Still Keeping Busy!

Things have not slowed down for us much this summer! Between travel, visitors, moving, and work it has been pretty busy!

On the 9th Amanda had a Harry Potter Party for her Birthday. We dressed Grayson up as the baby/toddler Harry Potter and headed up the mountain for some Harry Potter fun!

They went all out for decorations!

Young Harry and Grown Harry

Amanda made all these yummy candies- well, except the jelly beans- but she made the containers.

Joyce making wands. It was really cool all the crafts they had set up to do.

Some partially done wands

Potions for the potions class they held. Those potions were pretty nasty tasting!

Making death eater masks

They had signs to point you to different places. They had letterboxing and also clues to find the deathly hollows

Grayson...I mean Harry....enjoying some lunch.

Some of the costumes. Do you know who they all are?

It was a total blast!

After Amanda's party, Sienna (Mike's niece who was with us for 5 weeks), Grayson and I packed up and headed to COLORADO!!! To see the Bolanders who just moved there from Texas. We stayed there a week and had a lot of fun! I was AWFUL at taking pictures, but it was a blast to just hang out with them.

We took Sienna home the day after we got back from Colorado. We spent some time with Mike's family while up in Lewiston and we got this picture of the 4 generations.

We let Grayson play outside, but when he found something he shouldn't have and we took it away, we snapped this picture.

But I guess he got over it quick enough.

Since we have been home we have not been doing as much. It has been REALLY hot and so I am trying to keep Grayson inside.
We did attend a birthday party at Settler's Park on Saturday and while playing in the water a bigger toddler plowed over Grayson and he has a very good sized knot on his forehead. POOR BABY!
We have about a month left before Mike and I start school for the fall. I am nervous about leaving Grayson with someone while I attend classes 2 times a week. However, it is my friend that I spend a lot of time with walking, going to the zoo, and stuff, so he is used to her and her toddler. He is just in his separation anxiety phase (screaming if I even step out of the room) so I am wondering how well it will go.

More Fun in the Sun

I am really slacking in the blogging department and I apologize for that. It is just we have been having SO MUCH FUN!!!

We went to Utah with Mike's mom, niece, and nephew. We rented a vehicle and we drove down. We went to Gardner Village and the Hogle Zoo and met up with some of Mike's family that lives down there. We also spent some time in the pool and even got to see my friend Sarah.

We came home and spent a week just having fun doing random things. Unfortunately the time came to take Mike's nephew Kaleb home. But the good news was Sienna decided she wanted to stay longer so she is here until July 17th.

OK- enough of the boring updates by text only....let's get to the fun stuff- PICTURES!

My friend Toni and I met up and took the 5 kids to the Nature Center. We saw Deer and their babies and we also saw lots of other cool things and had a good walk. After we went to the park nearby. Grayson enjoyed the bark and sticks more than the slides.

Thinking Stick

He got his first kiss! Summer Loving!!!!

Grayson is enjoying the new house and loves to explore.

He is also getting really into feeding himself (including with a spoon) and he loves to make faces and pose while eating. He sits right next to a window while eating and loves to people watch as well.

Check out those eyes!

 4th of July weekend we started out by going up to my sisters Carma and Amanda's house Sunday for dinner and some family time. Grayson loved playing in their lawn with what else......STICKS

Inside he found another kind of sticks he loved playing with-

And not to sound like the mom who thinks her child is a genius- but I think he had some natural rhythm.

Playing Cousin Ryder's drums

 Grayson has really started liking the idea of talking on a phone- though when it actually comes time to do so, he doesn't do it. I guess an actual voice coming out of the phone surprises him. This is his toy phone. I love how he holds it backwards.

"Talking" to Terrie.

 We went to my parents house on the actual 4th of July to set off some fireworks. Grayson found his cousin Dallan's toy ATV and got on it. After Mike helped power it around, Grayson actually figured out how to make it go on his own.

I was really worried that Grayson would be scared of the fireworks. HE LOVED them!!!! Even more though- he loved the glow sticks and toys I purchased. He was mesmerized by them.

It was a great 4th! I am so grateful to live in this country that God prepared! Had it not been for the US gaining its independence, the Gospel never could have been restored. I am grateful for all those who sacrifice to protect our freedoms. God bless the USA!