Happy 3rd Birthday Addy-Cakes!

Happy Birthday to my loving, silly, crazy, funny, happy 3-year-old!
We love you for always making us smile, laugh, and shake our heads! We love you for all of your questions and answers! We love you for just being you! Here's hoping we all survive until you turn 4!!

Kaitlyn's First BYU Game

At 2 months, Kaitlyn probably had to wait the longest to attend a BYU sporting event. I guess that's what happens when you have a summer birthday when no BYU sports are playing. At least her first game was a quality one...BYU vs. Utah in women's soccer. Even better, BYU came away with a 4-0 win!
Oh yeah, the rest of the family came too.
Addy needed her own picture apparently.
As usual, Cole is watching the game and Emily is trying to find something entertaining to do!
Eventually she decided Kaitlyn needed to try on her hat. Frontwards...
And Backwards. (Or turtle mode as they called it!)
Good job surviving your first game Kaitlyn. And good luck surviving many, many, many, many more!

My Little Sister

This is Addy reporting in after a long break. I've been way too busy playing, causing trouble, and oh yeah, taking care of my new baby sister to update the blog!
Can I just say that I love my new baby sister. I'm always wanting to hold her, tickle her, grab her feet and hands, and whatever I can to be in contact with her. I especially love rubbing her soft hair! I really don't like when she cries and so when she does, I hurry and find a pacifier to put in her mouth. Thankfully, she's pretty tough and only gags a little as I force it in! My very favorite thing to do with my baby sister is to lay by her. If she starts to fuss a little and my Mom is too busy to pick her up right away, I move in next to her and lay down. I talk to her and hold her hand and take good care of her until my Mom is ready to get her.
Baby Kaitlyn, you and I are going to best friends in the years to come! I love you very, very much!

Bookworm

This is Emily's favorite pasttime right now, chapter books. She is a very easy child to entertain as long as there are books available. She gets so excited to discover new books and loves to go to the library. In fact, she is so addicted to reading that I have found myself using it as a punishment at times (probably not the best idea!). Emily even told me recently that, "Mom, you are the nicest Mom in the whole world because you let me read." How long is that going to last for? I can handle providing her with books in order to be the nicest Mom! I love you Emily, but I'm going to blame your nerdiness on your Dad!

My Big Second Grader

Here is Cole on his first day of Second Grade!
In front of his class door. (I don't know how much longer he will let me get away with this!!)
Sitting at his desk ready to learn!
While I'm happy that he is back in school and someone else can answer his millions of questions, I'm not happy that my little Coley Boy is not so little anymore! Please don't grow up too fast Cole! I love you very much.

Smile!!

In honor of Kaitlyn's 2 Month Birthday, here are some videos of her smiling!!

Water Fun

We have had such a mild summer this year, that it took us until the middle of July to break out the pool and Slip 'n Slide. (Having a baby could have had something to do with that as well.) But one Saturday it was hot enough that we decided the time had come!
When the Moms have newborn babies, the Dads have to do the setting up.
It started with just the big boys at first,
But eventually became much bigger!
The girls spent most of their time enjoying the pool,
While the boys tried to see how creative they could be going down the slide!
Addy did take a few turns on the slide. This picture is typical Addy determination. I think she used her feet to pull herself the whole way down the slide!
What a happy day it is when the kids can play in the water to beat the heat!