Monday, December 20, 2010

Jude Patrick Payne


Jude Patrick Payne
Born December 19, 2010
12:40 p.m.
6 pounds 9 ounces
20 inches long

Perfect!!!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Loss

Loss is hard.  It is hard on the one who loses.  It is hard for the one's who love the one who has lost.  It is hard to know what to say to someone who has lost.  Most times you want to take away the pain of the loss from that person.  The worst thing in the world, especially as a parent, is to watch your child hurt.  To not be able to take away the pain that they are feeling from their loss.  Erica and Albert have suffered a tremendous loss.  They have had a miscarriage.  My heart breaks for them.  My  heart breaks because of all the things I can do as a mother to protect my child I can't take away this pain and loss.  Please go to albertanderica.blogspot.com to read how amazing my daughter is.  I love her!!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Do You See It?

Do you see the new pregnancy ticker that is up there? That's right -- Erica and Albert are expecting again. Didn't they just have Ruby you are asking? Well, yes they did. Did they get pregnant on purpose? Well, yes they did. Were we so totally excited that we wet our pants? Well, yes we are and yes I did. (Not really but that's because I was sitting down. But I'm sure I would have if I was standing up.)

Baby Holmstrom is expected to arrive in late April or early May. We can't wait!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Grandbaby Number 3 Is On The Way!!!

I can't believe it! We are so excited. Grandbaby number 3 is coming April/May of 2011. I won't tell you who the proud parents are just yet. I need to give them the honor of announcing it. (Hint: It's not Amber and Erik because they are currently pregnant and due in January 2011 and I have not heard of someone being able to have two pregnancies going on at the same time.) Stay tuned!!!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

It's a BOY!!

Come January 2011 we will be welcoming a grandson. We are so excited!!

Boy or Girl??

Amber and Erik went and had their ultrasound today that we have all been waiting for. This was THE ultrasound--the one that would let us know if we were having a grandson or granddaughter. I can't spill the beans just yet. That wouldn't be fair if I posted something before they did. Check back soon because as soon as they say so, I will shout to the whole world what our new grandbaby is going to be.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Aubrey's Graduation (Long Overdue)

Our last Jackrabbit.

Aubrey with her graduation cake.  I made her wear the puffy tiara.  Believe me she was not happy.  She is such a good sport.


Aubrey had such a good group of friends.  These are just some of them.  I'm not even going to try and name them all.


Aubrey's best guy friend, Ryan "Fletcher" Fisher, aka "Fletch". Fletch is not part of his name.  I just always thought his last name was Fletcher, not Fisher.  So we nicknamed him Fletch.


These girls have been best friends FOREVER. 
Emily, Morgan, Aubrey, Audrey, Sarah, Ashley & Jodi.

Aubrey's best friend, Audrey.


All our kids at Baccalaurette.


Our girls have all graduated from Mesa High.
Erica 2006, Ashley 2005, Aubrey 2010 and Amber 2008.


Proud parents.  No more kids in high school.  Yeah!!!!


My parents with Aubrey.  Grammy and Papa.


Seminary graduation.  Sorry, this is the only picture we got.


All the graduates sitting on the field.


Aubrey just chillin' waiting for graduation to start.


Aubrey with her cousin, Chris.  (He plays baseball and football for McClintock.  The scouts are already looking at him for baseball.  Just you wait and see, he will be in the major leagues someday).


Once again, all our Jackrabbits.


Aubrey and her daddy.


A behind the scenes look.  They were posing for so many pictures with friends.


WOOHOO!!!  Aubrey and Audrey.  (Audrey can never get off the ground, haha.)


Leaving the field forever hand in hand with her best friends.
Looking forward to her future and excited about the many adventures she will have.


Friday, July 9, 2010

Check Out This Site

Erica has a new site called rubymaeflowers.blogspot.com where she is selling her headband creations. They are way cute!! Head on over and check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Change to the Baby Ticker

If you noticed the baby ticker from the other day it has changed quite dramatically. At first we figured that Amber was about 8 weeks along. We were so wrong. (Erik knew it all along. He kept telling us that we were wrong.) Amber went to the doctor and since she wasn't quite sure when it could have happened, they sent her for an ultrasound. It turns out she is only a little over 4 weeks. Way different than the 8 weeks that we thought. Oh well. Her due date is January 15, 2011. That will make Baby Payne and Ruby right at a year apart. I can't wait!!!

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day this year my kids REALLY surprised me. They had pictures taken by our family photographer (Jessica Mackey at urbanangelphotography.com) and they turned out great. Ashley then took some of the pictures and had them put into a really nice leather bound book. I was so shocked and of course, I cried. Here are some of the pictures they had taken.
I love how Ruby is screaming in this one.






