Swim Lessons

Sophie also did swim lessons this summer. She surprised us with her bravery. She has always been very timid around water and although she was nervous she now dunks her face in the water and back floats wonderfully.

Manti Pageant camp trip

Manti pageant was so much fun. We got to test out the trailer for the first time and everything worked great and it was so nice to have our own space for the kids. Kimber planned this trip and she did such a great job the campsite had a pool and a playground. We had tons of fun hanging with the cooks, rhoades and the stoddards. I tried to explain to Sophie what a play is and I told her that it is like a movie but with real people. She was so excited and then about 40 minutes into it she turned to me and said "mom this movie is really boring". From the perspective of a three year old I guess maybe it was but we sure enjoyed it.

4th of July

4th of July brought the usual parades, fireworks, carnivals and picnics. Tony entered some of his restored military vehicles in the parade and Jeremy ended up riding on the back of one of them. They were the hit of the parade. Sophie enjoyed watermelon and sparklers at the stoddards house picnic. Porter just wasn't sure what was going on. All in all we had a blast!

Dinosaur Park with cousins

We went to the dinosuar park with some utah cousins and had so much fun. Sophie made poor Grandpa swing her for hours I should have warned him that she never tires of that activity. My super sweet sister-in-law Christan brought pizza and snacks for everybody she even brought bubbles for all of the kiddos. Thanks so much Christan you made the day so much fun for everyone. We only managed to lose 2 kids on our excursion so thats a success right? Sophie is still talking about the dinosaurs that she is entirely convinced are real. I keep telling her they are fake but she insists that the dinosaurs inside are real hte ones outside are pretend.

Cousins

Here are a few of the pics I caught of the cousins while they were here.

Jeannie and Kassi

Josh, Logan and Gabe

Olivia, Cayleigh and Sophie

Kellie, Annika and Logan

Allan Thomas and Brynleigh aka the baby whisperer

Grandma and baby Tori


There were so many memories with family here I loved every minute of it. Logan was baptized while he was here and baby Tori was blessed. We are so happy they chose to do it here so we could be a part of it. Gabe, Josh, Kellie and Jeannie all celebrated their birthdays with us as well. Thanks for all of the fun memories we love you and miss you already!

Grass

We finally have grass! yay I am so elated here is to many backyard bbq's and fond memories of children playing in the backyard. Thanks so much Larry, Chris, Stoddards, Mark, Aaron, Jay and Jeannie you guys are the best you helped us out so much and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Feeling Human Again

I feel human again, I feel human again! Porter is starting to get on a little bit of a schedule allowing me a very small amount of free time so I thought maybe I should update our blog. Porter is growing so quickly, he is starting to smile and talk with us which has been so much fun. When Porter wakes up in the morning he has the hugest smile. He is so happy to have someone to talk to after a night of silence! One of these days I will catch it with my camera and post it so you can see what I see every morning. It is so cute! At his 2 month check up Porter weighed 9 lbs 11.5 oz Sophie weighed 9 lbs 14 oz at her 2 month check up. So far they are really close but he started out smaller so at some point I would not be surprised if he passed her up. Sophie has been loving life because she has discovered that not having moms attention at all times is not necissarily a bad thing. She hasn't gotten into too much trouble but she pushes me out of her room enjoying her freedom. Sophie has been in a little bit of a braty stage since around 2 1/2 and lately she has been back to my sweet Sophie and I am loving it both me and Jeremy say it feels like sweet Sophie went away for awhile and now she is back!!! I got the kids pictures done at the beginning of march and I finally got my order placed and back so here they are. Kim did such a great job I absolutely love them.