September 2014

Usually when Paxton hugs Graham, Graham cries because it's too much.  But I happened to catch this rare moment on camera where they both were smiling.  Paxton had so much love for his little brother, sometimes it's just too much for Graham.

We had cousin Jake over to play.  They loved being outside!

Our first cast.  You would think with how much this little one likes to climb that he did it himself, but nope it was his big brothers fault.  We were getting ready to leave someones house and Rem had Graham on his shoulders.  Then he knelt down to help Paxton put his shoes on, which he was throwing a fit because he didn't want to leave.  When he pushed Rem in the chest with his feet which knocked Graham off his shoulders.  Poor thing, I didn't even figure it out until about 4 days later.  He used his arm just fine, it was only when I was touching that he complained about it.  So one day when I was helping him learn how to spoon feed himself and he started crying is when I started thinking something was wrong.  After testing it several times I decided there was something wrong and took him in.  Sure enough he had a buckle fracture in his wrist.  After about a week of the soft cast, he got a hard cast which was only on for 2 weeks.  And of course the day I took him in to get it off he had a huge goose egg on his forehead!  And no it was not from that fall, it was from something different.  He did great with his little cast on and it was the cutest little cast ever!

Playing at the Park

Golfing

Rems brother was in town from Australia so they got together for golf one day.

Love his smile!

Rems Grandma's 94th birthday!

First day of Preschool

(2nd year)  That means he starts kindergarten next year.  Crazy!

Comicon

Pax got to go with his dad to check out Comicon.  He loved seeing all the different people dressed up!

Bear Lake

We met up with my sister, Erika and her husband Ben in Bear Lake one weekend.  We only stayed one night, but we had a lot of fun.  We wish we could have stayed longer.  But it was nice to scope out the good camping spots and make a plan for a longer trip next summer (not fall, it was too cold to get in the water).  

Paxton has been loving Teenage Mutan Ninja Turtles lately, hence the playing by the sewer ;)

Checking out the gorgeous view and taking a selfie with kids that wanted to be down playing in the sand.

Got our fake campfire going.

Two cute messy faced smiles from these happy boys!

Ward family Temple night

My kids are not easy to photograph together, I guess this is the best they got ;)

Paxton and his best buddy, Grady (with the older brother doing bunny ears).

The Zoo...

and another day at the Zoo...

We got to the Zoo right when it opened so we walked right through and went and saw the artic area first and then went up by the tigers and on our way to see the wolves we were just standing there when all of the sudden this Cockatoo started talking to us.  It said Hello, How are you, it whistled at us, and said want a cracker.  Oh and the best was that it laughed at us!  Everytime we laughed, it mimicked us and laughed back.  It was great!  Definitely the highlight of that Zoo day!

We went with our friends Kimberlee and her little boy, Jack.

Horses!

It was baby cousin, Owens baby blessing at his Grandma's house in Heber.  It was so beautiful there and so fun that we got to pet the horses.  My kids were not too sure about that, but they did it!

I love this picture of a bunch of the boy cousins on the Sorenson side.

(There are 4 others!)

August 2014

Lilo loves to bite the water and Graham was laughing his head off, it was hilarious to watch!  And he completely soaked himself!

Paxton and Rem went to Father's and Son's camp out!

Yes my baby fractured his wrist, poor thing.  Isn't that the cutest little cast though?!

  He was on Rems shoulders when we were leaving somewhere and Rem knelt down to put on Paxton's shoes and Paxton was throwing a fit because he didn't want to leave and pushed Rem with his feet and Graham fell off the back.  It took me about 4 days to even realize it.  He seemed extra fussy, but we thought it was from teething.  He was using his arm just fine, it was when I was touching it that he started to complain.  Finally one day I was helping him learn how to spoon feed himself and I was holding his arm and he started crying and that's when I started wondering.  Sure enough!  Luckily it wasn't too bad of a break and these little kids bones heal pretty fast.  He only had his hard cast on for 2 weeks.  

I am so proud of this kid!  Up until this day, he did not trust his life jacket for anything.  He has always loved the water, but only where he could touch.  I finally put him in swimming lessons and it gave him the confidence to finally trust his life jacket.  It was crazy though, because they don't even teach them that or use life jackets in swimming lessons.  He did great and we will continue on with the next classes until he learns how to swim.

This kid loves to climb, which is a new experience for us because Paxton wasn't a climber.  

Love this kids cheesy smile and goofy personality!  He is learning to feed himself and is loving it.

Museum of Natural Curiosity

My friend invited us to come to the museum.  It sure was a fun, but very busy place!  There is so much to do, we could have been there for several hours if it weren't for hungry and sleepy kids.  We will have to go back again.

 

The two little ones had fun at the water table, they got soaking wet!!!

Hot Air Balloon Festival

Every year I wake the boys up early to go see the hot air balloons.  I make muffins and orange juice and walk to the park.  It is definitely worth waking the kids up early for this.  It has become a fun tradition.  Rem tries to come when he can, but couldn't make it this year.

Cabin Fun

We celebrated Erika & Sandee's birthdays up at the cabin.

Seven Peaks

We had a Pass of all Passes, but probably only make it to Seven Peaks 3 times this summer.  Finally the last time we went, we were able to get Paxton to ride on some of the bigger slides.

 Payson Lakes

We were excited to get a new camper trailer so we made plans to do a few camping trips before the season ended.  Daniel and Jamie have a tent trailer too so we invited them to come with us.  We just stayed one night, but it was a lot of fun.

Getting excited for GLOW STICKS!

Graham was being a little cheeser.  Just about every time I asked him to smile he gave me that face, so funny!

Breakfast time.  We moved over to a shady spot instead of around the fire pit where the sun was shining

And yes we got in that disgusting looking lake that your feet sunk 6 inches down into the mud when getting in.  But it sure felt nice on a hot day.

 another Camping Trip

This time we stayed in my parents new RV.  We went to the Palasades in Manti.  

Paddle Boats

It looked like it would be fun, but Graham hated the life jacket and there were a lot of weeds in the lake so it was hard to pedal through.  We did not stay out there for very long.  Graham did like putting his feet in the water.

My parents went and did a session at the Manti temple.  So we took a UTV and went for a ride to see the temple and then out for ice cream.  Being a small town we were able to drive the UTV on the roads.

This was our campfire.  We did road so mellows.

Then the next day we went to the fair.  It was the perfect weekend to go!

We rode a few rides and then I had to go home early to go into work.  Everyone else stayed at the fair a while longer, went to the rodeo and looked around and then headed back to pack up camp and head home that evening.  We had a great time!

U of U football game

I took my boys to watch the game with my parents.  

My cousin and her friend were there also and Paxton sure was a little flirt!  It was fun to be there, but exhausting bringing two kids.  I think next time I will leave them home ;)

The ZOO

We went to the Zoo for my nephew Jakes birthday.

Paxton's favorite animal is a Bison and a Buffalo.

Labor Day weekend Camping

We went up Big Cottonwood Canyon and stayed at Redmans.  It was beautiful, although a little chilly, but not terrible.

We were close to Silver Lake so we went up for a walk.  We even got to see a baby moose!

This summer has been busy, but a lot of fun!