The Dahl House

Riley Roo

2011-07-22T20:42:00.001-07:00

Riley doesn't have the same care and attention that Kaylee does for Saylor. But in the right moment, Riley will hold and love and sing to Saylor in the sweetest way.

She literally said, "Who is going to pick me up in this bag? " and I think she is showing me a fruit snack that dropped on the ground and wanted me to do something about it.

I don't know how Jake thinks of these crazy things, but Riley is always up to go along with him

Riley gets on these little projects and works so intently. I think she really enjoys her independence sometimes.

Totally stoked about the blueberry pancakes we made with the clueberries we picked. She makes this face a lot.

I am in love with her curls. I think I try to downplay how much I like them because I am afriad one day they will fall out and her hair will be straight. Her hair is such a good description of her personality though, free and crazy and lovely and sweet all at once.

These are two of Riley's obsessions right now- beading and wearing pants under her dresses!

She is brave and fearless and loves adventure

I just love her sweet little face in this picture

In her own little happy world on the Fourth of July

Riley at Orange Beach when Kami came to visit

Spotlight on Kaylee

2011-07-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

Kaylee took our move to Mississippi by storm. She started in soccer right after we got there and she loved it. She was the only white girl on the feild and one of the most inexperienced, but she did great. We can't wait to play again.

I wasn't sure how Kaylee would be when Saylor was born. I could not be more grateful. She loves her to peices. She is careful and mindful of her, she is helpful and understanding of the fact that she is a newborn and needs me. Somehow they have a sweet little connection and it makes me smile everyday.

Kaylee turned 5 on May 9th. She had a gold themed party with a treasure hunt and gold bracelets. But most importantly she shared it with all her friends out here and loved every second of it.

A typical pout when Kaylee gets ticked...

Genuine laughter... nothing better

Always looking over her baby sister

Kaylee knows how to smile for the camera....

but loves making silly faces, too

Wearing their "Saylor" dresses on the Fourth of July

And now she is swimming without floaties! I think she is liking growing up a lot more than me!

On the ferris wheel when my sister came to visit.

For the sake of starting somewhere...

2011-07-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

Saylor Dahl was born on April 5th, 2011 in Jackson, MS. She was 7 pounds even and to be honest, I don't remeber who long she was. Average length, I'm sure.

It was kind of fun having my baby in Jackson. We were there for about a month and a half before she was born so I had time to get to know the area, have a few Dr.'s appointments.

I was going to write a funny thing about Saylor maybe not liking being born in Jackson cause she looks kinda ticked in this picture. But the reality is, she is an angel baby. She is happy, pleasant, easy. She's actually yawning in this picture- not even crying!

She looks so much like Riley.
As usually we had a hard time deciding on her name. I was stuck on the name Amy for most of the pregnancy. She was not an Amy. Jake wanted Scout. Thankfully she wasn't that either.

The second day I was in the hospital I got a call from a girl who worked with the birth certificates at the hospital. She said she couldn't leave until she got the names of all the babies born the day before. I was the last perrson she needed a name from and I could tell she was itching to leave. Jake was gone when she called the second time so when he got back I told him we had to decide now. Somehow we ended up deciding between Jessie and Saylor. I don't even remember considering either of those until that day. I wrote each of them like 50 times on a piece of paper and decided that Saylor was prettier.

Thank you Instagram for helping me pick out and class up some of my favorite pics of my favorite little girl.

Kaylee is a huge help. She absolutely loves Saylor. She loves to carry her and hold her and kiss her. She helps me watch over her and I couldn't be happier.

Riley likes Saylor too, but she is a little more playful. She thought it would be pretty awesome to put Riley under this fort they built.

Love this girl. Hopefully more to come soon!

Riley is obsessed with naughty guys

2011-01-24T18:47:00.000-08:00

is anyone there?

2011-01-20T21:20:00.000-08:00

I got out of the habit of blogging... way out. Out to the point it got too overwhelming to add any updates. Plus the past year has been super busy. In 2010 we moved to Seattle, then to Baton Rouge, then to Salt Lake. I got pregnant, miscarried and then got pregnant again. Jake changed employers. The girls are great, but keep me on my toes.

So I uploaded all my pics from 2010. If anyone still reads this blogs, or even can cause I made it private and I don't know who I invited... here is a little sample of our year. Better late than never?

Ocean Shores with the Soules

Tulip Festival

Easter

Riley is still a country girl, even in Sammamish

A beautiful day with the Young boys, their favorite friends

Knudson Family vacation to Mexico

Baton Rouge-iana duck pond

Jake hunting with his dad and brothers. They got a deer!

Christmas party in Utah

We are moving back to Baton Rouge in about 2 weeks. I do have more pictures and more things to post, but let's be honest- it might take me another year to post.

What we've been up to...

2010-04-05T16:50:00.000-07:00

Gas Works Park in Seattle
The Fremont Troll

Snoqualmie Train Museum

Ocean Shores with the Soules

On the beach

Driving through the waves

Egg hunt and Kaylee's preschool

Mt. Vernon Tulip Festival

Easter morning, after they emptied their baskets.

We are loving living here. We kind of act like tourists. I grew up here but somehow missed out on a bunch of the coolest places around. Hugs and kisses to all!!!!!

So much to post!

2010-02-26T09:08:00.000-08:00

Is it almost March?? I keep thinking, "this is the week I'll catch up the blog"... 15 weeks later and I'm wondering, do the people looking at this blog even want to see Christmas pictures? I mean, we're coming up on Spring here!
We moved to Washington the first week in January. We are at my parents house temporarily while we find a place to live. We need to be out of here before Kami and Scott get home. You know, 4 is company, 6 is a crowd.

Snoqualmie Falls. The girls lasted about 8 seconds. It was too windy!

One of the earlier weeks in January we took a ferry out of Anecortes to the San Juan Islands. What a beautiful place.

The girls got a kick out of throwing driftwood into the water. There is something so great about a little beach.

They could have stayed on the ferry all day. We were lucky to have such nice weather.

More to come. Be patient. It might take awhile.

kaylee's preschool concert

2009-12-15T18:51:00.000-08:00

Kaylee is in a music preschool. Tonight was her Christmas Concert. I could not be more proud. Here is a little taste of the cuteness!

SNOW!!

2009-12-06T10:05:00.000-08:00

leaves

2009-11-09T14:09:00.000-08:00

When your yard is covered in leaves....

You make a big pile and jump!

Believe it or not but Riley is in the pile- look close and you can see her hand.

