Reunion

This last week(end) Luke had his extended family reunion in Idaho so he decided we should spend the whole week. We got all packed up for a long ride in the car. Jax had his glasses and his puppy and was good to go. 

 We spent a day at my parents house to break up the drive. Grandma was loving grandbaby time. 

 Luke and Jax enjoying a bowl of ice cream on National Ice Cream Day. Any excuse to eat ice cream. 

 We met Philip, Andrea, and her kids at Roaring Springs to spend the day on Monday. Jax loved going down the little water slide with a tube. He did it over and over. It was only for kids under 36 inches so I had to send him down then speed walk down and try to catch him before he floated away. Over and over. I was definitely getting my exercise in. Luke got to go with Caleb and Kelsey on the big rides for a while before switching off with me. At the end of the day Grandpa watched the kids for a little bit so Luke and I could ride a few together. We were having so much fun these were the only pictures we took right as we were walking out. Some delicious dinner at Olive Garden finished up our day. 

 The next few days we just hung out at Luke's parent's house and played with the kids. Luke finally got to play the new game he got for Father's Day. Kelsey was great playing with Ryker. Jax loved chasing after the big kids, and most of all loved riding the four-wheeler with Dad. 

 We made it to the reunion Thursday evening, set up our tent, and hung out with family. There was crazy rain and wind for the next two nights. Lots of thunder the first night as well. Needless to say we did not get a lot of sleep. There was a lot of food, a family style Amazing Race, and some swimming that was cut short by some poo in the kiddie end of the pool. 

 Jaxon was freezing so we were just hanging out on the side with Great-Grandma while the basketball game was going on. He kept saying "Want to go home."

 Enjoying some smores. Jax kept trying to blow out the fire and was telling me it was too big. He was pretty fascinated by the fire. 

 Luke was pretty excited he could get a group together for a couple of rounds of paintball.

 Our last day we played at a giant slip and slide. Jax was a little wary the first time down but then he thought it was pretty awesome. He went down with Dad, Mom, and by himself. Even Ryker got his turn. I couldn't tell if he liked it or not.

 Someone was holding a kitten and Jax was in love. Someday we might have to break down and get him one of his own.

On our way home. Ryker has decided he hates the car seat so I get to ride in the back with my boys. Not so comfortable but Jax has decided he likes to hold my arm and I love it. I did not love that Luke didn't tell me my hair looked like this! 

Upon returning home we learned that a sickness was sweeping those who attended the Stringham reunion. The pukes. Fun! I was waiting to see if it would make it to our house. Luke came home from work Monday afternoon but didn't actually puke and I hoped that would be the end of it. On Friday it hit Jax. He had just woken up from his nap and was snuggling me on the couch as I was eating my lunch. I had given him his gummy vitamin and gave him a bite of my yummy zucchini and squash. Then he started to gag and there is hot pink puke in my delicious looking lunch. It took every ounce of strength I had not to add to it. I do not do puke. He threw up 6 times (2 times in a bowl, 3 times on the couch, and one time on the floor). We all survived!

A Six Month Old

We have a sweet six month old! He loves to scoot all over the place and stick everything in his mouth. He loves to sit in his walker and get pushed around by Jaxon. Courtesy of Dad, he devoured his very first strawberry. We sure love this guy and are so happy he is a part of our family. 

Lantern Festival

Our library put on a lantern festival a couple of weekends ago. It was pretty windy so they cancelled it after an hour of waiting. Jax was having a great time running around with all the other kids. He found one little girl about 7 or 8 with a sparkly shirt who he kept calling her "Anna" like on Frozen. It was pretty cute. They rescheduled for the following week and we had a pretty good time. It wasn't as spectacular as in Tangled but fun. 

Cute Brothers

My boys are the cutest! I had set Ryker's bottle down then went to the bathroom and came back to find this. Jax is a great brother.

 Jax loves when I put Ryker in his jumper. I'm pretty sure he thinks I do it for his entertainment. Ryker has got really good at hair pulling which Jax doesn't love but he keeps going back for more. 

 It's a battle to get this guy to wear any clothes. Just socks. To be fair we have no air conditioning and it is amazingly hot in our house. Who wouldn't want to be naked?

 Jax found this pirate costume in his closet and wanted to wear it. Cutest little pirate Jedi that you ever saw :)

 Loving to shave like Dad.

 I got both boys to nap at the same time and instead of doing anything productive I built me an awesome block village which Jaxilla destroyed as soon as he woke up. 

 Jax gave Ryker a sword so they could fight. Someday soon Jax.

Dutch Oven Date

This weekend we went on a dutch oven dinner date (is it a date if kids come along?) with the Howells up Sinks Canyon. It was nice to get out of town. Jax had been asserting his terrible twos by not wanting to wear any clothes, except socks, including his diaper. I tried about two hours of potty training and after four accidents decided I needed Luke home to help out with that. Anyways time out of the house was definitely welcome. The kids had fun playing on the playground, the big boys had fun with the lighter fluid (a beard might have been lost), and the moms had a good time relaxing watching the guys do the cooking. Delicious pot pie, potatoes, and peach cobbler. 

4th of July

Road-trippin to Jackson. Jax loves his red glasses (or mine. Luke's are boring black and he won't wear them) and he prefers them upside-down. This cute boy has some strong opinions. My parents had some car troubles but finally made it up Thursday evening. Lindsey is still recovering from her hip surgery and the boys had other plans so we were a pretty low key party. 

 Andrea and Derek were in town so we met them and the kids for a hike around Jenny Lake. It was fun to see these cute kids. They are getting so big, especially baby Hailey. She was walking all over the place. Jax was having a great time chasing after Caleb and Kelsey.  

Caleb needed a drink break so everyone stopped along the trail. I was holding Ryker so I walked ahead a little ways to sit on a rock. I saw this guy walking along the trail and kind of smiled at him as he passed us, then totally did a double take. It was Zachary Quinto, the actor who plays Spock in the new Star Trek, complete with Spock eyebrows! He gave me a nod like, yeah I'm him but please let me enjoy my hike. My third celebrity siting. Of course no one else saw him and I don't think they really believed me. I had just had a Star Trek marathon so I was absolutely sure. 

We made it to Hidden Falls all hot and sweaty but what a view! As we were headed to get onto the ferry for the return trip Luke saw Zachary Quinto as well and finally believed me. 

It took Luke and I a little longer to get through the park so we got there right around nap time. We had two sleepy boys. 

My three favorite guys :) Luke is a great daddy. 

After our long hike we headed to the pool. Jax is our little daredevil and recruited two other boys to keep jumping into the kiddie pool.

Loving playing outside and not getting eaten by mosquitoes!

 Jax and Grandma waiting for the fireworks to start watching Wreck-It-Ralph. He calls this movie "I don't want to be a bad guy."

 We were able to watch the fireworks right off our balcony two nights in a row. The first night we put the boys to bed and let them sleep. For the 4th Jax got to stay up. After the fireworks at DisneyWorld we weren't sure how he would like them. He was both equally fascinated and scared.