What have we been up to...

Here's a snapshot of what we've been doing these past two weeks:

Celebrating TEN YEARS of marriage to the love of my life, my best friend, the one person I could be with 24-7-365 and still want more... and the very best hubby in the world! I love my Jared more than anything and I fall more in love with him every day. Thanks Jared for 10 WONDERFUL YEARS. I love you babe more than you know and I feel like the luckiest girl alive. Thanks for choosing to share your life with me.



Jared took me up to Midway and we stayed at the Zermatt. I absolutely love Midway and it was a great get-away. Wendy watched my two older boys (THANK YOU WENDY!) and we took Cayden with us. I love nursing my baby but it would be nice to have a night away .. no babies! Next year honey, next year!

The next day we went to Park City for the Arts Festival. We seem to hang out in Park City quite a bit... there's so many fun things to see and do.

Playing in the backyard with friends (thanks Emily and Margie for coming over to play!)

Going to the Lake:




Playing over at Grandma's house:




Celebrating more birthdays (at Layne and Diane's):
Following my cute little baby boy around... just waiting for that perfect kodak moment:



Running the kids ragged:

This has been a fun (and busy!) month. July was packed with festivities (4th of July, Draper Days), my family came up to visit, Austin's birthday, our 10 year anniversary, planning Cayden's baby blessing, planning some boating trips, BBQs, swimming lessons, chasing little boys around all day long, etc. etc. It has been a BUSY month!

Happy 2nd Birthday Austin!

I can't believe my little peanut is already TWO. It feels like I just brought him home from the hospital and I feel like he's still my little baby boy. I want to capture every laugh and put it in a bottle and that sweet little Tickle Me Elmo voice... I just love my little Austin.
Austin has been such a little angel and has brought so many wonderful blessings into our home. Some things I love about my Austin:
I love when he walks the room and says, "Hi Mama... bye Mama" and waves his two middle fingers to greet me. I love his quiet little Elmo voice and that cute belly laugh that is so unique and so contagious! I love how sensitive he is and how determined he is to get what he wants. He's relentless! If he wants me to come and see something he'll pull on my leg or shirt until he gets his way.. but he does it so sweetly. I love his big brown eyes and those long eyelashes and when he sleeps he just looks like an angel. I love his pronunciations of words like "Ni-Ni" (for Indy), "Ja-Ja" (for Jordan), "Peas" for please, etc. I love how much he loves and adores his big brother. He wants to go everywhere with him and he's so sad when Jordan leaves. He's so sweet with Cayden; whenever he sees him his face lights up and he says "BeBe" and likes to pet Cayden's head. I love my little peanut and I can't believe he's already TWO. Here's some pictures of my baby boy's big day:

Summer Days, Draper Days, and Birthdays!

Draper Days: we started they day by going to the Draper Parade, then we went to Grandma's house for a family get-together, and ended the day by going to Draper Park and letting the kids jump around in the bounce houses, eating kettle corn, and watching the fireworks with my Aunt Laurie and Uncle Wayne. What a day!!






Corbin's 4th Birthday! Corbin had a very cool pirate birthday party and these guys went all out to make it fun for the kids. Happy Birthday to our little buddy!




And another birthday: Happy Birthday, Elaina!



Danny and Emily invited us to go to their neighborhood pic-nic/party (there was a clown, face painters, and food!). Jordan's friend, Dane, came with us and we just had fun seeing our friends and letting the kids run freely.



Jordan and Jackson have been taking swimming lessons together these past few weeks and they just love it. They are great little swimmers!




Jordan's favorite place to eat (Red Lobster); he doesn't really care about the food but he just likes to check out the lobsters in the tank. Since Jordan brings this place up quite a bit, I thought I'd make a note of it so we all remember how much Jordan loves checking out those lobsters.

My poor little baby boy; he's been the wasp and hornet fighter and has had no fear of these little beasts until this past week. He and Jared go out and find bees and wasps to kill; Jordan will tell the bee, "little bee... come here.. my daddy has a prize for you..." and Jared will zap that little bee with the spray. There was one wasp that was not a happy camper and got Jordan on the chest and on the finger.
So that's a snapshot of what our little family has been up to these past few weeks (more to come.. I have another birtday that I need to pay tribute to - my cute little bug Austin). So I'll work on that soon.
Fun summer days... Ahhh!