First day of school and 3rd Birthday!

Back to school...back to school...to show my dad I ain't no fool......

Chad and Bridger had their 1st day of school together. Bridger's first day of preschool and Chad's first day of 18th grade! Don't they look so cute and ready to learn?

This is bridger's post-party set-up...New thomas underwear and toys!
All he wanted to do for three days after his party was play trains.

Had to be brave at his party and Jump off the diving board...with aunt Hannah's help of course!

Chad gives thumbs up to Bridger turning three!

and the cake...wouldn't be a "thomas party" (like bridger requested) without a thomas cake!

Riding with Grandpa Smith and New Toys!

Summertime and the livin's easy

This is my attempt to catch up on what we've been up to this summer...

Work... chad's been helping on the farm, and this is the kind of laundry I am privileged to clean when he's done :)

Play...

bridger uses his trains to associate colors. For example, if it's a blue cup... it's the "Thomas"cup (Thomas the train is blue...as if you didn't know). If he wants a red otter pop, he asks for a "James"one (James is red), And does the same with every train and color. Anyhow...The other day he was playing in his room and I came in and this is what he had set up... Trains matched to Lincoln logs in the same color.

We're working on the proper color names...but I'm not rushing it, It's cute at 2!

Potty training....

I swore i'd never put things like this on my blog...but it was just too funny to pass up!

Chad caught this in the works and hollered at me to grab my camera.

What's he reading?...that would be the battery instructions to a thomas toy he got a few months back. He'll study it forever!

Potty training is complete!....oh happy day

Bowen...

Just as squishy and cute as ever!

Swimming...

Grilling...

Grilled pizza is my favorite thing to cook these days...so delish!

"Vacation all I ever wanted....vacation ready to get away!"

Bear Lake is currently my favorite place in Utah! Crystal blue water, gorgeous mountains, and fresh raspberry shakes...who could ask for more!

Tether ball...I almost forgot it existed. Remember the rush of adrenaline you'd get when
that ball wrapped around the pole? Chad, my Bro Tim, and Bro-in-law Bodi had a tether ball tournament...It got very intense...I laughed my head off.

Bridger and Sophie (my niece)

Sweet baby Bo

"El Bandito"....if you haven't been to the Pickelville Playhouse. I HIGHLY recommend it!

Just happy to be at the lake

Bridger and Laynie (my niece) played in this puddle for an hour!

Yeehaw! Bear Lake Rocks!

Thanks Mom & Rich for the fun week!

Bridger has been my little garden helper this summer. He loves to get his boots and help me water...maybe he'll have a career in landscaping??

He also started doing dishes recently. I'll be feeding bo in another room and hear the bench slide across the floor. I'll say "whacha doing buddy?" and he calls out "i'm just helpin you mom".

oh, and NO...he's not potty trained yet and Yes...I let him run around in his diaper all the time

Blessing Day

Bowen's Blessing Day

I am so thankful for this sweet baby. He is so easy to love! We had almost all of our family here for his blessing and it was such a nice day. This is actually Chad's baby blessing outfit... shoes and all. His mom gave it to me and we blessed both our boys in it.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Chad is so good to me. I've been wanting to do a little garden in our yard for a while and so when I told him this is what I wanted to do for my birthday he went along with it all the way! Little did he know how rocky our yard was! We were out there for hours then he was out there for hours more tilling and digging out boulders and tilling some more. Finally we have two lovely garden boxes filled with seeds! ...Now I just hope they grow! Nothing is better than grilled zucchini and squash at a summer BBQ right?