Life Lately: August

I've decided I need to be better about putting our pictures somewhere so I'm going to try monthly to post about what life has been like. Hopefully I can stay motivated. It will be a lot of pictures and not very much writing which is the fun of this blog anyway!

We went mini golfing for FHE one night and Emry loved it!

 Emry is still taking gymnastics and she has learned how to do a back-bend really well! So proud of this girl for working hard and learning!

 This is my view all day every day! "Pick me up Mom!" Of course, I normally do because he's too cute!

 Bowling fun. This boy is too cute!

 Emry wanted to bowl all by herself. She's getting too big!

 This one won't turn, I don't know why but these are our snuggles on the couch. I'll take as many snuggles as I can get from this cute girl. I wish she could stay little forever!

More mini golfing with Jeffy for his birthday

 Fun bonfire in the mountains with our cousins

 Despite his face looking very unimpressed, he loved this chair and was very content to just sit there. Those lips are just too much!

 Helping mom make cookies one Sunday

 Seven Peaks with Grandpa

 Date night at Sundance to see the Bluebird Cafe show. Love this man.

 First day of dance. She's the cutest little ballerina ever

 We met up with Grandma Nancy one day she was in town and she was just looking too cute at City Creek. 

 We started practicing writing her name and she is getting pretty good. She can mostly write her first name on her own. She's such a smarty pants! Love her!

It's A...

GIRL!!!

coming March 2016

Oh we are so excited to announce we're having another baby girl! Emry is SO excited to have a baby sister and we can't wait to meet her. (Except we can wait because the thought of three kids sometimes terrifies me...) 

Happy Birthday Olivia

I'll have to admit, this year was a hard one for me. Olivia would have been 5 this year which means we would have been entering a lot of firsts. She would be going to Kindergarten this year and seeing all the kids her age doing all these fun things had me really sad. I really miss this girl and honestly, I really miss that Emry didn't get to have her as her older sister. Sometimes I just sit and think about how much fun these girls would have had together. They would have been so much fun to watch together. The only thing that makes this okay is the fact that I know I get to have her again. All that is lost in this life will be given in the next. I have a very strong testimony of the Plan of Salvation. I've said it before but I think it's important to continually strengthen our testimonies. Having Olivia has added so much depth to my testimony of this gospel. I know it's true and I'm so grateful for the peace it brings in these really hard moments.

We love you sweet girl and miss you so much! 

Hiking Donut Falls

Uncle Jeffy went with us to hike Donut Falls and we had so much fun. Emry did pretty well and walked a lot of the hike. (We also learned a new skill of peeing in the woods!) Haha! It was great to get out in nature and enjoy the fresh air! We love having Uncle Jeff so close and we are going to be so sad when he moves away (Don't Go!)

Girl's Night

Lynne and I took the girls out for a girl's night to Color Me Mine and ice cream. They had so much fun and Emry talks about her Mommy Daughter date all the time now. Love these precious moments with her. 

Family Pictures 2015

 

13 Months: Welsey

Wesley seems like he is growing so much lately. He is communicating and playing more and more and it's so fun! Here are some of what he's up to lately.

*Starting signing more and more. He signs dog, more, all done, and milk.
*Says Hi (he really says hi-ya and it's adorable), a-du (all done), hello, mama, dada
*Still taking his two naps
*Has become such a cuddle bug. He loves to cuddle after he gets up from his nap.
*Loves his mamma! If he sees me, he will almost always reach for me. However, he doesn't really have stranger danger either. He is fine going to other people, he just prefers me (and I'm fine with that). He does get shy when he sees other people look at him and it is adorable. He will smile and lay his head down on my shoulder like he is hiding.
*Cutting four molars but thankfully they don't seem to be bothering him so much. Every once in a while when he eats he will start crying like he is hurting but other than that, he is a happy boy.
*Started to stand up on his own but still no walking in sight. He is getting braver and braver so hopefully it's soon. We'll see.
*Loves his Emry sister so much
*The other day I was holding my nephew who is 4 months old and he did NOT like that. It was kind of funny how possessive he became of me.
*Loves to be tickled and laughing.

Happy 4th of July

We spent our 4th of July in Grantsville with the whole Gardner gang. It was really fun. We spent the morning going to the town's parade. It was so hot but the kids (and adults) still had a lot of fun. Happy 4th!!

Emry's fun star hair!

 Gardner cousins

 Happy 4th from the Gardners

 Shoulder ride from Grandma and Grandpa

 Hanging out in the hammock trying to cool off in the shade