Halloween Highlights

2009-11-01T15:45:00.000-08:00

Princess Cinderella and Little Lady Lion

Bahama Cruise

2009-11-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

Jake's comapny took us on a cruise to the Bahamas. This was our 5th cruise since we've been married! We went out of Jacksonville, FL and cruised to Freeport and Nassau Bahama's. We rented scooters, played on the beach and had fun in Freeport. In Nassau we went to the Atlantis resort. It was amazing. We walked through huge aquariums and saw sharks, manta rays and a whole assortment of other fish. On the boat we ate and ate and enjoyed the entertainment. The nest part was that it was free!

my girls

2009-10-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

2009-09-30T13:44:00.000-07:00

Me and Jake and Kami drove from Provo Canyon to Hobble Creek Canyon in Springville- on the back side of the mountain. This is about 10 miles from where we live in Mapleton. Gotta love the fall!
Jake and Kaylee camping up Strawberry Reservoir. The girls ask to go camping every weekend now.

This is our house in Mapleton. It was built around 1885 and has recently been remodeled inside.

Here we are in the alfafa feilds in front of our house. We were checking to see if the apples were ripe. Riley is on Grandma Dahl's shoulders.

Summer 2009- an attempt to catch up

2009-08-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

Me and the girls at Silver Lake in American Fork Canyon.

Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Mark came for about 2 months. We went with them to Jake's family cabin in Island Park and to Yellowstone.

We adopted this crazy kitty named Charlotte. He died of Parvo 3 days later.

The first month of the summer we lived in Charlotte, NC. Our favorite place to go was the Latta Plantation, a lake and equestrian park. The water was warm and the trials were easy enough for the girls to hike along with us. We miss Carolina!

I have been procrastinaitng this catch up for far too long. Plus, now that these pictures are posted, I can tease you for the gems I have in store for the next post!

About a month ago we moved to Mapleton, UT. We've been wanting to move here for awhile now, and finally found a place that fits our family well.

I have lot's of pictures to post, but for now...

Here is Jake and Kayleee catching a fish in the pond on the property. The pond is surrounded by plum, peach, walnut and apple trees. Recently there was a fire up behind Maple Mountain and Hobble Creek and the helicopters filled their buckets from the pond cause it was the closest to the canyon.

Jake and Riley on the rope swing at sunset. There is nothing better than the Mapleton breeze on a summer night.

More to come soon!

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina...

2009-05-18T10:33:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, I'm going there for real, too. Actually, we are already here!

On Friday we loaded up the mini-van, locked up our house and drove 2064 miles to Charlotte, North Carolina. We stopped in Denver and in Kentucky and rolled into our apartments on Sunday late afternoon. The drive was surprisingly fun and beautiful. The fields in Kansas were green, the Smoky Mountians were amazing. Every river we passed Jake thought about stopping to go fishing.
We've been here a day an the girls are stoked. All week Kaylee has been saying " We're going on a big trip to Cadawhina!" We told her there would be new toys and a pool! Her dreams came true this morning when she and Riley splashed on the apartment patio. The big pool is just a little too cold right now, but it's something for them to look forward to.
I still need to do a post about Kaylee's birthday, but for now I'll just post pictures.

Riley and Kaylee at the park with Amari's and her kids.

Riley overjoyed about the bounce house birthday bonanza at Jenn's house.

Kaylee's birthday bike!

Riley made it to the bottom of the slide!

Kaylee, Annika, Bella, Tennis and Hunter- having the time of their lives.

Blowing the candles of the princess castle cake I made. I can't believe she is three!

An easel from Grandma Wendy. Kaylee teaching Riley a thing or two.

Riding the baby pony, Taffy, at aunt JoDee's house. A birthday dream come true.

My little princess with curly hair, a new dress and cowgirl boots- growing up so fast!

Riley playing in the grass. She is usually such a happy girl.

I am so impressed with my little travelers. They made it through a three day trip across the country with only a few meltdowns.No that's not a smudged windsheild. It's the "smoke" cominng off the Smoky Mountains on our way to North Carolina. This picture obviously does not do it justice.

They thought this was worth the trip!!

Do NOT leave your children unattended

2009-04-22T09:37:00.000-07:00

I left Kaylee and Riley in the bath for a second while I visited with my dad and Jake in the other room. A few minutes of quite, then a sudden cry for help- I sprint into the bathroom to find Riley's face and body covered in pink nail polish! Kaylee had the time out of her life, sobbing on her bed while we removed the polish and rebathed Riley.

Here's what else my diva's have been up to...

"I'm not a princess, I'm a fairy!"

At the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. She called the trellis the princess castle.
Riley petting the biggest rabbit I have ever seen at Aunt JoDee's house. Kaylee on the swing at Aunt Jeri's house. Welcome home Justin!
Jake and Riley working on the patio garden.

Katie, Kaylee and Annika on the trampoline. Kaylee came home and said, "Mom, sit down- Duck, Duck.... Goose!" What a fun game she learned from her cousins. Riley making out with a sweet vanilla cone.

B-I-N-G-O

2009-04-02T20:37:00.000-07:00

She is singing in the tub, obviously. But what's awesome is that she pretends that the green towel is her dress. The obsession never ends....

2009-03-14T13:44:00.000-07:00

We made a last minute trip to Seattle for Jake to do some work. Of course we saw my family as an added bonus. We love visiting Seattle. It was so relaxing and fun to see everyone.

Brian and Heather brought their kids over to the park by my parents house. When Kaylee and Rees saw each other they gave big hugs and held hands on the way home. It's was so great to see them enjoy each other so much.

My dad read to Riley and she practiced her sounds. I can't beleive how many she can do.

Grandma Wendy and Kaylee ready to go to church.

My dad helped the girls paint ceramic ponies from the Target dollar spot. Kaylee painted hers a few times that weekend.

I took the girls with me to visit Greg and Sandy Johnson. I think Greg's mustache reminded Riley of Jake's dad. She kept calling him Papa and snuggled right up to him. They were so sweet to have lots of toys and treats to entertain them. They felt right at home.

2009-02-17T20:20:00.000-08:00

We inherited a lovely collection of Big Band music from Grandpa Hart. Kaylee loves it. I don't kow if it's the music or the fact that the cd is pick- either way, we've been dancing to it everyday. She is in a dress, of course, because that is all she will wear.
Riley has climbed up on this stool by herself. Her sippy cup fell in the sink so she is screaming for her juice. She often finds herself stuck either on the stool or on the counter she's climbed on. Adventerous like her sister.... I'm in trouble!

