Swim Lessons

Sadly have come to an end but we had so much fun!!! We took them with Nichole and Jackson Brown and Nicole and Russell Hill. It was so fun to splash and kick and blow bubbles. We picked the coldest two weeks ever! Most days it was overcast and cloudy and some days it even rained on us. Poor Daniel has 0% fat and had purple lips and fingers not to mention goosebumps. Here are some pictures of our last day playing in the pool.We even went down the slide, sadly Nichole Brown was sick so I don't have pictures of here and cute Jackson.

GQ Baby...

Pony Ride

The Saturday before Mothers day the girls on my moms side of the family all met up in Salt Lake to go out to lunch. Daniel was the only boy lucky enough to tag along. They had this little petting zoo and horseback riding spot and I just had to try Daniel out on a horse. Okay they weren't horses they were only ponies. He loved looking at them and telling the noise that they made but of course the minute we got close to them it was major freak out. I have video and I'm going to try and post it. The picture kind of shows how upset he was. He was holding onto me for dear life the ENTIRE time and I think we walked around on the pony at least 8 times. I picked the smallest one and was bent over holding him. I felt like a really mean mom after that. I'll never make him do that again!!! (But just fyi he did enjoy himself at the end when he was away from the camera and other family members. I even got him to pet the pony once or twice. Still will never do that again.)

Fort

I found these pictures on my camera and had to post them. This is the first fort ever made for Daniel. Aunt Megan made it for him and they played in it all afternoon. When I got home from work he was so excited to show it to me. What a great aunt and future mommy!!! You'll do great Megan!!!

Sunshine and Popsicles

Finally our first official nice day of summer!!!! We played outside for a really long time. First we drew on the sidewalk with chalk and Daniel drew on himself more then the sidewalk. He also kept trying to taste the chalk whenever I turned around. I decided that since he was so messy I would let him have a popsicle, he had a purple one and I had a red one. Then he decided he wanted to share with me. He'd walk around the yard with his purple one then come over and hand it to me and take my red one. When he got sick of the cherry flavor he would come back for grape. He did this a couple of times and in the end stuck with his grape. He was so dirty!!!! Chalk all over his clothes and hands and popsicle dripping all the way down his arm and off his elbow. I can't stand sticky messes but I figured on the first offical summer day I could let it go.

Bath Time Helper

Daniel now insists on helping during bath time. He loves to wash his tummy and recently figured out how to dump the water on his own head. He's growing up so fast.

Strawberry Days

Every June Pleasant Grove has Strawberry Days. Its our town celebration for a whole week. It starts off the third Sunday in June and then runs all that week. There are two parades, a Childrens and then the big City one, a carnival in downtown Pleasant Grove and lots of fun family activities throughout the week. On Friday morning they had a little Huck Finn days and they had a bunch of fun games and booths that you could take kids to for free. Jacob came with Daniel and I and took him down the big blow up slide a couple of times. There were even pony rides but don't worry I didn't even try. Then starting on Wednesday night and going through Saturday night they have the annual Strawberry Days RODEO. Okay I have no clue what it is about the Rodeo but I LOVE IT!!! I love watching the buckin' bronco's and the cowboys and I LOVE, LOVE the Bull Riding. I know that sounds so silly but I just get so excited. David and I planned all week to go with the Hills and the Rices and I was so excited Saturday morning, only to be let down by our freak rainstorms. It rained and I mean poured all day. I tried not to let my spirits sink and keep a little hope. David told me not to get my hopes up more the a few times. We dropped Daniel off, I borrowed a big umbrella and waterproof blanket, and went out to dinner. The Rice's didn't risk coming all the way down to get rained on. We went to dinner and I kept looking out the window and hoping and it was pouring rain. We dicussed other options and to my extreme happiness and Nicole's the rain stopped. It seriously stopped right as were getting ready to leave. No RAIN meant RODEO!!! Nicole and I were so happy to be able to go and had so much fun. We are lucky our husbands love us so much. Of course the arena was muddy and that just made it that more fun. Thanks to David and Brian who gave up their movie to take us to the Rodeo. I LOVED IT!!!

Barefoot in the Rain

I finally couldn't take staying indoors anymore so I removed Daniels socks and let him play barefoot in the rain. He loved it. I know we'll be outside a lot more when the weather is better because he will play for hours. Here are just a few pictures of him playing outside. He found the handle to his wagon and started walking like it was his cane/pointer. The things he comes up with sometimes...

Baking

So the weather here in Utah has been cold and wet which means Daniel and I have not be outside much. On Wednesday I was going crazy with boredom and decided that we should make cookies. Daniel loved helping. I had to be careful because every time I turned my back he was into something whether it was pouring out the flour we had just put in the bowl or trying to sneak a piece of cookie dough when he thought I wasn't watching. His favorite part I think was smashing out the dough. We only had Christmas cookie cutters so the cookies were in the shape of stars, Christmas trees and some kind of bird maybe a dove. It's nice to know that even though he's only 16 months he can still make cookies with me. If anyone else has ideas of things we can do together at home please let me know.

SUMMER!!!!

Summer actually started like two weeks ago but I have been crazy busy trying to clean out my classroom and my house. I will not be teaching next year which will be really great but interesting. I started to cry when I gave my principal my keys to the school and classroom. It's always hard to close a wonderful chapter of life. However I'm excited for the new one. David and I figured that this is the first summer in 10 years that I haven't been in school or working. I have so much free time I don't know what to do. I need to make lists of all the things I'd like to do and start crossing them off.
So far this summer Daniel and I have started swim lessons. We go every day for the next two weeks and its so much fun. Very basic but so fun to have something to do. I also attempted to plant a garden and we'll see how that goes. Its been really cold and overcast for a Utah summer so hopefully soon we can get outside and do all the fun things. We went camping with our wonderful family Jojo, Rod, Milo, Elliot and Taylor and vowed to go at least four more times this summer. But hands down the most exciting thing so far this summer happened last week (No It wasn't my birthday although that was fun) my sister Megan had her first ultra sound and found out that there wasn't just one baby growing inside but TWO!!!!!! Yes I'm going to be the aunt of TWINS!!!!! I can't wait!!!! Congrats to Megan and Tyler who in just 6 short months will be living one crazy busy life with two bundles of joy!!!