Fall is Here!

Our camera got broken by one of our girls (it was on it's last leg anyway), and I haven't quite figured out getting images off of our video camera, so I'm just going to blog without pictures....

• Amaya got her first two teeth last week!! She is 6 1/2 months old and crawling everywhere! She's been scooting for about a month, but she's actually crawling now. She's growing up way too fast!
• Rachel is our mischievous little one.... we'll have to put on one of the videos of her recent invasions :) People often comment to me about her cute raspy voice. My mom says that I had the same voice when I was little and told me I sounded like donald duck. She always does whatever Aliza does and is obsessed with babies. My favorite thing she says is "can me have that..."
• Aliza is growing up so much. She is starting to get into the phase where she has to wear skirts or dresses and loves the color pink... She loves her doll stroller. The other day I overheard Aliza say while pushing the stroller, "lets go to a garage sale". (I'm training her well:)) I'm doing a little preschool thing with a couple friends who have daughters similar ages to Aliza. She really likes coloring and is starting to try to color in the lines. I love my little Aliza.
• Madeline is such a good helper. I'm also doing a little preschool thing for her with a friend, which she really loves. Madeline was so shy at first, but I think she's opening up more now. She could color and cut paper for hours and loves working on her "school books". Madeline is very good at memorizing songs. Every night we have music playing in their room, and every time I'm in there with her she's singing along to one of them. I've never even heard most of them before now. She's a great oldest child.

Life is great and I'm thankful for my family. I'm trying to find a balance in life, but I know that family is the most important thing. I love my kids and husband.

Cute kids

Just some fun pictures. These little people are what keep me so busy all the time. I love them very much!

Time to Blog!

Jared often mows the lawn with one of the girls on his shoulders. I think one day he was carrying one and had the other on his shoulders. Talented. I thought only women could multi-task :)

Wow! I feel like I've been SO busy lately. I'm loving the weather outside right now so I'm trying to spend as much time outside as possible. I feel really blessed lately because we have been given so much produce from our neighbors and friends. We also have our own little garden, so I've enjoyed making fresh salsa all summer long. We planted a fruit tree 3 years ago and were able to eat 5 peaches from the tree this year. Not very many, but they were Delicious!!!

Right now I'm canning salsa, making spaghetti sauce to put in my freezer, preparing peaches to freeze, making lots of zucchini bread (which you can also freeze), playing with friends, and entertaining the kids... or at least trying to :)

Life is great. I am so thankful to live in Idaho and to have great friends here. I love gardening and fresh produce. It makes me happy.

Little Princesses

For the girls birthday's they all got a dress up dress. They love them. I like having little princesses :)


I told them to pretend they were sleeping. I smile every time I look at these pictures.

Fingers anyone??

Amaya found her fingers. She actually doesn't suck them very often, but when she does she usually sucks the middle ones. She is rolling all over the place and is starting to be able to sit up a little bit. What a sweetheart!

Madeline's Birthday

I finally uploaded pictures from our camera and saw this really cute one of Madeline. I love this girl!

2008 Utah & Idaho Populations by State, City, Metro, and County

I was interested in city populations between Idaho and Utah so I went to census.gov and got this info.

2008 State Population and Growth since 2000

Utah	2,736,424	122%
Idaho	1,523,816	117%

Top 25: 2008 Population by City

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth Since '00	Temples
1	Boise	Idaho	205,314	105%	1
2	Salt Lake City	Utah	181,698	100%	1
3	West Valley City	Utah	123,447	113%	0
4	Provo	Utah	118,581	112%	1
5	West Jordan	Utah	104,447	131%	0
6	Sandy	Utah	96,660	109%	0
7	Orem	Utah	93,250	110%	0
8	Ogden	Utah	82,865	107%	1
9	Nampa	Idaho	80,362	147%	0
10	St. George	Utah	72,718	145%	1
11	Meridian	Idaho	66,916	182%	0
12	Layton	Utah	65,514	111%	0
13	Taylorsville	Utah	58,785	100%	0
14	Pocatello	Idaho	54,901	106%	0
15	Idaho Falls	Idaho	54,334	106%	1
16	South Jordan	Utah	51,131	172%	2
17	Logan	Utah	48,657	114%	1
18	Lehi	Utah	46,802	237%	0
19	Murray	Utah	46,201	101%	0
20	Bountiful	Utah	44,473	107%	1
21	Coeur d'Alene	Idaho	43,360	124%	0
22	Caldwell	Idaho	42,331	153%	0
23	Draper	Utah	42,317	166%	1
24	Twin Falls	Idaho	42,197	121%	1
25	Riverton	Utah	39,751	157%	0

