Toe Pickin'

"Toe Picking"-is a daily occurrence in Katie's life....sometimes multiple times a day. She likes to sit somewhere and intently check between her toes. I guess we all have our little quirks right!

Tavin's First Talk In Primary

I have a family here on earth
My family is made up of Mom, Dad, Katie, and Tavin (hold up picture and have him tell who is in it)
Heavenly Father gave me a family so that I could learn to love, to be kind, to share, and learn about him
They are so good to me-I love to read books with mommy, and play marbles with daddy, and run races with Katie....
We also do things like have family home evening
Say prayers together, read scriptures
Give good night kisses, and try to help others.
These things help us stay close to our Heavenly Father so one day we can return to him
I want to share my life with them through all eternity and we can do this through Heavenly Father 's plan for us.

I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

He did a great job! And wasn't even scared or anything-he seems to like being in the spotlight-he must have gotten that from Dan cause it certainly isn't from me:)

Sadly Soccer Has Come To An End

We are sad that last Thursday marked the last game of the soccer season. Tavin has loved every minute of playing in every game. I am so proud of him! We will definitely be putting him on a team again next year. The girl standing in back of him is Leah and he absolutely adores her! They are the same height, age, and similar in personality. He asks me all the time if she can come and play with him...we will have to have her over to play. They always have their arm around each other or are hugging or laughing at one another:) It is very cute.

Pioneer Day Fun!

So the best thing about living in a little town is all the activities and events that are family oriented...this past weekend we had cousins, grandma fluffies, and grandpa Bob here to visit and take part in the Famous Saint Anthony Pioneer Day celebration. People come from all over to attend the events held every year during this weekend in July.

We all had a blast at the play-this year it was Tom Sawyer (Madison and Aidan were glued to the stage-other than the lovey dovey scene-Aidan hid his face for that part) They came away singing songs from it:) We all attended the Rodeo. My Favorite part has to be watching the kids ride the calves-Tavin wanted to do it but he isn't old enough yet...in a few years.

The cousins also slept in a tent in the back yard with Uncle Dan, got to go to the new water park close to our house, and watched a matinee showing of Kung Fu Panda 2. One of the Highlights was the parade on Saturday Morning. The kids had fun watching all the floats and catching candy. They came away with quite the stash. If I let them, Katie and Tavin would eat the candy they collected every meal!

Katie sat safely in Grandma Fluffies lap-I was just so happy she didn't throw a fit from all the noise-lately she has been quite skiddish about loud noises and big trucks. There were plenty of both-but she made it through as long as someone was holding her. The best was the free chocolate milk they give out every year:)

Tavin is already asking for his cousins and when they will come and visit again-hint hint hint sisters:) We love our family. Thanks for coming to visit!

Dog Days Of Summer

Tavin has become a water baby and as long as he has his "jacket on" he is good to go! It doesn't matter how cold the water is-he is in it. Katie on the other hand-won't touch it with her pinky toe if it is anything colder than bath water! She will literally climb up your body when you are trying to help her get in:) So on this particular day, she opted to just watch and eat some licorice of course! But oh she is such a cute little sun bather in this swim suit.....

Enjoying the New Space

I wondered where my kids had gone to when things got quiet around the house-they had decided to try out the new shower-break it in for Dan and me:) Actually I thought it was pretty cute-Tavin was reading books to Katie and Dora. We read three books every afternoon before nap time and 3 books before bed time at night so he has most of our books memorized. He even does it in the same kind of voices that I do it in:)

Tavin has been saying the cutest things lately-always when I need a good laugh. The other day he did poop and pointed out that it was an ice cream poop....when I asked him what that meant-he told me to look in the toilet-I did and-my gosh- it was an ice cream poop-shaped just like a soft serve ice cream swirled to the top:) (Sorry if this is a little graphic for some!)

Since we have been potty training lately-we have spent lots of time in the bathroom-another instance-he wasn't able to get his pee to come out: "mom why isn't my pee coming out?" Mom: "It just isn't ready yet I guess..." Tavin:Oh does it still have to get dress?" I busted up laughing at this point because he put two and two together...when i say lets get ready to go out-I usually mean -let's get dressed and brush our hair and teeth so we can go run errands or go to the park, etc. So he applied this meaning to his pee as well:)

We were in Subway and there was a table full of police officers-while Dan and I waited in line-Tavin decided to go and talk to them-I heard bits and pieces of the conversation: "Hi my name is Tavin....are you police men? .....I am going to go swimming with my grandma today......OK well bye... make sure and go catch the bad guys so they won't hurt anyone!" :)

We were attending a family reunion on Dan's side of the family and one of the uncles there had a bit of a belly, I saw Tavin staring at him for a while and then all of the sudden he went up to him and pointed at his stomach..."Are you going to have a baby??" I almost died! Kids can be a little too honest sometimes. Luckily the Uncle just laughed and said "nope I am just fat"and they both laughed together. Maybe I should have a talk with Tavin about who has babies and who doesn't....as well as things we should ask and things we should keep to ourselves:)

New Master Bath

It is kind of hard to picture all these separate photos all together as one-but if you can-you will imagine something really cute and updated-a much needed improvement from what we started with. I am so excited to finally have use of the second bathroom in our home now. Three years ago we ripped out the original pieces-we thought we would get right on the remodeling-silly us! Maybe I should have a "bathroom warming" party anyone want to join me-might be a tight squeeze though:) Our house is one step closer to being done. Only 2 more rooms to go-Kitchen, here we come. The best part: when we have guests over-there won't be a waiting line for the bathroom!