2009-02-11T11:06:00.000-08:00

We moved back into our house right after the new year. It has been so nice to be back in Lehi. Last week my grandpa passed away. It was a little bittersweet. He was old and losing his memory and had been sick for a few weeks. He died peacefully in his sleep. The funernal was this past weekend so all of my family came to town.

Grandpa Grandpa with Lucy and Riley

The men practicing Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy.

Evie Soule being cute as can be.

Melia, Kaylee, Rees Ezra, Sophie and Elliot in the playhouse. I'm sure there were more kids upstairs. These little second cousins are so close in age... they had a ball.

Sarah, Christie, Annie, me and Riley enjoying the best carmel popcorn I have ever had.

Kami, Jessica, Kathryn and Bonnie... beautiful ladies indeed!

Lucy, Rees, Riley and Kaylee watching a show. Both Rees and Lucy caught the flu while they stayed with us. Brian, Kami and some of the Hart kids got sick too... I'm so sorry!

Kami being a super aunt, reading a book to Kaylee, Riley and Lucy

Riley likes the shower now too!

Kaylee is on a pants strike- she only wants to wear dresses. In the morning she calls for me to get her out of bed. Somehow she is already in a dress! She changes dresses 5-6 times a day, usually favoring the floral one pictures and a little black and white polka dot dress that is actually Riley's. What am I going to do with this girly girly??

Riley is developing the sweetest little personality. She loves to play chase and hide and seek. She is really patient with her diva sister, but is starting to notice when things aren't fair. For the most part, she and Kaylee are the best of friends.

My favorite part of Christmas

2008-12-28T18:19:00.000-08:00

We've been drilling Christmas songs into Kaylee's head. Whenever I try to record her singing she tries to take the camera from me. Randomly she wanted to take a shower. While I was around the corner this is how I caught her.

Christmas jammies from Grandma at the sibling party.

Riley got a cute pair of Squeakies from Hunter.

Kaylee got a dress up tutu and shoes from Bella.

Katie got some make-up from Penny and shared with the girls under the table.

Happy Birthday Evie! We were glad to see the Soules and Lowes at Diane's house.

Annika came up to our room at 6:30am to announce that Santa came and he brought a bike! We made her wait until our girls woke up around 8 to open presents.

Papa got Riley a cute stuffed bear. They are best buddies.

A frequent expression as Kaylee opened all of her presents.

A new table a chairs, just their size.

Kaylee called Santa and said thank you for the kitchen!

The deer came a bedded down outside in the neighbors back yard. We have seen quite a few deer as the snow has come down.

tagged

2008-12-11T08:48:00.000-08:00

I was tagged forever ago, it's just taken me a long time to get it together.
In no particular order...
10 intersting things about me

1. Since I moved out of my parents house after high school, I have moved 23 times. Of all those places, I have never lived in the place for more than eight months consectutively. We've had our house in Utah for almost 2 years, but we've moved out each summer. I've lived in various cities in Washington, Idaho, California, Utah, New York and most recently Rhode Island.

2. In February 2002 I saw 311/Incubus/Hoobastank performing in a bull ring in Spain. My parents took me and Brent Spain, so naturally that was planned in our itinerary. No, my parents did not go. I've actually been to five 311 concerts, which is wierd cause I've only been to like 10 concerts total. Here are a few samples of the groups that played.

3. I have never broken a bone. When I was about 5 my brothers dropped me from the top bunk on to the bed frame of the bottom bunk. I got stiches right down the middle of my head, leaving a permanant scar that hairstylists often mistake for a part. I think I would have prefered having a cast and no scar!

4. I survived Hurricane Kenna! Oh you've never heard of that one? Well, in October 2002 in sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, my sister and I were learning Spanish and teaching English to kids that lived at the city dump. On our last day there we watched from the hotel room as the rain and ocean waves poured through the hotel lobbies and into the streets. I mean, more than pour, it was a hurricane after all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Kenna. A traveler who must have been there at the same time as me took the following footage:

5. I watched the sunrise at Machu Picchu. I went to Peru with my parents and my sister during the summer of 2005. Although this famous wonder of the world was incredible to behold, we were so exhausted from our adventure the day before that I don't think I fully appreciated it.

This a ladder on the trial up the mountain, Putucusi. It is directly across from Machu Picchu. We climbed to the top of this the day before, and on our way down, ran into a man who was passed out on the trail. He died that night after my sister and a group of other tourist gave him CPR. Crazy experience, to say the least.

6. I had an article written about me in the Ensign... kind of. In the April 2001 issue there is a story called "Standing up to Profanity". My aunt had written the article 7 years prior to it being published. There was even a little artistic representaion of me with my hands on my hips. Read the story here.

7. During our trip to Spain we took a ferry across the Strait of Gibralter to Morocco. We were just there for a day but I rode a camel! I don't think I have ever seen a camel before or after that experience. Kind of cool, right?

8. From as far back as I could remember until I left my parents house, we have had 48 different cars. They ranged from typical sedans and minivans, to classics, trucks, scooters and so on. Some of them had clever names, like the Sassy Chassy, Queen Latifa and the Toucher (creepy, I know).

Helix Precis (our's was white) Aerostar

9.The doctor who delivered me 26 years ago also delivered my first baby, Kaylee. We moved to Seattle 2 weeks before she was born. We didn't have a lot of time to find me a doctor and although I had no memory of him, it was comforting to know firsthand that I turned out just fine!

10. Before I got married I worked at a barter exchange called ITEX. I worked there for 3 years and must say I was a pretty good trade director. I won an award for my acheivements at a convention in Florida. When Jake and I moved, his mom took my job and now rocks the house and runs the show in the Utah office.

my cute little family

2008-11-08T20:54:00.000-08:00

Jake's cousin Jandee and her husband Jordan took these pictures for us up Hobble Creek Canyon. Just for an update, Kaylee is 2 and a half and Riley is just over 1.

quilt contest

2008-10-27T07:10:00.000-07:00

You've got to check out the amazing quilt at www.potsandpins.com. You could even win it!!! Maybe one day I'll be clever enough to make such a masterpeice!

Busy Fall

2008-10-14T08:57:00.000-07:00

It has been a crazy crazy few months.

Here's the run down:

Jake's birthday on the 11th

Dane and Lindsey got married on the 12th

The Hydes and Jake Tanner stayed the weekend with us

Birhtday party on the 13th

Riley's 1st birthday on the 16th

Jake Tanners wedding weekend in San Diego on the 18-21st

Visit my family in Seattle the 24-1st

Rented out our house in Lehi- packed everything into storage in 3 days!

Moved in with the Dahl's October 5th

Jake started a company in Utah. We couldn't be happier!

