Sydney Sunshine

Sydney is our sunshine! I am so thankful for this little girl, she knows how to brighten up my mood. She is pretty sweet with Tate and Emmy, sure she has her moments of "loveliness" but she can usually snap out of those pretty quick. Tate and Emmy adore her and she knows how to make each of them happy, which means so much to a tired Momma. While we have been staying at my parents home Syd and Tate have been sharing a bed. Last night I heard Tate snap at Sydney, "YOUR TOUCHING MY PILLOW!" Syd just scooted to her side of the bed with out any words or fists thrown back at him (not always the case but I really appreciated it last night.)  She wins Emmy's vote by playing Ring Around the Rosies a few hundred times in a row, with Em shouting "AGAIN!" at the top of her lungs. What a cool big Sis.  

YES,

I am so thankful for my Sydney!

Summer Pool Parties!

Thanks Grandma Susan, for the great pool parties! It has been by far Sydney's favorite activity of the Summer and she has turned into a little fish. Our first visit, Tate was happy pretty much just circling the pool for the after noon in his life jacket, swim floaty and goggles. I am proud to say that the second round went much better and Tate did not want to get out. Emmy on the other hand, wanted in right away with no help from us or any other life saving device. I thought I was going to go in to heart failure a few times (nap times are great!)

Tatey

What can I say about our Tate? Sweet....not overly, hmmm.....Sass Mouth, Monster Boy, maybe the best name would be- Ticking Time Bomb. But through all of this I love that boy! He is still our most content and by far most conservative child. His favorite is for sure, Daddy but occasionally he will let me comfort him, I love these brief moments. I think he has been a bit lost with our Summer of transition. I can tell out of our three that this move has been the hardest on him. I am thankful for Sydney who really tries to be good to him. The other night, I was laying in bed with him and he said, "Hey, I don't have a bed?" I said "where is it?" He kind of looked confused and said "I don't know!" Man, I can not wait to see his face when we get to our new home. We love you Tater!

When we went to get our pictures done, I thought "how is this going to fly with Tate?" Who knew he would be the best?!

And my favorite.....

Fourth of FIRE!

Yikes! We really had a "Banging" Fourth of July. It will be a year to remember for a few reasons. First, It was our last Fourth of July before our big adventure to the Philippines. My emotions kind of caught me off guard.  It was the little things like seeing our flag, singing anything regarding our country, even small town parades have made me a little teary.  I am feeling border line wacky patriot this year. NO WORRIES...I did not brake out my applique, patched Fourth of July vest. Next, and maybe the most memorable part of our Fourth of July, was attending the Pleasant Grove fire work show. Imagine, a pleasant Summer evening, the excitement that comes with any major firework hoopla. You know families piled on blankets and lawn chairs, the buzz of conversations just before it goes from dust to dark and then.....The fireworks begin. You here the oohing and aah-hing over each bright, colorful explosion. The next thing I know the happy family next to us has a ginormous firework going off in their laps. Instead of shooting vertical their was a crazy sidewinder that shot off into the crowd. Of course, mass panic sets in and families start retreating to the back of the football field. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt and it will now go down as a favorite or at least memorable Fourth of July celebration. We may have a hard time getting Tate to another firework show but nothing a New Years Eve celebration in the Philippines can't cure (or, so I hear.) We also had a great picnic up the canyon with the Savages. All in all, it was a wonderful day spent with our families.

EM-alicious!

Do I love this little handful?.....YES!  Emmy truly gives "busy bee" a new meaning. She will be two in September and is definitely living up to our typical two year old standard around here. Em is our happy, happy girl who loves to tease poor Tate to the point of tears and follow Sydney any where and every where. She is by far our most affectionate child, Trent and I have races to get her out of bed in the morning for those sweet good morning squeezes that are so good! My Uncle recently took our family pictures, (thanks Uncle Patrick.) Here are a few peeks along with a few random
"Emmy at her best shots". 

We love you Em!

 

 This pretty much sums up our Emmy!  She makes us laugh and cry.
Em is a true joy to have in our family!

Numb

These pictures are stretching back a few months, but looking at them made me smile. Remembering the Dentist telling me that Sydney had FIVE cavities can wipe the smile off my face pretty quick, especially because I feel like we are faithful brusher's.  We had such fun making her say silly things with her very numb face.

Sydney actually did pretty well for the time she had to spend in THE CHAIR. I told her, "Don't worry about it, you probably won't have to go back to the dentist in a really long time." She could come back to the states with a killer sweet smile! :)

Fish Lake

This pretty much sums up our trip to Fish Lake.....Chilly! If you know Trent very well, you know that Fish Lake is his most favorite place in the world. He has many childhood memories here which makes it a special place for him. Snow, sleet, hail or rain will not keep this fish crazed husband of mine from bundling up the toddlers and putting them on a fishing boat.

The pleasure of our trip was having Linda (Trent's Mom) join us. Unfortunately, it was short lived due to some health issues. Trent's brother Ty and Jen joined us as well and yes, it was for sure the high light of our trip. My sister in law maybe the funniest person I know and no one can make me laugh like her. I do not have many pictures so we will have to work with my limited camera shots.




 (Sabrina, Grandma Linda Loo, Jamie, Emmy)

We did take a short hike down by the lake which soon went from this (above) to this...

What a cool Daddy. 

Maybe one of my favorite shots of the trip is Sierra and Sydney eating Slim Jims. You know like, "step into my slim jim!" Wow, I always thought these were made up of  pretend meat that you could purchase at questionable gas stations. Sierra even went so far as to tie a spare to her pants 

"just in case."

 

Em and I spent a lot of time in the cabin, which I thought would be the perfect time to introduce Pop Rokcs. Thanks for the fun trip Ty, Jen and family it was great!

PS

This is my really cute nephew Dalton, I told him if he would smile for the camera, I would make sure lots of cute girls saw his picture...never mind if they are all middle aged mommies.