Five

Today Trav and I have been married FIVE years. Seems like along time, but it has gone by so fast. He is everything I have ever wanted and more. I feel truely blessed to be his wife. Thanks Trav for being who you are I couldn't ask for someone more perfect for me. LOVES.

Grandma comes to town

Last week Grandma came to visit. We had such a great time together and always LOVE when we get to spend time with her. I was horrible at taking pictures, but we sure did do alot of fun things.

On Saturday we went to Amazing Jake's which is always so much fun. The highlight of the day for sure was when Boston was on the bumper cars. He was barely tall enough to reach the handles which left him spinning in circles until his cousin Porter would bump him and knock him out of it. Trav and I were dying we were laughing so hard. I tried to get it on video, but my laughter and shaking shoulders made for a terrible video.


Grandma thanks for coming to visit. We sure love you and miss you and can't wait till Christmas. Thanks for all you do.

Wow

Wow where has this summer gone? My Brother in-law Brandon has been living with us for the last 6 weeks while doing an internship here in Dallas. His wife and 2 girls have been back and forth between here and Waco trying to spend as much time with their Daddy as possible. It has been a crazy, fun, tiring 6 weeks. It has been so great to be with family so much. Boston loved waking up and having his cousins at his house to play with. We spent alot of time at the pool which is always fun.

Waco
One of the weeks Boston and I went down to Waco for a couple days. We had such a great time down there. We went to a children's museum, a jump house, and did a little antique store looking. It was good to break away for a couple days and do something different.

Now that the six weeks is over I think Boston will sleep for the next month straight. He didn't get his quota in for sleep and boy were we all feeling it. He can be quit the grouch without his sleep. Thanks B and Em for all you guys did to help out. It was fun to have you around and you better believe I am going to miss the girls like crazy.

2.5

I don't know how, but all of the sudden I have a two and a half year old. Seriously I can't believe it! One thing is for sure is that Trav and I are absolutely smitten with him. We think everything he does is the cutest, funniest, sweetest, craziest, you name it we think it is the best. Two is such a fun age. The talking is absolutely hilarious the days where he is "two" well those are long days. Here are somethings that I want to always remember about him at this age.

-He loves to be naked
-He is Mr. independent and thinks he can do just about everything by himself
-He was probably the worlds easiest boy to ever be potty trained. Seriously a dream!
-He thinks his Dad can do anything. Why wouldn't he though I do too.
-He has a pretty strict bedtime routine. Potty, books, prayer, song, rock, kisses, and then he sleeps like a dream.
-Still takes great naps 2-4 hours everyday. Some days it's a little more of a challenge than others to get him down, but definitely worth it.
-He names his poop. Daddy, Hyrum(cousin??? not sure how he got thrown in the mix), and Bobo depending on the size.
-He talks about his cousins ALL the time.
-He has to do everything is Dad is doing. Mowing the lawn, building something, turning on the sprinklers, seriously everything.
-He is for sure a Momma's boy when it comes to bedtime.
-He says the funniest things
-He calls people Man alot!
-The first thing he wants to do after we have done something fun is to call his Grandma's and tell them all about it.
-He is in to telling stories lately. SO RANDOM and so funny.
-He has the typical toddler diet hot dogs, Mac and Cheese, and Chicken Nuggets. Lucky for us we can throw any fruit in there, avocados, and a couple veggies.
-He is a very smart boy.
-He loves money. More on that later
-His hair goes absolutely crazy in this humidity.

Love him so much and like always am beyond grateful for the blessing he is in our lives.

Romantic?

Isn't it supposed to be romantic when you significant other paints your toes? Well my little significant other informed me a couple days ago that "you need to fix paint on you's toes. Only big one has it left". It's true I am not good at keeping my toes painted and have certainly never been one to do regular pedicures. I told Boston he was right and that I would go fix them. I told him he could choose the color and somehow it turned into him painting my toes. He was very focused the entire time and did a wonderful job. Just another reason I am absolutely crazy about my little Mr. romantic in training.

Best Buds

These pictures are about two weeks old, but I had to post them. Boston and Julia are such great friends and I absolutely love these pictures I got of them playing last week.

4th of July Weekend

We had a great 4th weekend. We spent it with Trav's Brothers and their families. Boston and I did a little craft together that he took very seriously and was actually interested in for longer than 15 minutes. Friday we spent the morning at the pool and tried to get them really tired for naps. Well it got them really tired, but no naps happened I am sure you can guess that everyone was very tired by the end of the day.

Saturday morning we got up and went to the Plano city parade. It was pretty lame, but the kids loved it and the adults had a good time laughing at the floats (or lack there of), the old man riding his bike in shorts that were shorter than I would wear, and all the Texas churches. Have I ever told you how many different churches there are in Texas? Alot! Our favorite at the parade was definitely the Cowboy Church. After the parade we went and let the kids run around at the play place in the mall and later that night we had a BBQ.

Sunday we went to church and had a yummy dinner at Ed and Xela's house. That night we went to the city fireworks which definitely were a part of budget cuts. They were pretty lame and short and definitely not worth the hour and a half it took to get home. Again the kids loved it so it always makes it better.

Monday we spent the day at the pool again and enjoyed Freebirds and Mooyah for Dinner.

It was a great weekend with family. The kids are all more than worn out and in need of some really good naps. I love the 4th of July and am so grateful for everything it represents.

I do have to say that the 4th of July is one of the only things besides Family/Friends I miss about Utah. Hands down Provo/Orem best place to be on the 4th.