Tricks

Marley is getting so big. Here are a couple of her new tricks.

She started being brave and taking more than one or two steps on Friday. Yeah!!

Marley is mastering the both up and down on the stairs and while she was practicing during our power outage today she was shakin' it. She loves to shake it whenever there is music, but today on the stairs it was hilarious and I missed the best one, no camera in reach.

Here is #1(as he started calling himself today) trying to get some attention away from #2. He doesn't quite have the rhythm that Marley has, but he is cute none the less.

Family Reunion

The annual Evans'(my mom's family) family reunion was a week ago and the highlight was the 'wiggle car.' I think they are called plasma cars but regardless of what they were called they are definitely the best part. We go to Daniels Canyon and the campground has a huge hill. Now usually the little kids are crusing down the hill on their bikes and the adults are freaking out because it isn't safe. This year a couple of my cousins brought their wiggle cars and my family being the rebels that we are go on them and we raced them down the hill. I think they are supposed to be just for kids, and my cousins weren't happy, but they didn't put them away so. . .
Garrick and my cousin Conrad, his new best friend. Conrad always brings cool contraptions that shoot things into the air. Icky loved it.
If you look close it is Garrick and Carl racing Kevin and Carter. My boys won.
Kevin, Carl, and Andrew racing down the hill. I think Kevin won.

Pictures

I took the kids to Target to get their pictures done. They turned out pretty cute considering I was outnumbered and they were crazy.

Camping, 1, swimming, and the 4th

We have had a busy couple of weeks but they've been great.

First, since we have a 4-wheeler, we had to test it out. Weekend before last we went up to the Gatherum family property at Causey and stayed the night. Camping in a tent was a little rough on us but we had a great time. Garrick is such a boy and his favorite part was throwing rocks in the streams. Marley was terrified of Jade (the dog) she kept popping up when Marley least expected it. I felt bad but it was hilarious.









Marley's first birthday was last week and we had such a good day. We did some shopping, and then the kids played in the sprinklers in the back yard, Marley loved the mud. My parents came over for dinner, presents, and cake. Garrick liked opening presents and Marley loved to watch him, he now has a hard time understanding why they aren't his. She loved her cake and crushed it into tiny bits. Happy Birthday Baby!!













We were going to go swimming on Marley's birthday but I didn't have anyone to go with me so we went on Wednesday when Aunt Chann could come. Thanks Chann for helping out. We had such a good time. Both the kids loved the water and the slides. Icky remembered to blow out when he went under the water, which was great considering he hasn't had lessons for 2 years. We had a hard time getting him out of the water and are definitely planning another pool trip soon.









The 4th we went down to Carl's parents. We had such a good time. We helped his neice watched his sister's 6 kids for them (it was a great reminder why we aren't in a rush for more than we have)they were good though, we'd do it again. We did a lot of 4 wheeling, hanging out with the family and the parade. Carl also helped heard some sheep on the mountain, we met them at the top and Garrick and I got to help for a little while. We don't use the horses enough. Marley finally started using a sippy cup, let the weaning begin!! She also started taking a few steps, yeah for toddling. We're having a great summer.

ONE

Happy Birthday to my little Marley earlier this week. She is one already and I can't believe it. She is so sweet and she adores her brother and her dad. Her favorite thing to say is "Hi Dad." She's not walking yet but she'll get there. WE LOVE YOU!!! Pictures of the glorious day will soon follow.