Congrats Jeff!!

Last week my brother Jeff got married. I am so excited for him and am so happy to have a new sister-in-law! Kim is such a fun person, I can tell she makes him so happy! Here are some pictures of our day...

Jeff and Kim coming out of the Temple.

What a cute couple!

My big brother, what a stud!

Makenna wanted to pose for the camera!

Makenna and her 2nd cousin Jace. These two had a fun day together.

Our family.

The Ballard family.

All the girls waiting to catch the bouquet.

Happy Birthday Makenna!!

Yesterday was Makenna's 4th birthday! Wow I can't believe how fast time flies. Makenna is such a fun little girl with a great personality and imagination. We are so happy to have her in our family! We had a fun weekend of parties and celebrating...

Here is our family the day Makenna was born, October 12, 2005.

Our sweet baby girl!

Happy birthday Makenna! Makenna insisted on a Princess Birthday Party this year. I decided to make a castle cake and I think it turned out pretty cute

Blowing out her candles!

Makenna and her princess friends at her birthday party!

We took Makenna to the Zoo for her birthday. Here we are with the giraffe's which Makenna was begging to see the whole time we were there.

Posing with the Tigers!

Oh No, Makenna was caught by an alligater!

Opening presents on her birthday!

Makenna got a lot of fun stuff this year!

Playing Catch Up...

So I just realized that I have been slacking on posting our latest happenings, so here it goes...

For Makenna's pre-school we do a neighborhood/joy school where we have a group of 7 kids and we each take a turn having pre-school at our house. We also do field trips every month. Our first field trip was to Kneaders. They gave us a tour around the bakery, showing all thier giant mixers and ovens. We even got to go inside the walk in fridge and freezer which the kids thought was pretty cool. After our tour each kid got a cookie to frost!

Here is Makenna and her friend Haylee frosting their cookies.

Makenna's delicous cookie!

Makenna's first airplane ride!!

A few weeks ago we had a girls trip to Denver. Me, Makenna, my Mom, sister, aunt, cousin and her baby, and grandma all went to stay with my aunt who lives there. This was Makenna's very first time on an airplane and she was sooooo excited. She was all smiles the whole way and kept waving out the window saying, "I'm waving at daddy!" Anyway we had a fun time for a few days just visiting, shopping, and jewelry making!!
I'm so sad this picture turned out so dark, but this is Makenna on the airplane. She insisted on having the window seat.

Makenna reading me the emergency information they have in the airplane.

Me, my cousin, and sister. (Nice smile Alise) :)

Here is almost all of us.

So yesterday I thought I would try straightening Makenna's hair just for fun. Well, it didn't turn out very well and me and Dallin had a good laugh. At least her hair looks cute curly!!