This girl knows how to pose

Meet my niece, Rachel.

She was sweet enough to be my model for a few pictures.

So cute!

Sisters

I'm glad I have sisters. I love them.

Happy birthday Em! I love ya, even though you are a brat sometimes.

And speaking of sisters, this one is coming home soon.

Can't wait to see her, even though she is a brat sometimes, too.

Maui

One week ago, we were here.
Doing a lot of nothing at all.
Unless of course, you count

eating fresh pineapple on the beach

watching sunsets

lounging by the pool

swimming in the ocean

reading good books

getting a sunburn

But don't tell anyone that we both had our

and

Still Here

It has been a while! Sorry.

We are still here!

Updates:

Ty is still traveling a lot for work. I miss him so much when he is gone but I am kind of used to it now. Since I work from home, I need to start traveling with him. It would be fun. We did it once for Denver, good times.

I was called to be the 1st counselor in the primary presidency. I have been really excited about it, but it is challenging! My presidency is super cool, so that helps a lot. The kids are so cute. Ty is a Sunbeams teacher, and he is so good at it. The kids adore him.

We have had fun biking and swimming this summer. The Legacy Parkway trail is awesome! We are off to Maui in a few days to celebrate our 4th anniversary. We love Maui. We went on our honeymoon there, then went back a couple of years ago. This will be my 3rd time, but it will be Ty's 5th or 6th. Yes, it is that fun! We can't seem to quite cut the ties to work, so we'll both be sorta working...checking email every once and a while and doing what we need to do. Sad. But it will be so fun!

Melissa gets home in 6 weeks! Can't believe it, we are all so excited to see her. Our nephew Dallin gets baptized in a few weeks and we will be going to St. George to be there. We are excited for him! A few weeks after that, we'll be back in St. George for a Rasmussen Family vacation with Missy.

I'll post Maui pictures soon!

Nuestros Invitados (Our Guests) - Cesar and Paulina

It has been so much fun to have guests from Chile in our home. Tyler made a lot of good friends on his mission and we have had the pleasure of being the hosts for a couple of them these past several days. Cesar and Paulina are from Angol, Chile where Tyler was serving in his second to last area. They arrived in Salt Lake City on March 21 and will be heading back to Chile on April 7 after they attend General Conference. It will be sad to see them go.

Stress

I have a new position at my company. From it, I also have new stress and when I am stressed, I get sick. When I'm sick, I like to be taken care of. I like someone to make me a bed on the couch, bring me drinks and food and give me the remote. When I lived at home, my parents would do that for me (thanks mom and dad!) but now that I'm married, Ty does it for me. He lets me watch whatever I want, including Anne of Green Gables, Pride & Prejudice, Becoming Jane, Monarch of the Glen and anything on KBYU or KUED. Basically all the shows that he would never choose to sit through.
It is nice to be taken care of, not so nice to be sick!

a new place to call home

our townhouse is in bountiful.
plenty of room to kick back.
new stuff from ikea.
a big kitchen to cook in too.
hopefully we won't move again
for a long, long time.