Not much to say so........

I joined a new form of blog, for those of us who dont have a lotta pics to post, or not exactly with a ton of interesting stuff to say, kinda cool, called Twitter and works off text messages, IM's etc.....if your dieing to get more info about the Hope's you can chek it out here...........
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A blessing for Maddie and a little time with family

We took our first airplane trip as a family a couple weeks ago. I was a little worried about Maddie on the plane, but she did great!!!


By the time we got to Utah we were exhausted. Especially Maddie, poor Grandma Deb got a very sad face when she came to see us.


We had a great time in Deer Valley with my family - so relaxing!!!
-Mom, Dad and Erynlea


-Just an average day with the Olmsteads - Brad with my dad


Olmstead Family


Hugh, Erynlea, Nadia and Maddie


On Sunday we got together with friends and family for Madeline's blessing. It was so nice to have everyone there in support of our little family, we really appreciate all the work that was done on our behalf to get everyone together. Brad did a great job and gave a beautiful blessing.


Some of the men in Maddie's blessing circle


Maddie got to meet her Great Grandparents - she was so excited!!
- Great Grandpa Bates


Great Grandpa and Grandma Marks and Hope


Her uncle Hugh


and uncle Sherm


Aunt Rach


Uncle Jason and Aunt Elise


Maddie couldnt wait to meet her cousins


and they loved seeing her


It was hard saying goodbye.

....We cant wait to see everyone again soon.

Hurray

My pictures are back! Now that I am somewhat rational again, I have to say that I know it wasn't Picasa that erased my pictures - it was this piece of crap computer. I will spare you an angry rant about it and just say I cant wait until I can get a new one. Anyway the pictures are back and that's all I care about.

Happy Birthday Brad

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband. I am so lucky to be married to my best friend, who makes the world go away when I need it to, makes me laugh till my stomach hurts and most importantly is the man and father I need him to be. Thank you for all that you are and all that you can and will become. I love you.

Happy Birthday to my daddy - Thank you for hugs and kisses, lullaby's and stories, naps in your arms and most importantly loving me so very much.
I love you, Maddie

I Hate Picasa

I have loved using Google's Picasa for a while. Its nice to be able to crop, email, remove red eye and blog straight from their web page - however my love has come to a screeching halt! I went to upload my pictures from a recent trip to UT when I saw all my pictures from my wedding, cruise, holidays and most important every picture of our first baby - were gone, erased by Picasa. You can imagine my reaction to this news and if you cant I will tell you I went from happy as can be to hysterically bawling in less then a second. Brad is out of town AGAIN and I was completely lost for what to do to get my pictures back. After leaving him a voice mail full of tears, he called me back and calmed me down. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who said he would work on getting our pictures back. Keep your fingers crossed.