Making it private

I've wondered for the past little while if maybe I should make our blog private just to be on the safe side. I havn't wanted to because I know that it can be a little bit a pain for some people, but I figure it's better to be safe than sorry. So I will be making ours private, hopefully by Wednesday Aug. 13th. Most of you know the drill, just let me know what e-mail address you use for your sign in. If you don't already have one you will need to get a blog account in order to be invited. Just e-mail your address to me at jakenicoleholm@yahoo.com or leave me a comment and you will receive an invitation to view our blog. I'm sorry for the bother, but I think it's the right thing to do.


Some pictures of the girls playing in the rain!



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Lake Powell!

Diggin' in the sand


Happy Hallie. She really did have fun swimming I promise!

I love Lake Powell. I've been going there pretty much every summer as long as I can remember and it just never gets old. It is so beautiful. I love all the rock formations and all the fun that there is to have in the water. We were able to go for the 24th of July weekend with my family and had a great time! It was hot, but not unbearable. Hallie loved the water and even rode the tube! It was hard to get our little fish out of the water long enough to get something to eat or drink and load up on the sunblock. Sadie had fun too for the most part. She loved the sand. She even rolled in it a few times and was literally covered from head to toe in sand. She liked the water as long as she had her legs wrapped around my waist and death grip on my swim suit. It was a great trip and I'm so glad that we were able to go! Thanks Mom and Dad!
A shot from the beach.

Hallie on the tube with my brother Jordan. Managing to wave to the fans.
Naptime in the boat!
a ride on the tube with Daddy! Hallie still managing to get a wave in. Hang on Jake!
I had to get a picture of Sadie in her sunglasses. She kept these on most of the time which surprised me! Our little Miss Hollywood. She's even got some bling- bling going on.

Summer fun

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to....


We went fishing one night. Our little "Rae Rae"


Fishing Hallie style. Pink boots and pink princess fishing pole


Reeling in the whopper.


"I caught a whopper!"


Playing with Peanut Butter playdough.


We went camping one night. Nothing like getting good and dirty.


Throwing rocks in the creek.


The snake we saw.


Pankcakes at the park

I love summer!

It's been a little bit since I've posted. We've been having too much fun enjoying summer. It's been so nice to spend the majority of our days outside. We had a nice 4th of July. My mom and I took the girls to the parade while the guys went golfing. They had so much fun. Sadie loved the horses. Hallie liked the dancers. Hallie came prepared for the candy with her princess purse. She was very happy that she almost filled the whole thing! The good old Cedar City parade.They really came through this year in the candy area. They also had a new group this year, the "Bed pan Bregade". A group of women from the hospital who did a dance routine with bed pans. Sorry only people from Cedar City will probably appreciate this. We also had a BBQ at my parents house. The kids went swimming. Hallie jumped on the tramp with the spinkler on (one of her favorite things to do). We made homemade ice cream and then went and watched the fireworks. It was such a fun day. I don't have too many pictures, I get to involved enjoying myself sometimes, that I forget to stop and take pictures. I've always loved fireworks. It's even more fun watching them through the eyes of your children. It was so fun to listen to Hallie as she watched them. She really liked the pink ones (surprise surprise) and the ones that "twinkle" she said. Sadie even piped in an occasional "whoa!".
Summer is just such a fun time. I'm really enjoying doing all the great things that I remember doing as a child with Hallie and Sadie. It's such simple things that bring such joy to them.

Sadie making a spash. Don't you just love the hair?

A loving cousin moment with Felps. I think it's funny that Sadie calls him a baby when he's exactly the same size as she is.

Hallie catcing some air.

Silly Hallie

The cuties in the pool. Sadie's new look.

Hot summer day=popcicles

One night we went on a picnic at the park by the creek. Here's a shot of us girls.

Adjusting and enjoying!

I think we're pretty much adjusted now to our new place and life here. It took us all a little bit, but it feels good now. It's so nice to be in a familiar place and to be by family and people I know and love. The girls now share a room and go to bed really well most nights. Jake is busy with his internship. He has to leave by 6:10 in the morning to make it there ontime with the commute. I think he has decided that Acute rehab is not his favorite thing, although it might make a difference if you're actually getting paid for what you are doing. At anyrate he's getting closer and closer to being done and that's exciting to us.


A cute loving sisterly moment. (Have to capture these, they can be pretty rare some days!) We were reading stories and Sadie started rubbing Hallie's back and then hugging on her and kissing her. How sweet.

Both Hallie and Sadie love to wear my heels.

Sadie loves babies. She loves playing with them, but the real deal is even better! Our neighbors came over yesterday and she wanted to hold their baby. She kept giggling and kissing him. She didn't want to let him go. She had a hard time when he went home.

Crazy weather!

This is a picture I took about a week or so ago. I got up very early to go running and stepped outside in my shorts and t-shirt then very quickly turned right back around and got warmer clothes on when I saw this. Who would have thought? It was kind of funny because on my run there were sprinkler systems watering snow covered grass. It was quite a site. Crazy weather seems to be the theme just about everywhere I guess.

Back to Bloggin!

Wow! These last few weeks have been such a whirlwind I can hardly believe that May is almost over. I swear it just began. It's amazing how behind you get in in the bloggin world in just a couple weeks! At any rate here is my attempt to get caught up. Well we made the big move. We are here in our new home. It went really pretty smoothly too. Jake's parents were so kind to come out and help us move. Thank you so much for all that you did. It was so nice to have such great help. It was so great too for the girls to spend some time with them too since it had been almost a year! When we arived at Jake's parents house it was Hallie's birthday so Jake's sister bought her a princess cupcake cake and we celebrated!
We like our new place and we're just trying to adjust to a new life. We are loving being by family. Moving is always a mixture of emotions I think. There's the stress of the actual move and then there's the feelings of sadness to be leaving friends behind and also the excitement of what's ahead. I think we've felt all these feelings many times in the last few weeks. Hallie keeps saying, "I like my new house, but I miss my friends." I'll second that. I love it here, but I do miss what we just left, mostly all the great friends that we made there. Thanks to all of you for the impact that you have had on us and the great friends you have been to us. We will miss you! Thank heavens for Blogging! :)

Happy Birthday Hallie!

Eating cupcakes at Grandmas. Don't you just love that chocolatey smile?!

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