Straw House: Summer Fun

Just lots of pictures from the end of May, June, and July.

Colton's Bella Baby Photos - They still have the water mark because I never purchased the prints.

Colton's newborn photos taken at JCPenny.

Colton's first day at church was spent mostly in the arms of the Nelson family. They are my greatest support with my children, especially the days when Chase is at work, which happened to be this day. I'm going to miss having them there to help me every week since our ward boundaries have changed. :*( (5.18.14)

Memorial Day (5.26.14) - I didn't get any pictures of our day besides right before I put the kids in jammies for bed. The whole family met at Chase's mom's house and we had a BBQ in the backyard and the kids swam in the pool.

Other pictures of the kids from May:

She loves to bounce him

My first day home alone with the kids and I had them both asleep!

The Pearson's came to visit and meet Colton

She loves to help feed him

Daddy, I want to go riding!

She loves her baby!

She certainly thought the sing was for her!

Her favorite toy

Sleepy boy

Making towers out of jelly at Denny's

Normal???

She loves to get in our hamper for some reason...

Having a picnic out back...

...and then going for a walk.

Didn't you know that you nurse a baby through your belly?

In Daddy's shoes

I love her!!

We've been having fun riding our quads.

Cousin Memphis holding Colton

Playing with the Blackham kids

Chase celebrated his 30th birthday by working and then a donut when he got home. I'm a pretty pathetic party planner when I've had a baby only 2 weeks before.

We bought a Thanksgiving Point pass this year and I have been taking the kids to one of the venues almost daily. We like to go to story time, see the dinosaurs and farm animals, and play in the water at the curiosity museum.

wind tunnel

making things fly

green screen - chilling with dinosaurs

dinosaur museum

meeting the cow at the farm

pushing cousin Emmalee at the farm

monday night activity at the farm

making paper airplanes at story time at the dino museum

she never makes it through the day without wanting in the stroller

making hedgehogs at story time at the gardens

meeting a real hedgehog

walking the gardens

enjoying being outside

she's come a long way from screaming all through her first pony ride

making hats at story time

noah's ark splash area

dressed like grandpa

the water table at the curiosity museum

Colton was blessed in church on June 1st, the day he turned one month old. We had lots of family and friends come join us and participate. We feel very loved.

Pictures of the kids from June:

She covered him up with her blanket

She let me paint her toenails

Loves her little buddy

That's a lot of kids! Ryan and Stacey stayed with us for 2 days after they moved out of their apartment and before they went to Phoenix.

That's where you pump milk from!

She loves swimming!

Seeing the puppies outside of Petsmart

Learning how to take selfies!

Handsome boy!

Happy father's day!

Doing his hair!

All snuggled up in his new swing. He loves it!

Showing Colton how to use her toys.

And reading him stories.

Smiles!

Grandma came to visit

At the end of June, my mom flew out for a few days and helped me fly the kids to Phoenix to visit. Then Chase flew down the next weekend and helped me fly the kids home.
Excerpt from my Facebook about our flight home: "Well, after making it through the airport with two kids under age 2, boarding a plane that definitely was not tall enough for Chase to stand up in, Juliet's diaper leaking on Chase, changing said diaper across our laps during takeoff, Colton having a blowout diaper, having to change that diaper and clothes on our seat while Chase stands in the aisle because there's no changing table in the lavatory, using the only 2 wipes we had, wrestling a one year old on a plane for 1 1/2 hours, and finding out someone else probably took our suitcase home instead of theirs, we are finally home from AZ...with no suitcase..."

She loves airplanes. Colton's first airplane ride - 7 weeks old

Cousin Bethany from Australia

AZ science center

At the Tanger outlets

growing big!

We've also been going to lots of different splash parks around here. Juliet likes them and I love getting out in the sun!

Bluffdale

Alpine

Eagle Mountain

Independence Day 2014

We had Melissa and her family and Jennae over to swim and BBQ at the clubhouse. Then we went over to the Cranberry Farms neighborhood and played on bouncehouses. Then we came back to our house to watch a movie and give the kids quiet time in hopes they would take a nap. Instead, the kids played and Melissa and Chase took naps! Then we walked out to the main road and watched the Thanksgiving Point fireworks show. We lit a few of our own when we got back.

Our ward had its boundaries revised last Sunday, so while I went to the meeting after church to sustain our new bishopric, my good neighbor Brandy Nelson watched the kids for me. These were a few pictures she took.