Summer Fun

This summer has been really fun and busy. We had a few birthdays in June. We went to Lake Powell and Lagoon. We've gone up the canyon and roasted hot dogs. We went on a "bacation" to the Zermatt in Midway. Plus lots of popsicles!

Even more swimming. This is Tade and his cousin Austin. Eric was smarter enough to make it possible for the pool to easily be put under the slide on our play set so it is like we have a water park in our backyard. Tade loves it. Ashlynn isn't so sure, And Carter would love it if I let him, but the slide is WAY too fast!

Tade lost his first tooth this summer. It was super loose for almost a week, but both Eric and I remember getting forced to pull a loose tooth out so we just let him let it come out on its own time. He got "one whole green dollar" from the tooth fairy.

Ashlynn went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. For three or four hours afterwards, she chewed on her numb lip and this is what happened. Poor girl. It was really sore for almost two weeks. Hopefully, this won't ever happened again!Apparently, we have been having so much fun it is hard to even make it in our rooms for naps! Actually, she was in the hall mad at me for not letting her do something and that's how she fell asleep. I thought it was pretty funny so I had to take a picture.

Well, that is definitely not pictures of everything, but is some of some of the things. We still have a lot planned with the one month left before school starts. I can't believe it is almost here already!

Motherhood

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God
I was crying while I watched this. I hope you enjoy it too!

Just A Picture Update

She reminds me of Fancy Nancy.

Art City Day Race.
Love the new course. SO fun to do with the sisters. (Sara not pictured.)

My bug is getting big. He is walking all over now. Not a baby anymore. BOO!

Balloon Festival this morning. Really early, but the kids had fun. Thanks for inviting us Kelli.

My Baby Turned ONE!!!

Can you believe it? A little over one year ago I was delivering this kid in an ambulance? We love you Carter-bug!!!

A Look Back At March

Crawling up and down the stairs! He has fallen down one more time :(

He gets so tired sometimes that he'll pull his blanket out of his crib, find his bink, and fall asleep on his floor! Too cute!!!Tade doing a little bit of hair styling for the bug (That's Carter's nickname). I gave Carter a little trim today. It was kind of sad! He is getting so big. Goofies! They found their goggles and wanted to wear them. Whateves! One Sunday morning, I had enough time to do Ashlynn's hair before 9am church. It turned out pretty cute so I had to take a picture.

Ashlynn hates washing, drying, or styling her hair. She LOVES the outcome, but HATES the process. So sometimes she wears a shower cap so I don't have to hear the screaming. She saw I had a blue one so she insisted that the bug wear one too.

Tade wanted to make Carter look like a football player so he stuffed him with soft animals. The bug thought it was funny.

Ashlynn is in preschool. She got to pick any ceramic animal to paint on farm day. One of her friends pick a horse and another picked a puppy. She picked a chicken. What!?! She loves it too. Kind of weird, but whatever makes her happy!

The Stairs

Of all my kids, Carter has been the quickest at learning how to go down the stairs. He is also the only one to have fallen down the stairs! :( It's been awhile since he has learned so this video is a little old, but I still thought is was cute. We worked on it everyday until he finally got it. Now (a month or so later) we are gate free! Yea. I do not like having a gate in front of my stairs.

Can You Tell?

Everyone always says how much Carter looks like Tade so I finally decided to go back and look at some old pictures of Taders when he was Carter's age. I can tell the difference. Can you?

The top ones are Tade and the bottom Carter. Just to be fair, here is one of Ashlynn. She is too easy to tell the difference because she always had a bow in her hair.