Tanner's Baby Blessing

The first Sunday in July 2013 we blessed our sweet little Tanner.  He was so content and happy during his blessing and Devin gave him a special blessing.  He is a peacemaker and that clearly came through in his blessing.  On his blessing day 3 other babies were blessed as well in our ward, all boys.  I think we only had about 15 minutes for testimonies.  Lucky Tanner will have a lot of boys to play with in our neighborhood as he gets older.  It was a special church meeting to have so many new little spirits entering the world.  We were lucky to have our families there and friends.  We truly feel blessed to have Tanner join our family and it was a wonderful day to celebrate him!

 

Our Family of 5

Catching Up! Summer Fun - Fourth of July 2013

We had a lot of fun in the summer!  For the fourth of July we went to the Kaysville parade, which never disappoints!  Bands, candy, popsicles; for me it is what a 4th of July parade should be.  We had both our parents there, so the kids were happy to have both grandma and grandpas there! We also had Devin's sister and their family there and Devin's aunt and uncle and their family.  We had a fun group and had a fun time. 

After the parade we came home and then went to go see Monsters University with my parents and my brother and his family.  The kids loved it!  We then came back to our house for a bbq and fireworks!  It was a fun, full day.

Tyler and Grandpa waiting for the fireworks to begin!  I wish I had a picture of the kids with there glow sticks, we didn't even need to go to fireworks, they were so happy to just have glow sticks!  But once the show started they got excited about that too!



Campout and Father's Day

Devin is such a wonderful Father and had a campout in the backyard with the kids the night before Father's Day!  They were so excited and kept asking all day if it was time to set up the tent. After dinner we roasted marshmallows over the fire pit in our backyard, made smores and then set up the tent.  At about 10:00 when Devin was having a hard time getting the kids to settle down he almost bagged it and came inside to sleep (the perk of camping in the backyard) but by about 10:15 they were both out and he was glad that they stayed out there.  I got to be nice and cozy inside with Tanner!

Then we had a fun Father's Day on Sunday.  Devin had his normal bishopric meetings on Sunday morning and then had to do tithing after church, so we had a lot of time to prepare our Father's Day dinner.  I told him next year they need to cancel their meetings because Father's deserve a day off too!  We set up a tee time for him to play golf the next Saturday, so we decided to make him a golf course cake for dessert.  The kids got so excited about it.  We made the green out of coconut, the sand traps out of crushed graham crackers and the water and flag out of fruit rollups.  I know you will be shocked to hear that we went through about 5 fruit rollups to get the ones we needed.  Every time I turned around they kept eating the pieces!  We put a tag on the cake that told Devin about his tee time and it was done.  We had a great dinner and fun weekend.  Devin is such a wonderful father and we are so blessed to have him.  We are so grateful to him for all that he does for our family.  We love you!

Gateway Splash Pad

One afternoon we met my mom, Val and the cousins at the Gateway Splash Pad and had a great time!  Fun was had by all and Aunt Val even bought a HUGE snow cone that topped off the wonderful afternoon.

 Tyler loves Carson!  He can't say Carson, he says "Harson" and we all love when he says it!  There is not a lot that gets Tyler more excited than playing with Carson.

 The cute girls!

Bandaids

Do you see the band aid on Tyler's chin?  Band aids at our house are more like stickers, they rarely get used for things that actually deserve a band aid.  But actually this time Tyler did have a cut that was band aid worthy.  The great part of it all was that it was a princess band aid that he refused to take off for 2 days and told just about everyone that looked at him that he had an "owie."  Devin tried for a day to try to get him to switch to a more manly band aid; like a cars or a super hero one, but he was not having it, it had to be the princess one.  I know that this is not a significant event in Tyler's little life, but this picture just made me smile when I saw it.  Tyler is such a sweet, loving little guy and this picture with his beautiful band aid just makes me love him even more, if that is possible!

Summer Fun

 Sadie with her cute pine cone bird feeder!  The birds loved it and Sadie and I had so much fun making it!  I have been trying to do a few crafts with the kids each week, Sadie loves to craft.

 Sadie and Tyler at the Splash Pad by our house.  They built this splash pad at the end of last summer, it is only a 2 minute walk from our house and we love it.  We have spent quite a bit of time here this summer.

 Happy Doughnut Day!

 Sadie and Tyler wanted to make a cake for Tanner for his one month birthday.  They decorated it with sprinkles and marshmallows.  Tanner cried through this whole meal and we decided it was because he was bitter that he didn't get to eat any!

 The kids holding Tanner, something we have all been loving to do this summer!

The Zoo

Warmer weather means the Zoo!  My mom has a season pass to the zoo and is nice enough to take us often, my kids love the zoo.  Tanner is only 2 months and has already been twice.  They have a fun Lego exhibit this summer and my kids think it is so fun.  We are always get to go with our cousins which makes it even better.  This last time we went we saw the bird show and Tyler LOVED it.  He talks about it all of the time, he and Carson went up to the front and danced with a parrot that was head banging.  He was so happy and could not believe how close the birds were getting to him when they swooped through the theatre.  It was a fun day at the zoo.