Friday, September 27, 2013

Cabin Trip!

All summer, we'd been trying to figure out when we would get to see all Mike's siblings that live in Utah.  Right before Labor Day, we decided it was kind of a "now or never" situation and decided to just make it happen. Mike and his brother Cord and been talking for a while about doing a cabin trip to Whitney's family cabin, so that's what we did!

We had so much fun! The whole way up, Grant kept talking about seeing his cousins/friends and going to the "tabin".

He and his cousin Gage are only three weeks apart. They got along (and into trouble!) right away, and had fun jumping on the beds and turning on and off all the lights in the place.

They got to go hunting for pretty rocks in the river.


The water was pretty cold. Remi wasn't pleased about that.

Avery and Grant comparing the rocks they found.

On one of the evenings, Jennifer and her family came. It's always like a breath of fresh air when they show up! Her kids are so helpful with all the little ones! Grant had so much fun having his older cousins (Trex and Dax) chase him around on this deck.

Avery-this girl is a GOOF (to say the least!)!

Remi really loved Uncle Nate! She kept getting up in his face and "talking" to him.

The cutest wake-up call Mike's ever had!


We even got to go out on the lake one day. We thought it'd be fun to have all the boys go together to start things off. Turns out, not so much.  But everyone was having fun by the end of the trip and Grant even jumped in for a swim!

Grant and Gage

 I didn't get very many pictures of sweet little Rylee. She's SO cute! She and Remi are buddies!


Meal times were crazy! For some reason, none of the kids ever wanted to eat! Too many other fun things to do I guess!

They had so much fun on these bunk beds!

Which gave me a heart-attack, but I'm sure that's part of what makes it fun!

One final picture of all the kids on the day we all left. Our kids look so brunette!


I took A LOT more pictures but really tried to keep the post to a minimum! Thanks so much for hosting us Whit and Cord and for jumping on board and taking the time off to come hang with us, Emily and Nate! And Jen and Nate and your kids for giving us a break from our crazy kids and letting us crash at your house!  We miss all you guys! Wish we lived closer!!

Friday, September 13, 2013

Hangin' With Grant

The other day while Remi was napping, Grant and I went to the thrift store to look for some stuff for their Halloween costumes. We couldn't resist the opportunity to stop by the park while we were out. 

I'm so glad we did!  It was fun to get to give him all my attention and really play WITH him! He SO much fun!! I hope that I can always show him that despite all the distractions that seem to constantly be taking my attention away from him, he is my favorite little man!

He loves to swing HIGH!

And slide...

I showed him how we used to hang on these in high school and he wanted to give it a try...


I told him he could get anything at the thrift store because he was so good and he picked this weird little porcelain  bird. He overheard me tell Sal it was janky so now he calls it "Jankybird".  He's really formed an attachment to Jankybird!

When it was time to go home, he walked back to the car as slow as possible.  I was pretty sad it had to be over too. It was really fun to get some one-on-one time with Grant! He's so easy and fun to just hang out with!
Thanks for staying with Betty, Sal!!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

An Important Lady

Beautiful little Cozi is Grant's betrothed and Remi's best friend.



She's pretty special around here!  We love you Coz! Thanks for coming to play!!

Monday, September 9, 2013

It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This

Grant LOVES to get in Remi's crib to greet her when she wakes up. When I saw these pictures the first time, I was a little embarrassed at my laziness in not putting clothes on my kids!  After looking at their happy little faces and thinking about the day I took the pictures, I decided it's pretty much perfect!

Lazy summer day. Diapers and pajamas. Super cute girl! Super cute boy!  They're happy and healthy and they love each other.

(P.S. Grant is a boxers guy, in case you were wondering...)





It really doesn't get much better than this!!