My crazy kids. I love them all!! Thanks so much for the wonderful Mother's Day.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

New Ticker/New Grandbaby

Did you notice the new ticker underneath our family photo? That's right. We are going to be grandparents again. Amber and Erik announced this past week that they are pregnant. At first I did not believe them. Erik has been "crying wolf" for awhile now. It wasn't until I looked at Amber and saw that she was crying that I believed it. We are so excited!! They are really excited too. They have names picked out already. I can't wait to find out the sex.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Update on Rubes

Our little Ruby is now 2 1/2 months. She is growing so fast. She smiles a lot now and her personality is starting to show. She loves to sleep this way with her arms up under her head. Here she is just kicking back cooling.

Here she is responding to Grandpa. He can always get her to talk to him and laugh.
This is her Easter dress. Once again she is talking and laughing with Grandpa.



Ruby we love you so much!!



Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Aubrey's Senior Pics

Here is a sneak peek of Aubrey's Senior pictures that were taken last Saturday by our own personal family photographer Jessica Mackey. Haha. She's not really our personal photographer but she might as well be since she's done so many photo shoots of our family at different times. Check out her blog at urbanangelphotography.blogspot.com to see her amazing work (and some of the other photo shoots that she has done for us).






Aubrey, you are so beautiful and take such wonderful pictures. Yes, I am biased!




Thursday, March 25, 2010

Happy Birthday Erik!!

So this is lame but my pics are on my laptop and my laptop is not working right now. I wanted to post some pics of my crazy son-in-law but I can't because my laptop is not working. Following me? So this is a lame call out to wish my first son-in-law, Erik David Payne, a Happy Birthday. I promise the first thing I will do when my laptop gets fixed is post some pics of him. We love you, Erik.
P.S. Erik is the one in our family picture on the far left. See his hair? Now you know why I think he's crazy. I'm just glad that he didn't also have his moustache at that same time.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Some wedding pictures

Here are some pictures that one of Nick's aunts took at the wedding. I was so crazy that day, I didn't even take my camera. Here are her colors. I love the purple and green. This was one of the Bridesmaids bouquets.
Here are her sisters as Bridesmaids. Left to right: Ashley McCarville (her sister-in-law with the SAME name), Amber, Erica and Aubrey. Aubrey was her Maid of Honor. Erica hates standing in between Amber and Aubrey. Look at the difference in height. She's even wearing heels.


My handsome Patrick walking her down the aisle. She looks so nervous.
Patrick giving her one last kiss before he hands her over to Nick. ( He's behind the tree. haha)


The beautiful bride!!
The happy couple. Nick and Ashley McCarville
She looked gorgeous. It was a beautiful day. More pictures (the professional ones) in a few weeks. Also, I will post pictures of our backyard decorated for the reception. It turned out amazing.






Wednesday, February 24, 2010

What's Up???

So if you've noticed on the side of my blog there is a count down thingy for Ashley's wedding. It reads that today there is 2 weeks and 2 days left until the "Big Day". I need at least 2 months and 2 days until the "Big Day".
I am the biggest procrastinator. Out of my girls Ashley has had the longest engagement. So I should be way ahead of the game in getting everything done for her wedding, right? Nooooooo. I did better having two weddings 8 weeks apart than I have done having 10 months to prepare for this one. I am still sewing bridesmaids dresses that could have been done last year before Christmas. (Remind me never to sew bridesmaids dresses again. I don't care how much the dresses cost. Not having to sew them is totally worth it!!!) I haven't bought any of the food yet. Haven't even figured out how much to buy. And once I figure all that out I get to start cooking. Yippee!! (note sarcasm here)
Oh well, as they say, everything will come together in the end. All I know is that Aubrey is going to have the easiest wedding reception because after 19 months straight of planning and doing weddings, I am darn tired. For her wedding, EVERYTHING will be done by someone else.
(Yeah, right!!)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Well, hello there...

I received this on my phone from Erica the other day.
I could just eat her up.

Monday, February 1, 2010

What can I say....

She is perfect.
She is beautiful.
She is such a blessing.
She is my grandbaby Ruby Mae!!

Friday, January 29, 2010

My Little Ruby Booby

I just can not get enough of her. The feelings that I have for her are undescribable. Everyone has told me that being a Grandma is the best and I totally agree.
(P.S. I probably need to find a new nickname for her. Any suggestions???)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Announcing.....Ruby Mae Holmstrom


Erica did a great job.


Ruby Mae Holmstrom
Born: January 27, 2010
12:40 a.m.
8 pounds 19 inches

This little girl has already stolen my heart.