Ryan had a couple of months between his graduation from Notre Dame and his start date at Salesforce so we got to move out to Utah for a few months. The timing worked out perfectly because our renters asked if they could end their contract a couple months early since they were wanting to buy a house. Right after they moved out we got to move back into our old condo. I always dreamed of moving back into our condo so it was so fun and nostalgic being back in our first home together where we spent our first year of marriage together. It was so fun!
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| When we first moved back into our condo we laid everything out on the ground and just couldn't believe we fit so much in our car! And this is only 2/3 of it! I wish we had a picture of all of it. Ryan and his dad did a great job stuffing our car nice and full. |
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| When we first moved in these bugs were all over the place. I was SO freaked out. I had major heeeeeebie jeeeeebies. We thought they were bed bugs and were so worried and grossed out! We had to bag them up and take them to a lab and thank HEAVENS we found out they were swallow bugs which are not that big of a deal. We ended up just cleaning really well and got rid of all of them. Phew! |
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| Happy girl. Riley is such a joyful baby. Always so happy! Look at that chubby, happy face! I am such a lucky momma! |
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| Riley girl is so chubby that she gets stuck in her Bumbo all the time :) |
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| We got to borrow this couch from Ryan's mom and dad as well as a card table and chairs and an extra mattress. It was so nice to have some furniture for the summer. |
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| Treasuring the snuggles while she'll still cuddle with me! |
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| Loving her Bumbo. Makes her feel like one of the big kids. |
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| Celebrating Mom and Roah's B-day! |
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| Thanks to Aunt Whitney for this adorable dress and Grandma for the hair bow! |
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| Addie loves to hold baby Riley |
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| My happy little baby lookin adorable after church. |
Riley was so sweet and gave Grandma Harvey the sweetest little cuddle snuggle session. It was pretty heart melting.
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I wanted to get some experience doing wedding pictures so I offered a free session on KSL and got a ton of responses. I chose a couple whose wedding pictures had turned out terrible and she was so sad about it. So I re-did their pictures and they were so happy. It was really fun to give them new pictures. After the shoot at temple square we saw my cousin Reagan AND my friend Lena from Ukraine who are both serving missions on temple square.
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| We also went to Lake Powell with Ryan's Family. SO much fun! The full Lake Powell post can be seen here. |
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| Ry scooped this balloon up while he was out wake boarding. Gotta keep the lake clean :) |
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| We went to the O'Reilly family luau in Southern California and had a blast! The full post is here |
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| Riley looking classy in her shades :) |
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| Snuggle time with Daddy before bedtime. |
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| Look at these cheeks! |
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| Cravings Cupcakes is RIGHT by our condo in PG and boy oh boy is it de.lish! WOW! It's a good thing we didn't discover it until the end of the summer or we probably would have gone there everyday! |
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Emma and I searched for the perfect baby bikini. It's safe to say we found it! Riley looked so adorable! 
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| Really Mom? Another picture? |
Ryan and I discovered that Sonic has the BEST Oreo shakes! Man are they good. Ever since I started breastfeeding I have had the biggest craving for Oreos. so these shakes were heaven. We told Jennica about them and she and Justin went and LOVED them. She texted me a picture of her shake and it was hilarious because as we got the picture from Jen we were actually IN the drive-thru at Sonic getting one for ourselves :) haha LOVE these! |
| This is a bad picture but I have to put it here to remember them! They're the BEST Oreo shakes! |
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| I loved going on walks with Riley this summer. We went on lots of walks with Josephine and Zahra bc we lived so close. Riley loves to look up at the trees on our walks. Going outside makes her so happy! |
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| Fun at Brendi and Brian's house roasting marshmallows in their fire pit. |
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| Really fun to live close to family for the summer. |
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| At Karli's choir concert. |
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| Going to Grandpa Harvey's grave. |
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| Thumb-sucking. It is the sweetest thing. |
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| Seriously. The sweetest thing! |
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| Riley is always SO happy in the morning! |
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| Riley has a major spit up problem...The doctor told us not to worry because she is still gaining lots of weight :) But boy oh boy does she spit up a LOT. Doesn't seem to bother her though. |
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| Ryan and I have the hardest time laying Riley down for bed at night because it means we have to stop cuddling her. We are so in love with her and love every second we get to snuggle with our sleeping baby. |
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| It's so hard to lay her down in her own bed at night. |
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| Babies are the greatest thing in the world. |
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| Picnic up AF canyon. Utah is so pretty! |
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| Riley likes the mountains too! |
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| We decided since we are only going to have one car, to get something a little bigger. We love it! |
