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.

Zoom!

We went to the airshow over the weekend, and it was amazing! We got to go with my parents, and my little sister Briana and her husband Timothy. The boys had a great time. Chad had to work, but was able to make it at the end for the Thunderbirds. Tate and Max were enthralled throughout the program. Tate was so bummed when it was time to go. He said "but Mommy, I want to stay all day!" I had to remind him that we had been there all day--for about 6 hours! It was fun to see him loving something so much!

Sleepy Moosies

Airman 1st Class Tate

My parents, Craig and Janet

Briana, Timothy, and they're buddy Keaton

My guys

Free toy airplanes! Wahoo!

This picture of Max cracks me up. He absolutely loves chapstick. I mean LOVES chapstick. He will go in search of Chad's every morning. He carries it around in his pocket and occasionally rubs it all over his body. So we introduced him to a wonderful little thing called "stick sunscreen." Now he carries around his "chapstwick" and covers himself in sunscreen at the same time! (And Chad's chapstick is now safe from a marauding 23 month old!_

Amazing acrobatics

The always awesome ThunderbirdsI just had to include this one. Max loves to get out the tripod and pretend like he's taking pictures. We were having fun this morning taking pictures of each other!

Random Fun at the Goeckeritz House

Chad found this cool new park by his office in Holladay. It has lots of fun and different things. Tate and Max especially loved being the coachmen of the pumpkin carriage.

Camping at Nana and Grandpa's cabin


New Family Picture
Fun at the Bee's Baseball game


What do you do at a baseball game? Why, you find an old napkin, decide it's a map, and get all of the kids around you to help you search for buried treasure of course!



Tate and Grandma and Grandpa's dog Indy
Ode to Grandma and Diet Coke!
Max and Uncle Kevin