Back to blogging!

It has been over a month since I have done any blogging. So I thought I better let everyone out there know that I haven't been trying to be rude by not checking out your blogs or leaving any comments. I have just been so busy! So much has happened since my last post. I will start from the beginning.
Lorin has always meant to go back to school and finish his degree. So we decided to take the plunge. He has to finish school at BYU-Idaho because that is where he started and it is too big of a pain to transfer.... So we leased out our house, packed up and moved back to Rigby Idaho about three weeks ago.
We are currently living in my mom's basement. I know that doesn't sound like the ideal situation but I love it. My mom is alone in her house most of the time because my dad works out of town. So it is nice to be able to be around to keep her company. And she has worked so hard to make us feel at home. We have the whole basement to ourselves. There is a family room, a bedroom for us, a bedroom for Paisley, a bathroom, and a laundry room. She even let me paint Paisley's room just like her nursery in our house to make us feel at home. So we are so grateful for all she has done for us and we love living here.
A couple of other major things have happened. I went back to work 1-2 days a week. That was so hard to leave my baby girl! And my brother Cody joined the military and went off to boot camp! I have pictures but it is too late and I am too tired to post them right now. We finally have our computer set up so I will try to do it tomorrow. I just thought that I would give an update. Sorry.....I didn't think it would end up being SO LONG!

New pictures

About a month ago I had new pictures taken of Paisley and I finally got the prints back that I ordered. I was so happy with how they turned out. Thank you so much to Lorin's mom and sister's who pitched in and gave me a gift certificate for these pictures for my baby shower present. You guys are awesome!

Growing So fast!

Paisley is four months old now and I can't believe how quickly time is flying by. I wish I could slow it down! Althought is makes me so sad to think that someday my baby girl will be all grown up it is fun to watch all the new things that she does. Here are some pictures and a video that are proof she is growin way too fast!
She's just started laughing at us the last coupld of weeks. For some reason she thinks it is so funny when we startle her. That used to make her cry.
I don't usually buckle her into her bouncy seat but now I have to. I left her sitting in it the other day while I went to grab something out of the other room and when i came back she was halfway out of the chair.


Paisley on her 4 month birthday

I didn't think this dress would ever fit her.... Now it is almost too small :(


Her legs are getting so strong (yet so chubby) and most of the time she would rather stand than lay down.
She's rolling over. She just started and now she is a rolling machine! The first time she did it she flipped over so fast that it startled me. I yelled for Lorin to come see and that startled her and she flipped right back over. So Lorin missed it. I had to roll her over to get this picture. So it is a little staged but you get the point.
I just thought this picture was cute. See what I mean?....Growing too fast!

My cousin Tom, his wife, their new baby and my cousin Kristi came down from Reno for the week. Look at Paisley compared to his new 3 week old baby. She could eat him!

Family reunion

This past weekend was our family reunion. This is one of my favorite parts of the summer. Every year we go camping at Warm River. It is the perfect spot. Right next to our camp site is a river and it is not even close to warm. We just spend the weekend camping, floating the river, hanging out, and eating(which I think is the best part) We have tons of extended family that goes to this and I really enjoyed hanging out with them all weekend. We have such a fun family!
I was really worried about taking Paisley camping. She is still so young. I was worried that she would get bitten by mosquitoes, get a sun burn, hate the Idaho wind, or not sleep well. She didn't do any of those things. She was so good!

The weekend before the family reunion we were also in Idaho. Lorin and his family went and did some white water rafting. I stayed behind with Paisley because I'm just not ready to leave her for that long yet. I'm way too attached! Lorin said it was a blast and I hope that they do it again next year so I can go. I made him take his camera to snap some pictures but they wouldn't allow them on the boat. :( I spent the day with my mom, Hailey, and Tasha & her girls. We went to Heise swimming. These are some of the pictures from that trip and some random pictures of Paisley that I just couldn't help but share.

I know this is already a long post but I have to add one more thing. Maybe if I didn't procrastinate so much I wouldn't have so many things to post!
Everyone always tells me and my sister Hailey that we look like twins. We are seven years apart! I've never been able to see it until I saw these pictures. Maybe it's the matching outfits that my mom got us for Christmas but when I saw this picture I thought I was Hailey! Love ya sis!

I'm the bigger one. I probably should have been holding her up. Sorry Hai.

Trying to be cute. TRYING is the key word!

