4th of July, Lagoon, Family Reunion and Tyler's Birthday... July FUN!!!

So we have been so busy this past month. It has been a blast! We had a family reunion with the Tonks family. Kellie and kids were up poor Paul had to stay in Arizona and work but we had a good time. The kids loved jumping on a trampoline, tackling Grandpa, blowing bubbles, playing on the slip n' slide, breaking open a pinata, treasure hunt and of course watching fireworks and playing with sparklers. We also got to spend some time with the Whitworth family. We went to the Rexburg parade with them. Clark's favorite part was the balloon and Addison's favorite part was probably the candy. I think she ate it through out the whole thing. I'm not sure she even watched the floats. We also watched a parade the weekend of the 24th here in utah. That same weekend we went to Lagoon with our friends the Scholes. Addison absolutely loved it! She laughed more that day then I have heard or seen her in a long time. She loved playing with Carter! Okay so kids are done with me posting so... enjoy the pictures! Addison fell asleep standing up leaning against the couch and Clark is trying to walk and has been crawling on all fours for a while now. We also had big tree cut down and Tyler is using the leaf blower to move the dirt around from the huge pile leftover after the stump was ground up. Oh and we had a good time at the Zoo with the Whitworth Clan! Even though all of our family was tired! I probably didn't explain all the pictures but let me know and I will try to comment back to let you know who and what is going on! Got to run! Life is busy and we love it! We love each othe and our sweet kiddos. Hope everyone else is well.

Those Lazy Summer Days...

So here are some things we have been up to the past few weeks. For Father's Day Addison gave Tyler a pool which you can see SHE is enjoying! :) Clark likes it too actually, but for some reason I don't have any pictures of him in it... Probably because I am trying not to juggle him and the camera near the water. :) Anywho it has been hot and the pool has been a hit! Clark is now trying to pull himself up into standing position. He can already go from laying down to sitting. Nothing stops him now. I made Addison the 4th of July tutu she is wearing. I was pretty proud of myself since I don't think I am very crafty but it turned out cute. I think I will start experimenting more and possibly come up with a fairy princess costume for Halloween or something... maybe just dress-ups for Christmas. Who knows... Ummm I don't remember which photos are next there are some of the kids and I after our Sunday afternoon nap this past Sunday. It was fabulous! The kids slept for 3 hours of course that meant throwing off bedtime but hey at least we got a good nap too! Then I think the last pictures I put up are of Addison's first haircut. We went to a place called Cookie Cutters and the lady did a great job. She was super quick. Addison got to watch maybe 10 minutes of Jungle Book... She did get a balloon and sucker too. When we were in the car headed home she informed me that she wanted to get her hair cut again. I told her in 6 months maybe for her birthday she could... Her hair really doesn't look much different but all the ends are evened up now. Anywho as for Tyler and I we are just enjoying summer days and trying to clean up the yard some and hang up pictures and continue with organizing everything. We keep busy for the most part. Tyler is almost done with classes for "Spring" semester and then hopefully he will only have one more class to take during Fall semester to graduate officially! Love you all and hope all is well!

Summer Adventures

So I say summer adventures even though summer has really just begun because I know that there are going to be a lot adventures this summer. Clark is army crawling and starting to pull himself up (at least in the tub). He loves power cords of all kinds he isn't picky... He can get wherever he wants pretty much between rolling and army crawling. He is also getting a ton of teeth! It feels like it anyways. He has 5 currently and is working on at least one more I can see just needing to break through the last few layers of gum tissue.

Addison is loving the outdoors and already has a farmers tan. She loves "helping" Dad mow the lawn. Tyler tied a rope to the mower and told her she had to stay behind him and hold onto the rope so he would know right where she was. She listened very well so she would be allowed to continue to help. She also is digging some nice holes with Lulu under our giant blue spruce in the back yard. She helped pick out flowers for the front flower bed.

