The Oaks Family

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

2011-12-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

Merry Christmas with love from the Oaks Family!

"Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the "spirit of Christmas," we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the "Spirit of Christ." -President Thomas S. Monson

Two Months Old

2011-12-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

Gemma Girl

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3 weeks old

Halloween!

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Our little pirate.

I love this picture. He looks like he's posing :)

Baby Shower

2011-11-01T18:11:00.001-06:00

My sister-in-law designed this too cute to be true baby shower invite. I LOVE IT!

I loved every minute and every detail of the shower. Check out the drinks served in mason jars! Circus theme all.the.way.

Caramel apple favors!

Homemade chocolate popcorn, cupcakes, animal cookies, nutter butters, licorice, caramels, oreos...take home bags...irresistable! There was also baby weenies, meatballs, veggies...all served with baby silverware forks :)

Gemma was at her own shower!

Her shower was scheduled for the 15th of October, but she came the 14th so the shower was the following Saturday instead :0)

Sweet Gemma :)

Isn't She Lovely?

2011-10-30T15:34:00.000-06:00

On my way to find out the baby's gender in June, I decided to play the radio game. If the song was about a girl, it was going to be a girl, if it was about a boy, it was going to be a boy. The first 5 songs I heard were about girls. The first one was "Isn't She Lovely?" which was written about a newborn daughter the year I was born. I knew we were having a girl :)

Around midnight on Friday the 14th, I woke up with contractions. I woke Mike up around 1:30 and we started getting ready to go to the hospital. We got to the hospital around 3:45 am and made great progress, got the epidural around 7 and the baby came at 10:37 am. She came in 3 contractions of pushing!

Introducing Gemma Kathleen Oaks! Our precious gem was 19 inches long, weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces, and healthy! She's absolutely beautiful.

Dallin is such a great big brother.

He's always wanting to be near her and telling us how beautiful she is :)

Wow, we have TWO kids!

Proud Daddy :)

Tired, happy Mommy :)

Oquirrh Lake at Daybreak

2011-10-04T22:17:00.000-06:00

We have a small beautiful lake just down the street from our apartments. This past week we took a walk all the way around it.

There are a couple of docks that have lots of fish swimming around that you can see well as well as ducks and geese. Dallin was loving it!

Dallin just relaxing...

I love this picture of Dallin and the baby bump, so sweet!

Braces come off November 21st! Woo hoo!

Three Fish and Two Turtles

2011-10-04T22:16:00.000-06:00

Mike, Dallin, and I went fishing the Friday before we went back to Utah. Dallin is basically a pro caster now. He just hasn't mastered the whole "not scaring fish away" thing.

The turtles in the lake apparently loved the worms we were using. They would just hang on until they'd pretty much eaten all of the worm off the hook and then let go. Mike "caught" two!

Mike caught three fish that day, Dallin was totally fascinated by them.

The pro :0)

Sarah and Mac's Wedding!

2011-09-08T06:25:00.000-06:00

Mike's sister, Sarah, got married in the Mt. Timpanogas Temple on August 13th. They had a beautiful wedding and reception.

Dallin with his adorable cousin, Roxy. They could play together all day!

Dallin's really into making "silly faces" lately :0P

Family picture from wedding, Dallin had just enjoyed his first of many mini cupcakes :0)

Dallin's First Fishing Trip!

2011-08-01T12:06:00.000-06:00

Every time Dallin cast, he asked, "Did I catch a fish?"

He told me several times, "I love fishing!" or "I love my fishing pole!" and today (we just went yesterday), all he can talk about is going again. Tons of fun! First of many family fishing trips for sure!

FiReWoRkS!!

2011-07-16T16:24:00.000-06:00

We went and saw the fireworks in Carbondale, IL. Front row seats! Awesome.

Dallin LOVED the fireworks!!!

Myrtle Beach!!!

2011-07-01T19:57:00.001-06:00

This past weekend Mike, Dallin, and I went to Myrtle Beach, SC. Wow! That place is seriously awesome. When you think of the ultimate beach experience, it's Myrtle Beach. Dallin had SO much fun, all he wanted to do was play in the waves, he loved how they could almost knock him over :0) I'm just about 23 weeks prego in these pictures, with braces...

Fun at the Park!

2011-06-17T10:57:00.001-06:00

I took Dallin to Village Park in Kannapolis, NC yesterday.

It has a playground, splash park, train...this place is awesome!

