That's Mine!

Normally when you say "that's MINE" to a little kid and take something away from them they start to cry-- but our's.... LAUGHS! This was probably a lot funnier to us than it will be to any of you, but I was laughing so hard it made me cry!

Can i just say that I love my little boy! I hurt when he hurts, and I laugh when he laughs. He has brought so much to our lives that I can't think what we ever did without him.

Vacation #2

OK- technically it was family reunion #2, but I'm calling it a vacation! Over this past weekend we went to the Hepworth family reunion. I'm talking about 4 generations worth of people....or in other words A LOT!! We go back to my great-grandmother, who wasn't there in person but in spirit- her 6 children (my grandparents generation), all of their children (my parents generation), all of their children (our generation), and all of their children(the up-and-coming generation). It was really cool to see and meet some of these people that I had no idea I was related to, and to catch up with others that I hadn't seen in a really long time. All-in-all, we had a really good time!

Here we are standing next to the "welcome sign".

Each family got matching shirts! They have our first names on the front- so that we could remember everybody's names, and then on the back it stated which of the 6 children we belong to! As you can see ours say "Janet's Clan" (Janet is my grandmother) and her decendents were assigned bright orange (each family was assigned a different color). I thought the names that the reunion committee came up with were rather clever. The other five were (in no particular order): Ron's Squad, Bill's Bunch, Alan's Army, Wayne's Gang, and Mary's Mob! Pretty creative! All weekend we wore our "shirts" so that we knew who came from which child.

We had access to a pool and decided to take Sawyer for his first real swim- in a real pool! He loved it!

Sawyer, Grandma, and Grandpa! This was as he was getting ready to go to bed, so he wasn't decked out in the orange shirt...

Sawyer, great-grandma (Janet), great-grandpa, and us!

Pool Party

I've decided that I love putting up pictures of Sawyer! Maybe it's because I think he is so darn cute, or maybe it's because I would rather look at pictures of him than pictures of me! But, whatever the reason, here he is playing in his little kiddie pool.
So glad to be in the water.

Check out that splash!

The first time he ever got in was with his grandma and he ended up staying in for an hour and a half-- he was so wrinkly when he finally got out! But he absolutely loves it!
Just having a good ole' time!

Playing with cute little Emma!

Happy 4th!

OK, so I know that the 4th was almost a week ago, but I'm still going to post this even though I'm really late.....
Anyways, Eric had to work on the 4th (and the rest of the weekend),so I ended up taking Sawyer to Burley. We bummed a ride from Aimee and took off to enjoy the holiday! Grandma and Grandpa Mitton bought Sawyer the cutest little life jacket so he could ride on the boat, but he ended up HATING it.


So we just let him ride without it.... (shhh, don't tell!)

After we rode up and down the river a couple of times, we headed out to another family get-together on my side. Sawyer got to meet his great-grandma & grandpa Duncan for the first time (and I didn't even get a picture). I was so glad that we had the chance to do that because we don't make it out there very often and we want Sawyer to know as much of his family as possible.
We didn't watch any fireworks this year since Sawyer was already asleep, but there's always next year! We had such a great time, but I think the best part was coming back home to Provo and being together as a family again.

I am so glad that we have to opportunity to live in the country and enjoy the freedoms that we do. To be able to believe and worship as we choose, and make our own decisions. I really think that we take for granted what so many others are denied, and I hope that everyone will take just a moment to remember the sacrifice that was made on our behalf, and remember the blessings that we all enjoy.

Vacation #1

A few weeks ago we went to Island Park for a family reunion! It was so much fun to get away for a weekend and spend time with family. Some highlights of the week were...
* Sitting in the HOT TUB (for the first time since BEFORE I was pregnant!)
* Playing in the bean-bag tournament (Go Sawyer's Best!!)
* Visiting Quake Lake. (kind of creepy)
* FARKLE!! (a way fun dice game)
* The ice cream shop in West Yellowstone.
* Fishing.
* Taking family pictures.
* The fields of wild daisies. (georgous!)
* All the YUMMY food!

Here are a few pictures from our trip.