Goodbye New York, Hello... Rhode Island

2008-09-02T20:59:00.001-07:00

We're home! We're Home! We're home! It is wonderful. I love my house, I love my yard, I love my family and friends that are here. My girls are happy to have their beds and their toys and their cousins and grandparents.

So to catch up, 2 days after I got home from Nevada, I packed up the apartment and met Jake in Utica, NY. Luckliy we were only there for one night. We headed down to Rhode Island, where the team would finish out the summer. I was really excited to explore a new part of the country. Whoever thinks about going to Rhode Island? Well I lost my camera battery charger and only got a few pics, but here are some of the highlights of the Ocean State.

Riley making a dash for the water. She is fearless when it comes to the water. She can't get enough!

Kaylee and her dear friend Olivia. We sure miss her!!!

Gotta love these girls! These pics were taken at the Naragansett beach that Marie and I went to the first week we were there.

We also enjoyed the coolest park ever! There was a huge playground, swan shaped paddle boats, a carousel, a wonderful zoo that we were sure to take advantage of. If you're ever Rhode Island, be sure to check out www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org.

While we were there I had a surprise visit from my sister! Kami flw in on Sunday and stayed til Wednesday. We had fun driving around Providence and got a night with no kids in Boston! We also went to the Providence Children's Museum (kind of lame) and bumped into some colleges like, Brown, MIT and Harvard. If I can get some pictures from Kami I will post about our adventure.

I have found and am currently charging my camera battery. Hopefully I can update more in the next week. Jake is out of town, so I should have some time.

Happy 50th Birthday Rob!!!!

2008-08-09T08:11:00.000-07:00

To finish my vacation with the girls, we drove down with my parents and Kami to Mark and Anne Hyde's beautiful home in Fallon, Neavda to celebrate my favorite uncles birthday. Rob lived with our faml for the majority of my life at home. He recently moved in with the Hyde's and seems to love it. How could you not!

Rob took all the little scallewags on a pirate treasure hunt. The found all the clues and turned the peices over to make a map to find Rob's treasure. The hightlight for me ws watching Jackson take the plunge to get the clue at the bottom of the pool.

This is on our drive down. It may seem a little tight, but trust me, it was WAY! more enjoyable that the seven hour flight I took from Reno to Buffalo with just me and the girls! Thank heavens we survived.

We had such a fun time swimming in the pool, seeing the horses, watching classic family movies, eating lots of food and making fun jewelry. Kaylee loved playing with all the cousins. Thanks so much to the Hydes for letting us take over their home!

The sacrifice of summer sales

2008-08-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

Its 2 a.m. and I cant sleep so I decided to update everyone on the craziest summer of our lives thus far. I came over to APX ALARM in January 2008- I decided to build a team with my good friend Kyle Fransen. We chose our territory in Yonkers, New York. It covered Yonkers to Manhattan. It looked to be very promising and a great market to sell alarms. On April 10th, Kels, the kids and I left our beautiful home in Lehi, UT and set out on a three day drive to NY. 2400 miles later we arrived in Yonkers. This was one of the views from our apt window. The other side was of the Hudson. A great place to live.

Or at least we thought. To sum it up, after 2 solid weeks of testing the area, trying to map out crazy NY for a 4 month program, and after knocking lots of doors and having little success we made a decision to pull out. This has to have been one of the most stressful times in my life. Kyle and I had 45 guys showing up to work and the market proved less than reliable.Ahhhh what to do,where to go. Luckily for me, my long time friends Dane McCartney and Chris Cowhick had built a team in Rochester, NY. After two 12 hour days of driving to Rochester and back to NYC I decided to pull my team of guys and move to Rochester. I felt good about it. It had lots of ghetto and lots of church history. This is a pic I took of Hill Cumorah.

By the time we moved to Rochester it was April 27th and luckily I had retained all my sales reps and they all started to show up. For all of you who has never sold alarms or gone through a summer program before, this is what football players would consider hell week. Or in summer sales hell month. Training reps before and after work, knocking with 2-3 reps per day. The first month of the summer I hit 74 good accounts sold, it was a record for me. The team was producing great numbers.

After 2 months of knocking Rochester in the ground, we were forced to travel 200+ miles a day back and forth from Rochester to Syracuse. It was expensive with tolls of 7 dollars per day, an average of 4.35 per gallon of gas, 5 stinky men in my honda accord, and 5 other cars full of reps. For 3 1/2 weeks we drove everyday back and forth. It was horrible. It was so hard to leave work at 10:30 everyday, drive 100 miles one way, knock 7 hours, and drive back home another 100 miles.To top it off most of my Sales Reps flew out and didn't have cars so it forced to me take our only car we had out there. Kels was stuck in an apartment 100 miles away with our little demons.....I honestly don't know how she did it all day and kept so positive. Fortunately the sales were great in Syracuse and I hit the 125 mark while I was there. Well on my way for a record summer.

To rewind back to Yonkers, before I moved to Rochester I had my regional manager promise if we needed to, we could move to another city to finish the summer out. I was worried about not having enough market to sell in. After Syracuse we went back to Rochester and tried to re-knock it a third and fourth time. Sales for the team and myself became harder to get. We made our case and moved to hotels in Utica NY, I was looking for pics online to post of Utica and I found one of the homes that I sold.

To be honest, Utica is beautiful, but extreme ghetto. I have never heard more swear words, seen so many parents smack their kids, and seen more trash in the streets. I was walking down the road and I had a 8 yearold boy throw a soft ball size rock at my head! Luckily it missed. It was good selling but holy crap it was gross. All the homes where like this one, huge old homes that 5 families lived in. God would do well to wipe this crap hole off the face of the earth. But I guess it's good for my job so eh, lets keep it. Due to the size we only stayed a week and a half. During the time there we decided to end the summer in providence RI.
The team woke up at 5:30 am on Aug. 5th and drove 5 hours to Providence. The apartments are great except no furniture. We have now knocked 3 days in Providence and it seems to be very good. Rhode Island is so beautiful. So green and lush with trees. My team is currently sitting around 1350 good sales and should end at 1600 installs. I am personally at 170ish accounts and have a goal of 210 before August 30th.It will be a great year for us.