Other 25 Sentimental Cities in Idaho and Utah

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00	Temples
26	Roy	Utah	35,672	107%	0
28	Pleasant Grove	Utah	33,798	144%	0
30	Spanish Fork	Utah	31,538	153%	0
32	Cedar City	Utah	28,667	138%	0
33	Springville	Utah	28,520	138%	0
35	Rexburg	Idaho	28,028	157%	1
37	American Fork	Utah	27,064	120%	0
39	Kaysville	Utah	25,820	126%	0
41	Moscow	Idaho	22,798	107%	0
42	Eagle Mountain	Utah	22,309	749%	0
47	Brigham City	Utah	18,709	107%	0
51	Payson	Utah	17,429	132%	0
54	Saratoga Springs	Utah	16,053	1,281%	0
59	Kuna	Idaho	13,354	207%	0
66	Lindon	Utah	10,466	124%	0
68	Heber City	Utah	9,830	130%	0
76	Vernal	Utah	8,696	113%	1
85	Park City	Utah	7,980	107%	0
109	Ephraim	Utah	5,284	115%	0
122	American Falls	Idaho	4,069	99%	0
128	Rigby	Idaho	3,394	112%	0
130	Manti	Utah	3,312	109%	1
164	Monticello	Utah	2,018	103%	1
177	Enterprise	Utah	1,636	127%	0
179	Duchesne	Utah	1,612	114%	0

Metropolitan/ Micropolitan Combo

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00	Temples
1	Salt Lake City	UT	1,115,692	115%	5
2	Boise City-Nampa	ID	599,753	128%	1
3	Provo-Orem	UT	540,820	142%	2
4	Ogden-Clearfield	UT	531,488	119%	1
5	St. George	UT	137,589	151%	1
6	Coeur d'Alene	ID	137,475	125%	0
7	Logan	UT-ID	125,070	121%	1
8	Idaho Falls	ID	122,995	121%	1
9	Twin Falls	ID	94,752	115%	1
10	Pocatello	ID	88,495	106%	0
11	Lewiston	ID-WA	60,395	104%	0
12	Ontario	OR-ID	53,873	103%	0
13	Rexburg	ID	50,007	127%	1
14	Brigham City	UT	49,015	114%	0
15	Cedar City	UT	44,540	131%	0
16	Blackfoot	ID	43,903	105%	0
17	Burley	ID	39,993	96%	0
18	Moscow	ID	35,906	103%	0
19	Vernal	UT	29,885	118%	1
20	Jackson	WY-ID	29,209	119%	0
21	Mountain Home	ID	28,997	100%	0
22	Heber	UT	21,066	137%	0
23	Price	UT	19,549	96%	0

Top 25 Counties

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00
1	Salt Lake County	Utah	1,022,651	114%
2	Utah County	Utah	530,837	143%
3	Ada County	Idaho	380,920	126%
4	Davis County	Utah	295,332	123%
5	Weber County	Utah	227,487	115%
6	Canyon County	Idaho	183,939	138%
7	Washington County	Utah	137,589	151%
8	Kootenai County	Idaho	137,475	125%
9	Cache County	Utah	112,616	123%
10	Bonneville County	Idaho	99,135	120%
11	Bannock County	Idaho	80,812	107%
12	Twin Falls County	Idaho	74,284	115%
13	Tooele County	Utah	56,941	137%
14	Box Elder County	Utah	49,015	114%
15	Iron County	Utah	44,540	131%
16	Bingham County	Idaho	43,903	105%
17	Bonner County	Idaho	41,168	111%
18	Nez Perce County	Idaho	38,975	104%
19	Madison County	Idaho	37,456	136%
20	Summit County	Utah	36,100	120%
21	Latah County	Idaho	35,906	103%
22	Uintah County	Utah	29,885	118%
23	Elmore County	Idaho	28,997	100%