August 2019

Camping with Grandpa
My dad loves his grand kids and he loves to go camping and fishing.  So he took Paxton, Graham and Jake camping in his RV in Manti.  They went on UTV rides, fishing, swimming and more.  These boys got spoiled with new fishing rods and hammocks!  They had such a blast and grandpa said he can't wait to do it again!  These boys sure do have the best grandpa around!




Harper 5 months old






I love those little chunker thighs!


Doesn't she look just like me?

She sure loves Paxton!  Paxton is so cute with her!  Anytime I ask him to watch her or get her from her crib or something, he is right on it and loves to do it!

Hike to Donut Falls
My sister, Erika and I took our kids for a hike up to Donut Falls.  I hadn't been there since I was a kid.  The kids kept getting distracted along the way, like climbing up these cool roots from the trees.  It was pretty crowded once we got to where we could see the falls and lots of people were climbing up them. but we decided not to because we had the babies with us and it was super crowded.  It was a fun little hike and nice to be up in the mountains.

Backstreet Boys Concert
My sister-in-law, Sandee was able to get 4 tickets at a discount price in a suite for the Backstreet Boys concert.  So I went with her and my two sisters. It was such a blast (from the past)!  It brought back so many memories and I LOVED it!!!!



Cutest baby cousins




I love that my sisters and I had babies all around the same time!  I told them we should continue pictures like this all the way until they are teenagers!

Activity Days- day camp
I love my church calling!  I get to hangout and teach these cute girls.  In the summer we decided to do a 2 day Day Camp instead of monthly activities.  On the first day we went up the canyon for a few hours and played games, made bracelets, shoot bow and arrows, ate lunch and sang girls camp songs.  It was way fun and we should have planned to stay for several more hours!




The second day we had a pizza pool party.  Harper got to come with on both days.  My boys even got to come to the pool party.  We all had a ton of fun!

This is the Place Heritage Park
While Paxton and Rem were in Bear Lake for Young Mens high adventure, I took Graham and Harper to This is the Place with Liana and his cousins Keladry, Owen and Lucy.  I love watching Graham and how excited he gets for things.  He was most excited to go find more tiny rocks!



Girls day out
My mom and sisters and Sandee planned a girls day.  We went and got pedicures, did some shopping and went out to dinner.  It was fun being with the girls!



First day of School


Graham was so excited to start first grade and be able to eat lunch at school.  He has two teachers, Mrs. Jessop and Mrs. Gardner, they are splitting the day so one teaches in the morning and one in the afternoon.  It was fun to take him school clothes shopping and we decked him out in all puma, I even made his shirt, he was so excited!


Paxton was kind of excited to go back to school.  He was excited to see his friends, but not as excited to be going back to school.  He had a great first day though and seemed more excited about it when he got home.  He got the new teacher, Ms. Athens, she's on her 4th year of teaching.  Paxton did not want to go back to school clothes shopping so we will do it later in the year when he actually needs new clothes.




Sometimes I go walking in the mornings and walk over to the school with the kids.  One morning I was a little behind and when I got over to the school I noticed a bunch of kids all surrounding Graham.  They had found a grass hopper and of course Graham was the one that was picking it up and it even jumped up on his shoulder at one point.  Graham loves bugs and isn't afraid to pick them up.  He was loving all the attention!






Happy 60th dad!


It was my dad's 60th birthday!  He also sold the Chuck-a-Rama business back in December last year so we had a big retirement party for him (although he is still working for Chuck, but just part time and only because of the health insurance).  So because he had a big retirement party he didn't want a big birthday party so we just went to dinner with the whole family.  We got him a U of U sign for his yard and everyone went in on a pebble ice machine for his house.  Dad loves his ice! 

Go T-Wolves!
We went to go watch one of Uncle Dan's football games.  I was bummed to not stay for very long because my mom, Harper and I were going camping in Midway that night and to Swiss Days the next day.  So we didn't want to be out too late.  It was such the perfect weather and so nice to be outside.  Unfortunately the T-Wolves didn't win their game, but the boys had fun hanging out with their cousins.


Camping and Swiss Days
Swiss Days is a big event they put on in Midway, I like to go for the shopping, there are a ton of cute vendors.  It has become a very popular event and is super crowded, but I had to go this year because I finally have my little girl that I can shop for! 

My dad had a camping spot in Midway and he went and parked his RV there and said any of us could use it.  So my mom and I went and stayed the night and went shopping the next day.  It was a lot of fun hanging out just the 3 of us and I found some cute girly things to buy at Swiss Days for my little Harper.  She did so good camping and shopping in the heat, it was a hot day!

