It's that time again, it's time to update the blog. This summer has been so busy for us. It has flown by, which is so sad. We have had so much fun but I can't believe it is almost over.
Let's start off with the month of June. There is a lot to report on...
Remember my last post when I put a picture of Kamryn in the hallway sleeping on the floor??? Well that is pretty normal for our family. Our kids sleep everywhere and anywhere. I used to find Kamryn sleeping under her bed, in her closet, by the toilet, and many more randome spots. Brynlee and Tayson do the same. They are all over the house at night. I have even caught Kamryn sleep walking. It's pretty creepy! She tells random stories, she gets violent, she is dullusional, and then she will all of the sudden just drop to the floor and fall right back to sleep. It's weird! My kids could sleep on a bed of rocks and it wouldn't even bother them. Here are a few pictures of my kids and their weird sleep positions and random places.
I will find these two sleeping on top of each other, I will find their feet on each others faces, and many more weird positions. This particular night I found Brynlee sleeping at the bottom of her bed with Kamryn's slippers on her hands. Too cute!
This one is my favorite. Brynlee loves Ryker! She has a very hard time not pinching his cheeks and kissing his lips all day long. She would pick him up and carry him around like a doll if I would let her. Kids are the best!
Tayson's room is right by our living room so we will often find him hiding inbetween things trying to sneak a peak at the t.v. while mom and dad are catching up on their favorite shows.
Brynlee doesn't get naps during the day anymore because she has a really hard time sleeping at night if she sneaks in a nap. She is one big ball of energy! So we skip nap time (and replace it with quiet time) and go to bed early at night. Sometimes waiting until 8 o'clock is just to hard and she crashes in the car.
All ready for church.
This is my really really good friend Brooke's little baby who is only 3 days older than Ryker. The size difference in these two makes me giggle every time we get them together. They are ADORABLE!
I took this picture of Ryker sleeping in daddy's arms because the position of his hand is just too cute. But what I find even more interesting is that Taylor is so NOT a multi-tasker but he somehow managed to hold his son, change the channel with the remote, and text on his phone all at the same time. BUT when it comes to me needing him to do a few things he just can't handle more than one task at a time. Hmmm.... (makes me smile)
Tayson's PRE-3rd birthday bash with grandma's and grandpa's. We had to have a little party for Tayson a few days before his actual birthday because Grandma and Grandpa were going out of town. We went swimming, had a BBQ, and had a Woody and Buzz themed party for him. He loved it!
On his real birthday we had the traditional birthday donut, opened presents, went to Fiesta Fun and rode bumper boats, and ate cupcakes at 25 Main.
I am one lucky woman to be able to wake up to this sweet face. I am so bad at getting up with him at night. I am so pooped at the end of the day and have such a hard time getting up with him. So instead I just roll over, pick him up, nurse him and snuggle with him and just go right back to sleep. I have to admit....I LOVE IT! I love snuggling my babies and want to get every last second I can with them because they grow up way to darn fast. Even though I shouldn't do this....I just can't resist. Oh well, we all have our flaws as parents right?!?!
My growing baby boy.
STRETCH...
I made this onesie and blanket for Ryker and of course had to take a picture of him in it.
Ryker had so much hair when he was born, but after 3 months he lost almost all of it except for a few random weird spots. You can see the weird hairs that stuck up funny and the patch he had at the bottom of his head.
So I gave him a little trim. It looks much better! Holding him and cutting his hair was quite the task though.
We took the kids to go see Disney's Cars 2 on the day it came out in the theatres. Mater surprised everybody with a visit.
Peek-A-Boo...I see you.
We also spent some time in Pine Valley and rode four wheelers and visited with family.
Now onto the month of July. We enjoyed all the activites and pool days.
July 4th we went swimming and spent the evening at Grandma and Grandpa Hafens to watch fireworks.
My family moved up North in May to take care of my Grandma's ranch while she goes on her mission and so we decided to take a trip up to see them. My Grandma was leaving on her mission in a few days so it was perfect timing to see everybody and say goodbye. We also just wanted to get away on a vacation and do some shopping.
Here is Tayson by the HUGE windmills. Well....they are huge in person but definitely not huge in a picture. They were pretty incredible.
We decided that we had to go see my Great Grandma Ikhaml who is now 96 years old. She is one magnificent woman and still going strong. She AMAZES me! I sure do miss having her close to us.
We took the kids to Chuck E Cheese to play. They miss having a Chuck E Cheese close to them. We used to go all the time when we lived in Spokane and when we lived up North. St. George really needs to work on getting one.
On Brynlee's first try at this game she won 200 tickets. She was so happy with herself.
The kids rocking out to the Chuck E Cheese band with Kate.
My Grandma Roundy gave the kids a pinwheel and they dragged those things around with them all over. They still drag them everywhere.
Great Grandma Roundy and Grandma Tano have these things called Hex Bugs and the kids had a blast with them.
Taylor and I took the four wheelers out with my parents to go shoot and to overlook my Grandparents property. It's beautiful!
The kids were sad to say goodbye. They had fun playing with the chickens, riding four wheelers, looking at the Llama's, watching the horses and cows, and much much more.
I took the girls to get feathers in their hair at the hairschool that I went to. They were so excited to have someone do their hair other than their mom. I was gonna put the feathers in their hair myself but it would have cost me a fortune to buy the feathers and all the tools to do it myself and only 6 bucks a girl at the hairschool. So we of course chose the cheaper option and they loved that idea. It was way fun for them to go into a salon.
Don't they look so excited?!?!?! (sarcasm) They really were way excited and haven't stopped talking about "The Barber Shop" since.
Here we are at Jacie and Danny's wedding. That was a fun and special day. I love weddings!
Playing with cousins Maudi, Marlee, and Malea at the wedding luncheon.
Cousin Jordan aka Jordo with all the little cousins. The kids love him to pieces.
Here are the kids with cousin Marlee and the beautiful bride Jacie. The girls felt like they were in Disneyland with a princess around all day.
Ryker got his first dose of baby food. I gave him sweet potatoes and he enjoyed every last bite. None of my kids have been great eaters, especially when it comes to vegetables. But he ate the whole thing like a champ. He LOVED it and was ticked when we were done. Makes me hapy and it makes feeding him so much more fun.
Second attempt was with Squash. He did pretty darn good, but didn't love it as much as the sweet potatoes.
We say farewell to June and July (and our summer) and welcome August with open arms! Let's see what is in store for us!
