The Lou Monster

Jacee and Aunt Katy

Jacee crashed on the couch!! Jacee at the dentist!

She likes to play in the oven Just bein cute!

Jacee and Momma!!

Saying goodbye to Nils :(

Nils left on Saturday July 18 to Afghanistan. All this past week has been really emotional for us. Jacee and I dropped him off at 6:30 pm, and it was so hard. I didn't want to take a picture because I had been crying so much, but I'm glad I did. It was also hard to say goodbye because I knew Jacee had no idea what was going on. His plane didn't leave the base until 11:45 that night. He text me at 4:30 that morning to say they had made it to New York, and they were waiting to take off again. I haven't heard from him since, but I'm hoping soon! Today is the first day without him and it's been really hard. You don't know how much you need/rely on someone til they are gone. Thank goodness I have Jacelyn to keep me laughing...but it's hard because I know she misses her daddy. We are hoping he returns home quickly and safely.
Last picture of us til he comes home :( I know I look bad, but wouldn't you too!?!??! haha!

Sleepy Girl

Jacee has had trouble sleeping the past few nights, and it's been hard on all of us. The other night she wouldn't lay in bed, but I shut her door so she couldn't get out. She cried for a bit, but then soon fell asleep. I went to check on her, but I couldn't even open her door, becasue she was laying in front of it. Nils scooted the door open enough to get in the room and lay her in her bed. I snapped a picture of her laying on the floor...

Bear Lake...again!

We took another family trip to Bear Lake to spend some time together before Nils left. It was good to be just us three and the lake. Jacee loved the water and would spend all day in it if she could. It's so fun to watch her play and splash and try to swim.

God's paintings

Family Pictures

4th of July weekend!

We had such a great weekend home celebrating the 4th! We went to the parade in Buhl, a bbq in Hazelton, and fireworks in Twin Falls! It was really fun watching Jacee this year, because she's so much more aware of things.

I had a lot of fun with my little sister's too! We were pretty goofy...but it was great to hang out with them!

Katy was a tiger, I was a pirate, Madi was a dog and Jacee was a clown!

And we got to see this beautiful double rainbow!