Post of many posts...

I am finally catching up on my blogging so there are a lot of new posts on here! We have been pretty busy and I really needed to just take the time and put some memories in here...Chance is working and going to school at night so we hardly ever see eachother. I am working still and learning how to be a single mom. :) On a good note, we got a brand new horse. And we were lucky to get it for a very good price: free! A friend of Chance's dad didn't want his horses anymore so he gave them to us at no charge. We own one of them now. His name is Shadow. He is 17, so older and tamer, and so far I am very happy with him. He will be my horse and Chance will still have Josie, the baby that is now three. Yeah for free horses!

Chance is riding Shadow and the one I'm riding will be Summer's horse...

15 Months!

Emma is already 15 months old! She needs to just stop growing up and stay young forever. :) Here are some of the things she can do...

She is now wearing makeup, she put this on all by herself. Isn't she pretty? :)

She can go to the potty all by herself, or maybe I should just say she can go "in" the potty all by herself. The picture is a little blurry but you get the point. :)

She can feed herself too, doesn't even make a mess. :)

She can sleep anywhere..

She can ride horses with daddy..

But mostly she is good at just being so darn cute! We took her to the doctor, and here are her stats: She is 32 inches long, in the 90th percentile She weighs 21 lbs and 5 oz, which is somewhere between the 10th and 25th percentile Her head circumference is in the 50th percentile. So basically she is tall and skinny and we neet to fatten her up. jk... She is getting so big and smart too, her are some other things she can do... She climbs EVERYWHERE. I am always finding her on our kitchen table, bed, highchair, and apparently in the toilet too. She has no fear and anything, which explains all the bumps and bruises that seem to be a daily occurance. She is very active and hard to keep up with. She still gives kisses and hugs, it makes mommy's day! She now says the words thank you, ba ba, uh oh along with the usual ma ma da da, grandma, and grandpa and we are teaching her the animal sounds which she does when she feels like it. She obeys simple commands. She is really good at throwing her diapers away but lately she has been throwing the good ones away too. What a helper. :) She loves to feed herself, she makes a huge mess but its good for her to learn. She fold hers arms to pray, I will occassionally catch her saying her own prayers too. It makes me feel so good to see that. There are probably a ton more facts that I can't think of right now but I am really starting to see Emma grow up and it makes me a little sad. Its fun to see her learn new things but sad that she definataly is not a baby anymore.

Ranch Fun!

A couple of times a year we get to go to the Davis Ranch. Chance's sister's in-laws own this ranch and we love to go there! They have a small lake to swim in. They have a bunch of canoes and other little toys that make it even funner. And Cole brought some scuba gear and I got to go scuba diving for the first time. It was quite the experience. It took some getting used to, breathing through your mouth instead of your nose was different, but once I got used to it it was a lot of fun. The gear was a little big for me so I really look like a sea monster in it but it was fun still! hehe I just took a couple of pics..sorry, I really need to learn to be better with my camera!

Seven Peaks

This year we as a family purchased the Pass of all Passes that is good for Seven Peaks, and both Lehi and Orem Trafalgas. Me and Emma mostly went to Seven Peaks during the day but Chance occasionally joined us. It was so much fun. For the most part Emma loved it. The water there is always warm and Emma loves warm water! She is quite the little daredevil though. She would go face first in the water and needed constant supervision. I went down the slides with her a couple of times, she hasn't quite gotten to the point where she enjoys that yet. Maybe next year though! I'm so happy we bought the passes and it was definatly worth the money. And we still can go to Trafalga till next June so we still have a lot of use to get out of it! Family Picture...

Lake Powell!

Lake Powell with a one year old is quite the adventure but we had a lot of fun. We were there for almost a full week and got plenty of sun! :) The water was cold, Emma didn't like it much, she usually screamed when you put her in it. And the water kept rising a ton everyday, so we ended up having to move camp about three times during our stay. It was crazy! Here are some pics:


Emma's first tube ride. She screamed at first, but then she didn't mind it



So Emma would cry whenever I even carried across the water cuz she was afraid she was going to get wet, but one day she just walked right into it and we played in the water for about an hour. She was happy and splashing around. I guess she had to decide on her own to get in the water....



Playing in the sand with her cousin Sayla



The sand sticks to you like no other down there. Emma tried to eat it a few times but finally she caught on that it doesn't taste good.





Emma in the sand with Uncle Cole Bear..

One year old already?

Our little baby is no longer a baby anymore! I can't believe its already been a year since we held her in our arms for the first time. She now weighs 19 lbs 3 oz and is almost 30 inches long. Emma keeps getting funner and funner each day and she is really start to show her personality. Here are some fun facts:

She loves to give kisses and if she knows you pretty well you might just be lucky enough to get one.

She is walking everywhere! She has been walking since she was 11 months old. She loves to carry things with her as she walks which might explain why things disappear all of the time. :) She has so much energy, its hard to keep up with her.

She can say thank you, mommy, da da, and grandma. She jabbers all of the time. she also will throw a laugh in occasionally like she is having a real convesation with you. She thinks she is so funny. :)

She loves to eat, I'm surpised she doesn't weigh more after all that she eats. She will sometimes cry when the food is all gone.

She loves the water, as long as it is warm enough. :)

She trows up her hands and dances to music. She loves to patty-cake and peek a boo.

She has eight teeth, this is the first time she brused them...



Chelsie made her cake and I couldn't have asked for better! This was her own personal cake






This was the other cake, it was so awesome!




Emma eating her cake. Thanks Val for taking the picture, I can't believe I forgot to take one! Thanks to everyone who came! You guys are great!

The Swaises

I'm playing major blog catch up. So much has happened in the last little while. Our first adventure happened in May when we went to the Swazies. The Swazies an hour away from Delta (pretty much in the middle of nowhere) where there are a ton of wild horses. Each year the Rasmussens go chase them or look for them. When we arrived we set up camp in the pouring rain and it was cold that first night (thank goodness we got to sleep in a house trailer or Emma would have froze). But we had pretty good weather after that first day. Last year I didn't get to ride because I was pregnant so this year it was nice to be able to ride and see the horses. It was a ton of fun. Here are some pics:

Me and Chance on our horsies. :)


Emma took a couple of four wheeler rides and loved it. She especially loved when they were turned off and she could ride them by herself and push all of the buttons. :)



The babies of the trip chillin in thier strollers


Emma riding the horsie. She seemed to be enjoying herself