The Wedding

The first dance


Livie being shy- her favorite word to mostly everyone was "NO" She wanted people to stay away!


Fransisco searching for the garter... Where'd he go!?


Fransisco did quite the dance with my mom. He is not shy to say the least when on the dance floor!

catching the bouquet

Em and Fransisco dancing

the girls dancing... well mostly running on the dance floor. They were having lots of fun!

Pa and Emma in the first Daddy- daughter dance

in case you were wondering...

that last post was posted by my mom. She was accidently signed in under my name.... that's why the 'I's and ' "my parents" kind of stuff doesn't really make sense! I will post some of my own soon!

Just a wee bit of wedding for Lanette

Ok. Ok. I know you want pictures, Lanette. I understand! I really do. (I get impatient for other people to post too). So here's a couple of teasers for you. Here are Em and Francisco coming out of the temple. I'm sure we have better pics but this is what I can come up with now... I still have company and will have to post more later. Sarah will probably post some soon too.

This is our 'crazy pose'

I love how my parents are looking at us like we're crazy!

Emily said... "Everybody kiss!"

So... Sarah and Brett kissed

Livie: "And just who am I supposed to kiss?"

Francisco and Emily managed a a really good kiss (of course).

I laughed.

Tim looks like he's thinking: "What, now? Are you serious?"

But Jeff and his girlfriend have the best expressions of all.

This photo makes me laugh out loud every time I see it.

More later...

Pool Party!

Hannah and Olivia

Today we invited our favorite neighbors over for a pool party. It was pretty hot. We had 4 crazy girls and 2 swimming pools! We had fun and LOVE our neighbors. I would put up more pictures- but I'm not sure how my neighbor feels about a public blog, so we'll save those pics for a photo-album ;)

Emma's Bridal Shower

Emma's bridal shower was last week. I'm glad it's done. It turned out pretty well. I made some cookies, a fruit tart, and some punch. We played 'gift bingo' and Emily had to tell us about Fransisco- I made a little video of him answering him some pretty simple questions. Emma got about half wrong ;) It was fun and we are ready for the wedding now!!

A lot to think about

Well- a lot has happened recently. I couldn't sleep last night because there was just SOO much to think about! I think I will just list the latest events...

1 My Dad is getting baptized! Now- some of you may not know that my Dad is not a member of the LDS church, but he has recently decided to get baptized and become one of us! It really was shocking to me, I wasn't really expecting it... but I couldn't be happier for him- and our family! It is SUCH a blessing. In a year we will be sealed in the temlpe. Words can't describe this. I wish I could express my emotions better, but words aren't enough.

2 Emily's bridal shower is this week. I am in charge being the 'maid of honor'. I shouldn't be worried, which I'm not, it's just one more thing to think about and plan..

3 Brett accepted a new job. It is a longer comute. It is about 35 minutes North. It has pretty good benefits and we are excited about it. If you know me- you will know why I'm not saying WHERE this new job is or any of the towns. Sorry, I am paranoid..

4 We might MOVE... Well, since Brett has this new job we have been looking at homes closer to the job. I LOVE where we live- I love our neighbors, our ward and the area. I don't love Brett having to comute though. We actually found a house that will be forclosed soon. It is REALLY nice, in a perfect location with a beautiful view. It is being listed for $200,000 less then it was appraised for. So- tomorrow our house may go on the market and we could be moving REAL fast if all works out. It is scary. We don't know what to expect. All I know is that I have to get our house SUPER clean and staged for selling by like tomorrow... AAH!

5 Fathers Day next Sunday. I haven't even stared to think about this. It's a bit overwhelming to me.

6 We are flying out to Oregon in just a few weeks for Emma's wedding. With all the comotion of house selling/buying and everything else, this is becoming one BUSY June!

7 On top of every thing else- I think about this new baby, and trying to not be sick. The past few days I haven't been too sick at all- maybe because I'm too busy to think about it ;)

Eating Breakfast

Olivia just looked so cute eating her cereal a few days ago, so I took pictures. She is getting VERY good with her spoons/forks. She is still a mess maker, but she gets 95% of the food to her mouth these days.. which is much better for clean-up ;)

Ready for Fall Football

Go Cougars from Sarisker on Vimeo.

Fun in the Sun

can you believe this is what it looked like the VERY next day from all the rain? Crazy weather!

I can't take it anymore...

