picture happy, i know

here's a bunch of pics from the past two vegas trips. enjoy!

katie, taneil and i went swimming at todd's and we were able to take avery with us.

taneil's god-daughter, azura during sacrament meeting

miles during nap time....he was practically cocooned oin the blanket. it was so funny

trudi, mom, dad, katie, and i put a bunch of grandma's

food storage into the jimmy. it was so full!!

close up shot of the three of us and the st. george temple....lovely.

a far-away shot of katie and i at the st. george temple.

katie being silly in the car on our way to vegas.

katie still being silly in the car....im trying to be a

serious photographer here...and she starts tickling...hmmm. haha

taneil, showing her aggression at my insistance that

she wake up on sunday afternoon and "PLAY WITH ME!!" haha


thanks for watching folks! love you!!!

TRAVIS WROTE BACK!!!

i may be making too much out of this but...i cant help it!

as many of you know i got in trouble with travis for mentioning that i don't know travis therefore i have to love him on faith as my brother. well after he chewed me out and i apologized semi-publicly i wrote him online and explained all my statements more fully. after christmas i decided to do something about our non-existent relationship. even if he never called to talk to me or anything i made a resolution to help him get to know me by writing weekly emails with pictures and stories from my childhood.

i've kept it up pretty well, only missing 3 weeks in a row ONCE. haha and this last week {as eventful as it was} was more than worthy of a super long e-mail. it was the longest one i think i've sent to him so far and it didn't include any pictures at all.

well.... i opened my gmail account yesterday and had to literally rub my eyes. i couldn't believe it. he wrote me back! after all this time of thinking i had the wrong email address cuz i got no reply. after so many emails....wow! i told katie and she was only slightly less surprised than i was...... and then i started crying. i was so grateful. and i was so glad i hadn't lost hope. i listened to the spirit urging for, "one more email...one more email," instead of listening to my own slowly breaking heart as it told me every time i clicked that send button, "why are you sending another one? its not like he'll reply to this one, either."

and it wasn't until today that i noticed the pictures he sent with the email. thank the lord for obsession. haha so here they all are, for everyones viewing pleasure.

much love, tristen fagg {the baby}

LAKE POWELL!

katie and i applied for a job at lake powell for the summer and just got hired! im so stoked! this si a pic of where we're gonna be working. days full of swimming, jet skiiing and boating for the next three months!...oh and our job! we got hired for house keeping which, sounds like a bummer but im VERY optimistic about the whole thing! heres a link to the website if anyone wants to take a look at it. http://www.lakepowelljobs.com/Marinas_Bullfrog.htm love you guys!

thayne's band!

thaynes band {shark speed} is now on myspace! theres no way i now of to help everyone hear their music but to give you the url address. go to your address bar and type in http://www.myspace.com/sharkspeedrawks and youll be there! thayne sings every song! im so excited for him! so...GO! GO AND LISTEN!

our girl, cynthia

katie and i both work at the local high school. we are special needs teachers aides so we get to pretend to be teachers and keep the kids in line and busy and all that. well one of our favorite students is named cynthia roberts and she is a downs syndrome girl. only 15 years old, 4' 10" {approximately} and roughly 90 lbs shes very small. here are some of my favorite pics of her:

she was in the middle of eating a sloppy joe but loves being the center of attention so much that she smiled this incredibly cheesy grin before finishing the last bite she took. haha
she doesn't have very good sleeping patterns so she trys to get as much sleep in class as possible....thats our number one challenge throughout the course of the day...keeping cynthia awake! yesterday afternoon she just rolled up her sleeves and started flashing her "guns" out of no where! haha it was so funny i took pics and then made her do it again when katie came back into the room. shes so funny, she even kissed her arm at one point!

i love my job....but mostly the kids i get to be around all day. thank you, Lord for such an amazing blessing! <3tristen