Christmas 2013

   

This Christmas Season was filled with a lot of love, fun, and excitement.  We went to the Christmas tree lot and found our tree.  We spent some time decorating it and the house for Christmas.  We enjoyed the time we had to relax.  Ady did an outstanding job performing in her Christmas dance recital.  We were all spoiled by Santa.  Mostly, we felt the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We felt his sweet, humble spirit in our lives as we reflected on all of our blessings, and as we had the opportunity to give to others.  We enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends and knowing that we have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior who are always there for us and have given us so much. 

Wyatt’s Blessing Day

 

We blessed Wyatt today.  It was a really great day and we were surrounded by our wonderful family and friends.  Wyatt did not fuss in the least, and we feel blessed and excited for all that our Heavenly Father has in store for our little guy.  The spirit was strong today and we felt a calm reassurance from our Heavenly Father with regards to Wyatt’s health concerns.  We know that the Lord will bless him as he grows and prospers in life.  We are loving our calm, sweet, little Wyatt and are excited for all his life has in store for both him and  us.

Tigger and Pooh Bear go Trick or Treating

Jonah really wanted to be Tigger for Halloween this year, and we were able to get our hands on a Winnie the Pooh costume for Wyatt.  So, our trick or treating was straight from Pooh Corner.  We went to the ward Trunk or Treat and had dinner and did some trunk or treating.  Then, on Halloween we went to both grandparents homes and trick or treated there.  It was a fun night.  We wish Treven and Ady could have been with us, but they were at their Mom’s this year.

Pumpkin Pickin’ 2013

Every year since Treven & Ady were tiny my Dad has grown pumpkins for all of the local grandkids.  The grandkids all meet at Grandpa’s house a week or so before Halloween.  We go from youngest to oldest and pick our pumpkins each Halloween.  This is something that the kids love to do and something that we will remember about Grandpa forever.  He usually has some left over and makes sure that some of the kids in the neighborhood have the opportunity to pick one as well.

Union Train Station

  

Today we decided to tour the Union Station in Ogden.  We did not know, but it was like the ultimate free day and so not only did we get to tour the train museum, but we also got to tour the Browning gun and car museums as well.  Wyatt slept most of the time, Jonah only slowed down to watch an electric train move around, and the rest of us were fascinated by the trains, cars, and guns.  It was a really fun day for us to drive up there and spend a couple of hours.

Baby Wyatt’s First Photo Shoot

 

Our little baby Wyatt had his first photo shoot today.  He sure is a cute little guy and we are happy with the photos.  We are even more grateful to have this special little spirit be a part of our family and our home.

Baby Wyatt

Baby Wyatt was born August 17, 2013 at approximately 8:30AM.  He was 21.5 inches long and weighed in at 8 pounds 11 ounces…despite being two weeks early.  He is a cute little guy and so far seems to be extremely calm.  He is fun to cuddle and Treven, Ady, and Jonah all adore him.  Ashley is doing well juggling these four crazy kiddos, and is especially fond of the fact that she is no longer pregnant.  Wyatt has some health issues that we will have to watch and see, but for now we are mostly just excited.  We feel very blessed that our Heavenly Father has given us another one of his beautiful children to love and to care for.  Welcome to our family Baby Wyatt!

24th of July - 2013

The 24th of July was pretty low-key for us, but still fun.  Ashley is not enjoying the heat, at least in part because she is 8 months pregnant.  Despite this VERY hard pregnancy, she has been a trooper.  We went to our city parade and then were lucky enough to have her family join us and watch our city fireworks.  Jonah loves fireworks and refers to them as “pop pops.”  It is fun to celebrate our state and all that it has to offer.

Days of 47 Rodeo

Every year since I was 6, my Dad has taken the entire family to the rodeo.  I have always said that my Dad is an “in the closet cowboy.”  He has always been a business man and hardly knows what casual clothes even look like.  He is not even in to action movies…unless it is a John Wayne movie.  Despite all of this, he loves riding horses, westerns, rodeos, etc.  Going to this yearly rodeo is something that he loves to do as a family, and it has become a really neat family tradition that we all look forward to.  We had a great time again this year.

4th of July - 2013

 

We have had a great time this entire week being with family.  My brother has been in town with his family and we have been able to spend time with Ashley’s family as well.  We went to our ward breakfast for the 4th of July.  Because the city mayor lives in our ward, we often get to have the police escort a little parade around the block and even sometimes get the fire department to hose everyone down with the giant water cannon mounted on the top of their truck.  Later in the day, we spent time together before everyone went to the park to watch the fireworks.  The boy cousins played a pick up game of football, and the girl cousins just hung out while we were waiting for them to start.  We have been able to go bowling and do several other activities this week with family as well.  It has been a lot of fun.  How grateful we are for the freedom that we enjoy in this country.  While the country is far from perfect, it truly is the best system that man has devised to this point.  I am grateful for the liberties that we are able to enjoy and pray that none of us ever take them for granted.