Let freedom ring!

Happy forth of July!! Kelsi was inpatient at the hospital that day so of course we went up to see her. :) Hope your day was as magical and fun as mine!

Or the Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave!

summer lovin'

thinking about this dress as my sweet sixteen dress! For this very special occasion.. I have to find "the perfect one"

any suggestions? looove the color yellow!!! and polka dots. I'm obsessed. Well got to get back to my kiddos!! Andrew told her she had a surprise at 12:30.  We heard several VROOOMMM's and looked out the window.  Andrew had gotten a motorcycle crew together for a surprise for Coreena.  It was ADORABLE. Picnic, no kids, and a nice ride through country roads? I'm just going to have to put that on my future dates list. ;) happy sunday! xoxo aly

ps: 11 days till BIG ole' sixteen party ;)

As of late..

Summer has officially started and it could not have started off any funner!! I babysat my sweet cousins as their parents went down to look at houses in FL.  Lets just say, I LOVED being a little mommy for four days.  They were such good kids, and I loved every second with them!! Their Nana on the other side, who spoils them a lot ;), even bought me a pair of TOMS for her gratitude of me watching them.  How nice of her. :) I am LOVING them! Thanks, Linda! :) Zach is coming to Tennessee in July and our family CAN NOT wait!! We are planning so many fun things, and he sure is in for a treat. I can't wait for him to hear all the accents ha ha ;). 

    
     Lake parties at my BFF katherines lake house!! Shaving Cream fight round 2.

This is kind of blurry, but all my friends I met at this dance left for BYU summer semester. Going to miss them but looking forward to makeing new friends. :)

And going to see this little cutie pie at Vanderbuilt. Antibodies have been soooooooooooo hard on her.  We just didnt exspect it! Keep her in your prayers.

 and girls camp!! But, I do not have my pictures downloaded on her yet, so I will make a seperate blog post so tune in. Happy Wednesday and Merry Summer! :)
xoxo aly

Sophmore memories

Summerrrr!! So literally, my bio friends and I were counting down the seconds until summer on Friday.  Remember on High School Musical when they counted down and then threw stuff in the air?  Haha.. well we did the same.  Got a 4.0 this year, beat my 5K time for XC and spent loads time with my adorable, sister, Kelsi! Felt like an accomplished year! :) Here are some highlights of my sophmore year:
-Elected as sophmore homecoming attendant and got to be in a gorgeous parade through downtown Mcminnville, and walked during half time of homecoming football game.  Drew Davidson was my escort and we had a really fun time!  My sweet basketball team made T-shirts(without me knowing) and suprised me by being on the field while I walked down the isle.  My dress was kind of immodest, but thanks to my wonderful mother, and other attendants, we all wore a shawl.  Great night!






-Got my young womens honor bee! :) First girl from my ward to complete it.

-Went to midnight release of hunger games with my besties!! Great acting, Emmett! Proud of you :)



-My sweet two year old sister celebrated her second birthday on February 18th. Chicken parties are so much fun!

-Went to the wonderful state of Florida with my bestie!! Loved every minute of it and met some cool people(Lorenzo hahah ;)



-4.0 sophmore year waddupp ;)
-My amazing addiction of sewing, thanks to my aunt Holly!! We literally have made like 30 skirts of this pattern. haha :) and lots of fun, craftsy projects that keep cute kelsi's closet stocked. :)




-Sophmore Student council president!!

-Volunteering at two blood drives in Kelsi's honor. She has had over 30 transfusions--lost count. :)

-fun stake dances :)

-Bryce got his eagle!! Pround of him. He is at boys legion state right now and a academic camp all expence paid trip to Arkansas next week!

-Best friend leaving me for BYU in the fall. Gonna miss her!!

-Gearing up for mine and my best friend, Katherine Hitchcock's sweet sixteen. It's going to be amazing and we are gathering ideas!!

-And looooots of driving!! Sixteen in two months!! where does time go? ;)
Hope you have had a blessed year and I hope to update this more often ;)  Kelsi is DONE with radiation tomorrow. YAY! next antibodies.. antibiotics.. medicines.. scans.. treatments.. but we're getting closer.  Please continue to pray the spots on her lungs are just fungus. Pray for fungus ;) will update soon.




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XOXO, aly

pink out game :)

Twins!! :)

last team photo all together..

kate and alyson :)

my baby is one!! :)

happy birthday sweet girl. we love you so much! you have brought so much joy and smiles into our lives. you are the cutest thing ever! we all love you! :)