Lots of stuff

We had to get baby out of the house so we took him to the Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove.  We climbed up into the rocket ship and coerced him to sit in one of the cockpit chairs.  At first he didn't want to go in, then it took about 10 minutes to get him out and on to something else!

Going up the slide.  I hate when kids do this.  I think it is rude and dangerous.  I have tried and tried to not let baby do it, but as you can see in the picture.  Someone is against me.  Its adorable when my kid does it...

Making music.

What is better than nothing but a diaper, the dog's water bowls, a sprinkler, and being and Mimi and Papa's house?  I can't think of anything either!

We went to my parent's houe to celebrate the 24th and my birthday.  We decorated with streamers, and ate hamburgers, salads, corn on the cob, watermelon, and chocolate pie.  Outside on the patio.  It was beautiful and so delicious.

Baby couldn't wait to dig in to the watermelon.

My sister had just had her 3rd to last treatment so she was lying down.  Baby loves to fall face first into pillows, so there was no hesitation when he saw all her pillows lying so peacefully on the ground.  Dr. Distructo couldn't help himself.  It was really cute.  Thankfully, Rae encouraged this behavior.  See her bald little head?  She won't be bald for a whole lot longer!  Her cancer is gone and she only has 2 more treatments, with a possibility of a little teeny bit of radiation and she can go back to her cancer free life.  We are very blessed to have here and we are so glad we get to keep her!

Baby and Mimi.  He loved that chocolate pie!  Even though he wouldn't sit still enough to really enjoy it.

Wrapped in my favorite color was my birthday present.  Looks really big huh?  It was!  I was so excited.  It was a 16 qt Pressure Canner!  Wahoo!!  A couple months ago, our ward had a little class on canning.  We canned some meat and I was fascinated!  I really wanted to learn how to do it so I could improve my provident living skills.  I had borrowed my mom's canner, but I wanted one of my own.  I am so excited for this!  Its going to be so much fun.  It also doubles as a water bath canner so I can do it all!

A Day at the Zoo

On Saturday we went to the Hogle Zoo.  It was a lot of fun, and a lot of HOT!  It had to be over 100 degrees.  But inspite of that we had a blast.  Baby loved to see all the animals, especially the monkeys and the birds.  Every time he sees a bird he does his sign for bird.  It looks like he is playing the finger violin.  It is adorable! 

I was so excited to see the new baby elephant.  She was so cute and wrinkly!  It was so cool to see the mama elephant eat with her trunk way high up.  We were amazed at the dexterity she had in her trunk.  It was amazing.

We got to watch the bird show.  That was amazing!  Baby loved the birds.  They would fly straight at him and he would freeze and stare.  He loved it.

Its hard to see, but there is a giant iguana in the tree above baby and Brett.

Baby was exhausted by the end of our day at the zoo.  He didn't make any noise on the way home.  However, he didn't fall asleep either.  He was pretty thirsty though.  The zoo provided its patrons with giant misters and fans at a couple exhibits which were perfectly enjoyed.  I want one for my house.  We had a great day at the zoo as a family.

Its official...

Baby was ready, even if it was really really early.

Mom and Dad were ready too!  You see those numbers?  Thats right, it was race time!  We ran the Freedom Days 5K.  It was so awesome!  I had such a blast.  Running outside is so much different than running inside on the treadmill.  It is hard!  So, a little over a month ago, my friend Morgan asked if I would run the 5K with her.  I was thinking... Sure, that would be good for me right?  I told her I would so do it.  I told Brett we were going to run the 5K and he would have to be at the finish line with baby, but Brett said... "can't I run it too?"  I was like..."Cool!"  Since Brett was going Morgan's husband Josh decided to do it too.  We were all going to train and get really good at running before the race.  I tried to run 3 miles, but 2 was about all I could get out.  I was okay if it took an hour to do.  So we went to the race at 6:15 am.  Started at 7 am.  Army Brett pushed the stroller with baby.  And sped off into the distance.  I jogged my normal slow pace, but I was able to run the whole thing.  It was a fabulous experience.  We got to run the parade route, so there were quite a few people cheering us on.  We had to run up 900 east in Provo, which looks really steap.  It was hard but I did it!  The finish line was so cool because there were so many people cheering for you.  Brett and I loved it so much we signed up for another 5K for this Saturday.  It is going to be fun!

