Happy Birthday baby Millie!

Before we knew it, September was here and it was birthday time! Ian surprised me with the cutest bicycle, which I was really hoping for... made me feel like a kid again, and a cute frilly faux leather (compliments of Luann). Afterwards, Hal took me paragliding, which was great fun with beautiful views! For Ian's birthday, he was surprised with a new leather riding jacket for his motorcycle, a new golf bag (compliments of Steve), & sunglasses-compliments of Mike (because he lost his favorite pair during a trecharous ion/tubing ride by Adam:)

Happy #29th Birthday to Ann-E!

Happy Father's Day to Ian!

Happy 27th Birthday to Ian!

The 2 dog hug.

Hal with Cannon and Anika.

In July, we went to Texas for the 2nd annual Franklin family reunion. It was a trip full of Barbeque and Blue Bell, 2 staples at home.

Is it really October?

Wow, so a little embarrassing that my last posting was before spring! So much has happened this summer that I'm going to sum it up so as to not forget it. Millie moved up to live with us from June-August and we LOVED having her. Ian and I were talking after she left and decided if having kids is like having Millie here, than we're really excited to have kids! One deay Millie was helping me clean up the driveway and I asked her to go grab a shovel... she came back with a snow shovel! Cute little Texan, didn't know what it was :) We formed an honorary LU running club and had some fun late-night runs together.

In June, Ian graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. Soon after, he was hired by Zions Bank-corporate in a commercial division, as a credit specialists for wholesale bankers. He's on the 16th floor in the downtown Zions building, overlooking the views such as the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Temple Square, and Ensign Peak to name a few. He's liking his job quite a bit.

Spring is almost here!

My beautiful daffodill garden! The tulips are soon to be on their way!

Back yard barbecuing. Yum, delicious shiskabobs...peppers, onions, pineapple, tomatoes, and chicken. My poor starving dogs are on looking for a piece to hopefully fall off.

I've ventured in to the world of bread making. I never thought this work be my thing but I totally loved it. I first, ground my own wheat into 16 cups of flour, (whew, got a little stronger muscles from that:), and then it was history from there. All fresh, natural ingredients, and to top it off... I also made cinnamon rolls with the same dough. Ian gave his stamp of approval!

My cute dogs... Hinkley and Cooper!