Say "Ahhhh"

My boys LOVE the camera! Not to mention Jace has taken some really good pictures! We were goofing off the other day and I took these pictures:






I love Kayson's face in this one! This is our typical day. Serious.

Then I just had my 28th birthday! It's funny how the years just keep flying by. This year I kept thinking I would feel different. Feel older or ... just ... different. But I woke up feeling the same way Jane and Michael felt when Burt tried to jump into the chalk drawing in the movie Marry Poppins. Nothing. So I made my own birthday cake, had the family over for a bbq, and went to bed 1 year older. And it turned out to be the best birthday ever :)

Happy birthday to me!

Not Clean Enough!

Letting the boys take a bath together was so cute when they were little! But when Jace taught Kayson how to splash and flood my bathroom the "fun" of it kinda stopped there. Needless to say they take baths seprate now. Well one night I got Kayson out of the tub, lotioned up, and dressed for bed while Jace had his turn in the tub. I went to get Jace's pajamas and when I walked back to the bathroom this is what I saw:


Oh Kayson. Once he realized he didn't like the wet clothes on his skin he got out. And flooded my floor. Precious moments I know.


Look at that face! I love you Mr. K!

March Already???

Wow. I didn't realize I hadn't blogged since JANUARY! Sorry for that. But the good news is I have a lot of fun stuff to blog about now :)

Last weekend was my parent's 40th wedding anniversary. My Mom assigned me to make the cake! So I waited for inspiration to hit and by Friday I had a pretty good idea of how I wanted to make it. So I spent all night baking the cake and planning on how to create my masterpiece. Next morning I loaded the cake in the back of the van, and ran inside to get the decorations. (My plan was to frost and decorate once we got to SLC) When I came back out to the car this is what I saw:


Yes. I. Bawled.

So a quick call to my Mom and she was able to get a plain frosted cake from the store. It didn't taste as good as mine would have, but the decorations turned out pretty good.


The cake's theme was "40 Years of Married LIFE". My parents were married in 1972, had kids right away, had many car wrecks, watched the kids graduate, became grandparents, traveled all over the world, and for their 40th anniversary they saw the play Zorro. It turned out cute! I have a few ideas of how I would do it differently, but everyone understood it :)

Congrats Mom and Dad on 40 years of marriage! You may have never had it all together, but together you had it all!!! I love you! We love you!


(sorry this picture is dark)

My Boys

I haven't taken any pictures for a while, but saw these and figured they will do until I take more :) I'll write more soon!

And More...

Merkley Family (minus Logan *mission and Erin *super cool stuff with work)

Let's see if I can name (sorry if I misspell) all the additions since this was taken: Amber, Aiden, Korwin, Xirus, Landon, Andrew, Alesa, Van, Jace, Kayson, Cassie, Bridget, *baby girl #2, and James *even though he's already in this picture (you just HAD to be one of us huh)



Clifford, Me, Ryan, and JoAnn



Matt, Kari, Cami, Katie, Ryan, Taci, Melanie, Galen, and Justin



Poor Dad... he had to empty his pockets again 2 months later for Erin's wedding



(Had to sneak this one in) Love ya Tac!!!

Wedding Pictures Continued...

Hartle Family
(crazy to believe we've added Jace, Kayson, and Christian since this was taken!)



Jay, Me, Ryan, and Lois



Ryan's brother and sister, Troy and JaLyn



Troy and Jamee's family: Kelsey, Abagail, Savannah, and Samuel



Royd and JaLyn's family: Landon and Haydon



I love this picture! 3 generations: Grandpa Loris Wooley, Lois, and Ryan

Wedding Pictures!

So my amazing Mother told me the other day SHE had my wedding pictures! No wonder I could NEVER find them! I bet I forgot she had kept them for safe keeping when we were moving and such.

So better late than never :) Here they are!

The beautiful cake my Aunt Pam made! Thank you Aunt Pam!


Isaac (ring bearer)


Kennadee and Savannah (my flower girls)


Troy and Cami (best man and maid of honor)


My Dad walking me down the isle


Me, Ryan, and Isaac


Bishop John Allred married us (Kayson's middle name, John, is after him) He is an amazing man, and was a wonderful bishop! p.s. I think the way Ryan and I are holding hands is WEIRD!!! But I guess when you're just concentrating on not crying, you don't think about that!


Blackmail picture for later (*evil laugh*)


Our first kiss as husband and wife :)



I'll post more later :)