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These two had the perfect wedding day. One huge bonus was that the wind wasn't

blowing....something almost unheard of in Idaho.

This my lil sis and her new hubby Colt. We are very excited that he is now

officially part of the family.

You can check out her bridal pictures they took the day before the wedding

  here at Pepperwood Photography. I have many favorites but I love the one next to the tree

with ice wall in the back ground. Amazing.

I highly recommend her photographer....so if you in and around the 

Magic Valley check her out.

Congrats you two! We wish you all the best.

2 months....

*Loves bath time

*Hates her car seat. This has been really hard on me. However, we are seeing improvement so maybe one day we can enjoy driving in the car again.

*Loves to cuddle-even with Derik. Reese wasn't that way with him.
*Enjoys tummy time
*Likes to try and put her fist in her mouth.
*Is getting some chubby cheeks
*Smiles
*Takes long naps in the swing

Blessing Day

It was an enjoyable day.

Derik did a great job.

Thank you to friends and family who showed support.

Harper Lu

A few of my favorites from Harper's photoshoot.
I can't believe that she is already three weeks old. We just can't get enough of her.

First Snow of the season!

Reese was so excited to go help Derik go clear the driveway.

If you know Reese...you will know that we see her bum crack a little

too often. Since she doesn't have any hips her pants

are always falling down. Derik wanted to document for future blackmail.

Happy Halloween-

Reese was really excited about Halloween this year...even though her face

doesn't really show it. This was at our ward party. It was fabulous.

A special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Page

for coming over to watch Harper while we enjoyed the festivities.

Bishop Kuresa and Susanne. Their costumes never disappoint.

Also, two thumbs up for the making cotton candy.

Yes, it is one of my true loves. I will own one of these machines someday. 

Grandma Mitchell with her 3 princes. Brandon & Cortney were kind enough to let

Maybree come with Grandma for Halloween. They all had such a great time.

These 3 girls were all born within 6 months of each other.

Marsha Brady (Grandma Page) and Rapunzel (Reese)

Taking a break and enjoying some sugar! They were such good girls
and entertained themselves while we shopped. 

A princess and her castle...

Little Miss Reese has had her world rocked a little bit

since the birth of Harper. Luckily, she likes Harper. She

just misses having all the attention.  Derik has gone

above and beyond trying to make her happy and feel extra

special. It all started with helping her make a crown.

Her only request is that it had to be purple.

So, Derik went to work cutting, coloring

and measuring to make her the perfect princess crown.

Needless to say she loved it! She had to take it with her everywhere.

It was something very simple but brought her great joy.

Then came Saturday. Those of you that know Derik

knows he has to be busy doing something or he goes crazy. Since

Harper and I don't get out much he was looking for something to do.

He decided to make her a castle....I mean every princess needs a castle right?

How handy that we already had the materials that had been given to us from Uncle Mark.

He was off to the garage with Reese to do a "Handy Manny Project"

(another of Reese's favorite shows). They had a great time together.

Making Memories.

In the middle of the project we had to go to the hardware store to get

some hinges for the door and Reese fell asleep on the way home.

This gave him the chance to finish putting it together 

and then do a big reveal when she woke up.

Love at first sight. (Take notice of the crown)

She couldn't wait to go in! It even has a tower.

Testing out her new bed.

She loves it and can't wait for Derik to come home and play with her.

He may wish that he had made the door smaller so he couldn't fit inside.

Introducing...

Harper Luella Page

October 12, 2011

3:53 pm

7 lbs 11 oz

19"

I think that she is pretty adorable if I say so myself. 

I went into the doctors office for an appointment and without giving you TMI my water broke while I was there. I was so relieved. I was so ready to have this baby. So, I called Derik to tell him the great news and then proceeded to Labor and Delivery and checked myself in. All in all it was an easy delivery except for the part when my epidural was only working on one side...so glad he got that fixed.  We are both doing great. I special thank you to everyone who has helped with meals, watched Reese, the gifts and all the visitors. We are indeed blessed.

More pictures to come.

Labor Day

I am so behind on my posts! I am going to try and get caught up at some point so check back
for more posts durning July and August.

Another fun weekend camping. 

This is usually the one camping trip that is dedicated to horseback

riding. The first spot we wanted to go was taken so 

we had to relocate but it still ended up working

out...maybe for the better. We had to travel back in forth

due to Grandma Page's 80th birthday party and church assignments

but we still managed to have a great time and get plenty of camping in.

Can't wait until next year.

Demolition Derby-232X

Derik found himself driving one of these.....

He kind of got roped in to it...not that they had to twist his arm to hard. DJ just happened to 

have a car that he had used in two derby's already this year

that was still running. Sarah tells me they had

nicknamed it the money maker. 

He placed in his heat and made it back the main.

Reese and Cooper dancing during the dance off...well Cooper is at least.

He didn't last long in the main event. You would think that his motor was done by this

picture but his drive line broke. 

The fun was over but he had a blast. The money maker didn't

disappoint he walked away with $100 and great memories.

We celebrated the victory with DJ and Sarah

at Gaucho Grill.

P.S. if you ever get a chance to go to Gaucho Grill you must

try the Strawberry Limeade. 

HEAVENLY.

Sweet is the work.

It takes a lot of work but it is so worth it. I love freezer corn. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Leishman for helping me. We will be enjoying it all winter long.

Flaming Gorge....

