Now that I have put that lovely song in your head ... It's been a crazy few weeks! Thank goodness it's because of all the fun things we have been up to ~ have I mentioned I LOVE summer!?!
FIRST ---->>>> We visited Ryan's Grandparents in Lovell, Wyoming. It was so great to see them and visit Lovell, it's the definition of small town America and I love it (to visit...)!! The terrible thing is we haven't been since we first got married, almost 10 years - we are bad grandkids! It helps that now we can fly into Billings or Cody so the drive is shorter. Dylan had a blast, he was spinning circles on the plane ride there trying to touch everything! He loved meeting Grandpa and Grandma and we are the luckiest parents to have such a good sleeper and laid back traveler. Of course no visit is complete without a rousing game of Upwords!
SECOND ---->>>> Musical Theatre Season begins! Actually I don' think it really has a season but we are making some BIG and exciting changes at Belasco Theatre Company Utah. I will definitely be keeping everyone up to date. In the meantime it keeps us all very busy and excited, our fall show will no doubt be my favorite one yet!
THIRD ---->>>> Ryan's sister Lisa and her boys are visiting right now. It's always so much fun to see them and the boys are all at ages where they can play together. They came over to play with Dylan yesterday afternoon and then in the evening we went to Red Butte Garden with the whole family for Kristi's Birthday and a congratulations picnic for Ryan's dad who is retiring from the Air Force as a Colonol with 22 years of service, awesome! It was so much fun, I can't tell you how much I love that place! It is one of Utah's best kept secrets in fact I may ruin it by spreading the word... The first few pictures are actually from a different visit but I had to include them, we go there at least once a week so I take tons-o-pics.
This is why you don't give a kid who is just learning to feed himself a
CUP to play with in the sand!
Last week the Wisteria was in bloom - it looked and smelled incredible!
Kristi, you look alright too ;)
I have a million of these pictures but I narrowed to down to three. Lincoln is in the middle, he is 3.5 years old and Sawyer is closest to the camera, he is just over one year old. I had to include the last picture because it best depicts what was really going on! The fact that it is blurry actually adds to the affect. Dylan is yelling in excitement and delight, Lincoln is consistency creeping toward the edge of the platform and Lisa has a firm grip on Sawyers shirt while he attempts to join the fishies head first.
Jim not only received a Certificate of Retirement and Appreciation from Pres. Obama for himself, they also award the supporting wife. I know all you military wives will agree it's a well deserved honor!
FOURTH ---->>>> Dylan is TEN MONTHS today! YEAH!! He is such an awesome kid and everytime I think "it can't get better than this" he proves me wrong. He is mimicking me a lot lately - words, sounds (like when I sneeze! lol), actions, eating and so on, it's all so amazing to me! At his 10 month dr. appointment he finally passed the 20 pound mark! He is 20.6 pounds (30th %) and 30 inches tall (90th %), he grew 1.5 inches in just one month! Fortunately his head seems to be on a break...phew! Aside from all his fun chatter he is moving all over the place, climbing on things, walking along the walls and furniture, even occassionaly venturing to take a few steps without support, though he ends up right on his bum. I think he is still a month or so out with walking but he is quite determined, of course having his head growth slow down a bit should help, poor kid!
Happy Birthday Kristi!!
This is why you don't give a kid who is just learning to feed himself a
CUP to play with in the sand!
Last week the Wisteria was in bloom - it looked and smelled incredible!
Kristi, you look alright too ;)
Dylan absolutely loves to play with Aunt Jill (technically Ryan's aunt) and pretty much wherever she is, Dylan is as well! This is what happens when you play in the water BEFORE the sand box...he is plastered!
I have a million of these pictures but I narrowed to down to three. Lincoln is in the middle, he is 3.5 years old and Sawyer is closest to the camera, he is just over one year old. I had to include the last picture because it best depicts what was really going on! The fact that it is blurry actually adds to the affect. Dylan is yelling in excitement and delight, Lincoln is consistency creeping toward the edge of the platform and Lisa has a firm grip on Sawyers shirt while he attempts to join the fishies head first.
Jim not only received a Certificate of Retirement and Appreciation from Pres. Obama for himself, they also award the supporting wife. I know all you military wives will agree it's a well deserved honor!
FOURTH ---->>>> Dylan is TEN MONTHS today! YEAH!! He is such an awesome kid and everytime I think "it can't get better than this" he proves me wrong. He is mimicking me a lot lately - words, sounds (like when I sneeze! lol), actions, eating and so on, it's all so amazing to me! At his 10 month dr. appointment he finally passed the 20 pound mark! He is 20.6 pounds (30th %) and 30 inches tall (90th %), he grew 1.5 inches in just one month! Fortunately his head seems to be on a break...phew! Aside from all his fun chatter he is moving all over the place, climbing on things, walking along the walls and furniture, even occassionaly venturing to take a few steps without support, though he ends up right on his bum. I think he is still a month or so out with walking but he is quite determined, of course having his head growth slow down a bit should help, poor kid!
FIFTH ----->>>>> I don't even know how we have time for fun when we are spending countless hours working on our yard! It's getting so close...kind of...as most of you know it never really ends. I actually really enjoy the work I just wish it wasn't so expensive! The front yard is pretty close, the flower boxes Ryan made me last year are flourishing with colorful blooms and tasty herbs. We have fresh bark down in all of the flower beds and just need a few more plants and trees to finish it up! The backyard? That's another story!! When they came to put in the sprinklers and cleared the weeds I couldn't believe how big the yard is! We finally finished all of the edging today. I had a really good time picking my pattern and placing the edging for the whole yard BUT I couldn't believe it was SUCH HARD WORK!! Ryan came behind to finish hammering in all the stakes, we make a great team. I'll get some pictures of the front and update as we progress! Oh how could I forget? I planted my own garden for the first time, a few tomatoes, squashes and rhubarb. Hopefully it goes well and we can plant more next year!
3 comments:
you sure have been busy! Dylan is so cute and growing so fast! I love blogs so we can see all that goes on. I have never been to REd Butte but my sister is getting married there on Friday 2 days wow! So I am sure it will be beautiful.
Such fun pictures! All looks like good times! Dylan is growing soooo fast! He's super cute!
Wow! That was a ton of information! That is hilarious that Dylan is so tall and skinny, just like Ryan. And, I love how you mapped out the backyard. What is going to be in the big area way to the back? Are you putting in a swingset or something?
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