My Bethany is getting married!!

I am so excited for Bethany!! We have been friends since about the third grade and she is such an amazing person. I am so happy she found such a great guy that supports her in all her adventures.

Playing with Friends

Two weeks ago we went to dinner at a friends house. They have a cute little boy, Aiden, just a few months older than Kyler. They became friends in nursery so we decided to have a dinner play date. Kyler LOVED their backyard. They have an amazing swing set and this inflatable bouncer thing. We are so lucky to have met some wonderful people in our new area.

Thank You Dad!!

I just wanted to say thanks to my sweet parents who take such good care of me. Wed night I was tired after work and had no desire to cook dinner for my family, so instead of making them go hungry my dad took us all out to the Training Table for dinner. It is amazing how much they do for me with all the babysitting, dinners, and help fixing things in our new house. I really appreciate it!!

Monica's Birthday

So in true Monica fashion this was the first of two birthday celebrations. Karyn put together a birthday BBQ in their backyard. It was beautiful weather with lots of good food. Kyler had fun riding in the wagon with the dog and being in charge pulling the wagon himself.

I enjoyed my annual lemon meringue pie as a birthday cake substitute.

Shakespeare Festival

This is one of our few traditions. Every summer since I was 14 or so I've gone to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City with my parents. When Blake came into the picture we started dragging him along. I'm not sure what he thought the first few years but I think he really enjoys it now. Our yearly attempt at culture has gotten harder the last few years with Kyler but I'm glad we've still been able to go. We're lucky to have my parents there to help us entertain him. I know Blake would really miss the delicious raspberry and cream cheese tarts. I think really he looks forward to those more than the plays.

Salt Lake Bee's Game

We wanted to take Kyler to a Bee's Game all summer and we finally made it the last week of the season. We started early taking Kyler to Spring Training the past two years so he loves to watch baseball. All other sports are called baseball. He dad is so proud of this.

The only bad part of the game is when the mascot made his way to our area of the stadium. Here is the cute and cuddly bee...

...And this is Kyler freaking out every time he looked up and saw him. Luckily we were about the eighth inning by then so he didn't suffer for too long.

Blake's Birthday

So back at the beginning of Aug. Blake had his 31st Birthday. I've just been a little slow about posting things lately. We met up with him at the Gateway after work and took Kyler for several rides (in a circle) on the Trax choo-choo train. He thought it was the coolest.

When everyone else arrived we sat down for dinner at the delicious California Pizza Kitchen. It was Kyler's first date with Kaiya. They shared some bread and I'm sure had a delightful conversation.

Blake enjoying some birthday cake back at the house.

Bear Lake Weekend

We spent the weekend in Bear Lake with my family. Kyler had a great time with all the cousins and went for his first boat ride. The hardest part was convincing him that he had to wear a life jacket. After that he was okay with the idea, just mellow with his fingers in his ears the entire time.

Blake showing us his wakeboarding moves. I was on camera and Kyler duty since I think it would be frowned upon to go wakeboarding while pregnant. Don't tell but I didn't go out on the jet ski for a little while. I had permission from a doctor (my brother) and made Blake take it slow.

Christian driving the boat.

Kyler with cousin Kacey playing in the toddler pool and on the beach. He loves the water and mostly wanted to play and splash in the big pool with the older kids. Water is the one area where he still has no fear.
Kyler did surprisingly well playing in the sand, given that he inherited his fathers trait for never wanting to get his hands dirty. He just came to mom every so often to have some juice and get his hands and face washed off.
This is about as far as he made it on the 4-wheeler. I was surprised he sat on it because he has always been afraid of Blake's dads. As soon as Laurie started to move forward he was done.

Kyler's Favorite Activity

A few weeks ago we took Kyler bowling with my family. We figured he would like it since it involves a ball and things crashing down. The video clip is from my camera so there is no sound but here is how it went down each time. Kyler pushes the ball, jumps up and down and squeals while the pins fall down, then runs to wait for his ball calling "come here ball" and slapping his leg like he's calling a dog.



You can see he did really well too. He beat the other kids and even most of the adults (I'm sure the bumpers helped a little). I know we'll be going again soon since every time we pass the bowling alley sign on main street he gets excited and starts yelling "bowling game, bowling game".

Random Stuff

Here are some random events and photos that I like and wanted to share.

One of Kyler's new tub activities is to fit as many toys as he can into his mouth or try and hide under them. The fun things that Grandma Karyn thinks up.
This is our cute friend Michelle and her fiance Frank. She moved from Seattle to Utah to go school and we are excited to have her closer. They came over for lunch a few weeks ago.
My favorite little boy with a bubble beard.
Grandpa Brad's Birthday!! Blowing out the candles with some help from Kyler.
Kyler doing one of he new favorite things COLORING. We have been lucky so far (knock on wood) that he only colors on paper.