I just HAVE to announce the big news. I am SO bad at holding it in... I'm PREGNANT! I am due January 1, 2009. Yes, it's not my preferred due date seeing as we could have a Christmas baby. Poor child, but we'll hope for the best on that! I am feeling alright- some days I could die and others I'm just fine. Mostly we're just really excited and happy about it!

Magic Basket Ride

weeeee!

Again Daddy?

How much trouble can 1 toddler get into?

We started our morning by clipping Olivia's long toe nails. I figured out that if she got to watch TV and eat jelly beans, she'd let me clip her toes. That's when I noticed this.... We don't know HOW she got it..Hmmm..

Next, I needed to do some cleaning in the kitchen. So did Olivia.

She pulled out all the cleaning supplies and then got mad that I put them away, so she did THIS to the cabinet..

While I was busy cleaning, Olivia got busy trying to find trouble. She decided that the T.V. needed some re-wiring.

She also decided that the DVD player needed some help, but instead she got her fingers caught in it, not just once, but at least twice. She had to make sure it was working I guess.

Finally, Olivia decided that enough was enough, and that she'd take a rest. All this trouble in just 45 minutes was a little too much. She also got stuck under a chair, but I didn't take pictures, darn! For her little rest- she decided to lie down and read the Ensign.

Now it's nap time. AAAh, peace!

Updates

Well, I got all the bushes and flowers in. It was a LOT of hard work. As you may notice in the picture... I dug out a lot of the old dirt and bark dust... then put down a weed mat, then put 6 inches of lots of good soil, vermiculite, peet moss, and compost. Oh, I also dug the huge holes for the bushes and put those in. So, after about 12 hours of working on the garden area- I think it's going to turn out! The GREAT thing about it is that I will have little to no weeding because of the weed mat. Yes, it was A LOT of extra work doing it this way, but it will save me TONS of time later since I will never need to till the dirt, or weed. It's great! So- I will take pictures later in the year when the flowers are grown and look pretty. Right now they are itty bitty!

So- I realized I never did update everyone on the San Diego job offer. We turned them down and they had no return offer, so as of now, we are NOT moving. YESS! I really don't like moving. It's not easy and fun for me. We are still trying to figure out where Brett will work permenantly. So... he's on the job hunt. He has work until December and he has a couple other job offers. We'll just have to wait and see which ones work out best.

We will be out in Oregon in June for Emmas wedding. She gets married Saturday June 28th, and we will be staying from the Tuesday before to the Wedenesday after. So- plan on us!!

If you're wondering about any other updates.. let me know, I can't think of anything else!

Evening at the Park

My mom came to visit this last week. We had lots of fun. Although she mostly did wedding stuff with Emma, it was nice just to have her around. We love her and wish she could have stayed longer...

Livs got BOTH Grandmas at once! What more could she ask for!?

She LOVED being the center of all the attention!

MMMMM Chocolate

We had chocolate to dip our strawberries in. We LOVE spring/summer for all the fresh fruit and veggies!

Circus Trip

Scott and Britta came along, it was there 1st circus! They shared a first with Olivia!

We went to the circus last Saturday night. Since when is it $20 a person!? I had a cupon that was 2 for the price of 1 and Liv was free (from the cupon too) So, luckily it wasn't too bad. Anyway- Olivia thought it was pretty fun. She almost took a pony ride, but at the last minute decided it was much too scary to ride a pony. I wanted to ride the elephant, but the line was too long!

Happy Birthday Kim!

yeah, it's not the best picture of us... but it was close by!

Today is Kimothy's birthday! She is one of my best friends. We haven't lived close to each other in probably 5 years now, but I still love her and think about her lots! Hope you had a good birthday Kim!!

Engagement Pictures

Well- I took Emma and Fransisco's engagement pictures last Sunday.. To be honest, I was a little dissapointed in them. I was trying to get just a basic good picture of both of them smiling and not so much creative shots... I figured they would end up using one where they both just looked there best and not so much the creative 'cool' looking picture. I think I should have been a LITTLE more creative with it though... Oh-well. Anyway- these 2 are probably my favorite... I think! I have no idea which ones they like though!

Sea Worlds Dolphins

Sea World Dolphin Show from Sarisker on Vimeo.

We thought the dolphins at Sea World were pretty cool. Olivia really like the show. Don't you just love her little dance and clapping!? Ah, she's growing up on us... time for another one! (no, that is not an announcement!)