Happy Birthday Jane!!!

Jane is 3 years old!! We went all out and had a super fun birthday bash for her on Saturday. We went to her favorite park and invited all the family. Here is Jane at the very beginning of her party with her cousins, Braden and Ashton!
She also had fun with her cousins Spencer and Stewart who were nice enough to come to her party :)
All the kids had fun pulling down the many balloons, Christina and I had painstakingly taped all over the pavilion. Oh well, at least the kids had a blast...
We had pizza, fruit, a delicious salad Ryan's mom made and soda pop (thanks Angie :) all of Jane's favorite foods- unfortunately. She had about two bites and was off playing again.
Next, Jane opened up her presents. Just about every one of her presents was Princess or Tinkerbell themed. Thank you Disney :)
All the cute boys tried to act interested as Jane opened girly present after girly present.
Mae watched intently...
Ashton got super excited about Jane's Aurora doll for some reason :)! What a good sport he is!
And finally...the grand finale...Jane got her new Cinderella dress she had been talking about for weeks. It did not disappoint...
Since the boys were such good sports about all the girly presents, they got their own supr fun, very boyish goody bags!
And they were very appreciative :)
Yes...there was cake...lots of cake. Jane dropped three consecutive pieces on the ground before she could really dig in. So, good thing the cake was way too big :)
Here we are at home enjoying Jane's spoils. We sat on the blanket Christina gave her and played the Princess matching game Jared, Heather, Braden and Ashton got her. She loved it!
And of course, she watched her new Tinkerbell movie with her new Aurora doll, snuggled up in her new blanket!! Thanks for all the sweet presents, everyone! She is in heaven right now!
Here we are visiting grandpa the next day! The kids had fun on whatever toys they could scrounge up at grandpa's house.
And my mom came over on Monday, Jane's actual birthday, and gave her a set of princess shoes. She was thrilled and has yet to take them off.
We love our sweet little Jane and are so proud of her. She is so smart and talented. She loves to sing and dance and is very artistic! I love watching her talents flourish and grow brighter every day! She is surly destined for great things :) Thanks to everyone who helped make this birthday so special for Jane :)

Summer is Winding Down

Summer is winding down and I am excited, excited, excited for the Fall (my favorite season). However, we have still been enjoying the last few days of summer. Jane loves her cousins Braden and Ashton. They had a blast playing together one afternoon. What could be better than helmets and body armor?
Ryan, the kids and I took a morning drive up Provo Canyon to see the beautiful changing colors. Our drive led us to Squaw Peak. It's so beautiful up there!

Jane loved hiking around with Daddy :) She is such an adventurer

Here's one of Jane and Mama...Best friends :) I love that gal!

Here's Jane taking in the view...

Another Saturday, we took the Fam up to Snowbird where we stumbled accross Oktoberfest...hahah! It was pure craziness! At least Jane got to have a little fun...even though
we had to wait in line for 45 minutes for a 5 minute round of jumping.

We also took advantage of the gorgeous summer evenings and had an impromptu picnic at a park. It ended up being a ton of FUN!! Beckham just loves being outside :)

Ryan and Beckham had some fun together. They are good buddies!

He kinda likes mama a little, too.

Ryan does a mean job of grilling :)

Well, goodbye sweet summer and welcome Fall!! Lots more amazing adventures and good memories await us :)

Our Big Boy, Beckham!!

Our big Boy, Beckham, is almost 10 months old!! I am a terrible mama though, and this was his first photo shoot!! They turned out pretty good, though! This was my favorite one :) I know, he's quite a looker, right?

We are so proud of our little guy! He crawls and army crawls around everywhere. He is very curious and loves to explore...in fact he hardly ever sits still :) He loves being outside, too! He stand up on everything...which means he falls all the time as well, unfortunately. He has had his fair share of bruises. His favorite thing to say is mama (atta boy, Beckham!)





We love our perfect little boy :)