"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." Gordon B. Hinckley

Aug 5, 2012

Raegan’s first motorbike ride

Josh insisted on taking Raegan for a ride on the motorbike! I was going crazy over it and was very nervous and did not the idea at all. It was a very short ride around the block and in the driveway. She seemed to like it!DSC_9321DSC_9322DSC_9323
The baby blessing, birthday party and motorbike ride wore her out.
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Happy Birthday Max and Charlie

After a long day for Raegan’s blessing we went to a birthday party for my nephews Max and Charlie. Mindy had changed the time of their party just for us so we could go later after the baby blessing. It was a beautiful day at the park for a birthday party. The kids loved eating ice cream and popsicles and playing at the park. My sister and I went in together on tickets for the boys and Nathan to go to the fair and see the freestyle motorcycle show, the boys were so excited!!DSC_9317
Jaxon was in heaven with this ice cream!!
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Jaxon loves Karlee!! They had very messy faces but they loved every minute of it.
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Jaden and Maddy in their glasses. Jaden just got glasses, he looks so handsome in them.
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Emma, Alyssa, Kynzee, Jaden, and Maddy
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Raegan after a long day, all worn out.
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Grass table

Everyone had left from Raegan’s baby blessing luncheon and the kids were playing in the yard. They made this table out of grass, they were so proud of it.DSC_9297

Raegan’s blessing day

Raegan Ruth Williams was blessed August 5, 2012. I love baby blessings, I love everything about them, it is such a special day. I love that poem about the three white dresses and I am so lucky to be able to have so many girls to dress in three white dresses, one for their blessing day, baptism day and wedding day. They look so clean and pure in their white clothes I just love it. I had so many people help me with this special day and I was so grateful for that, people who either called or just showed up to help. I guess they knew that getting 5 kids ready for a big day like this would be hard on me, guess they were right. My sweet sister in law Mindy came over early and helped me do everyone’s hair…what a jewel she is, seriously my saving grace on so many occasions. My brother’s baby Kaydee was born a few weeks after Raegan and we are in the same ward so we decided to do their blessings together. What a special day it turned out to be. These sweet little angels looked beautiful in their white dresses. We got some cute pictures of them together. I am sure they were little buddies in heaven and they probably loved sharing this day together. Josh gave Raegan a beautiful blessing, I remember thinking as he was giving it that she is such a calm, sweet spirit and that everything he blessed her with I could really see her being someday. She is a special baby girl that we love so much and I am so blessed to be her Mommy. Here are some pictures of her wonderful day. We actually had a lot of people between two babies and all our families, but between trying to do the luncheon and taking care of Raegan these are the only pictures I got.
My 5 beautiful children
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Kenna cannot get enough of this new sister of hers, she loves her so much.
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These two are buddies and partners in crime.DSC_9133
I will forever love this picture!!! So precious.
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My whole family!!
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Sweet baby Regan all dressed in her pretty white dress.
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Raegan and Kaydee
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Me and Raegan and Janell and Kaydee
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Great Grandma Pasley with Raegan and Kaydee
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4 Generations: Raegan, Me, My Dad, and Grandpa Fullmer
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Great Grandma and Grandpa Fullmer and Raegan
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My Uncle Merrill brought his fun car and told Josh and I to take it for a drive…so we did!! We had so much fun together :)
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My sister in law Mindy with Raegan
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My Dad put Raegan to sleepDSC_9195DSC_9199
My Mom and Dad with the babies. My parents are such good help to us when we have babies. My Mom is over at my house all the time helping me and the kids, I don’t know what I would do without them both.
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Raegan and Mommy
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Raegan with her Mommy and Daddy, she is so loved by us both.
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Josh trying to calm Raegan down
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4 generations: Raegan, Me, My Mom and Grandma Pasley
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My Mom and Grandma taking care of babies after they striped them down out of their hot dresses.
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After everyone left I quickly tried to get a picture of all my kids and in 5 minutes this is what I got. My kids were tired from the long day but they were good sports and at least let me try.
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