved being around my family and have always especially loved going to Louisiana. This was one such trip, maybe the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade. I am so lucky to have so many cousins around my same age...I love it. Pictured in this photo are: Amber, Me, Melanie, and Nicki. We are all within a year apart, but this is one of the rare times we have all been together at the same place at the same time...Amber lives in Oregon, I live in Utah, and Melanie and Nicki live in Louisiana. Let's get together again sometime soon guys!