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| 2012 Kia Sorento. We got a re-built title so it was way cheaper. It was a rebuilt because they replaced the doors so the engine is still in great shape and the car runs really well. We are loving it. |
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| Poolside with Nana and Izzy. |
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| Ryan on top of Mount Olympus with his dad and Danny. |
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| Mount Olympus hike. |
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| Boating. |
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| Rides on the Murdoch Canal Trail using our new Bike Trailer. Riley loved it! |
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| Boating at Utah Lake with Ryan's family. Lots of fun! |
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| My mom and Dad gave Ryan zipline tickets for his graduation present. It was SO FUN!!!! |
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| The new zipline at Sundance is a blast! So happy we went! We both would love to do it again! |
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| Beauty. |
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| Morning snuggles. We loved having Ryan home everyday! No work and no school for a couple of months. It was like lazy Saturday/Sundays everyday! SO fun! |
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| Ryan and my dad biking together. |
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| Hike with Brendi and her kids and Emma and Karli too. |
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| Emma and Karli at the top of Battle Creek Falls |
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| My fam at the top of Battle Creek Falls in PG |
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| Emma and Karli went UNDER the waterfall and got drenched! They're brave. |
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| So much fun going with my family to the home show! I was very inspired by it and dream of having my own home someday. The full home show post is here. |
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| Food truck stop in PG. This pizza was KILLER!!! It's 4 cheese white pizza--includes blue cheese. OH SO GOOD. |
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| Riley got to play lots with her bestie Zahra. |
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| Going up the canyon. Look at Riley's legs! Part of it is just the camera angle but I couldn't stop laughing after I saw this. Her legs look HUGE! haha so funny! |
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| Going to our complex's pool in PG. |
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| We love having Daddy home during the day! Wish it could stay this way forever. |
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| Riley stuck in the Bumbo! :) **Here's the link to the video in case you missed it earlier.** |
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| Fourth of July and all the VW cousins are dressed in matchy patriotic shirts. Thanks Nana! So cute! |
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| Ry and the little girls. |
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| My fam on the fourth. |
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| We did a few upgrades in our condo while we were there including knobs and pulls. |
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| At Michael's baseball game. He is such a good little athlete! |
Ryan went backpacking with his dad and Danny for a few days.They had a magnificent time. My man loves loves loves the mountains.
These two photos were actually taken the night before Ryan left. It was as if Riley knew Daddy was leaving and she cuddled and hugged him for the longest time. It was so precious.
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| Hugging Daddy goodbye. |
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| Riley loves her Daddy. |
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| This was taken right when Ry got back from his backpacking trip. Riley was so happy to see Daddy again! |
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| We went to Kerra's daughter Claire's b-day party. |
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| Cotton candy machine! |
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| Riley's got her eyes on that cotton candy... |
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| At Sydney's bridal shower with my mom and sisters. I also got to do an engagement photo session of Syd and her fiancee. It was so fun to take them! You can see that full post on my photo blog here. |
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| Did family name sealings with Ry's fam. It was so special going back to the place Ryan and I were sealed/married 3 years ago. I love this place and I love this boy! |
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| Riley looking cute in her ND onesie. |
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| Snuggles with Annt Whitney. |
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| And hello Uncle Roah |
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| That face MELTS me! Completely melts me. |
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| Riley fresh out of the bath and taking a selfie with Grandpa. |
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| At Grandma and Grandpa's house hanging out! *****Click HERE for a video of Riley making the funniest little noises**** Riley cracks me up! |
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| All the VW grandkids up to the bar. |
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| Saying bye to Jo! Way too fun to hang out with her so much over the summer. She gave me my fave chocolate, cupcake and a cutesy plaque with one of my famous quotes, "I don't want to live my life without dessert." haha |
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| VW group Family pic |
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| Me and my girl |
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| Riley and Grandpa Van |
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| Grandpa Van and all the VW grandkids. Daxton cracks me up here. I don't think he is in the mood for pictures. |
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| Hanging out with my family! |
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| My mom made homemade smore's dip! DELICIOUS! One was traditional smores and the other was Reese's on the bottom. Holy cow. So yummy! |
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| And here we are taking off to California. We had the BEST time in Utah this summer! We will miss everyone. Wish us luck as we move on to a new adventure in San Francisco. |
