Saturday, June 16, 2012

Grandma's Visit!!!

The first few weeks of Callen's life were pretty quiet. We hung out at home a lot and tried to get used to life with a fourth baby.  Shawn was our only family member around who came to see the baby and so it was kind of different. I've been really lucky with my other kiddos and had my mom there right away to help out. So it was a little tricky learning to balance everything.

Jeff's mom had scheduled her visit to be a few days after my mom left. Since my mom wasn't able to come, we were MORE than ready for some help by the time Jeanne got here!!!  
We had such an incredible week and a half with her here.  She spoiled ALL of us by playing with the boys constantly, letting me sleep in, and holding Callen in any of the downtime when she wasn't with the other boys.
It was so fun to have her here and to get to share our sweet Callen with family.  I didn't realize, until this time, how special it really is to have family around to hold and snuggle and show off our little man. 

We took Mom & the boys to 7peaks, it's always a blast. So fun, in fact, that I hardly took any photos:






We also took the boys to the Splash Pad while Mom was here to help out. And of course the splash pad fun always ends with time at the park:





Mom had come with some fun activities for the boys. They had lots of coloring and art/craft time with her:



On Weston's birthday we took him to get ice cream in the morning. (his party was later that afternoon)


Jeff had a full week in the daytime and then tried to spend some evenings with us:

We went to this darling little park in Provo that the boys LOVED:









And of course, Mom tried to get in as much snuggling and cuddling with this little guy that she could:


Thanks for the WONDERFUL week, mom!!!  We had so much fun!


Friday, June 15, 2012

T-Ball!

Weston loved playing t-ball this summer. His favorite part was batting, but he was pretty cute out in the field too:

Jeff's mom got to go to a few games with us while she was here:

He was always so serious about it and did such a great job!!


We tried keeping the younger boys busy with technology so we could watch the games, but this only lasted so long and then we were chasing them around again!  
It was a fun season for everyone.
Crazy that this is just the start of SPORTS in our family!!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Happy 6th Birthday West!!!

Weston's birthday was such a blast. He wanted a Pokemon party (just to clarify, he wanted it first so that's why Tave asked for one!) and since he was inviting different friends I could do all the same stuff! It was awesome!
Jeff's mom was here from Texas so she got to be part of the birthday festivities this year, it was super fun!











The boys were pretty set on having a pinata this year.  Did you know pokemon pinatas are pretty much non-existent?!  So we found this awesome dragon who we called Dragonite:






The invite and the gift bags:

Little Callen just chilling:


After the party we went to dinner with Uncle Shawn & Grandma:

Weston has wanted a bow & arrow for SO LONG. Uncle Shawn did not disappoint:

Grandma was brought both the boys birthday presents with her, which was fun for Tave to get to open something too. They both LOOOVED their new pjs:


Jeff and I with our awesome SIX year old birthday boy. 
The day he was born changed our lives forever. It has been an incredible 6 years with this sweet guy:

And some dancing fun with the bros:

Wrestling with dad:

No night is complete without a little Callen snuggling:


Happy Birthday West. We love you!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

All dressed up!

Callen's first time going to church:


Oh these sweet boys. They love choosing their own sunday clothes: