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| He loves playing music for Kalvin |
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| Its sooo Springy outside right now!!! Our yard is turning green again and we've had all the windows and doors open all week. |
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| He is getting use to being on his tummy and is actually starting to enjoy the new view |
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| Made Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread and a new FHE chart |
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| Clark and Kalvin got to meet their new cousin, Keldon!! |
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| Kalvin seemed ginormous compared to Keldon |
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| All together :) |
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| Couldnt really get a great picture of them all, but thats okay |
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| Baby Stratton is here!!! He is so tiny and so cute!! He was born on March 6th 2012. Brady and Jessica are the cutest new parents :) They still havent picked out a name for him yet, so we'll see what they come up with. haha |
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| Future best friends!!!!! |
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| We love these boys so much!!! And they clearly love each other a lot too :) They make us so happy and I seriously cant believe how adorable they are!! |
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| Clark found a Roly Poly and was trying to "wake him up" with a stick. |
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| Brad all dressed up like a Physical Therapist. So cute. Can you tell how annoyed he is that I am taking a picture? haha |
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| Clark was helping me with some chores. I told him he needed to dust and he took off. I later found him dusting his cars. |
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| Brad broke the shifter cable in his car the other day. |
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| We took it in and found out it was gonna cost $800.00 to fix. So Brad, being the amazing guy he is, decided to figure out how to do it himself. Took a few hours of work and its good as new. So gateful for his determination!! He saves us a lot of money being so stuborn :) |
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| Clark wanted to work on his car, like dad |
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| UNLV pride!!! (thanks Brady and Jessica) |
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| Kalvin's not so sure about this... |
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| Underwear and shoes. Pretty good look. |
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| Love these faces!!!!! |
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| Clark thinks its so funny when I put Kalvin in bed with him. |
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| My parents came for a visit!!! |
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| Clark wearing Grandpa's watch |
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| Mom and Dad are moving to Idaho. So they have been boxing up their house and decided to bring me boxes of stuff from my childhood that I have been storing there at the house |
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| Going through all my old stuff was so awesome!!! |
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| All my old doll house stuff made me realize that I infact do need a daughter one day |
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| My favorite books and Polly Pockets!!! That Polly Pocket clock was like my favorite toy of all time |
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| Yep. The first book I ever wrote... about a pencile... that gets kidnapped by a mouse.... who is making a car... out of penciles. Im a little bit worried that posting this on here will mean that someone out there might steal this awesome idea for a book, but its worth the risk, I guess |
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| More of my awesome childhood talents on display.. My art work and poetry. |
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| Greatest note from my sister!! A stick of gum and a quarter.. come on Autumn!? |
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| Remember the Blue Bird Apartemnts, Autumn?? |
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| Hahahaha I dont know what this is all about, but I love it!! I just wonder who I told on.. |
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| Dance competitions!! Good memories :) |
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| A shoe box full of notes from middle school/ high school. hahaha Mostly from Caitlin and Kristen. ( guys, we have a lot to be embarassed about!! hahaha) |
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| ......And the best thing I found... Me and Nathan's secret language from when we were really young. Let me just say, we were awesome. |
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| There is sooo much more stuff that was absolutely amazing seeing again. Im so glad that I was a pack-rat even as a child!! |
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| This is the "Colonial Girl" quilt that I recieved for my wedding. Its a Merkley family tradition. My little brother, Nathan is getting married next month and so he and his wife-to-be, Kaitlin, got theirs and it reminded me of getting mine. I love them and I love the tradition! It started when my Grandma Merkley was young. Her two brothers, Vernon and Shirley had just returned home from WWII and both became engaged to the girls that had been waiting for them. They both planned to be married on Dec. 19th 1946. My Great-Grandma really wanted to make them each a quilt as a wedding gift, but due to the war, there was little fabric anywhere. They searched for a long time and couldnt find a single store with any fabric. My Great-Grandmother was really sad about it. On her way back from Salt Lake City, she stopped in Heber for lunch. She went into a little store and the shop-keeper could see that she had been crying and asked her what was wrong. (she had thought that maybe a loved one had died in the war) My Great-Grandmother explained her situation and the shop-keeper excused herself, went into the back room and came out with a bolt of light blue fabric and gave it to my Great-Grandmother. My Grandma said that she had never seen her mother so happy before. There was no time to make a quilt before the wedding, so they cut and appliqued a Colonial Girl onto the fabric and made it into a quilt. Ever since, its been a tradition in my Grandma's family. My Grandma makes them all for our family. She is amazing and one of my heros! I hope to carry on the tradition, so I suppose I should learn to sew much better. I love the story and just wanted to make sure its written down. |
