Grilling on the 4th and the 5th!

I got school off since the 4th was on a Sunday. We had a few neighbors over to test out the new grill. I've always wanted to try and do BBQ, so I got one of the iconic Weber kettle grills. It worked great, so I decided to up the ante and do ribs! Since we live in St. Louis, we had to do it St. Louis style. Thank goodness for the internet! I used the instructions at Amazingribs.com. What a great website!

I smoked the ribs in apple wood and kept the temperature low and cooked slow about 5-6 hours and they were delicious!


Even Mazy liked them and the only meat she eats is chicken strips and fish sticks!

Sargent Fun

Mike, Mazy, and I met up with the rest of the Sargent family in Oregon for Mike's one week "summer break". We had so much fun even though both the grandkids got a little fever for a few days. We went hiking, played at Grandma's ranch with horses and cows, ate lots of meat, and went to the temple to complete the work for my Grandparents. Hope you enjoy the pictures and videos.

Here's Mazy attempting to ride Dali (great pyrenees dog) neither one were keen on the idea.

Mazy can say puppy and she is always trying to get you to take her outside to play with the dogs and cats (and cats and more cats) my parents have.


She loved playing with Emmaline in the front yard where there were flowers to sniff, dogs to follow, and water hoses to play with.

At the ranch with horses, cows, and Aunt Gabbie!


Normally I like to hike up by four mile where there's lakes you hike to, but the road was closed due to 4 feet of snow (in June) so we were forced to go exploring on new terrain. We went hiking in on a few trails, service roads, and even a little bush whacking. By the end Mazy was tired of the pack and Emmaline wanted in, as you can see.


Mt. McLoughlin in the background, many moons ago when there wasn't snow on it's peaks Will and I hiked it.

Tori (sister) and Emmaline stopping for a scenic view


Will (brother), Marissa, and Emmaline taking a pretty cute picture!


Ahhh, I just LOVE Oregon! The mountains and trees have a calming influence over me and I am so happy when I go back as you can tell. I really hope I can call it home again for keeps.

Here's the entire family minus Mom (who's taking the picture, of course) and Royce (Tori's hubby who had to stay in hot Texas, poor guy). This was taken just before we gave up on one trail to find another.

Mazy enjoying the easy life on Daddies shoulders.

The girls love boxes, this one kept them entertained for days.



The girls playing with a water hose on the front lawn.


Great Aunt Gabbie helps Emmaline bottle feed a calf. The annoying squeak you hear is Mazy playing with the gait, she was more interested in that then the calf.

I love my family so much and miss them all the time. I wish we lived closer so we could spend more time together especially now when it's so fun to watch Mazy grow and experience new things. Thanks for the memories!

Oh Raspberries!

Mazy loves blackberries so I bought some berries at Costco for her to try. She loved the raspberries the best. I couldn't even get them to the kitchen before she started eating them. This clip is after I'd given her about 10 already. I love giving her new foods to try. At costco they had mini dill pickle samples and she ate one as we shopped. It was so cute I was tempted to buy 2 big jars of them, the only thing that stopped me was the fact that we're moving in 2 weeks and I don't want to haul pickles to our new apt in the moving truck. She has just enough hair for a mini piggy tail now.

Mazy turns ONE!

On Sunday, May 9th, Mazy turned 1. We had a little party for her complete with cake (I made) and ice cream. We have such great friends in St. Louis and are grateful to have such a turn out. Mike's parents drove from IL to spend Mother's day weekend with us also. Since Mazy's turned one something catastrophic (at least in the mind of her mother) has happened.

Sunday: her finger got slammed into a door jam, an ER visit to determine a fractured finger.
Monday: 3 shots..which to her were most unpleasant.
Tuesday: discovered she could not walk faster than gravity and slammed her forehead into the corner of our bed frame.
Wednesday: diagnosed with thrush secondary to taking antibiotics which were prescribed due to her fx finger.
Thursday: fell down a flight of stairs!
Friday: got a poor yeast infection also secondary to taking antibiotics...Dr. then unprescribed
Who knows what Saturday will bring???

Here's the tutu I made and onsie my sister made. Look at how big she's grown in just 1 year.
4 days old.


The day it all began...


Everything she holds she tries to put behind her head.

We are so blessed to have her in our lives, she brings us great joy with a touch of anxiety.

Happy Birthday Mazy May. I love you SO much, more and more everyday.

Mom :)

New movie "The Hero" featuring Mazy - site is very slow to load...

Check out this site with a movie clip featuring Mazy. Have patience! The site is slow to load (It counts down from 99)

Austin Texas

Mike had an orthodontic conference in Washington DC for 5 days so Mazy and I went to Austin Texas to visit my sister, Tori, and her family. She has a 4 yo daughter Emmaline, the girls really enjoyed playing together. Emmaline was a great cousin and let Mazy play with all her toys. It was a lot of fun, hopefully we can do it again soon!

Here's Mazy playing Peek a boo with Emmaline's sunglasses.

We went swimming and the girls had a lot of fun. Emmaline was a brave girl and went out in the deep (4 foot) end with an inflatable tube and Mommy.

I just love this girls smile and the best part is she does it a lot. Mazy walked around in the pool with my help, she didn't seem to even notice the cold water....I wish I could say the same.

Tori and Emmaline warming up in the sun.

Here's the tutu I made Emmaline. She thought it would be fun to put ALL her dress up clothes on, I don't think she'll ever be a fashion consultant. Mazy is posing in some fairy wings that she thought would look better in the front.


My parents sent the girls a box full of books, dresses, and toys.

I think they enjoyed the box the most. Emmaline would say, "does Mazy want to get in the box and play with me?" I think you know the answer by the look on her face.

Emmaline sporting her new swimsuit, hat, and shades.

Me and the girls, if you look close Emmaline's lips are blue.

Mazy sitting in Emmaline's soft chair. You can really see her 6 teeth in this photo. Don't let her sweet smile fool you they are very sharp and she's not afraid to prove that to you!

Here's the dresses my parents gave them. We just got back from church in this pic.





Mazy is still 11 mo (barely). She took her very first step on April 18th, look at her now in 2 short weeks.


Emmaline plays with Mazy after lunch

Happy Easter

Easter was a lot of fun this year, we enjoyed conference and had some friends over for Easter dinner. We put cheerios in plastic eggs for Mazy to "find" in the grass. Mike had spring break last week and we stayed home and visited all the local sights. We enjoyed the History museum, zoo, botanical gardens, hiking, Anheuser -Busch tour, and swimming at the YMCA. The weather was perfect and it was nice to have Mike home all day long.
We used our hiking pack my parents gave us on a hiking trail close to the Powder valley nature center. Mazy really liked riding in it. When she wasn't looking at the trees she was counting sheep.


Mazy really liked my lemon wedge, she'll eat most anything.

Here's Mazy walking with Mike at the botanical gardens.