Fire pit

How fun would it be now if you came to visit? We could hang out in the back yard, build a fire and have a really great time. We've been wanting to get a fire pit thing for a long time, ever since our Provo house, and we finally got one. It was fun, we burned last years Christmas tree, it smelled good and we roasted some marshmallows. Yum.

Hope you have a nice Memorial day.

New Poll

So I'm doing a silly little poll because I just put some music on our blog and don't know if it is more annoying than cool. I know that there have been a few myspace pages and stuff in the past that I kind of avoided because the music thing was annoying (because of the choice of song or because I didn't really feel like listening to music when I was online). Lately, on blogs though, I've had a different experience. I've heard some new songs that I kind of like. So, what do you think? Make a vote.

Fishin' with Dad

Ben took Brandon to the Father & Son's campout. Brandon had he BEST time. He keeps saying that he loved "goin' fishin' with his surprise fishin' rod." It's really cute. I should probably teach to pronounce the "g" on -ing words. That was the highlight fishing with Dad.  Ben didn't get much sleep, but had a fun time spending time with his kiddo.

This is kind of off the subject, but did you know that it doesn't get dark here until 10:15 at night right now and the longest day of the year is like June 21st or something, so it'll be dark at like 11 or later then. It's because we're so close to the border for pacific time & we don't have any close western mountains.  It's pretty awesome, but it makes you not want to go to bed until really late.

You know they should have these campouts more often. I had the best time relaxing while they we're gone and a little rejuvinated by the time they came home.

This place that they went to is only like a half hour drive from here. There are so many cool places so close. I'm excited to check them out. I don't know why this is underlined & blue, but I can't figure out how to change it so, whatever...

Happy 8th Anniversary!!!

It has been 8 years since I got to marry the love of my life.  I can't even believe it has been that long. It makes me feel a little old or something, but really lucky too. Ben is the best! You know it's kind of funny looking back on that day, it is such a blur, I'm glad we have pictures, and a silly little video :) 

 

Happy Anniversary Bennie Cakes!! lol ;)

Quiet Book

I've been working on this Quiet book for almost a month now and I finally finished it and I just wanted to show it off.

Cutsie Cover, yet still boyish.

Match the Shapes Page. This is the first page. It has a little pocket holding all of the shapes. Helps learn a lot of different shapes.

This is page 2 & 3

Sort the Apples. There is a hidden pocket in the tree holding all of the apples. 

Hang the laundry out to dry. There is a laundry basket and all of the clothes can be hooked on the line to dry. It also has a bird that you can velcro on and off. Velcro is a must in a quiet book, even though it's the most unquiet thing about the quiet book.

Pages 4 & 5

Lace the Loops. Helps with counting and hand eye coordination.

Count the Gumballs. You can take the buttons/gumballs out of the gumball machine and put them in seperate pockets. Helps with counting and each gumball color matches a pocket color. There is also a little pouch with money to put in the machine for fun.

Pages 6 & 7.  Braid the Lions tail and The other page is a puzzle page. It has a big pocket with the peices in it.

And it makes a 6 piece owl puzzle.

These are the last pages (8 & 9).

Button the Flowers. You can button the flowers and snap the leaves on and off.

Last page is Match the Socks. You can take one of each pair of socks off and then match them. I used hair clips for the detachable sock.

Brandon LOVES it, so that makes it worth it. It was way more work than I anticapated, but I got the idea and started thinking of all the pages I could do and I got all excited about it and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. And I hope it will help keep Brandon quiet at church.
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Bridger Videos

This is a video of Bridger almost crawling.




Bridger is such a happy baby. He laughs so easily. He is so much fun.

Witch Paff

Yesterday, we went on a little nature walk. Brandon just LOVED it.  We've gone on a walk on this particular path before, so Brandon remembered it. Brandon calls this place "witch paff," we've been kind of wondering what he meant until we got there. Because there are quite a few forks in the path, we say 'which path' should we take? So, I guess he picked up on it, not really grasping what it meant. I think he knows now after this last time, but it was pretty funny when we figured it out. Anyway, we had a lot of fun. It was really nice to enjoy this nice nice weather we've been having. 

New Summer Jammies

Brandon got some new jammies for the warmer weather, and I took some pictures because he just looked so stinkin' cute. I can't even believe how big Brandon is now.