Handsome Dallin :0)

2011-06-08T09:27:00.001-06:00

Some cute pictures Mike shot of Dallin at Becky's wedding this last Saturday in Utah :0)

IT'S A GIRL!!!

2011-06-06T11:33:00.001-06:00

We are so excited to announce we're having a little girl!

Halfway through the pregnancy now too!

Dallin's Three!

2011-05-11T08:50:00.008-06:00

Dallin turned THREE on April 30th! He and I are only 1 day apart...and 26 years :0) We were especially lucky to have Grandma Phillips here from California and our friends here in North Carolina to celebrate with us!

Mike made an adorable slideshow with fun music for Dallin's party :)

Easter!

2011-04-25T14:04:00.006-06:00

Making Easter sugar cookies and Jigglers :)

Dallin dying Easter eggs with some of his cute little friends :0)The finished eggs! Surprisingly, the kids didn't make any big messes!

The finished cookies!Dallin was very excited to see the Easter Bunny had come and left him all sorts of goodies and hid eggs with candy inside

Dallin hunting for Easter eggs, he is REALLY good at it :0)After church, nap, and our little family Easter dinner of ham and mashed potatoes, we did a big Easter egg hunt with a group of friends here in North Carolina. So fun! We even had homemade ice cream!

We're Having a Baby!!

2011-03-25T06:44:00.004-06:00

Baby Oaks #2 is on the way and we couldn't be more excited! October 25th is the due date :)

Nieces and Nephew Weekend!

2011-03-21T15:32:00.003-06:00

This weekend, we took turns having my nieces and nephew for the weekend!

Friday was Kylie...between pizza, dollar store, and Chuck E. Cheese, we had a lot of fun! She can get Dallin to do anything!

Then Shaylee and Tori came Saturday. We went to the mall, watched a movie and they scoped out the boys at church :0) Just love these girls.

Dallin made everyone play with him A LOT and one of his favorite things was playing football. Here's his best football face :0)

Brayden came Sunday to Monday and we watched a movie, went to the candy store and out to lunch! Such a great guy! Dallin was sad to see none of his cousins come home with him today. So grateful for these kids. They really are GOOD, fun, wonderful kids. Thanks for coming guys!

My Boys

2011-03-16T17:21:00.011-06:00

Just some cute pictures of Dallin

Mike turned 27 on March 11th and we celebrated here in Utah and in California

Utah...

California...

This picture of Dallin makes me smile because he just started cracking up while watching TV :)

It's getting a little warmer here and so Dallin enjoyed some popcorn and trike riding out on the patio

One Fish, Two Fish...

2011-02-18T14:18:00.006-07:00

This is Dallin.

This is Dallin's fish, Nemo(fake)

I know what you're thinking, "Duh nuh...duh nuh..." Pretty disgusting. For obvious reasons, Mike went and bought Dallin a new fish. Dallin really studied it...

and we're all glad that Nemo's gone!

Mommy, I need to go potty

2011-02-13T16:34:00.001-07:00

Yes! Dallin was eating at the table and he said, "Mommy, I need to go potty." Music to my ears! We went to the potty and he went! Progress, woo hoo! Maybe I won't have to put him on the potty every 1/2 hour to 45 minutes now :0)

Paper Airplanes and Potty Training

2011-02-03T11:28:00.007-07:00

Ever since we went to Grama and Papa Phillips' house for Christmas, Dallin has been crazy for paper airplanes! You can see he is just in underwear- first week of potty training!

And the potty training ? So far...so good!

The first couple of days there were lots of accidents, but now there are way more successes! Yes!

New underwear...following an accident...

Potty training rewards! Mmm...do the parents get some too?

Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours

2010-12-13T13:24:00.003-07:00

Dallin couldn't wait to see Santa. It was his very first time and he was in awe the whole time.

Who needs gifts?

"As we seek Christ, as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the Christmas spirit, not for one fleeting day each year, but as a companion always. We shall learn to forget ourselves. We shall turn our thoughts to the greater benefit of others."

President Thomas S. Monson

Good Times in Northern Cali

2010-12-13T13:05:00.003-07:00

He's a natural

No better way to see a Farmers Market than from Papa's shoulders!

Shooting hoops with Grandpa Frank!Leggo my Eggo! Actually, Dallin loved sharing :0)

Our Little Heartbreaker

2010-12-13T12:48:00.005-07:00

Bath time fun

XOXO
Brown-eyed boy. He's going to be a heartbreaker.

Mike was gone for the day and Dallin decided to color and he kept saying,

"Daddy's gonna love this!"

