To Jess

To a wife who is better than the rest. I love you.

Happy 4th anniversary.

*clarification-our anniversary is september 2nd. I am just such a great guy/husband that i got a jump on it.

Guess who is 2 months old?

For those of you who are getting sick of seeing pictures of Skylar on our blog, tough. The only thing happening as of late is our little girl is growing and getting older, so until something else happens, here are a few more pictures of our 2 month old girl!

After bath time, her favorite time of the day! Excuse the blurriness, apparently our video camera does not snap the best photographs.

Grandma June holding Skylar June.

going for a swim, clearly loving every minute of it!

The three amigos

Sumo. This guy is no Yokozuna, but maybe someday. I actually think he was like 12 years old or something when this picture was taken...

love her to bits

in no particular order...

bikini babe

swimming (more of a toe dunk)

at the park after skylar's blessing

(matt's parents)

four generations

a very proud yaya and papi

before her blessing

(she was blessing in the dress that my dad

was blessed in, knitted by my great aunt)

her talent ceases to amaze us

(don't mind the pornography)

a very cute onesie...

complete with a tail

baby cleavage. love it.

genet and skylar

skylar & yaya

Pretty Sweet Video

yes, we braved lagoon with the baby. surprisingly, she did absolutely amazing...waking up only to feast on some boob.

and, arguably the CUTEST photo of the day goes to mason and halle...

and a couple extra skylar's pics for aunt missy:

fish face

getting ready to ride a bike...

Operation G

Hello everyone. I assume that if you are reading this you either know myself (Matt), Jessi or are just a person in the Philippines who is stalking us. Either way, we welcome you. As most of you know, Jessi's parents recently adopted the cutest girl in the world from Ethiopia. After seeing some of the pictures and hearing some of the first hand accounts of the living situations there and at the orphanages there, Jessi and I decided to try and do something. We are going to be putting together a donation to send back to Ethiopia. There is nothing worse than asking for donations from people, so that is not what we are going to do. If you can donate, great! Contact one of us and we will gladly accept any donation of new or slightly used items (Crib and twin sheets (fitted), thin towels and washcloths, underwear, undershirts, clothes (2-10 yrs.), and shoes (unisex). Also, if you are motivated and want to really give us a hand, you can spread the word by posting flyers around your office, neighborhood, church, museum, roller skating arena, school...really anywhere. We don't really have a goal as far as how many donations we would like to give, so at this point really even the most insignificant one would be greatly appreciated. Jessi has made some beautiful flyers that have all of the info on it and we would be happy to customize it with your own personal address as the drop off location so your neighbors can drop them off at your house and not have to drive up to SLC to give them to us. Please spread the word. We have set up an email account for this, so if you have any questions or want more information just send us an email. We have also just started a simple website as well to help answer questions and to get more people involved. We would like to have all donations in by Sept. 1st. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!!

operationGBD@gmail.com

operationgbd.blogspot.com

****UPDATE*****

We are working tirelessly to get the flyer posted on here for your viewing pleasure...stay tuned.