I want to thank Kelsie my amazing wife for being so dang supportive. It's not easy to leave your home, take another risk, move 5 times in 4 months, and never complain once. I am the luckiest man ever. Fortunately it all pays off when I can take 6 months off a year, and give us great financial rewards. I feel very blessed to be able to sell. It's what I want to do in some respect my entire life. Hopefully I will graduate off the doors soon. But until then I say give me ghetto and I won't complain.
So to sum it all up, since April 10th until now, which is 117 days, my little family of 4, has moved from, Utah, to Yonkers NY, to Rochester NY, to Syracuse NY, to Utica NY, to Providence RI. in 117 days. I have drove a total of 15,565 miles, which means everyday I have averaged 133 miles. It's been an adventure to say the least. We are better for it and are grateful for the lessons of life. It's never what it seems. I have come to learn over the 5 years iIhave done this profession that attitude in life is everything. No if's and's or but's about it. And as my Co-Manager Dane would say--"Excuses are for Duesches" Amen to that.

Here is what i want from anyone who reads this blog. I have 3 weeks of hardcore knocking left to complete. I need motivation as I am getting trunky. Please leave me your favorite quote, of short motivational story. Wish me luck! my cell phone is 801-372-5253 motivate me!!!

A trip to Utah and Idaho

2008-08-07T12:03:00.000-07:00

Over the 24th of July we went to Jake's Grandparents house in St. Anthony, Idaho. Here's Jake and Kaylee on the private lake by the house. Josh holding his favorite girls. I made all of the i heart ny shirts for the cousins. It was fun to see them wear them at the parade. Jake went to this same parade as a boy. They throw out tons of candy, so of course that made Kaylee happy.

Jake and Kaylee at the St. Anthony rodeo.

Grandma and Riley at the rodeo.

Another one of us at the rodeo. We had a lot of fun.
After a few days in Idaho we spent some time at our house in Utah. Kaylee's favorite thing to do was water the plants.

Riley, Kami and Grandpa Grandpa at my parents house in Provo, Ut.

Besides trying to motivate myself to knock the next door in Rhode Island. I dream of my winter when I can go snowmobiling three to four times a week. This was took last year on one of our snowmobile trips.

Hill Cumorah Pageant

2008-07-14T05:14:00.001-07:00

Last Thursday Jake took work off a little early so we could go to the dress rehersal of the Hill Cumorah Pageant. Uncle Kevin and his family are in it this year and suggested the dress rehersal to get better seats. The place accomodates 9000 viewers- we were in the front row! We got there early enough to visit with Kevin and Michelle and a few of their kids. Their costumes were stunning and you could tell they were ready to show off their hard week of practice. Each family member had a fun role for th show. Kevin was one of th preists of Noah. Michelle told us that during practice he was asked to tone it down! The boys were soldiers and did some pretty fancy moves with their swords. Hailey literally fell off the side of the set during the destruction scene and got soaked in the water. Don't worry, she was on a rope and knew what she was doing. My hat goes off to Michelle, the harvest worker. She told us she would be doing some dancing, but she didn't tell us how much! And since we were in the front row we saw all her expressions as she laughed at Nephi on the boat. I was quite impressed with her talent! Like an idiot I left my camera. I found these pictures on someone elses website- but they look JUST LIKE the ones I would have taken!

It might be hard to see, but the guy in the hat is one of the preists of Noah, maybe Kevin... maybe some other dude with the same costume.

Jesus descended from above on a rope. It lloked really sweet as he came down the stage glowing.
Michelle told us there were over 700 members of the cast. What a fun thing to be a part of.
We feel really lucky to be close enough to go to the pageant. It was a fun thing to experience.

For more pictures and info about the pageant go to http://www.hillcumorah.org/

4th of July and Lake Ontario BBQ

2008-07-07T11:18:00.000-07:00

Since Jake was working in Syracuse on the 4th, me and one of the other wives, Marie, rented a car and drove up to spend the night and enjoy the holiday with our husbands. The fireworks went off at the New York State Fairgrounds. We found ourselves a little patch of grass, layed out the blankets and the treats and waited for the display. The girls loved it! Riley didn't make a peep, she just watched in awe. Kaylee got excited and named some of the colors as they burst. The were exhausted when we got back to the hotel, Good thing, cause we had a makeshift bed for Riley on the floor and somehow fit Kaylee's pack n play in the tub in the bathroom. I'm so glad we came up though. What is the 4th without your family! On Sunday the whole office got together for a sweet BBQ at the beach. The weather was perfect, the food was great, and the girls couldn't get enough of the water.

Way to go Jake!

2008-06-27T11:03:00.000-07:00

Jake will probably kill me for posting this, but I'm so proud of him that I had to share this article with he world. On the APX website they highlight top performers throughout the company and below is what they had to say about Jake! The past two weeks they have been driving 1.5 hours one way each day to Syracuse. Needless to say I miss my husband! He has been working so hard this summer. Keep it up babe!!!

Jacob Dahl and the Rochester Office Reach New Heights
by Matt Pitts
June 25, 2008
Provo, UT - Last week was a huge one for the Rochester office. Not only did they break all previous records but they improved from their previous week by over 30 installs. 5 reps had their best week, and 5 reps had 10+ installs, but the true man behind the curtain has to be Jacob Dahl.Dahl has been consistent week after week, including two weeks of 18, and one of 19. Few reps can say they’ve installed 19 in a week, which represents just over 3 a day. After last week, however, 19 is old news – the old bar. In a huge feat of Apx greatness, Dahl put in 27 installs during week 8.Last week brings him to 141 on the summer, a stellar total even if he were to bagel every day the rest of the summer. Bagels don’t seem to be in the cards for Dahl, however, who the stats seem to project as one of those rare 300+ reps.

Lake Ontario

2008-06-23T19:34:00.000-07:00

We brought the girls to Lake Ontario State Park and can't wait to go back! It was a such a beautiful day. Kaylee loved playing in the sand and getting her shorts wet in the water. We were shocked thhat she actually enjoyed sitting in it and touching it and getting in on her hands. Usually she likes the idea of it but gets nervous by the water or the messy sand. Riley liked it too. She wanted to put it in her mouth, but there were tons of tiny little shells and lake debris so it wasn't such a good idea. She put her feet in the water too and seemed to like it. Next time we'll put them in swimsuits and let them go to town.

We were pleasantly surprised to find a town fair going on right off the beach. There was music in the park, lots of food like you'd expect- funnel cakes, popcorn, polish sausage... all sorts of fancy fair food. We did not partake. Once we got closer to the fair we were remided of how disgusting those places could be. We held the girls tight looking for rides Kaylee was big enough to go on. Her favorite was the carousel. And our lucky day, there was an elk for her to ride! I will post soon about the obession in our home over yelk, binni and pincess deah's. Needlees to say, Kaylee love the carousel and would have rode it a hundred times. We ended the day with a few minutes at the park with slide and swings. The girls fell asleep as soon as we got home. Who knows how much they will remember, but me and Jake had a lot of fun being with them.

