Max is 2!

Our cute little Moosie's turned 2 on July 12th. He had a great birthday. We celebrated by having family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. It is hard to believe 2 years have gone by--what a whirlwind it has been! We love having Max in our family. His grin lights up our mornings every day and his sweet little giggle is infectious! Max absolutely loves any and all sports. He wakes up each morning, and the first thing he say's is "gawf baw" (Translation: golf ball.) We have to convince him to eat his breakfast before heading out the back door to hit a few! He is fun to watch because of his focus and determination. The night of his birthday party, he received a little basketball. He sat and spent several minutes trying over and over to get it into the hoop. Boy was he proud when he did!


Then...



and Now...

If at first you don't succeed....


Try....

Try...
Again!!

Max's new red wagon--he insisted that he pull Tate and not the other way around!

Oh What Do You Do In The Summertime?

Is it just me, or is summer whooshing past in a blur? Well, at least I can say it has been a wonderful blur! Here are some fun pictures to show what we've been up to.

Fishing at Mirror Lake

100 degree heat? No problem!!

Hanging out waiting for the Draper Day's parade to start

Tate and Max with their bud Ashlyn. Draper does a children's parade a few days before the Draper Day's parade. They provide lots of decorating stuff, and allow the kids to decorate their bikes, wagons, etc. The kids walk about one block to the park. This year they had a magic show and free ice cream. It was a hit!

One of our favorite things to do is hang out at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house (and eat all the cookies!!)

Having fun at the park one day

Fishing with the butterfly net

Thanksgiving Point is one of our favorite places to go. They have wonderful gardens, and a great children's garden. The children's garden has a very fun Noah's ark surrounded in a little bit of water for the kids to play in.

Loving the sandbox. A few months ago we hauled 7 massive boxes home from Costco. In each box was about a million small parts and pieces that when assembled became a swingset with a sandbox. My Dad and Chad knocked it out in one weekend. We are loving the results--Thanks guys! We love you! (Quick side note: the picture below is of Tate playing with all of the farm animals. What you don't see is the lone cow just out of the picture on the picnic table. When asked, Tate said that the cow was in time-out. --(poor cow!)
The sandbox again. Chad made the boys each a sandcastle. They would count to three and then jump and land sitting on the sand castles.