WOW!!! Peyton Jay Is 10 Months Old

I can hardly believe that Peyton is 10 months old! Time sure goes by FAST!!! Here are a few things about Peyton:
* He has the biggest smile
*When he gets really excited he kicks his legs so fast
*He claps his hands by himself (new trick as of yesterday)
*He says "Ma Ma" (new as of this week)
* He laughs so hard, like Belly Laughs. Its so cute!!!
*He has slept through the night since he was 1 week old.
*He LOVES rice cereal
*He rolls and rolls and rolls. That's his way of getting around
*He stands with help
*He is 20 lbs.
*He is 27"

Peyton is such a joy. We are so grateful he is a part of our family!!!

Lagoon

We took the kids to Lagoon yesterday. We have season passports so we will be spending a lot of time there this summer. Baylin had so much fun! She went on the Tidal Wave. She was a little scared but I think she enjoyed it. She was so BRAVE! Peyton just enjoyed the ride. It was a fun family night!!!

Peyton Has a New Trick...

Peyton has a new trick. He sticks out his tongue. My brother ryan taught him how to stick out his tongue when he was about 3 months old. Peyton really had to concentrate on it but he could do it. Now he is almost 10 months old he does it on his own. It is cute when he does it now, but its not when they are older. I try not to promote it, but he is so dang cute when he does it. Peyton is so proud of himself!

Summer Fun

I bought my kids this little and I mean little blow up pool. It barely fit both of them. They had so much fun in it though. Baylin has been dying to go swimming since we got back from Mexico. We need to go to Deseret Peak and go to the pool soon!!! Maybe during the kitchen renovations we will. We are going to need to stay out of our house while it is worked on. Isn't it wonderful how the simple things brings kids so much happiness. I think I need to enjoy the little things more.

Were Back From Mexico!!!

Nolan and Megan

The view from the back porch of our beach house

Baylin having fun on the beach

Baylin being silly!!!




We got back from Mexico on Friday night. We had such a fun time, but we are glad that we are back! We went to Rocky Point Mexico which is about four and a half hours from Phoenix. It is also called, Puerto Penasco which I am not sure why it has two names. I have not figured that out yet. It was so warm and such nice weather!!! We really missed Peyton, because he stayed with my Mom and Dad. It was so nice of them to watch him for us! Thanks Mom and dad!!!

Mexico

We leave for Mexico today. We actually don't get there until Sunday because we are driving. We drive to Blanding today to meet up with Nolan's family. Then on Saturday we drive and spend the night in Phoenix. On Sunday we drive from Phoenix to Mexico. We are really excited to go and are looking forward to getting away. We will miss Peyton though because he is staying my my Mom and Dad. I will post picutres when we get back. We get back right before Father's Day! I am so excited to get into some warm weather!!! It is just a little too cold for June!

The Front Yard Continued

This is a better picture of what I did today.
I thought it was pretty good for a beginner.

The Front Yard

The flowers, shrubs, edging and rock underneath the
living room window.

The flowers and edging around the tree in our front yard.

Our house with the sod. I don't think I have posted a
picture of our sod. It is growing together really well and it is
starting to not look like sod anymore. YEAH!!!

Now that it is officially summer, I woke up at 6:00 this morning and have been working out in the yard since 6:30 a.m. I thought you were supposed to sleep in during the summer. Anyway, sleeping in for me is until only 7:00 or 7:30. We put sod in the front and back yard about 5 weeks ago and we are LOVING it!!! I love having grass! Today I have been working on the part in front of the living room window (the big one). I planted flowers in the front and toward the back I bought coblestone edging and put that behind the flowers and then bought two dwarf spruce trees and planted those and then bought tons of decorative rock and filled in behind the edging and the shrubs. I am really quite proud of myself. This is the first time I have ever planted or done anything in the yard besides, planting flowers in pots. I also planted flowers around a tree in our front yard. It only took me two trips to Home Depot and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg! My next project is to weed and do edging and plant flowers underneath Baylin and Peyton's windows in the front. They are the two small windows on the left of the picture. I am hoping I will be able to do that before we leave for Mexico on Friday.

School's Out...Let The Summer Festivities Begin

Thursday school got out for the summer! YEAH!!! I am so looking forward to a break from school. We have a busy summer ahead of us! Friday, we leave for our Mexico trip with Nolan's family. Peyton is not going with us, but Baylin is. I am really going to miss Peyton though. Thanks Mom and Dad for volunteering to watch him while we are away. We get back right before Father's day and then Nolan leaves that next week for a Drafting Conference at CEU. Then the kitchen renovation begins. It actually might begin before we go to Mexico. I am not real sure what Nolan's plans are for beginning that project. We are putting in new hardwood floor in our entry way, hallway and kitchen. We are tearing out our kitchen cabinets and we have bought new kitchen cainets. Nolan has started putting them together in the basement. They are going to look so good. I am also getting new countertops. They are black. I really like them. They go really well with our stainless steel appliances. I will be posting before and after pictures of the kitchen as we begin the renovation. Fixing up a house is so much work, but it is so fun at the same time!!! The first week in July I have Core Academy for 3 days and Nolan has a conference. Then we head down to Blanding for the 4th of July. My Aunt from Wisconsin is moving to Grantsville in July. We are so excited to have her back home. My cousin, Jordan and his fiance Ruth are getting married in Salt Lake on July 18th. Then we have a little time to be at home, then school stuff begins starting, August 15th. WOW! What a busy summer! I am really looking forward to staying at home and being a full time Mom.