Rockin' Rochester

2008-05-30T18:28:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we moved to Rochester, NY. It's about 5 hours north of Yonkers. It has been such a good move. It's better up here for Jake and it's definatley better up here for me and the girls. We live in a complex with parks and grassy fields and usually nice weather. Another bonus- we live about 30 minutes away from Hill Cumorah.

Me and Kaylee are standing at the backdoor of Joseph Smith's house. The door was locked cause we got there early, but we peeked in the windows. It made me so grateful for the apartment we lieved in, even though we were without furniture for 2 weeks : )

Me and Riley are on a bridge over the river that Hyrum Smith was baptised in. We are walking toward the sacred grove.

Me and Riley in the sacred grove. It was such a perfect day. The grove is so peaceful and beautiful. We liked it so much we came back the next week.
Kaylee was feeling the spirit. She wanted to get on her knees : ) Not really, she just was squatting to copy me while I took the picture. Because of our sudden move we had to wait on getting our furniture. We got pretty creative making forts out of moving boxes and watching movies on the floor.

For Kaylee's birthday (she turned two on May 9th) we took her to a nearby mall that had a huge indoor carousel. She loved it. I think we rode it 5 times, a different horse each time. Are you loving my roots in this picture? I just dyed my hair back to brown, but you'll have to wait for pics of that.
This is the little meadow across the street from our apartment. We walk through it to go to the park where the swings are. But I think she has more fun in the grass. She was in love with the dandelions. In this meadow we've seen a bunny, lots of groundhogs, birds and the ultimate... Binny!!! Bambi is Kaylee's most favorite movie, so she about dies when we saw a deer about 25 feet away.

Just to compare- this is the park that we used to go to in Yonkers.

Did I mention we live right by the Erie Canal. How coolis that! Last Sunday we took the girls to the boardwalk to feed the ducks.

Our little girls are becoming best friends. There is nothing better than hearing them make each other laugh.

Riley 's teeth are coming in!!! This is a frequent expression for Riley cause she is always snorting and always drooling.
We are really enjoying our summer here. We have one month down and Jake is doing better than ever. He has installed 77 accounts and can't wait to bust it out next month. He is motivated and on track to hit his goals. We are so proud of him and always look forward to the time we get to see him.

I'm going Bonkers in Yonkers

2008-04-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

Last week we packed our girls and our stuff in our Honda and drove 3 days to Yonkers, New York- just a half hour north of Manhattan. The drive was intense. Kaylee and Riley sat right next to each other in their careseats with the third space was occupied with stuff up to the ceiling. Jake drove the whole time, but I don't feel that bad cause I spent the majority of the time turned around in my seat (real safe, i know) feeding Riley and trying to entertain Kaylee. She watched the Backyardigans movie Super Secret Super Spy probably fifteen times. We were pulled over twice for not having license plates (new car) but both times the officers saw the girls squished in the back and let us be on our way. We stayed one night in a city in Iowa wher we go a little room the girls could run aroung in and we could watch American Idol. We all needed a serious break from the car.
So we are here now and let me tell you this place is nuts! We live right on the Hudson River in a sweet apartment- see www.hudsonpark.net. There are so many great things close by- there is a main railroad station with trains that take you to Grand Central Station in 25 minutes. There are tons of restaurants, a library, a boardwalk by the water. It's kind of a wierd place though. If you walk about 3-4 blocks away from our building, it's like you are in a different state. There are very few white people. It's mostly black and hispanic. There are tons of vacant buildings, like 4 Dollar stores in a two block radius, little corner grocery stores that sell produce and a variety of other shops and such. All of the stores though are so crammed. It's hard to get my double stroller through the aisles. I definately feel safe here, just a little out of place.
Since we didn't bring out a lot of stuff, my days are long trying to keep these kids entertained. It doesn't help that Kaylee has been waking up before 7am every morning. Thank goodness we brought the princess tent. It has been the best toy ever (thanks Brian and Heather). We've also been watching a whole lot oh Beesh (Finding Nemo) and Peetah (Peter Pan). She asks for them every morning with out fail.
It's really late and I haven't really gotten into why I'm going bonkers in Yonkers. Basically these two little girls are rocking my world. I think I'd be going bonkers even if I was in Utah : )

she's not even 2 yet

2008-03-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

Kaylee has become my horrible addorable. She thinks everything in the house is "mine!" and is quite particular about having things her way. She wants the green sippy, not the pink one. The water is not the right temperature. She needs to be holding her shirt and all of her blankets when she gets out of bed. She loves to push the stools around the kitchen to get into the cupboards- on the search for candy or someting sweet. She has developed a new high pitched scream, which is a joy to hear when she wakes up from her naps. She likes to throw, hit and push and has become pretty familar with timeouts.

Her vocabulary is growing every day which is so cute. It really makes up for the annoying things she does. She loves to say Riley, Daddy and Toby- her favorite people. She also loves to say no, mine and stop frequently. She's having a hard time saying her f's : beet (which is really feet), beesh (fish), broot (fruit).

Kaylee and Riley in the princess tent. Ok Kaylee, you can be a nightmare as long as you are sweet to your little sister : )

finally some pictures

2008-03-29T13:37:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we took the girls on a last minute trip to Florida to see our dear friends, the Hydes. John and Shelly and Goldie showed us an amazing time.

We stayed in the Gator Suite at Shelly's parents incredible home near Orlando. We went to the authentic Orlando attraction... Gatorland! We saw these gators jump out of the water to snatch up chicken hanging from a rope. There was a guys wrestling gators, but mostly a bunch of bug, fat, lazy gators just lying around.

On Sunday of that weekend we spent some time the Quigley's house in Melboure. Nate Quigley, Shelly's brother-in-law took us out on the boat to go fishing. We had been gone maybe 30 minutes when we ran out of gas. Luckily my kids were at the house because we had to wait for almost two hours for someone to come tow us back to the house. It was a ton of fun because we saw dolphins jumping nearby, enjoyed the sunset and did a little fishing. I just wish I had more pictures. It was one of the funnest vacations we've had.

Need to post

2008-02-26T09:38:00.000-08:00

Our camera is being fixed so I have no pictures, but if I don't post now it might be another month before I put anything on here.
Last weekend we took a surprise trip to Seattle. Jake had some work to do and me and the girls were missing grandma and grandpa grandpa. It was Rees' 3rd birthday so we were lucky to be there to celebrate and spend time weith Brian, Heather, Rees and Lucy. Riley and Lucy really enjoyed each other, chatting and rolling towards each other. Kaylee and Rees mostly got a long, but every once in awhile they wanted to show the other who was boss. The weather was great and our flight home was a breeze (thanks to a little help from the Backyardigans on the Zune).