Love this boy!

Boo at the Zoo

2010-12-13T12:20:00.004-07:00

Dallin with his adorable cousin Roxy at Grandma Bennett's Trunk or Treat and Carnival

Pumpkin picking with Grandma and Grandpa Bennett
And the winner is...

Mike made this skeleton peeking out the blinds...Oooo...

Hogle Zoo has "Boo at the Zoo" where the kids come to trick or treat in their costumes!

Our cute little Dalmation :0)

It may not look like it, but this slide was really tall and Dallin couldn't get enough of it!

Train at the zoo

Our Vacation to Cabo and Disneyland

2010-10-27T15:36:00.003-06:00

Picture from the formal dinner night

Our cruise left San Diego and headed for Cabo San Lucas
Our ship, the Carnival Spirit

Lovers Beach in Cabo San Lucas

We went parasailing over the Sea of Cortez!

Having fun in Cabo! We ate lunch at "The Office" with our feet in the sand and the beach right next to us!

After Cabo and Ensenada, our cruise ship headed back to San Diego and Mike and I headed for Disneyland and California Adventure! Can't wait to take Dallin there!

2010-10-27T14:56:00.002-06:00

Mike, Dallin, and I all had the chance to watch Nitro Circus. They are an incredible dirtbike team that do amazing tricks and stunts. They started by skydiving in and kept the momentum going til the end of the show. So fun!

Strawberry Snack Attack

2010-10-27T14:03:00.002-06:00

Mike opened the strawberries in the fridge a couple of weeks ago to find almost every strawberry had one or two bites taken out of each. The lid had been closed again. Not too much of a mystery when you have a 2 1/2 year old :0)

Red Carpet Here We Come!

2010-10-12T21:09:00.002-06:00

On Friday, Mike and I got to attend the APX Red Carpet Event. Mike wore a tux, I wore a cute dress, and we had a blast! It started with dinner at The Roof, then an APX party at the Salt Lake Country Club. What a night!

Peanut Butter Thief

2010-10-12T21:05:00.001-06:00

Mike was watching Dallin recently when Mike realized Dallin was being very quiet...the peanut butter was on the 3rd shelf, but that didn't stop Dallin :0)

Piano Man

2010-10-12T11:57:00.002-06:00

Dallin playing the piano while Naomi and "Ama" sing :0)

More of Dallin at 2 years old

2010-06-11T14:12:00.009-06:00

We are so blessed.

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

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Just for Laughs

2010-04-20T09:03:00.001-06:00

Easter!

2010-04-11T14:24:00.002-06:00

We took Dallin to an Easter egg hunt in Riverton, it was crazy! So many kids! Everyone lined up and then a fire engine sounded its siren and the kids went nuts. So much fun!

Dallin was a little afraid of Easter Bunny...

This is the smile Dallin gives when you tell him to say, "Cheese" :0)

Our handsome little man.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-23T13:39:00.000-07:00

We hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!

Baby Roxy is Here!

2009-12-15T15:08:00.004-07:00

Mike's brother, Steven, and his wife, Rachell, had their sweet baby girl yesterday! They named her Roxy Anne Oaks. We are so excited to have a new niece! She's beautiful, and Rachell was so brave and strong!

Funny Dallin

2009-10-08T12:20:00.004-06:00

My nieces had fun dressing Dallin up with their Halloween costumes :0)

Text Savvy

Our little artist

Every kid's favorite way to eat olives :0)

Dallin loves reading!

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people" ~Victor Borge

Dallin's Cute New Haircut

2009-09-02T17:29:00.004-06:00

Dad, does this look familiar?

Dallin's new haircut!

Dallin rockin' the glasses and showing his "before" hair

Fun in California

2009-08-17T12:16:00.006-06:00

Boating at Shasta Lake :0)

Dallin is a very serious boat driver.

All done swimming!

The Redwoods!
Isn't he handsome?

Sky Tram over Redwood Forest

Seriously.

Trees of Mystery Park

Elk at Prairie Creek, they crossed the road right in front of us!

Trail down to Agate Beach

Dallin and Mike love the waves!

Agate Hunting

Dallin built this...well...actually he took it apart

Wedding Rock

What a blast!

Tummy Rubs & Growling

2009-07-20T18:36:00.003-06:00

Cute Little Dallin

2009-05-28T16:24:00.009-06:00

Hogle Zoo Trip, He Loved the Penguins

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Dallin's 1st Birthday!

2009-05-28T16:14:00.009-06:00

Wow, Little Walker!

