Baby talk

We have a little "talker" on our hands and it is the cutest thing ever!

I wish I was faster with the video camera but at least I caught a few pictures.

Outdoor Movie

The other night we hosted a backyard movie and invited several neighbors.  It was fun to see the kids getting excited and snuggling with their blankets.  Brayden fell asleep at the beginning of the movie which was awesome and Addy ended up falling asleep towards the end of the movie but most everyone else stayed awake!

Two-Wheeler

This girl was so ready physically to get the training wheels off her bike. She would zip all over the neighborhood. Only problem was she was afraid of falling off the bike once we took the training wheels off. We'd been talking about it for awhile so one evening when Mitch got home from work, he went and took them off and told her if she didn't like it he would put them back on.  I was busy feeding the baby so it took me a few minutes to go out and watch.  By the time I got out there she was doing amazing but still wouldn't let Mitch let go because she was afraid, even though she was totally doing it on her own.  It took Mitch finally telling her that if she fell he would buy her ice cream and him promising to not let go unless she said (she really likes having control of most things).  The next time they went across the parking lot she let him let go and was off. It took maybe 10 minutes total to teach her to ride the bike.  Now she is once again zipping around the neighborhood and telling everyone that we meet (even the little old lady walking around the park) that she can ride a two-wheeler.  She is so proud of herself.  My favorite is that we can all go on bike rides together and it is so fun! 

Oh and we still went for ice cream to celebrate even though she never fell off.

Rexburg Rapids

We finally made it out to the water park this summer.  It was one of the things on the list and the best part was we didn't even have to pay!  The stake had reserved it for the youth and leaders and then invited all their families to come as well.  It was fun but next year will be even funner because we will all be able to swim instead of me just sitting and holding the baby.  We did dunk his feet in the water and he only screamed for a few seconds and then was fine once he got used to the change of temperature.

Addy still loved the lazy river and really wants/needs to learn how to swim so she can do the slides like the bigger kids!  She just wants to grow up so fast and do everything on her own.

hiking

We have such great adventurous friends.  It had been dumping rain in the late afternoon and still looked like it could be stormy and yet they all came anyway!
And the pictures pretty much say the rest.

This girl has serious style!

Caught in a very happy moment!

I will say it was so much easier to carry this little guy on the outside of me for this hike.  This way he wasn't squashing my lungs so I could actually breathe!

Can we say Smothered

I am afraid this poor boy is going to have two mothers his whole life.

Thankfully, he hasn't seemed to mind all the extra lovin'.

Cousin Love

The kiddos and I headed down to Utah for a week while Mitch was at scout camp.  I wasn't to excited about spending the week alone with two kids so we went to visit family.  Addy loved spending so much time with her cousins and it was a great break for me to have her busy all day.

I love that we have two boy cousins so close together.  They could cause some serious trouble as they get older!

These two girls LOVED taking care of the babies.  I just can't wait for a few more years when they can actually do it on their own!

It was a hot afternoon and he just fell right to sleep completely sprawled out!

Oh boy! You are so loved!

As you can see I only pulled the camera out for one day.  We also spent some time shopping including us girls going down to City Creek and out to P.F. Changs which was so tasty.  My dad also took us all to see the movie 'Monster University' and then cooked us up some delicious hamburgers. We also spent some time over at my brothers new house helping to paint and rip out carpet.  It was a great time with two little babies.  The week went by quick and I was once again reminded of how wonderful it is to be a part of such a great family.