When we got home at 11pm that night, all of pout lights were on and our house was cold. We went downstaris to the thater room and the window was broken out- WE WERE ROBBBED!!!! They took a bunch of electronics, Jake's shotgun I got him for his birthday and his motorcycle! We called the police right away and made our reports. Thankfully we have insurance that will cover everything. Now it's just a matter of paperwork and waiting. Kind of ironic that my alarm selling husband got robbed. The total stolen adds up tp 14000.00

In other news, my little brother got his mission call to Tampa, FL. He reports to the MTC on April 24.
Oh, really has been awhile since I've posted. We are moving out to Yonkers, New York this summer for Jake's job with APX. The plan is to be out there April 15th. I realize I haven't said anything about his change of companies. In a tiny nutshell, the company he had been with for four year, Firstline, went bankrupt. He is now with one of the biggest competitors int the alarm industry, APX. It has been a big blessing, better oppurtunity, and way less stress, and more potential for pay. Because of the switch from firstline to APX Jake hasnt really had to work for 4 months. we feel very spoiled to have vacationed and had so much time together, Jake has been able to snowmobile as much as he has wanted. other than these few updates the Dahl Family is trucking along and lovin life.

A busy December

2008-01-01T22:33:00.000-08:00

The past few weeks have been busy busy busy!! On the 12th we went with the top management and performers of Firstline to Kauai. We brought both girls with us, which was fun, but made for a very different vacation. On the last day of the trip, Jake was fiddling with the camera and lost all of the pictures we had taken. These are at the hotel, the Grand Hyatt in Poipu. You can see it was pretty windy, but we did get plenty of sun: )

After a week of playing in the pool (because Kaylee hated! the sand) we flew home for 2 days before going to Seattle for Christmas. While we were in Utah, we had the annual Dahl family fish fry. Normally they do it on Christmas Eve, but they moved it up for us since we were going to be gone. We had shrimp, crab, salmon, tons of appetizers and yummy desserts. We exchanged gifts and had a visit from Santa.

Kaylee loved! getting together with all of her cousins. She was bouncing to the music of someones toy. She was not prepared for for what was about to happen....Kaylee hated! Santa. She did not want anything to do with him. We packed up again and headed to Seattle. Kami got home from her mission earlier in the month. It was so fun to be with her. Everyone in the Knudson clan was home for Christmas. We took family pictures- here is one of Kami and Riley.

On Christmas morning we woke up around 9am. We gathered around the tree and were overwhlemed by the amount of gifts. Mama Santa was sooo generous.

The Dora sit and spin was a big hit. Once the music turned on she just could not resist dancing.

The holidays are over and we are so happy to be home. The girls proved to be great little travelers, but I think they are happy to be home too.

Finally back to blogging

2007-12-01T11:54:00.000-08:00

It's been too long since I've posted last. A lot has happened this month. We officially moved back to Lehi, back to our house, our ward, our family and friends- it is so good to be home. We officially named our new baby Riley. We are blessing her tomorrow, so I guess it will be more official then.

We went on a cruise with Jake's company to southern Mexico. We lost our camera right before we left so we have no pictures. The girls stayed in Utah, so me and Jake had some time to ourselves. We enojyed the beaches, nice weather and good friends.

For Thanksgiving we went to Jake's grandma's house in Rexburg. Jake got up at 6am to fish for trout in the lake. He caught 2 and we ate them for breakfast! We spent most of the weekend at the cabin in Island park with Jordan and Jandee Jones. Of cousre the girls worked the boys in canasta! We enjoyed the fire and tried to enjoy the snow but the girls are just too little. We enjoyed the snow from the window : )

Kaylee is in love with her little sister. It might be hard to tell from this picture, but Riley was minding her own business in her swing and Kaylee just wasn't close enough looking at her on the ground. She climbed up by herself to sit right next to her. The other day Kaylee grabbed one of Riley's diapers and lifted up Riley's legs and tried to figure out how to put it on her. She also likes to put a blanket over her, give her kisses and pat her head.

We took family pictures with all of Jake's family down in Mapleton. We haven't got them back yet, but here is a picture from Jake's phone. Kaylee sat down on the stairs and her cousin Derek sat right by her. Look closely, she actually has her hair in pigtails!

Jake got a new 08 GMC Dirtymax. Fun fun fun!

We really did lose our camera so I'm a little short on pictures. I will try and take more on Jake's phone. Maybe Santa will see what a good girl I've been and bring me a new camera!

Little Girl

2007-10-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

Our new baby is one month old today and we are still undecided on a name. We know for sure it will not be Madison. She just does not look like a Madison. We’ve been trying out different names for her to see what fits. So far we’ve tried Macy, Gracie, Abby and Riley. The only one that I think fits her is Riley. We are still a little unsure about it- sometimes we love it and sometimes it seems weird. Kaylee and Riley… there’s a cute little ring to it.

Kaylee just loves her little sister. She always gives her kisses and pats her back. She tries to climb into the pack n play whenever Riley is asleep in there.

Daddy loves his little girls!!

2007-10-09T16:00:00.000-07:00

I am a terrible blogger. I keep waiting until I have pictures to post anything new, but my pictures are taking too long to get on the computer for whatever reason.

So a quick update will have to do. Then I won't feel so guilty that it's been so long since Ive posted.

We are back n California for the rest of October. Last week Jana accopanied me and the girls on an adventurous plane ride to meet Jake back here. Let me tell you, Kaylee did not like the security check point. While Jana was parking the car, I had to Kaylee ad baby to the gate by myself. I was fine for awhile with Kaylee in the stroller eating raisins, and baby in my arms sleeping. In order to go through the metal detector and had to take off my shoes, unwrap baby, take off Kaylee's shoes, breakdown the stroller and empty my pockets. They let me hold both babies while I walked through. I had to set Kaylee down to put the stroller back up and that's when everything went downhill. Kaylee slipped in her socks and wou;dnt go back into the stroller. I got my stuff situated on the stroller and kept the kids in my arms until we got out of the elevator and the stroller tipped over. Thankfully there was an old man with a group who got to the airport extra early who helped me all the way to my terminal. Jana made it just in time- they had already closed the gate, but opened it for her cause they knew I was in desperate need of her help. I couldn't have made that flight, with a layover n Vegas, without her. Kaylee is just too curious.

