Buddies!

So today Merrilee and I decided to get together and take our kids to the park. Merrilee used to babysit Simon so him and Ryker are pretty good friends. Since I can't convince Merr to move across the street from me we don't get together very often! We got some lunch and visited and the boys ran around and literally touched every tree (we aren't exactly sure what game they were playing).

I made them link arms in the picture above, and than I think they were embarrassed that they did that. How do kids know to be embarrassed so early in life?
After walking around and looking at the animals we stopped for a little drink. I love the team work here! Unfortunatly Simon wasn't strong enough to push the button when Ryker wanted a drink, so Simon got more turns!
We hated pulling them apart since they were having so much fun, but it was nap time (for the moms maybe)! :)
And of course I had to post a pic of the beautiful Miss Kate. Isn't she a doll? She so loved the swing! Look at that grin! Thanks Merr, Kate, and Ryker for a fun afternoon!

So, yesterday was me and Cody's 7 year anniversary! I can't even believe we have been married for 7 years! Some days it feels like it has only been a couple years, and some days it feels like it's been forever (and I don't mean that in a bad way....it just feels like we have always been together). We have both changed so much and find ourselves growing closer and closer together. Just when I think I love him more than I possibly ever could something happens in our lives that make me realize I haven't even begun to see the amount of love I have for him! Thank you Cody for always making me laugh, for sometimes making me cry, and for always making everything everyday better and better! I love you so much and I am so excited to see where the rest of our lives take us! Happy Anniversary!

Viva Seattle

Last week I had to go to Seattle for work. It was actually a pretty cool city and I wouln't mind going there again with Cody! Here is a couple pics from the trip.

These are my traveling companions. I of course was the oldest one there so at times I felt kind of like a babysitter. Not that the "kids" I was with were in need of a babysitter. But I think I get that "motherly instinct" from my mom and feel like I'm responsible for others! They were fun to be with though.

We finally made it to the space needle. It was pretty cool. We didn't actually get to go to the top cause others were starving. But I made sure to get a pic to prove that we went there.
We also made it to the Music Experience Project (or something like that). Luckily for us it was free admission the exact day and time we were there. Normally it's $15. So we got to go around and check out all the music museums and stuff. It would have been a lot more fun if I had had some music fans with me!
It was a fun trip, but as always it's good to be home. I miss Cody and Simon too much to really enjoy travelling! I wish I could take them with me!!!

Simon and Sienna

I stumbled upon this pic that I took of Simon and Sienna back in April. It brought a smile to my face so I thought I would post it. These two are cousins and are only 2 weeks apart in age. So, quite literally they are growing up together. They fight like cat and dog, but every once in awhile they find some common ground and you get a priceless scene like this! I get quite excited when I think about the scheming and trouble these two will get into once they reach school age, and I see them being quite protective of each other once they reach high school. This picture makes me wonder what they were doing in heaven while they were waiting to be born! Probably a similar scene!

New Family Pics!

Of course I couldn't put all of the pics on here....mostly cause I don't have time. But my Mother in law paid for all of us to get family pics done for a school fundraiser and as you can see, they turned out great!!! I'd give credit to the lady that took them, but I don't remember her name!

Here is the entire gang!

Grandma and Grandpa and all the grandkids!
I love this one cause it totally shows Simons personality! He was hugging us both so tight!

This one is my absolute favorite pic! I think my kid is pretty much the cutest kid in the entire world!!! And man, my husband is handsome!!
Hayley and Heathers family pics also turned out amazing! I am so glad to be a part of such a great family! Thank you Linda for such a priceless gift!!

Lovin' our Ducks!

We are having so much fun with our ducks! They are possibly one of the greatest pets I have ever had! Incredibly low maintenance, and so fun to watch play! We have had them for a week now and they have almost doubled in size! If it's possible I think they are even cuter now than when they were babies! They look more like ducks instead of chicks. We now let them just roam the yard and they are getting more and more used to us. They don't get scared as easily. They keep "running away" to our neighbors yard but they always come back! I guess they have kind of turned into a neighborhood pet since everyone enjoys watching them.

Simon likes to chase them around, and then they turn around and chase him. It's pretty funny!

They like to play in the water so I let Simon have at it with the hose. I'm pretty sure he had more fun than they did! A lot of people have inquired about this duck as a pet thing...I highly recommend it! They eat very little (we just get grain from IFA). They actually eat the bugs in your yard (that's the main reason I got them, so they would eat the bugs that are eating my plants!) and their poop fertilizes the yard. Surprisingly it's not too messy (the poop that is). Just hose it down! They for the most part stay put in the yard, and if they do wander off they always come back to eat. If any of you have any questions let me know! They are sooooo fun!!!!

New Ducks and Some Family Time

Somehow, Somewhere I got it in my head that I wanted a couple pet ducks. I blame Tyler at work! I thought as they grow up they would be a fun addition to our yard. Surprisingly Cody said we could get some. So, after a couple weeks of hunting (well, not literally "hunting") a friend of mine from work found these ducks for sale in Hyrum. Simon was waiting outside for me when I got home, excited to meet his new pets.

We let Simon name them so of course they got named Donald and Goofy. To be honest I'm a little surprised that he didn't name them Buzz and Woody (he's just slightly obsessed with Toy Story right now). The next day at work Cody called me to say that the ducks were gone! Gone? Like dead? No, they had just ran away....but of course with how little they were that inevitably meant they were dead. I hunted for awhile around the yard when I got home....in the window wells, in the rain gutter, in the flowers....everywhere. No luck! Well, when we woke up this morning Cody looked out the window and said "you have got to be kidding me". There were the ducks! They had found their way home...and they are only a week old! I'm so proud of my little duckies!!!

Today we also decided to skip church (shhh, don't tell!) and spend a little family time up the canyon. We just walked around and enjoyed being in the mountains for a little while. Simon ran around, me and Cody held hands and it was just a really nice day!