Texas

Well it has been a busy summer and I can't believe that it's already almost August! I really am going to try and make an effort to start blogging more. I just got back from a trip to Texas to see my sister, and we had so much fun. My mom, sister in law, Chloe, Carson and I all flew out for a week. When we bought our tickets we decided to go cheaper and get a connecting flight, BAD IDEA!! We got to the airport at 3:00 because we were supposed to fly out at 5:15 but it turns out we were delayed until 7:15, ya 4 hours! It was a nightmare! We flew to Denver thinking we would barely make our next flight, we rushed to the gate (you should have seen us with 2 babies and all our bags, we got quite a few stares) and yes that flight was delayed an hour! We finally got onto the plane at 10:30 and got into Texas at about 1:00! Let's just say it was a day I'll never forget, we laugh about it now but it truly was miserable! I will gladly pay double next time to get there on one flight, lesson learned! Anyway.....the week went by way too fast, we had so much fun! We shopped almost every day! They had a really fun pool so we went swimming a few times and the kids loved it. We went to the aquarium on Saturday and it was packed but we still had a good time. I think that's the only place I took pictures. The kids were such troopers, we drug them around from mall to mall, they were sleep deprived all week and they were still sooo good besides a few minor tantrums! It was sad to leave but it was so good to get home and see Chris, luckily we had no delays coming back!

All of us at the aquarium





Chloe and Carson were so cute on this trip! At first Carson didn't know what to think about Chloe, she loves to give hugs and was always wanting to hold Carson's hand and give him kisses. Those of you who know Carson know that he likes his personal space, as soon as he saw Chloe coming for him he looked at anyone close to save him! By the end of the trip he had really warmed up to her and they were so cute!




This one's my favorite! Chloe had just figured out how to take off her own diaper, Carson was laying on his blanky crying and Chloe just got down right by him and gave him a hug, so sweet!

All Grown Up...

Carson had his 15 month checkup today. He has only gained half a pound in the past three months! He's in the 10-25% in weight and 50% in height. I guess we need to beef him up a little bit. And can I just say how much I hate, hate, hate it when they have to get shots. He had three today, 2 in the leg and one on his little hip, it was so sad. The stupid nurse was training some guy so she was taking her sweet time and I wanted to shove the needle in her leg!! Carson was screaming and shaking, looking up at me to save him...I hate it! So...after we made a trip to Toys R Us for a little shopping! I know he's spoiled but I couldn't help it. We ended up leaving with a basketball hoop, a book, and a set of crayons with a coloring pad. Those are his 2 new favorite things, coloring and Basketball. Well, basketball has always been his favorite but now times it by ten! He was so excited about it. Carson was in his highchair when Chris came home and the first thing he did was point over to the hoop and say "ba ball" (basketball), he was so excited to show his daddy. The funny thing is that he hadn't even played with it for the past 3 hours, he was just way too excited to tell him about it! It's stuff like that that makes me realize how grown up he is. It's kinda sad, but I love this age, he catches on to stuff so fast and loves to make us laugh.

He learned how to dribble but he knows that it works better on a hard surface so he always takes it over to the tile floor before he starts....so smart!



These little Crayola Beginnings crayons are great, they are washable and they fit perfectly in there little hands, he loves them!

We are Alive!

I now it's been forever since I posted and a lot has gone on!! A couple of weeks ago Chris went to Chicago for work so I headed up to Idaho for 5 days. My brother and sister in law came up also so it was fun to hang out with the family. Sunday morning Carson and I headed back to Utah to meet Chris and then made our 6 hour long trip to Lake Powell...A LOT of driving in one day!! Chris says Powell is his home away from home, he's been going there for a lot of years so it was fun to spend the week there. A couple of our friends have a house boat and so every year a bunch of them get together, about 18, and just hang out. This year was our first year going with them and we are so glad we did. It was the most relaxing week of our lives. It was full of boating, wakeboarding, tubing, laying out, naps, games, eating and then some more eating. I have never eaten so much junk food in my life!! I can't even tell you how nice it was to just wake up and know that you could just veg out the whole day if you wanted to. Carson absolutely LOVED it! Our friends have a little girl who is about a month older than him and they were so cute together the whole trip. They would follow each other around everywhere! They even had their first kiss! They were both sitting on my lap and I told Carson to give Mylie a kiss and he leaned in mouth wide open!! The boats were Carson's favorite, EVERYTIME a boat or a waverunner would go by he would get all excited and clap for everyone of them. He got to ride on the waverunner with dad and he thought he was pretty cool, although he didn't dare move in his lifejacket! We all had so much fun and were sad to leave and get back to everyday life! I didn't take as many pictures as I thought so I'll get some from Becca and post more of the group later.

King of the Beach!!

He loved his car floaty

Dad and Carson on the waverunner, this was Carson's expression the whole ride....he didn't dare move!


Hanging out on the beach

Carson & Mylie