2009-03-27T16:15:00.006-06:00

WFG Idol

2009-03-26T17:40:00.011-06:00

I recently performed in World Financial Group's version of American Idol - WFG Idol. I sang a modern, slower version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand". I didn't win, but I had a ton of fun! I was so nervous to perform, but once I was on the stage, I didn't want to get off. It was an amazing experience, 10,000+ in the audience!

World Financial Group, Inc. (WFG) is a financial services marketing company whose affiliates offer life insurance and a broad array of financial products and services.

"Mama!"

2009-02-24T13:46:00.001-07:00

"Laughter is an Instant Vacation"

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Family :o)

2009-01-07T20:08:00.000-07:00

Crawl, Stand...Sing!

2008-12-16T15:14:00.002-07:00

Morning Fun

2008-11-25T11:17:00.002-07:00

Mike's Latest Project: Dallin's Baby Gate

2008-11-19T19:45:00.004-07:00

Mike built this baby gate from scratch and designed it all on his own. We really like how it turned out :0)

Sunday Best

2008-11-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

We Are So Blessed

2008-11-15T09:58:00.002-07:00

Giggle Giggle

2008-11-12T18:34:00.002-07:00

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T11:07:00.001-06:00

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

2008-10-28T15:01:00.002-06:00

Dallin's Happy Scream

2008-10-15T07:48:00.003-06:00

So Cute...it's Scary!

2008-10-14T15:54:00.001-06:00

Mmm...Sweet Potatoes and Prunes

2008-10-14T12:45:00.001-06:00

Look What I Can Do!

2008-10-01T09:00:00.002-06:00

Our Little Sweetheart

2008-09-24T10:45:00.003-06:00

Dallin is all smiles :0)

2008-09-17T16:53:00.002-06:00

Little Bum

2008-09-13T10:39:00.002-06:00

Fun at the Football Game

2008-09-13T10:26:00.008-06:00

His cute little "Shhhh I'm Watchin the Game with Dad!!!" Shirt

Whoa, SLOW DOWN, DALLIN!

2008-08-22T09:03:00.013-06:00

We went to Mike's World Financial Group office to see their NASCAR.

Little Dallin in Carl Edwards #60 WFG NASCAR

Not many 4 month old babies get to grip the wheel of a real NASCAR :O)

Fort Bragg

2008-08-07T17:23:00.000-06:00

We had the best time at Fort Bragg in July. We stayed in a BEAUTIFUL beach house (thanks Mom & Dad!), Mike learned how to boogie board and went deep sea fishing, and Dallin, well, he was cute as usual.

Conversation with Dallin

2008-07-05T09:08:00.001-06:00

Grandma Phillips came for a visit and couldn't get enough of Dallin :o) He is such a little talker!

Our Little Family

2008-06-16T17:29:00.002-06:00

Mobile Fun

2008-06-16T17:23:00.001-06:00

So Cute...

2008-06-02T09:06:00.001-06:00

2 Weeks Old

2008-05-15T17:43:00.002-06:00

Dallin is now 7 pounds, 20 1/2 inches long :0)

Dallin looked a lot like Mike when he was born :)

2008-05-05T17:34:00.002-06:00

Baby Dallin

2008-05-02T20:45:00.003-06:00

Look how cute he is :0)

Dallin Michael Oaks

2008-05-01T16:17:00.002-06:00

Dallin was born 04/30/2008 at 6:55 PM. He is a beautiful baby boy! He was 18.25" long and 6 lb 13.8 oz. He has brown hair and a cute smile. We love him so much and are so excited to be his parents. He is wonderful.

OUR CUTE LITTLE BOY!!!!!

2007-11-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

We just got back from the doctor and we are SO excited to finally know that we are having a little boy! He will be Dallin Michael Oaks. Check out his first pictures :0)

The Sweetest Sound...

2007-11-07T15:52:00.000-07:00

On Monday, Mike and I were able to listen to our baby's heartbeat! It was wonderful :0) We are going to find out if we are having a little Hallie or a little Dallin on the 26th...so come back soon!

2007-10-18T15:42:00.001-06:00

Eleven weeks and all is well! ...I feel like the town crier... :0)

Good News!

2007-10-03T15:49:00.001-06:00

April is now 9 weeks pregnant. We are so excited about starting our family!

Mike and April

2006-11-29T15:11:00.001-07:00

We Love Life, and have so much fun together. Enjoy our Blog. We hope it inspires you to love life as much as we do :0)