Michael on his birthday

Michael 's Birthday cake. It only took 6 hours to make. See if you can spot the sniper!

Tobby

Rachel as a Doula

As a doula Rachel attends birth as a professional support person. Offering emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual support to the birthing mother and her partner if there is one. Often times helping mothers to have pain free experiences. She also guides the partner to be as involved as they are comfortable with. She offers lots of education and helps the parents to advocate for themselves through the labor and birth. Rachel understands the importance of feeling comfortable during labor and would love to offer as much support as the birth mother of her baby would feel comfortable with. She would love not only to do some early bonding with her new baby but she would also love to assist and encourage the birth mothers bonding and fer well too.

Family pictures

Many of our friends have told us this was their favorite of the pictures we recently had taken by our family friend Anni Duckworth.

Talents, hobbies, and interests

Michael enjoys and excels at most sports. He loves to play golf and basket ball. Michael also has an ability to write in beautiful calligraphy writing. Rachel loves to dance, refinish furniture, painting and do crafts. Matthew is so easy going and loves doing anything the rest of us are doing. Andrew loves riding his bike and scooter and playing sports.

Pastimes, outings activities

Our favorite thing to do is taking Sunday drives after church to the mountains and having picnics. We also like to go sledding, go for walks, and go to the park. Michael and I have date night every Friday. About two date night’s of each month we will have the kids come with us. We do things like go to the movies, mini golfing, ride the go carts, eating out, getting ice cream, going to rodeo’s, monster trucks, basket ball and baseball games. We like going out together.

Saving a chair for our little girl.

4th of July 2009

Taken next the beutiful Idaho falls!