Tyler is keeping busy with many many projects on the house and around the house and I am keeping busy with kids, household projects and general housework! I just finished painting Clark's room blue. (It was purple with boarder that had purple and pink hearts.) We thought he needed something less girlie in his room. :) Tyler's most recent project was finding all of our sprinklers and replacing broken sprinkler heads. We are enjoying life and love spending time together going on long walks and bike rides.

Addison had the flu yesterday but I was itching to get out of the house so we went on a walk and walked down main street and looked at all the little shops on the outside. We have decided we really do love living in Utah. We miss everyone in Idaho, but are truly enjoying each other and being our own little family!

Africa!

So today Tyler's little brother Weston is on his way to Africa to serve an LDS mission in Uganda. We took these family pictures and such on Mother's Day which was also the day he spoke in Sacrament meeting before his departure. He will be greatly missed for the two years he is gone but we know he is where the Lord needs him at this time so we won't miss him too much! ;) (Weston is the brother standing next to me in the family one and next to Tyler in the brother picture.)

Some pictures

So I had a whole post written out, but it just got erased by a cute little brown hair blue eyed girl who is almost two and a half. Anywho... basically I just thought these pictures of the kids turned out really cute. They were both just playing. Addison gathering up her books to read (a common occurrence). Clark was just playing on the living room floor and being super smiley. He has changed so much from an always fussy infant to a bubbling happy baby. It is a wonderful transition!

Time for an update...

So here are just some random pictures and one of our photo shoots. Addison kept wanting to do "Once there was a snowman" and it wasn't working very well with the picture taking but she had fun. Clark only fell a couple of times flat on his face on our hardwood floors which of course didn't make him very happy but Tyler got a few good pictures before the kids were completely done. (Mom W.- Addison wore her dress from you guys the week before and wanted to wear a different one the day we took these pics,but her dress is darling I love the tulips! Thank you!)

Addison is becoming such a big girl. She is now using the toilet quite well although she still is known on occasion to have an accident although oddly enough not when we go places just at home. Whenever we go somewhere that is one of the first big thrills is to find a new toilet to sit on! (Her idea not mine.) She knows that if she tells me she needs to use the potty I drop everything and run to find one for her. Although I will take it over blow out diapers and diaper expense! Addison also still loves to color, paint, mold playdough, glue, cut, etc... She also loves to pack her bags for college! I think she got it from Toy Story 3. I will ask her what she is doing in her room and she will tell me. "I'm packing for college." (Her purses and bags will be overflowing with different toys she has "packed". Oh she is our silly little love bug.

Clark is also getting so big. He is sitting up on his own and rolling all over the place. He is fast too. I have had to baby proof the floor area. I have already caught him gnawing on a plant leaf and computer cord... He has two bottom teeth and I swear more are coming... I've been saying that for a month now. :) I mentioned that we have a new home. We moved in 2 weeks ago. There is hardwood floors throughout the upstairs which is beautiful but does not make a soft landing ground. Clark has learned now though to catch his head when he falls over before it hits the floor. It sure didn't take him long to figure that out after doing it several times... Once in a while the fall is quicker than he is and I run to a screaming little boy but he does pretty well. We now do have a front room rug though thanks to birthday gift cards and money. Thank you Whitworth family and Grandma Mary!!! It is a beautiful rug and I love it! I will try to post a picture soon.

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures of our Easter fun. Some pictures were taken the weekend before Easter while others were taken in our new home. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa W. for the fun Spring/Easter clothes for the kiddos. They look so adorable in them and we really have tried to do photo shoots but one or the other isn't cooperating... I will try to post some of the ones that turned out. Addison loved hunting for eggs and Clark loves chewing on his stuffed bunny from G & G Tonks. We tried to tell Addison about Christ's resurrection and talk about an empty egg representing the tomb and sometimes it doesn't even seem like she is listening, but it was so sweet to have her say, "Come mom I want to tell you a story about Jesus." I know we aren't perfect like our Heavenly Parents but it's sure nice to know that she is listening to some of the good things we are trying to teach her!