July 2019

Swimming
Sandee, Erika and I and our kids got to go swimming at my Aunt Heather's new pool.  It was so nice and the temperature was perfect for the babies.  It was so nice that Harper even fell asleep in the pool.  The lids had a blast and it was nice being there just us and not at a public pool.



4th of July
My neighbor, Annie and I walked our kids down the street to the Murray parade.  We had them sit right on the street because we didn't bring any chairs.  This was my kids first big parade other than the one we were in a couple years back.  They had fun grabbing candy and little toys.  Rem refused to come to the parade because he doesn't like crowds, but it really wasn't that bad especially because we could walk there.



Later that day our friends, the Suprises came with us out to my parents house in Bluffdale.  We went over to the park for a bit and then back to their house for a BBQ and fireworks.  Trevor and Erika and their families were there also.  It was a little rainy that day, but it calmed enough that we could still enjoy the day and do fireworks.


Harper got to wear her onesie we bought when we announced that we were pregnant.


Harper and Jo hanging out, holding hands.


We did lots of glow sticks during fireworks.

Harper 4 months old
12.5 lbs
23.5"









Graham and his friends
Zoey is Graham's best friend that lives next door.  They play pretty much every single day.  Jasmine lives the next house down and sometimes comes to play.  We keep saying we need to find some boys for Graham to play with because he's surrounded by girls all the time, but he does get along with them.  They love playing in the hammocks in our backyard.



Camping at the Palisades
Our friends and nextdoor neighbors, the Suprises' invited us to go camping with them in Manti.  We just went for 2 nights and it was perfect!  We had a great spot right by the water so each day we set up on the beach and played in the water most of the day.  We brought some float tubes and they had a bunch of fun boats, tubes and kayaks.  We had so much fun with them and Harper did so great.  I can't wait until we go back again!







Graham's gymnastics
Graham has been in gymnastics for about 6 months or so and is loving it.  He goes twice a week so I usually just drop him off, but every once in a while I will stay and watch.  It's fun to watch him and see how he's learned some new things.



24th of July neighborhood breakfast
We are not in the Meadows ward anymore so we didn't really receive an invite to this breakfast, but it is a neighborhood breakfast and we are still in the neighborhood so we went and it was good to see people from the other side of the neighborhood.





Sunday Stroll
One Sunday we took the kids up to Silver Lake to go for a walk.  It was nice to get outside together and go up the mountains to enjoy the cooler weather.  It was a busy day at the lake and there were lots of bugs, but we still had a good time.  Harper didn't really have anywhere to put her arm so it looked like she was pointing most of the time and the boys thought it'd be funny to copy her and point as well.



Happy Birthday GG!
My Grandma was turning 90 years old!  She loves visits at the care center she lives at so we made sure to visit her the week of her birthday.  The kids made her some cards and we couldn't find Grahams before we left so we told her we would mail it to her and she was excited about that because she never gets mail.



An evening in the Park
We met up with Ben, Erika and Jo at Liberty Park.  We picked up some dinner on our way and ate at the park and then set up some hammocks and a blanket and hung out for a bit.  It was a fun summer night.





Boating
Jamie and Dan bought a boat!  They were super nice to invite us to come with them to Utah Lake.  This was my kids first time being on a boat, they had so much fun!  They had a big tube that we all took turns on, I hadn't done that in a long time, it was super fun!  My kids were a bit nervous about it and Paxton ended up liking it more than Graham.  Dan kept telling us that he has never flipped anyone off the tube even when trying.  Well he finally succeeded and flipped Jamie, Paxton and Lucy.  Lucy was in tears but then got over it and we were saying how awesome it was.  I even got it on video!  Pax thought it was pretty cool.   Harper looked so cute in her hot pink life jacket and she did really well in it, she even took naps in it.  We had a great time and can't wait to go again!






Apricot Picking
We like to go pick apricots at Grandmas house.  Graham will just eat them straight off the tree and lots of them!  We took home about 2 small buckets full so I pureed them and made fruit leather.  I definitely need more practice because it didn't turn out super great.  But the part that did turn out was yummy!  Graham loves to help with this sort of thing and he will eat anything that is picked from Grandpa's garden.





The Aquarium
We spent some time at the aquarium with cousins.  Paxton was so cute with Harper and kept lifting her out of the stroller to make sure she could see the fish and more.