The baby did great. By the way, we are changing her name to something else. I don't know what yet, but it's not Madison. She just is not a Madison, or even a Maddy to me. So last week I called her Macy, this week I'll call her Gracie. Usually I just call her little girl casue nothing is feels right. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Anyway, little girl is doing great. She has had a stuffy nose since she was born it seems, but I finally found this saline gel that helps her breath. She still sleeps a lot, just a little angel.

Finally some pictures

2007-09-25T19:38:00.000-07:00

I think I'm finally ready to post the update. It has been a crazy week and I'm not sure where to begin. Over Labor day Jake brought me up to Utah. He was able to stay for a couple of days, but had to go back to California for the extension. While he was here we got the backyard done and quite a bit done on the basement. He went back to Cali to wait for me to have the baby.

I got a chance to nest here in Utah for about a week and a half. At different times my mom or dad was here because they are working on building a house in Provo. I went to the doctor and found out I was already dialated to a 3. I was pretty uncomfortable and missing my husband so he came home and tried everything to get me to go into labor. On Saturday we went to Jake's parents house and went on a little 3 wheeler ride with our 5 year old nephew. That night at about 2:30, I started having strong contractions but they weren't close enough together. I waited until the morning and decided to go to the hospital to see if I had progressed at all. I got there about 11, I was at a three still so they made me wait for an hour and they checked me again. Still at a 3 so they made me walk around the hospital. They checked me again at 1 and said they would give me morphine and send me home until the contractions were closer together. Disappointed I went to the bathroom and walking back to the bed I had some really strong contractions. The nurse I was working with really wanted me to have my baby before her shift was over, so she checked me again and thankfully they let me stay!!

The contractions were killing me. They gave me some drugs and called the midwife to come in. By the time she got there I was at a 6 and very ready for an epidural. After the drugs set in, the midwife said just hang out until you get to a 10. She left the room and the nurse was finishing up her stuff and decided to check me again. I was a 10! So the midwife came back in and told me to start pushing.

With Kaylee I pushed for two very long hours in the middle of the night. With this little girl I had 5 contractions and pushed her right out. I guess she had a little mucus in her lungs so I held her for like 5 minutes and then they took her to the nursery for like 2 hours. I was fine with that cause I was in a lot of pain. My epidural stopped dripping after she was out so my body was shaking in shock and cramping like crazy. They said it was pretty normal and they got it under control eventually.

I was in the hospital for two nights. Jake stayed with us for a week but he had to go on a business trip to Virginia and then back to California for the rest of the extension. I will be going back to California with the two babies on Saturday cause they are missing their dad!

I have more pictures and to upload, but I've been working on getting what I have so far on here for a week. I'm hoping to add more soon.

Madison Dahl

2007-09-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

Sept:16th 5:06 P.M. We just had our 2nd little baby!
Madison Dahl
7 pounds 14 ounces
20 inches long
dark black hair
and as beautful as can be.
We are very greatful for our new baby from above.

We will post some photos when she isn't swollen and so alien looking!
Madison came on the 5th contraction! Mom is doing great.

End of summer

2007-08-22T21:57:00.000-07:00

I stepped out of the room for a minute and came back to find Kaylee going through the mail. She found the Pottery Barn catolog and I think she was trying to pick out a new bedroom set! Oh she is too cute. It's much easier to focus on her in this blog.

A quick update on the rest of the Dahl House-

There is one more week in the summer program here in San Bernardino. On the 28th we will be going back to Lehi. Jake has to go back to San B to manage the extension for two months, but he will come back when the baby is born. I'm due on the 26th of September, but I'm hoping I can be induced a little early so Jake knows when to be there. It's going to be a crazy couple of months. After the baby is born we will all go back to San B until October 20th, and then back to Lehi for who knows how long. That's all for now.

The office kitty

2007-08-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

Jake's office manager found a cute little kitty and adpoted it. We borrowed it for a night to play with Kaylee. She was scared of him at first, but warmed up to him after a little while. He was bouncing all over the place and loved to pounce on Kaylee when she wasn't looking. Jake had fun tormenting the kitty and forcing him to be nice to Kaylee. He suffered a few bites, some of which he deserved.

At Amari's

2007-07-23T23:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, I'm on a role. I'm really trying to be a better blogger. Jake is out of town right now, Kaylee is asleep. I figure I better post a few pictures and get caught up so that future blogs will be easy. Thank you Brian, for teaching me a better way to do it.

While I was in Utah for Seretta's wedding I had a chance to see Amari, Annika and her new baby Jerome. Annika and Kaylee played great together.

Little Jerome is so stinkin' cute. He mostly slept and ate while I was there, but was surprisingly awake and alert for a good amount of time. I just love babies his size. I must say I a pretty proud of myself for the collage I made of the pictures I have of him.

Seretta's Wedding

2007-07-23T23:17:00.000-07:00

On July 10th Seretta got married to Mathew Soule. Their website is a little outdated now but there are some cute pictures there. Check out http://www.hartsoule.com/. My hands were full with Kaylee during the wedding so I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked. The event was held at the Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake. They couldn't have picked a prettier place. All of Seretta's siblings were there and Matthew had tons of family and friends fly in too. Seretta, of course, looked amazing. Here hair was done up with pretty flowers, she had this simple elegance about her. But the thing I loved the most was seeing her genuine smile and sincere happiness. Matthew looked pretty happy too. I don't know him as well, but every once in awhile he would flash the biggest grin. It is a wonderful thing when two people are in love! I am so happy for Seretta. She found a perfect match for her. They will be so happy together.

Dana's Wedding

2007-06-26T21:34:00.000-07:00

Dana got marreid on June 16th in L.A. I was so happy that all the girls were there. Hannah and Kristy were beautiful bridesmaids. We had so much fun hanging out together, oohing and ahhing over how beautiful and happy Dana looked. Dana planned every detail perfectly. The colors, the flowers, the ambiance, everything was lovely. Me and Hannah and Kate and Kristy sat together at the luncheon in Dana's backyard. I don't have any pictures of the reception but it was at an awesome beach club in Santa Monica. We sipped sparkling cider as we watched the sun set over the ocean. We danced to a jazz music and ate yummy desserts. I loved the centerpeices because they were just so Dana. Glass vases held sand, rocks and candels and just set a nice mood. Did I mention Dana looked hot! Her dress was stunning, she smiled so big and looked so happy. She and Marlon will have a wonderful life together. They will be living in Salt Lake this fall and I am stoked.

first time blogging

2007-06-11T17:40:00.000-07:00

With baby number two on the way I thought now is a good time to get a blog started. I don't know what I'm doing yet, so be patient as I try to keep you updated on the Dahl house.