the Jaime's: October 2012

Fall photo shoot Sneak Peek

So, we have this friend. Let me tell you, word on the street is she is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

She does some GREAT photography work and we were so excited to get a photo shoot during this fall season, especially at PEAK!!

She does such a great job capturing the joy and love in a family. Job completed...again. Thanks my friend.

Hope you all enjoy the sneak peek of these family pics as we have.

Fall family time

Sisterly Tea party. Love these girls.

Sophie Bear is 7 months now!!

River of Time in Bay City.

Fun free fun. River of time is a great time!

We stole a quick visit to MSU on our way down to SH for a weekend trip for my baby bro's going away party. I am SO glad we took the stop! It was a trip down memory lane and the kids seemed to love hearing about where I lived, what I did and where I went every day.

Here is the Living Center, owned and donated by members of the Church. It was a blessing to have these apartments to live in those 3 years. Crazy times in those rooms :)

My little student ward.

Across the street is Hubbard halls where a lot of the freshman get put. It was a constant reminder how lucky I was.

My ALUM.

School of Music. Many, many, many hours spent in this building.

The library. Many sleepy afternoons spent here crunching hard over a nice cup of hot cocoa.

MSU football stadium. This was taken during the Eastern game.

Sparty. My man.

He's so handsome.

My all-time favorite place to get a bite to eat. The ever-famous Pita Pit. Yum-O!

Post MSU shopping.

Fight, Fight, GO TEAM FIGHT! Victory for MSU!

Sophie will NOT EAT!! HELP!

This girl is crazy! These pics/video are from September and she is finally eating a select few foods, but baby food is almost out of the question for her whether it is jar food, homemade baby food or table food. Grrrr, I am tired of nursing like a milk cow! She is doing better now but, it has been a SLOW process!

Trip to Washington

About a year ago when my lil' sis found out she was expecting her baby, I was so excited for the idea to have such a fun reason to make the trip out to visit. Sophie and I made our way out the middle of September together. She was AMAZING on the flights, which I was so lucky!! I wrapped her to me and that helped a TON! She enjoyed seeing the new sights and meeting all kinds of new people. The smoke was thick when we arrived due to the fires. The smell and the sight was actually quite alarming!

We got settled in, had a nice dinner together and got a good nights rest. The next day we ventured up to Sarah's Alum, Washington State University to see the bear research center. It was fascinating!

Sophie looks like a little country girl!

Zooey and Sophie hangin' out together in the back seat :)

After touring the campus, we went to the fair. I have never gone to a fair to see the animals. I actually forgot that that could be the MAIN attraction. I am so out of it sometimes. Well, we went to the fair to ONLY see the animals. (My sis and bro-in-law are animal people.) We found this mama pig feeding her little piglets. Sophie thought that was great.

She was seeing real-life animals up close and personal for the first time!

Sunset over the wheat fields on the way back home. Beautiful.

Farmers. I LOVE seeing farmers.

The girlies hangin' out on the couch EARLY in the morning. I was up usually around 4:30/5:00 every morning because of the time difference. (3 hours earlier)

Old Public School house in Elk River, a old mining/logging community up in the mountains.

Giant Western Red Cedar. VERY VERY BIG!

Oh, man, is she ever cute sitting there?

A seemingly sideways view up the tree.

My sister, Sarah, her hubby, Benny and little Zooey.

After the little hike in the woods to see the Cedar, we were treated to some Huckleberry Ice Cream. The locals pick the berries in the mountains and bring them to the General Store and are paid for them. They use all the berries for various treats. It was SO yummy!

Sophie, what did you do this time?

Basically the view of the now, very small town.

Elk falls. The hike here was tiring!!

But, totally worth it! So GLAD for my wrap. It really saved us!

Me and Zo Zo!

Love her sweet, scrunchy face!

A view of the surrounding Clarkston/Lewiston area.

There were at my sister's "Dream Job". We took an nice nature walk and went inside to see these:

A moose.

An Elk.

Another view of the area where she lives. This was on the drive back from touring the Montessori in the area with my sister. She wanted my sisterly view on the school and we are excited for Zooey's hopeful future there!