4th of July weekend

So I never get my posts done in time. The fourth of July was a week ago and I am just now posting my pictures. I am such a procrastinator! But we had such a fun weekend in Idaho. We hadn't been there for a while so it was nice to go back and spend time with family. I am always so bummed to come back to Utah!
On the fourth Lorin was in a golf tournament with his dad and my uncle. So he missed out on the Menan fair and parade. Something tells me he might have planned it out that way on purpose. Everyone else's husbands said they wanted to know how Lorin got out of going. To tell you the truth I'm not sure how he got that one past me. So I just went to the fair and parade with my mom, Hailey, and Paisley. After the tournament we all went down to the river for the fireworks. My Mom's side of the family ropes off an area down by the river so we always have an awesome view. We had a little grill and BBQ'd while we waited for the fireworks to start. And they were amazing this year! But poor Paisley didn't like them at all. She screamed until about the last ten minutes. I felt so bad for her! We had so much fun and I can't wait to go home again! I have turned out to be such a homebody.

Dad and his girls


Me and Hailey hogging the sparklers from the kids. We went through like ten of them just trying to get this picture. By the time we would get the second one lit the other one would burn out! But we finally got it.

Paisley and Sadie finally met! It also took us a few tries to get this picture. They didn't want to cooperate.

I was so happy I got to see my long lost friend Traci at the parade and the fire works. We made up for lost time by making our husbands sit and listen to us talk about all of the dorky things we used to do when we were younger.


On Sunday Greg and Tasha blessed their little girl and we were able to go to that. But I was so mad I forgot to bring my camera. So This is just a picture of Paisley when we got home from church. I wanted a cute picture of her in her new dress but every time I took the pacifier away she started to scream. I think I'm in trouble because she is pretty attached to that thing!

Paisley and Grandpa Mickelsen

Paisley and Grandma Mickelsen

Leighton Snow

Our friends Rachael(Peterson)&Davis Snow had their baby girl!
Leighton Snow made her dramatic entrance into the world on Sunday June29th and weighed in at a whopping 2 lbs 7oz! No that wasn't a mistype. She really is only 2lbs 7oz. She was born about two months early. Rachael developed preeclampsia and had to deliver her early. But the beautiful mom and baby are both doing well. They caught it early enough that they were able to give Leighton steroids to help mature her lungs and that is helping her breath a little better.
Today Lorin and I had the chance to go see them in the hospital. We got to go in the NICU and see little Leighton. She is so tiny and so precious. Words and pictures can't even explain how small she is. Her head is only about the size of a fist. She is such a cutie and already has more hair than Paisley! She is doing as well as can be expected and the doctors say she will be in the hospital for about 5-6 weeks.
Congratulations Rachael and Davis. Our prayers are with you and we love ya!

These are just some random pictures of Paisley that I wanted to share.

Red polka dot bikini!

Over the weekend me, Paisley, my sister, and my mom took a little trip to Eureka Nevada. For those of you who are wondering where that is; it's a little town in the middle of no where in Nevada. This is where my mom grew up. It is so small that there were only 12 people in her graduating class. We went there because my grandpa who is 76 was baptized. It was so awesome! I am so happy that I was able to be there to witness that. It was such a special day for our family. While we were there we took a trip to the local pool and Paisley went swimming for the first time. She cried when she first got in but then I think she actually ended up enjoying it. It was so fun to see her kicking her little legs around in the water. So here are some pictures from our trip and Lorin's first father's day.
As soon as Paisley's aunt Hailey found out that I was having a girl she went out and bought her this cute little red polka dot bikini. It was so fun to put it on her for the first time. She looked so cute!


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After swimming

Paisley and her great grandpa



When we got back from Nevada we surprised Lorin with a new grill for Father's Day and had a barbecue. He loved the grill but I think he was more excited to see his baby girl come home!

All smiles! (between 8:00am-12:00pm)

Paisley is finally smiling at us! In the beginning she would pull these little grins when she passed gas or when her tummy was full but now she is actually smiling at us. It is SO much fun! But she definitely has her happiest times of the day. In the mornings between about 8-12 she is full of smiles. But as the day goes on it gets harder and harder to make her smile. But lucky for us we are both usually around in the mornings so we just sit around trying to make her smile. It's hard to catch her in the act but I managed to get a few pictures of her adorable smile.

It's been quite a while since I have done any postings so I have quite a few picture to share. I am addicted to taking pictures of Paisley. I take at least one every day. Like I said OBSESSED! Since there are so many I wanted to share I decided to stick them in this little slide show to make it easier.