After the race!

Visitors and Fourth of July

Two Sundays ago my long time friend Rita came to visit.  She brought her cute little boy Dennis.  He is about 6 months older than our baby boy, but remarkably, they are the same size.  They were so cute playing together in the sprinkler.  It was wonderful to visit with Rita.  We only get to see her about 2 times a year. 

To celebrate Independence Day, we went to the fireworks at Thanksgiving Point.  It is so awesome there.  We bring our little grill and have a picnic.  Brett's dad and brothers came, and later my sister Rachel came with her fiance Skyler and two of his friends.  We had hamburgers, salad, and a fabulous all American apple pie!  Yummy!

The sunset was gorgeous.

Then they shot off the fireworks.  Usually they last longer but it was really windy.  They were so pretty.  Bryce really liked them.

He is awake, just blinking.  The fourth of July is my favorite holiday.  I love the picnics, the fireworks, the songs everything.  It is the ultimate summer day.  I love it.  We had a wonderful time.

First Haircut

Both Dad and Baby in dire need of trims.  Baby was starting to get a nice McGuiver like style.  He needed an update.  I was a little nervous to trim off his curls, but it wasn't really curly any more because one, its dry here, and two it was always tangled.

The back view.

All trimmed up and lookin' oh so handsome!  Baby was so awesome during the whole thing.  I had scheduled an appointment with my hair girl, and she did a great job.  He didn't squeal once!  He did squirm, but no crying! 

We went to the Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days Rodeo last week.  Bryce loved to see all the animals!  We would ask him... "Where are the sheep?"  "Where is the horse?"  "Where is the truck?"  And he very enthusiastically search the arena for the animal or truck and point to it.  It was so much fun.  In order to get good seats, you have to get there early.  So we picked up dinner and headed over to the rodeo grounds about an hour early.  We discovered the best rib joint ever!  At least, in Utah county.  Rib City.  The meat just slides off the bone!  They are so easy to eat!  Its our new favorite place.  We liked it so much, and we love the rodeo, we did it all again two nights later.  It was fun!

When we found out we were having a boy,  Brett was so excited to take him to the Father's and Sons campout.  Well, I wouldn't let him stay over night last year because he was still pretty little.  But this year I was informed that there were no excuses and he had to go.  I don't know if there has ever been amore excited father.  Honestly, I thought it would be harder than Brett thought and they would be home around 1am.  But happily I was wrong.  They had a blast and I hear Brett was a really happy dad.  Bryce woke up at 6am, that is a little early for camping, but they had so much fun.

Baby was wiped out!

You Should Have Seen Her Face!

On Saturday, Dedra and I had a yard sale.  It was so much fun!  It was freezing, but we had a good time hanging out and selling our stuff.  We actually did really well.  Some friends of ours, and my home teachers let us set up on their lawn which is right on 400 E so we picked up a lot of traffic.  The funniest thing happened.  Dedra was working on her felt books, which are adorable.  (You can see them on her etsy shop modish podish.)  She was making one for her daughter.  It was full of sweet things like candy, ice cream cones and good stuff.  Well, a lady (I can hardly type and am laughing about it now...) while paying commented on how cute it was.  And I, being the clever person I am said... "Aren't they adorable?  She is going to make a dirty one for boys!"  She looked at me like I had done something really wrong.  Then it hit me.  I meant something like snips and snails and puppy dog tails.  digging in dirt, worms, boys get dirty!  That's all I meant.  She hustled off pretty quickly trying to get her son away from that yard sale.  Good thing she had already paid huh?!  It was so funny. So, the moral of the story... Unintentional one liners are great!