.....or as we call it the Rainy Gorge.  I think that I may have been the only one happy about
the cooler weather. In my pregnant state I was happy not to have swollen feet. However,
those that were there to enjoy the water activities felt otherwise.  Overall it was a great camping
trip and we made a lot of good memories.

It is a really pretty place. This is the view we enjoyed one morning while fishing at Sunny Cove.

Reese helping us fish.

All packed up ready to head home. Reese was enjoying a little classic Tom & Jerry. Which since the trip she now affectionately calls Flaming Gorge.

3 Yr Old Pictures

I finally found some time to take Reese's 3 year old pictures.

She is growing up so fast! Here are few of my favorites.

The Great Outdoors...

With Derik being gone almost all of June we took the first opportunity

to go camping. We tried out a new spot and loved it.

It was beautiful, wooded and green.

On Saturday Grandma Page came up to visit since Grandpa was
out of the country. We enjoyed taking walks and visiting
while Derik went for a ride on his mountain bike.
It was crazy to see how much of the campground
had been effected by the flooding. There
were some sites that were still underwater. We hope
to make it back for another visit soon.

Independence Day

Wow! There was so much going on this past weekend-

We tried to get a little of everything.

The last 5 days consisted of.....

Hauling Hay

Beach Boys Concert

Lunch on the Patio at Cafe Sabor

Antique Shopping

The Cruise-In

Fireworks with Grandma Hazel

Breakfast at Angie's

Picking fresh strawberries with Grandma Crystal

Camping with Lacey, Mark and McKinley

Sunday Birthday Dinner

Riding in the surrey at the Lewiston Parade

Lunch with the Bayles Family at Grandma Dixie's

Reese loving sparklers

Fireworks with the Anderson's

Needless to say we had a terrific weekend. 

Sad that it is over.

Happy that we have a lot of great memories.

Thankful for the blessing it is to live in a free country.

Appreciative to all of the service men and women.

God Bless the USA!

He is back!

My handsome hubby has been in Brazil for work the last 3 long weeks.
I have a new respect for those who have to be apart from their loved ones.
I missed being able to call him when ever I needed him.
Thank goodness for technology, internet and Skype.
Thank goodness for family that kept me occupied and sane while he was gone. Especially my mom!

6100 miles is a long ways away.
It made me miss him like crazy.
I am so excited to have him in bed next to me a night.
I can't wait to start all of our summer fun together.
I am happy that Reese will no longer think he is at McDonalds.  (he skyped from there one night)
Here's to hoping that they don't send him back anytime soon!

Welcome home sweetheart.

P.S. Yes, Reese insisted on taking her golf clubs in the airport. Sometimes you pick your battles...Right? At least it made for a cute pic.

St. George

This week was spent enjoying Southern Utah.  Boy was it HOT. At least 105 everyday and

on Friday when we left at 11:30 a.m. it had already hit 100!

Hot and pregnant. Not a good combination. Thank goodness for Air Conditioning.

The beautiful Taucahn was enjoyed. Two nights to be exact.

The first was...

We took the kiddos this night. Reese loved it! I was was a little worried because

it didn't start until 8:45 p.m. However, she took a late 3 hr nap so 

she was good to go. She kept asking me the rest of the

trip if she could go see it again.

Thanks to Mom, Nancy and Grandma for watching the kids- Lacey, Mandilyn and myself

we able to have a girls night out to...

Which was fabulous as well. It didn't cool off much at the show. In fact

when we left at 11:30 it was still 91 degrees outside.

My feet were swollen and during intermission I indulged in a foot soak

in the water fountain/stream. I didn't care. I was going to sit there

until someone told me I couldn't. Luckily no one did and there

were many others who joined me in getting some relief.

We also celebrated my 32nd birthday.  Thank you

to everyone who called, sent cards and text messages!

And a special thanks to Aunt Nancy for sharing your amazing house

with us. It was perfect!

Little Miss Reese

It's her birthday today!

I can't believe that she is already 3 years old. It seems like yesterday that I was in the hospital praying that Derik would make it back from his job interview in Denver for her birth.  He did make it. With time to spare thanks to JBS for bumping his interview and his flight. Wow, it was an exciting day. A new baby and a job offer that would allow me to be a stay at home mom.  I love being a mom and can't wait to add another to our family. We feel so privileged and blessed.

Reese- we hope that you have a very special day. You have been wanting a birthday for a long time!

Love, Mom & Dad

Addition to the Page Household-

It's a

GIRL!

Due: Oct 20th!

We are VERY excited!

Simple Pleasures...

Reese loves a good ride on the horse walker. Yes, it may look a little red neck-

 a blue plastic barrel with baling twine but it brings her 

complete and utter happiness and me too.

It was the perfect ending to a wonderful saturday afternoon.

We hope for many more this summer. If only it would warm up.

Horse Show

Last weekend we took Reese to the Smithfield Health Days Horse Show. 

She had sooo much fun and has been asking when she can go to another horse show.

Unfortunately, that might be a while due to the recent Equine Herpes outbreak. 

We appreciate mom, dad, grandma and grandpa leishman for coming to support her.

Grandma and Papa Page were not there because Papa was

getting out of the hospital. We are so glad you are feeling better

and we wished you could have been there. Next time!

Cooper riding Pixie and Tyler. Reese riding Turbo and Derik. She loves that Cooper does this too.

She was so excited that she got a blue money ribbon. She calls it this because it has a metal on it with a picture of a horse. She thinks it is money.