"Coy"

These are some pics of our new flowers. The yard
is coming along and we have been having a good
time being outside in the nice weather...although
sometimes it is a little too hot. We finally named
the puppy "Coy". He is a smart puppy. He can
fetch pretty good already and is lots of fun to play
with. Our animals sit in our lawn chairs more than
we do, as you can see! Coy also likes to mow the lawn
with Sam. Now we just need a name for our cat. We
have had him for more than a year and he doesn't have
a name yet. Any ideas?

What is new with the Ballards

Well we have some good news if you haven't already heard. We are going to have a new little Ballard sometime in late November. We are so excited and thank our Heavenly Father everyday for our many blessings. These are some new pics that show what we have been up to lately. Sam made me breakfast in bed for Mother's Day...It was so good but I am not a big eater in the mornings so he sat in bed with me and helped me eat it! It was a great day. There are some pics of some deer that stayed in our yard for almost the whole day eating my rose bushes and apple trees. We also went camping over Memorial weekend. It rained on us a lot but was still a lot of fun... instead of sitting around the camp fire we all sat around the tent stove to make smores...hahaha! My batteries in our camera went dead though so I don't have many pics of the trip. We camped on the Smith Creek Ranch...it was beautiful there. Sam got a new little puppy. It is a golden retriever. We don't have a name for it yet so if you have any ideas let us know. We also just got done laying a ton of sod. Our yard is looking awesome. I am going to put in some flowers, rock, and bushes so when I am done I will put some pics of it all on the blog. We hope all is going well with everyone we love....Love the Ballards

Honeymooners in Hawaii

We went to Hawaii on our honeymoon. We want to go back really bad but fixing up our little place is taking all of the money. ;) We had a really good time. We ate tons of good food there...even the hotdogs were amazing. We ate pineapple until our tongues were raw. The night show at the Polynesian Cultural Center was AWESOME!! Lots of fun memories!

Yosemite was beautiful! We took a trip there for our 1 year anniversary. The trip started out with one day and night up to Lake Tahoe and then we headed to Yosemite. On the way there we stopped at a little ghost town named Bodie. That was really interesting. It was an old mining town and when things started to get rough people just up and left everything there. The stores, schools, and peoples homes still had almost everything in them. We stayed a night in Mammoth CA. ( BEAUTIFUL). Then for the last night we camped out in good old Clover Valley. We went to Zions National Park for our 2nd anniversary but I dont have any pics because we hiked through the Narrows and part of the hike involved swimming so we couldnt take the camera. We are planning to go back someday to hike through the Subway which I hear is even better.

more fun pictures and stories!

Sam threw me a Birthday party and invited a bunch of friends and family. We grilled burgers and it ended up being lots of fun. One week after our Birthdays Sam had gallbladder surgery and I got a new hair cut. I had long hair for a lot of years so this was a huge thing for me....haha but it turned out o.k. so I kept it short. Sam, Marc, and Farnes went fishing on the Feather river in California and each caught a King Salmon. They really enjoyed it and Farnes took a bunch of fun video of the trip. Then Marc and I had a grill competition to see who could cook the best piece of salmon.... I won't say who won! :(

Sam, Weston, and Ryan hiking up to Steele Lake: Me and my girls having fun at the lake

We had a lot of fun in the summer of 2007! Sam was able to hike up to Steele Lake with Weston before he left on his mission and Ryan, Weston's cousin, was able to go also. They had a good time and luckily Sam's gallbladder didn't act up on him at the lake. He had to have it taken out the very next month.

All of my buds came to visit for a weekend and we had a blast. We went out to dinner for girls night and then hung out at the beach and had tons of fun out on the boat. This was the first time I took the boat out on my own and I must admit I backed it down the dock better than the men next to us. Hahahah!!!