Liberty Park

I love my friends!! I especially love that our kids are friends!! They get along so well and we always have so much fun together! Today we went on a playdate to Liberty Park. Matt was in heaven, especially when my parents showed up! Friends and grandparents at the same place at the same time--Does it get any better!? Thanks again Ang for planning such a fun day!

Life is Great!

Last night we had my parents and grandparents over for hamburgars and root beer floats. After dinner Darin was on the phone making plans for Scout Camp. Matthew said, "Daddy, phone in pocket! You in backyard with me!" I totally reminded me of those LDS "Isn't it about time?" commercials. Darin put away his phone and went running through the sprinkklers with Matt. He is one lucky boy to have such an awesome dad!



Here is a short movie of them running in our backyard sprinklers.



Yesterday morning Matthew came in wearing Darin's shoes and said, "Bye Mommy! I go to working with mine Daddy!" So, I took a quick photo:




And our little Linds is AWESOME!! Look at this picture of her holding her head up!! WAHOO!!! Go Linds!!

Lindsay is 5 Months

I am pretty sure that Lindsay is super woman!! I am so amazed at how fast she is improving! She is such a good, happy baby and we love having her around! It really only seems like she cries once every 3 days!

Lindsay's physical therapy is going really well! In the last month she has held her head up on her own and she even rolled over! The only concern we have right now is that she isn’t standing or pushing with her arms. Most babies have a natural reflex to push against a surface when there is pressure on their feet or hands but Linds doesn’t do that yet. But, we’re working on it. The only reason that that’s a concern is because if she doesn’t get used to the feeling, she won’t want to walk later on. But other than that, she is doing super awesome!

And here is the addition to the owl pictures:



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Youth Conference 2011

This past weekend we had a Youth Conference for the Young Men and Young Women in my church. I am learning that I need to be better at delegating because I was starting to get stressed out right before. I know that things don’t always go according to plan, and it was true for Youth Conference—but it was even better that I was expecting!!

We had a great time! We went up to the Gunnerson Cabin (thanks again Al and Vicki for switching weeks with us). We played LOTS of fun games, did a few service projects, ate yummy food, had leadership training, a fireside, a testimony meeting, and a few other things. We had 29 people attend—3 less than I was expecting (we missed you girls!)

I was really happy with the way things turned out. We were especially grateful to our neighbors for lending us their suburban, because Darin went up the night before just to have things set up, and found the road to the cabin was cover in 8 inches of water!! A big HUGE thank you to Darin for all his work!! He technically didn’t have to go because he is with the Decons and they weren’t invited, but he came up just to help me out! What a guy!! Thanks Darin—LOVE YOU!!!!
And it just wouldn’t be a proper blog post without a few pictures, so here they are:















Oh, and I think that Matt and Lindsay had a great time too! Lindsay was always be held and cuddled by all the girls, and Matthew couldn't get enought of the Bishop! It was really cute!!

Happy Father's Day Darin!!

Let Summer Begin!!

We went to my brother's house this weekend for my niece's 2nd Birthday. We had a yummy BBQ, played on the swing set, in the sandbox, and just enjoyed visiting with each other. It made it feel like summer is officially here! Thanks Rick and Heather!! Here are a few cute pictures from Saturday night.

Children’s Museum at Discovery Gateway

My friend Suzanne had some free passes to the Children’s Museum and she let us tag along with her and her two cute girls! We had so much fun! This was Matthew’s first time going and I really think that he could have stayed there all day long. He loved the building blocks, the balls, the little play area for kids 2 and under, and of course, the water! Here are a few pictures from the fun day! And thanks again Suzanne for such a fun time!!









Ok, so I know that this last picture isn’t that great, but it makes me happy! I had been watching Matthew the whole time, but he was so busy playing he didn’t really notice me. When he went into this little “bird house” I tapped on the window and waved to him. When he saw me he got so excited! Then he started to announce to all the kids (that he didn’t even know), “Hey! That’s my mommy!!” I don’t know why, but that really just made my day!

GREAT NEWS!!

Lindsay held her head up while she was on her stomach!! We are SOOO excited!! Just thought I'd share! YAY LINDSAY!!!

Another Week

We've had another wonderful week! We have loved the nice weather and it seems that we have spent nearly all day every day outside! It has been great! We’ve had a fun and busy week including Lindsay’s physical therapy which she is doing AWESOME!!! She even held her head up while on her stomach for a couple seconds! Yay!! Go Lindsay!!

We also went up to our cabin this weekend! So pretty up there!!



Matt and Darin playing with a goat at Rick and Olivia's house.

Matt LOVED playing in the stream, but he fell in and got pretty dirty!



We went to Darin's brother's house for a yummy dinner, getting the kids together, and Heather and Breanna even gave us a pedi with sprinkle toes!!



Whenever I look at Lindsay’s head, I really don’t feel like it is that big., but this picture can kind of help you see how big it really is. This is a picture of Lindsay and her cousin Liv. Liv is 1 month old, and her head looks tiny compared to Lindsay’s, and Lindsay’s head is smaller now than when she was born! But, it is just more cute head to love!


Oh, and I went to a baby shower for my cute friend Lara! We've been friends since 5th grade. I've always been jealous of her big fat lips...and I still am!!


This picture was taken after Matt and I had spent all day at the park. He sat down in his "time out" chair and fell asleep about 30 seconds later!