Babies, Boys, Bowling, Bikes, and Boats...

So it's been a busy few weeks! First and foremost, I want to congratulate my brother and his wife for becoming new parents today!! I'm so excited for them and so happy that they welcomed a new baby girl into the world early this morning. Congratulations Kent and Carly!!!
Secondly, I just want to say how grateful I am to be a mom. Even though my days are spent chasing little boys around, managing little emotions, playing the judge on what's fair and not fair, who's in need of a spanking, who's in need of a hug, etc. etc. I really love being a mom and I couldn't have asked for a better calling in life! I love my boys...





Jordan has been wanting to go bowling for quite some time and so one morning before preschool we told him we could go after school. He was so excited! So after school we went down to Provo to run some errands and then went to Fat Cats. I think he's hooked.



Kirk, Stacey, Me, and Jared all went out for Sushi on the bikes. Motorcycles and Sushi - does it get any better than that? It was a fun date night :-)

We went to the lake with the Merish's last week and it was a beautiful day; glassy water and perfect weather. Jordan went in the tube with Dane and Kabe and all three boys were cracking up and telling us to go faster. So the minute Jordan let go of the tube we hit a big wave and he went flying out. I think it terrified him at first, but then the other boys were giving him high-fives and then he thought it was a pretty cool trick. Way to initiate the poor kid!





We were invited to a humanitarian fundraising event at the Robert Workman home (Roberts Crafts/Provo Craft). Beautiful home and very cool cars!
Here we are with our friends, the Shurians (and below - Thurl Bailey; he's much taller in person).





Park City: One of our family's favorite spots.



Midway: We went up to Swiss Days and it was cloudy and rainy on the way there, but the rain clouds passed by and it turned out to be an ok day. I love all of the arts/crafts and the kids found some bounce houses to play in. We ran into Jared's mom and dad at Swiss Days so the kids got to see G&G Larson for a while and then we went to the Bear Dance Cafe for lunch.



Wheeler Farms: We had a little play day at the park with Tiffany, Amber, and Aunt Laurie, Corbin, and little Jaden. I'm so glad we live so close and I love that our kids are buds. Such cute kiddos!




I had to take this one; I was at Wal-Mart today and my little Austin had been to the gym, went to lunch, and then we hit Wal-Mart. I guess he'd had enough for one day and he fell asleep sitting straight up. I'm a dork, I pulled out my camera for just a second to snap a quick shot; it was just too cute to pass up.

Say a little prayer...

Our Bishop and his wife were about 2 weeks away from having their first son (after 5 girls) and their little baby didn't make it. They've just been on my mind so much since yesterday and I know they could use the extra prayers.

Moms Beware!

Just had to send a message to all of you moms out there who are like me; I clip coupons... yes, I do! I shop at Wal-Mart... yes, I do! If there is one thing that Jared and I can't see eye to eye on, it's this: he HATES Wal-Mart, and I love Wal Mart. OK, so I grew up without much money and I went to college and had NO money, so I'm afraid I'll always have it in my blood to watch where the money goes. Sorry honey, but I'll always shop at Wal-Mart. BUT, for the first time I decided to try the Wal-Mart brand diapers and they SUCK. I'm sorry, but they really do. I've had to change Austin's wet, soggy pants for the 2nd time today (that is, he's soiled his pants 2 days in a row now). So no more WM diapers.
I do have a lot more to post but I just wanted to send out my warning to all of you cute moms out there who just might have the urge to buy those... DON'T.

Cayden

Happy 3 months old to my Cayden! He's been such a joy and I couldn't have asked for a more cuddly and happy little boy. He loves to be tickled right under his neck and if I nibble his little cheeks and neck I'll even get a giggle.
And this one is a mamma's boy (and I know why - I'm his only source of food!), so one out of three. I'd say my other two are daddy's boys. But I wrote this for my little Cayden:

Welcome to this world, Angel; welcome little one.
So tiny and so pure now, my beautiful little son.
I wish that I could capture every laugh and every smile;
I'd hold on to every moment and freeze time for just a while.
I thank my Heavenly Father for trusting me with you.
I hope that he can help me, guide and teach you truth.
I know that you were by his side, and now you are by mine.
Heavenly Father help me raise him to return back when it’s his time.
How lucky I am to be called “Mom", and how inadequate I feel.
When I know that I’m his life-line to this earth beyond the veil.
Heavenly Father help me, and know that I will try..
My best to love and teach your angel, and now my baby boy.
I love you little Cayden.
Love, your mom.

The Last Days of August

I'm still in denial that our summer is coming to an end. Don't get me wrong, I love the change of seasons and I am looking forward to the fall. But I just can't believe how fast this summer has gone by! We had Cayden in June and since we had the new baby and it was such a cold month, it felt like summer didn't really start until sometime in July.. and now it's the end of August. Craziness!
So here's what our family has been doing with our last days of August.
Bear Lake:
First of all, I owe Tiffany and Coby and Big THANK YOU for such a fun weekend up at their cabin. We had a BLAST and I'm so glad we could spend some time all of you. Jordan kept telling me that he didn't want to go back to Draper and he wanted to live at the cabin forever. He was very sad to leave and he had so much fun playing with Corbin and all of those cute kids! We had a great time.
On our way to Bear Lake:


















Pineview Reservoir
We went for a drive up through Ogden Canyon and found this beautiful lake; the boys had so much fun just chucking rocks in the lake and mom and dad got to sit back and enjoy the sunshine.



Deer Creek:
The Machons joined us for a fun day at the Lake and our boys got to ride around on the tube and play in the water.





Doctor Visit:
I took this picture of Austin sleeping in the stroller while Cayden was in for his 2 month checkup.

Dinosaur Museum
Jeannie and I took our boys to the Dinosaur Museum; it was a great day until a little boy ran up and pushed (I mean - TACKLED) Austin and started hitting him out of the blue! It was so random and sudden and poor little Austin was just so upset and shocked; I pulled Austin up and away from the little boy and he just sobbed (I felt so bad for my little guy!) Other than that we had a great time at the museum.





Trip to the Zoo
Tiffany, Aunt Laurie, and our cute little boys went to the zoo for the day; I'm so glad that our boys are buds and they really love playing together.






Birthday Girl!
Happy Birthday to my sweet and beautiful cousin, Tiffany. I just love you to pieces and I hope it was a great day!


Trip to the hospital
While I was at Tiff's surprise birthday party I got a call from Jared telling me that he needed to take Austin to the hospital because he cut his head open and needed stitches. Jared took Jordan and Austin to McDonalds and Austin was standing on a bench and tried to jump to another bench; he ended up tagging the other bench with his forehead. With 3 boys I'm sure this will be one of many trips to the hospital...


And here's a cute shot of my little blondie - I just love that big smile.

So that wraps up our August. Jordan just started preschool and we chose the early AM class so we've been trying to get in an early morning routine. We've still been in the summer mode and we need to make the transition over to this new schedule (meaning kids bathed and in bed by 8:30-9:00, and up by 7:15 AM) He's really excited to be back in preschool and I'm looking forward to getting back in a routine.
I'm sure my opinion will change again when the alarm clock goes off in the morning. (If only I can get this cute little baby to sleep through the nights I think I'd be the happiest girl alive!) Three months right? We're getting there, we're getting there!