July 28, 2008

Well, time just keeps marching on. I could have sworn I just posted! Hard to believe that August is creeping up in just a few days. We have had a great July, enjoying the summer sun (and complete lack of humidity!)

Cute Max hanging out at the Draper Days Parade. It was so great because the parade route went right down our street. All we had to do was sit on our lawn chairs in the front yard! It was great!

Uh, Mommy, the Jazz bear has my drink...

Tate: "Wow! The bear was sooooo.... thirsty!" (It took us several minutes to convince Tate that the bear was just teasing, and that he really could drink more of his drink!)
At the top of Soldier Summit

After our train ride at the zoo

All Aboard! Tate on the train slide at the park

Not sure what the plan was here...

Moosie and Daddy on the wagon ride at Thanksgiving Point

Tate on the Peter Rabbit the Pony (Hurray! I had a working camera this time!)

At Soldier Summit

After the train ride at the ZooWe had such a great time this past weekend. The Peck family is in town, and we were able to spend Saturday with them. We took the kids to a great swimming pool, then headed over to Amanda's Mom's house. It was beautiful there, with a little stream, plenty of grass, and horses! It took some convincing, but Tate was finally brave and got on the horse with Mylee. He was so proud of himself! It was wonderful seeing them as we've been a bit homesick for Virginia!

Mylee, Kayla, Max, and Tate

Mandy would put this Stetson hat on Max, then pull it off quickly. He thought it was the funniest thing ever!

Max's "official" 1st birthday picture

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Max!

Our sweet little "Moosies" turned 1 today! It is hard to believe an entire year has come and gone with this cute guy. We celebrated by playing together all day, and then having a birthday bash tonight. It is the first time in the past 4 years that we have been able to celebrate a birthday with our families around us. It was wonderful to have them over! Max made it through a couple of presents, then decided the toys were much cooler. Lucky for him, he has a big brother who is more than happy to help open presents! Max loved his cake and ice cream. He loved it in his mouth, he loved it in his hair, he even loved it on the floor! We love you so, so much Max! To the moon and back, and all around the stars!

More cake please!

The loot!

We had a car theme, so we decided Max needed a car cake!

Hurray for Grandmas With Cameras!

I stole my Mom's camera card and can finally post a few pictures!

This was really cute-- Max found this leaf when we were boating. He looked it over for a while, and then he went to a nearby tree and tried to "stick" it back on. He couldn't understand why it kept falling down!

Cute Tate'O Bug playing in the sand at Pineview Reservoir

At Bridal Veil Falls.
Thanks to Katherine and Trevor for Max's cute Ute shirt!

Mommy and Max hittin' the trail at Donut Falls

Tate's new set of wheels! He loves to ride, and we go on several bike rides each day. Yesterday while Max was napping we rode down the lane next to us. Tate declared that there was a bear stuck in a net, so we had to go back to the house and get a shovel and "seaweed" (bottle of turtle wax) to get him out. It's fun to see his imagination!

At the dinosaur museum.

Tate making imprints at the dinosaur museum

Time Flies!

We have had a busy few weeks. We've been spending a lot of time doing outdoors stuff. We took the boys on a morning bike ride up to Bridal Veil Falls. It is one of our favorite places! The boys loved splashing through the water. There was a dog there that decided he wanted to join us--while Tate was eating a donut, the dog helped himself to a few bites! Tate thought it was soooo...funny! On the 4th of July we went up to Donut Falls. It was a beautiful hike. It was the first time that Max has ridden in the backpack, and he thought he was so cool! Tate was great and hiked the whole way up.

(Sorry for the temporary lack of pictures. Turns out my camera battery wasn't dead, the whole camera was! Grrr. On the bright side, I was able to buy a new camera that I'd had my eye on for a while, so I guess it's not so bad!)