Boys Wrestling...Again

Dallin on Uncle Clayton
The match between Dallin and me and Clayton and Caleb.





They had a blast but I think Caleb won!

Boys Who Love Their Bottle

Dallin at Day 8

Gavin- three weeks old

Daddy and His Boys

There's nothing sweeter!

Family Outings

Even though we have a new born, we have been trying to do something fun as a family each week so that Dallin can get out of the house. Gavin is a good sport. He eats wells when we are out and about and sleeps when he is suppose to. We couldn't ask for anything more.

Two weekends ago, our friends gave us some free tickets to the aquarium. It was a little hot outside on the rides, but other than that we enjoyed our outing.

This is Gavin in the Baby Bjorn. This is how he enjoyed the train ride through the shark exhibit.

Dallin's favorite part of the aquarium is the carousel. He could do it all day.

Last week our outing was to the swimming pool. We haven't been swimming as much lately since Gavin came, but we decided to try taking him with us. This is what he did in the stroller for the hour while we swam. What a good baby!!!

Fun at the Circus

Since we didn't plan on when we got a baby, we had lots of summer activities planned that aren't baby friendly. One of those was tickets to the circus. We debated about what to do and finally decided that since Gavin was a super good bottle fed baby, he could be left with Aunt Haley and we could take Dallin on one last family activity with just the three of us. He deserved it. His life has had an upheaval without any time to prepare him for the new adjustments. When we bought tickets, my parents decided they would join us long with any other grandchildren that wanted to go. Dallin's cousin Caleb came along.

Part of the circus was little over Caleb and Dallin's head, but for the most part they sat in amazement at the lights, tricks, and animals.

My favorite part was listening to Dallin going, "me too" as he watched the clowns do all their tricks which included flips, jumps, and lighting themselves on fire. (I have been watching Dallin like a hawk since we got home as he tried out a couple of his new moves. The joy of raising a active boy! Luckily anything to do with fire is hidden far, far away from Dallin.) I think Dallin's decided to be a clown when he grows up.

The elephants were a favorite.

I think this is what the boys looked like the entire time.

Going to the circus was even more fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

Precious

My new sister-in-law Kara is a photography major at BYU. When we joined our family on their vacation, Kara made my day by asking if she could take Gavin's picture. She is amazing! My brothers sure marry well (and they pick girls with similar names.) We use Kari as a doctor and we all love Kara's photography skills. (They have other great qualities too.) Here are some of my favorites.