Utah!

We had such an incredible trip to Utah and made so many great memories. Generally the boys did good on the car ride although Tanner wanted to stop every 2 hours. He really enjoyed playing in Winnemucca at McDonalds.

When we finally arrived at Mandy and Colin's in Heber after 2 days of traveling Tanner was happy to roll around in the grass.

It was so fun to watch Preston and Eliza together. They look like such a teenage couple in this photo. I love it.

Preston also figured out how to pedal by himself!

On Monday it was so fun to go to Provo and hang at Brad and Rachel's apartment and go back to BYU campus to show Preston some of our favorite things, including the Creamery. He loves being silly. Thanks to Rachel for keeping Tanner so he could sleep and so we could enjoy walking around!

And taking pictures of mom.

The HFAC Ticket Office where I used to work!

COUGARS!

Of course we had to hit up Cafe Rio our first night. It ended up being quite the group with Steve and Carrie Mecham, Jim and Dee, Hillary and Mark, Brad and Rachel, Don and Maclaine and the 4 of us.

On Tuesday we met up with Mandy and Eliza in Salt Lake and played at the new play area at City Creek. The kids loved the dinosaurs.

Then we went to play in the fountains at the Gateway before meeting up with Mindy, Tari, Derreck, and Sheryl at CPK.

I love these two together.

Eliza and Preston, so precious.

We wore him out!

Wednesday was such an enjoyable day. Colin took half the day off and met us after work at the Park City Resort to do the Alpine Slide. Mandy and I stayed back with Tanner and the boys took the kids. Eliza and Preston weren't even scared!

We thought it might be fun to do something as couples so we got tickets on the Flying Eagle. It is a zipline that you ride together. It was quite anticlimactic, you hardly go far at all but still exhilarating. 

The kids loved the merry go round.

And we ended the night with the most delightful dinner at a delicious place in Midway. Thanks Mandy and Colin for such a great day!

Bowling

This weeks excursion was bowling and we had the best time! It was four boys this week and they absolutely loved rolling the ball to knock down the pins.

Cole, Nick, Jett and Preston with Sarah in the background.

Excited!

Tanner was ok just hanging out.

Checking the board to see whose turn it is next.

The scores

Of course Preston also really wanted to play games but we just stuck to bowling.

Tanner is 9 Months Old

I can't believe how times flies and that Tanner is already 9 months old. He is my little buddy and I love that I get to be with him every day. He has become a Mama's boy even more lately and I love knowing that he is happiest with me. He makes me so happy.

Tanner absolutely loves his big brother. He always watches him and Preston can make him laugh like no one else can. He is so patient with Preston who is sometimes more rough than he should be. He has his bottom 2 teeth that came in around April 6th. At his checkup on April 19th he weighed 16lbs 3 oz and was 27 inches long. He is just under the 75th percentile and feels just right to me.

Lately he seems to be going through teething/growth spurts, who knows really, so he has been super cuddly. One day he absolutely refused to go down for his nap when he usually would always lay down and go right to sleep so I caved and let him sleep on my shoulder. He is the sweetest.

Tanner is pulling himself up and is so happy to be more independent. He is starting to scare me with how brave he is getting! The gate is essential at this point.

The other day we went to the park and Tanner just loved feeling the grass.

Tanner has started dancing whenever he hears music. So cute and funny.

I was able to take the boys to get their portraits last week. Here are some teaser screen shots of these adorable two.

I am so grateful that I am the mother to these two. They are so incredible and bring me so much joy. Now they need to stop growing up so fast!