Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A Summer of "Firsts"

Two weeks ago we celebrated Landon's 1st Birthday!!
This year has gone by so fast that I am worried I haven't sat back and enjoyed the little moments, at least not like I did with Brielle's first year. Guess that is how it goes when you have more kids, and just one of the things I am thinking about while considering having more kids.
We celebrated at Wheatland Park with mainly family and one family of friends that has a little girl Landon's age. Really his main friend since Brielle & her siblings are BFF's. We had sloppy joes, salads, fruit & chips. & then cake of course. We got all the meal out of the way just in time for the weather to turn cool, so we packed up and went home to open presents.




This kids didn't hesitate for a moment in digging into his cake. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of his cake (I am just now realizing). But I have video of it! I put a cake in the back of a Dump Truck to look like mud. Landon' two favorite things are Dirt & Water which =MUD! That was my theme for the party. We also had another bulldozer pushing Mud cupcakes. Thanks to all those that came and celebrated with us! We appreciate and love you!

Our other first this Summer/Fall is Brielle's first day of Preschool!!!!
She attends at Ms. Kathy's- a neighborhood preschool & loves it!
She even asks on Saturdays if she can go to school. She has already learned so much! She is excited that she knows all of the Pledge of Allegiance by heart and is learning many other songs and sayings. She is learning letters, phonics, numbers, sign language, some spanish & some science projects. I can't believe she is already at the age to go to school! My little girl is growing up so fast!


Such the little poser!

Spring & Summer Rewind

Our Spring and Summer have been, well...busy. Surprised!? It seems that is what I say every time I post 
(2 or 3x a year). But really that is what our life is. Time flies all too quickly and I find fewer moments to jump on here and update. Not to mention my handicap of working with blogger. So lets begin...
Here is our cute Landon, he was about 6 mos in this picture & now he is twice that, yup he is a yr now. But we will get to that later.

10 mos here. He is a climber, get-into-everything, curious, daring boy!

This summer we had a family reunion, probably like most of you! 
My kids liked the toys the cousins brought along. 


It wouldn't be Summer without Sprinklers!!!
Landon, Benson & Brielle
 this kid loves water!


We actually made a trip to Manti too! & it wouldn't be a trip to Manti without 4-wheeling!!

Corn...Yum!!! (a few more teeth)

For Pioneer Day we went to Spanish Fork to be with the Stilsons & the Lee family for Fiesta Days
Landon & Grandma Stilson

& with Grandpa Stilson too!
You have to see a parade on Pioneer Day!



Jeremy had to work on Pioneer Day, but we got home in time to do some fireworks as a family. Our neighborhood is pretty impressive with fireworks too. 


Landon picked Pioneer Day to take his first steps too. He was a little wobbly, but pretty determined. 

Johnson Mathey (Jeremy's work) had their Summer BBQ @ the zoo! 

The new Grizzly Bear exhibit was awesome! They were very active& fun to see!


The animals must have known that JM reserved the whole zoo that evening just for us. They were actually awake and moving, unlike most hot summer days.

Daddy and Lando under the misters
 The zoo even allowed unlimited rides on the carousel and train!
Brielle and Lucy

Mommy & Landon
 Thumbs up to Jeremy's trophy deer
Jeremy won this target at an archery contest, along with an oil painting. I tell him all the time that he is lucky. He definitely was this day. Hundreds of hunters were in for both drawings & he got two prizes!


Happy kids!

Did I mention sprinklers earlier? And that Landon loves water?
Not many days passed without this being our nightly ritual. We don't have an AC-does that explain why?
Correction-We have an AC, it just isn't installed yet-but hopefully this weekend, now that the weather is cool. Perfect timing!


~Brielle~

Landon-all prettied up by sister.

All worn out. I always wanted to see one of my kids fall asleep in the high chair. I was hoping with face down in spaghetti, but this is good enough. He was patiently waiting for me to be done with hair.

We had many days at the pool. Mainly Seven Peaks, but this was a spur of the moment trip to Magna pool & splash pad. Camryn & Brielle had a great time! They both liked to show us how they could swim underwater. That was one of Brielle's accomplishments this year. We are so proud of her!

Grandma G & Landon

Grandma Sharron staying cool in the shade
Well there is still more summer to see, so I will do a part 2 next.