Allie's 11th Birthday!

Allie requested pasta, salad, shrimp, "good bread" and chocolate cake for her birthday dinner and we had a great time celebrating as a family! She got a new lacrosse stick, new bedding, a couple of new outfits and a DS game. We are still planning to take a few friends and go to a movie to celebrate miss Allie and have some fun! I can't believe Allie's eleven. She is such a great girl! Allie loves to hang out with her friends, play lacrosse, rollerblade, do craft projects, read, play her DS, watch movies and play games. Allie is a girl after my own heart! She loves to read...her favorite books are the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull. (a local author) Allie just got the fourth book when it came out last month! Allie has read too many books to count and recently finished Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows. There were many tears! :( She's currently working on the juvenile classics list at the library. I love that she likes to read. Also, Allie loves some of the quirky old movies I like and will watch them with me. She loves "Pillow Talk" with Doris Day and Rock Hudson and we just finished "The Long Long Trailer" with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. (Both so funny) She also loves "Gone with the Wind!" So...now I have a movie buddy, because Red hates old movies! She'll also play cards and other games with me! One thing Allie and I do not have in common is: she does NOT like to be the center of attention at all! I have no idea where that comes from? I just know I love hanging out with Allie! She's my girl!

2008 Birthday Scrapbook!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Our First Daughter

On March 12, 1998 we were blessed to welcome a healthy 6lb. 5 oz. baby girl to our family. I thought Allison Kate was the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen. She had gorgeous, clear skin and dark brown hair. Allie was our tiniest baby and weighed in under 6 lbs. as we were leaving the hospital. She made me nervous. Luckily she loved to nurse and plumped up right away! Having Allie in our home was somewhat of an adjustment! At just 22 months old, Tanner felt a little slighted for sure! On one hand he liked his new baby sis and lovingly referred to her as "Owie." On the other hand Allie is lucky I was there to rescue her from him. Tanner frequently tried to beat her over the head with things like: the remote control, cordless phone, (like a brick back then!) and various toys, large and small! I had to watch them both at all times!! In many ways these years were some of the hardest for me. I had two children in diapers for almost 2 years, Red traveled 2 to 3 days of the week and I think I was late everywhere I went! Long story short it took me a while to adjust. I loved being able to stay at home with them and as you'll see in many pictures I went a little overboard dressing them alike or in coordinated outfits! So...for the next (almost) four years Tanner and Allie were our life! We did everything with these two little kids and loved it! :)

Our First Home

We built our first home in 1996, in West Jordan, UT. Tanner was about 4 months old when we moved in. We loved this house, the area and the neighborhood! There were always plenty of kids running around and the impromptu barbeque or pizza party was always fun! We had great neighbors and made some great friends that we will always remember fondly. Some...we still keep in touch with. It was a great place to start our little family. We were sad to say goodbye in 2001, when we packed up and moved to Colorado Springs, CO.

Slideshow for Tanner

So...I've spent a large portion of the day scanning pictures! Most of them are of Tanner. For some reason I feel the need to bring people up to speed on all that's been going on in our family! I'm not sure why?? Anyway I have hundreds of picture's of my son, so it was very difficult for me to narrow it down! Hopefully these capture the essence of who he is! Tanner might have three sisters, but don't worry his manhood is still in tact! He loves football, lacrosse, air soft gun wars, camping and teasing! Tanner is a great kid and a good student! He is currently serving as the Deacon's quorum president and is a natural leader. Wow! Watch me brag! He's not a perfect angel! Tanner has his moments and is almost thirteen...so you know what that means. Either, he's getting smarter or we're getting dumber! ;) We love him just the same!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Our Firstborn!

Tanner John Lambert was born May 23, 1996 after an 18 hour labor and eventually a c-section. We were thrilled! My pregnancy was however, horrible! Toward the end I developed a "pregnancy rash." I wanted to die! My legs looked like I had been burned in a fire. My OB casually commented that this was the worst "prego rash" he'd ever seen. (I almost killed him!) Luckily birth is the cure...and we loved our little guy instantly. He looked like his father's twin for sure. Tanner wasn't the easiest newborn...lots of tummy aches , spit up and nights walking the floor. But, the payoff came when he was 5 months old and started sleeping through the night. Oh how he loved his bed! At bedtime he would just DIVE in! (He still does!:))I think with a few exceptions he's slept through the night ever since!

Our life revolved around this little boy for almost two years! I was able to stop working when he was 8 months old and stay home with him full time. He kept me busy...it was a joy!

Let's start at the very beginning...

The night we got engaged!
Oh my hair!

Our wedding day...a sunny and warm February day.

The beginning...a very good place to start. Red and I met in the Spring of 1992. He was just about to graduate from the U of U and I was working and going to the Community College. My friend Cami and I decided we would check out a new singles ward. I think it was the Canyon Springs 9Th ward?? We met a great group of people and quickly became friends. I have very fond memories of this time in my life! Red and his friend Brandon had jet skis and we were on them every chance we got. If it was even close to warm we were on a lake somewhere. As time went by I started to realize what a wonderful person Red was and that he possessed many of the qualities I wanted in a husband. Eventually we began dating...and the rest is ancient history! We got engaged the Fall of 1993, and married on February 3, 1994. I know people say this all the time, but I really don't know where the time has gone! It does not feel like it has been 15 years at all! So, here's to another 15++++ years baby! I'm posting our wedding invite and a few pictures for your pleasure and enjoyment. They were scanned from my burgundy and forest green wedding album where I carefully and PERMANENTLY adhered them. Can you believe I would have chosen sleeves that puffy when I already have such broad shoulders!?

Seeing if I can post a picture!

Easter Sunday 2008!

Tanner- 12

Allie- 10

Kenna- 6

Kelsie- 3

We snapped a few pictures of the kid's

after church.

(Note Kelsie's shoes on the wrong feet!)

I have a blog!

Goals I have for my blog:

Document our family's journey

Share pictures

Journal details of our life...all the funny things I would forget!

Connect with family & friends from afar

Share recipes and other ideas (if I have any:))

Have fun..........enjoying the journey!