Our Newest Niece!

Our newest little niece is here!

Check out Shar & Trav's blog for all the info and more adorable pics!

We love you little girl.

Sunday Walk

Baby girl was holding out on us...so we made the most of a beautiful Sunday. Everyone came to church with us and then we had a delicious lasagna dinner. Mmmm...my favorite.

The weather was perfect so we headed outside for a lovely family walk.

I love walks on Sundays.

Tave loves Grandpa and walking, he was one happy camper.

Weston & Kapria played so well together, running and chasing and tackling Grandma.

What a great evening.

Shoes shoes shoes

Kapria loves shoes. She is a girl, after all, and related to me. ;) (this is why Jeff wants only boys, haha)

Anyone who has read Shar's blog knows that Kapria will work and work and work until she gets a pair of shoes on.

And she is a pro at walking in any and all kinds!

Just practicing for a few years down the road...

Roping Grandpa

We LOVE when Grandma & Grandpa are here!

My mom has been here to drop off Mckenon, but Dad had a few things he had to finish up at home. He got here a few days later and stayed the weekend before heading to a job.

We had a fun picnic at the park and then Dad taught West how to use a rope. It was pretty funny and West loved it, of course!

Thanks for always taking the time to teach my boys something new, Dad. They love you!

MTC

Mckenon is officially a missionary!

We spent a wonderful morning with him and then dropped him off at the MTC.

He'll be there for 8 weeks and then he's off to the Portugal Porto Mission.
He is going to be an amazing missionary! We are so excited to write to him and hear all about his experiences there. We love and miss you bud!

My little future missionary.
Weston keeps saying how much he misses Mckenon and that he'll be a missionary someday. I will be so happy when the time comes, but I am very glad it is 16 years away.

Here's to an amazing 2 years, Elder!

Fun with Mckenon

My bro is going on a mission. We had a couple fun days of hanging out before he left for the MTC.

The kiddos love this guy!

He is so good with them and just plays and plays and plays. They eat it up!

We made Mckenon's favorite dinner the night before he left. Shar made his favorite dessert which was a huge hit: ice cream cake. Mmmmm...it was delicious!

And the green grass grows all around all around...

We love our little patch of grass.


Weston stretches out on it daily...

And of course we have to put up the sprinkler any time we're outside. (which is daily as well)

Sprinklers and popsicles = perfect summer day!

This makes me smile!

W: "Mom, look! I put my shoes on by me-self"
N: "That's awesome, bud, you did so great! Ummm..they're on the wrong feet, do you want to change them?"
W: "Nope, they okay."
N: "Are you sure, are they comfortable?"
W: "Yes. They're good."

He wears them like this pretty much every day. Except sometimes they are between the wrong toes too.
I guess there's something to be said for independence!

Oh what do you do in the summer-time?

We are missing Jeff a lot. So we fill our time with lots of fun, crazy things and we laugh and play. We teach Tave new tricks and we sing songs. We swim, go for walks, color, and hide in the stuffed animals.

Basically, all three of us act like kids all day long.

It's great.

Enjoy a few videos. Some are new, some are old, but they're all adorable. (They're my kids, what can I say?)

'Being Buzz' I knew one day our kids would love the lovesack. Best.Toy.Ever!

'Cabinet Crashing'

We don't usually let him do this, so he thought it was awesome when he snuck in..too bad it's so loud and we caught on to him right away! I just had to grab the camera. You can see how excited he gets at the end.

'ABC's' He loves to sing..and we love it too!

'Walking, sort of'

Tave loves to walk with his truck. He keeps going until he hits a wall and then we have to help him turn it around. He could do this all day! (Weston makes a cameo. That kid sure is a ham when I'm not trying to get HIM in the shot!)

Hope you enjoyed!

Weston's funnest moments

Weston is the funniest kiddo and SUCH a ham.

He loves to make us laugh and is constantly coming up with crazy new things to try. We have so much fun with him and he definitely helps make my days brighter and better!

Here is some of what West has been up to lately:

(click on picture to enlarge)

and ps. those are Kapria's orange shorts, just fyi.

Umbrella

We went to the aquatics center with Shar, Trav, & Kapria.
It was awesome.
I didn't get a single shot of us in the water...we were having way too much fun.
But here is snack time under the umbrella.
Weston got this from his friend, Evie.
He loves it. LOVES it.
Did you know that umbrellas are a great way to shade you from the sun?
Weston uses his All. The. Time. and he even shares with his brother.
What a kid!

Fun with Kapria!

We did the overnight switch-a-roo with Shar & Trav so it was our turn to watch Kapria!

We had tons of fun:

Kapria & Weston did awesome together. They are really starting to have fun imagining and playing with each other. They danced with Dora & Diego, threw them into the lovesack, and had a great night.

We sure love you, Kapria!!

Sprinkler & Popsicles:

My boys have decided that the pool is overrated and it's ALL about the sprinkler at our house!

So we busted out the sprinkler and the popsicles for a fabulous afternoon!!

Thanks for being so good for us, kiddos!

Despite their 6 am wake up call, we had a blast!

Pioneer Day

We took the boys to our town's parade. It was so fun to see them get excited over each thing.

Tave's favorites were the horses.

Weston's favorites were the dinosaurs.

My favorite was the Pipe band. Awesome.

Jeff's favorite was the tractors. ;) (I just had to show off the pink one...so funny)

And of course the candy, the firetrucks, and the sirens were all huge hits!

We went to our friend's house for a delicious bbq and some good times.

Happy Pioneer Day!

4 Years!!!

July 23rd was our 4 year anniversary.

We celebrated by going to the Temple and dinner. Always a favorite date!

The past four years have been absolutely amazing and perfect.

Not only have I become a wife and a mother (two things I have looked forward to my entire life) but I have done it all with my very best friend.

I love who we are becoming together.

Happy Anniversary, Babe.

Each year with you just gets better and better!