Nate's Baptism

We were able to meet up with a lot of family to celebrate Nate's birthday and him being baptized. It was so much fun to have everyone in Drew and Becky's big house. Every family had their own room and the kids had a lot of fun playing three days straight!

Cooper, Drew, Will, Becky, Nate, Callie

 It was so fun to watch Crew as he watched Nate be baptized. He went to Aurora's but was about Sawyer's age at the time. You could just see his brain working when you looked into his eyes!

The only way to keep Sawyer somewhat quiet: stickers!

"Okay Sawyer, here's the plan!"

How Abe feels about me taking his pictures

Thank you for your cooperation!

 Congrats Nate!

Creativity

Abe and I were discussing our plans one morning while Crew was quietly playing. I looked over and saw Crew's creation. He had created is own bridge with a play hoe and shovel. His rake was suspended off the ground. He thought it was pretty neat.

Crew has a sore across the bottom of his nose. He got it in nursery from a flying helicopter. It is taking quite awhile to heal!

New Jacket

Crew got a new jacket and must have been feeling pretty cool! (It's a pretty big deal around here when one gets a new piece of clothing since much of the boys wardrobe is borrowed.) Crew put his jacket and boots on and then started telling me what Abe does when he comes in during the day." Dad walks over like this, he crosses his feet like this, and he has his hand in his pocket like this (not pictured), and he leans on the wall like this, and then he says, 'What are you doing? I got a guy coming for hay.'"

Crew was totally serious and I was trying, with much difficulty, to keep a straight face. Crew adores his Dad and already aspires to be just like him!

Other funny things out of Crew's mouth: 

He was watching Abe on his four wheeler. "Wow! Dad was going crazy fast!"

Crew bonked his head really hard and through his tears he cried, "I broke my hair!!"

Sand Moutain

We got together a group of friends and went to Sand Mountain. It was so much fun, only a few other people there, and the weather was gorgeous!

Sawyer was attached to the four wheeler. He loved riding around and was constantly climbing on one when we were stopped.

Crew has a new favorite friend! Owen is 7 and such a fun boy!! He is full of energy and lots of great information to share. I love his excitement every time he has something to tell me!

He is so kind to Crew and even brought him a new monster truck to play with in the sand. Crew on the other hand still struggles to share his favorite toys when he sees Owen playing with them. But he is getting better.

Shauna and Brian. Audra was on the blanket next to them. Richard and Abe were off riding.

After the guys rode around we all got a ride to the top where we took a few pictures and then ran down. Crew normally runs straight down but this time he decided to crawl backwards, wiggle, flip in circles, scoot on his bum, and run. It took awhile longer coming down and he had much more sand in his clothing!! Sawyer caught a ride down on my back.

Abe (holding Sawyer), Audra, Shauna, Brian, Crew, (over on the right ridge) Richard, Owen

Abe, Sawyer, Lindsey, Audra, Shauna, Brian, Owen

 After we got to the bottom the sun set and we did our best to eat dinner. Abe was in charge of getting everything ready since he planned the trip and I was in Reno most of the day getting some summer clothes for the boys. We had hot dogs, chips, and s'mores. Abe didn't bring napkins or plates. It was a little messy.

It was a lot of fun and Crew keeps on asking to get together with Owen and go to Sand Mountain again. Unfortunately the whole family has been sick and we haven't been able to have fun with friends.

Good memories!

Update: Smashed Finger

Sawyer's fingernail finally fell off. A new nail has already grown half way up his nail bed. I am wondering if it will ever look the same.

He also lost his big toenail. He had smashed it only a few days after he had his finger smashed in the door. Sawyer dropped a heavy container of linoleum glue on his first two toes and killed the bottom half of the toenail. It came off a couple days after his finger nail and he has a new nail already half way as well.