a visit to MEMA'S house...

What a fun-filled week in the 'boat...we went to the river, the wave pool, parade, watched fire works, cheered Lilli on at her soccer games and the rodeo. This summer has been wonderful watching our little guy enjoy so many things. He loves the water, jumping (bending the knees and taking off, only to just get up on his toes), trucks, tractors, trains, and his friends. Enjoy the pictures. We love ya MEMS and thanks for such a great time.

RODEO

POOL/RIVER

PARADE/FIREWORKS

Lilli's Soccer Games

Check out Griffin workin' it with the ladies. Well actually, he's more into his snack, but it's still so stinkin' cute.

Best BUDS

Here's the deal, whenever Danie and I visit each other it has to be horrible weather. That's just how it goes. Last time I went up to see her there was a crazy spring blizzard and this time she came down here and we had lovely rain and cold temperatures. We did, although, make the best of it. We stayed around the house for a few days and finally toward the end we managed a few days trips which included Telluride and Junction, oh and one birthday party that Danie will not forget. D-har, this post is for you so you know that I love you and appreciate you making the trek with the little man. I loved watch our sons play together (OMGOSH I just said our sons...).

I'm sorry I had to kick Emily Post out a few times (wink wink!). Don't forget we haven't heard from "in the big woods" in like 4 months. This might just be a good time for that.

Friends from "the hills" visit!

Reagan and Danie came for a week and Griff couldn't get enough of her little

guy. They played so well together (besides Griffin taking cars from him). More pics to come!

Canyonlands with the Pollard FAM FAMILY

What an amazing weekend! We were able to get out of town for a few days and enjoy the outdoors. It was Griffin's 2nd time camping and he did great. He stayed in his pack & play the whole night except once and it was after 4, but still slept 'til 7. (Thanks for the tent Freeds!)

The first day we went on a jeep trail. Pretty exciting, with much mom guilt for the little head banging around. Once again, he fell asleep at the most jarring part. Once up to the top we hiked around and did some rock hopin'...

Momma Foot and Baby Foot

Then in the evening, we headed out to this waterfall. Griffin could not get enough of it. He just kept wanting to walk right under it. What a water baby we have!

Don't worry it's just sand water. It looks a lot worse then it really was.

What a great cousin, thanks Cam, for being so good to our little guy!

On Sunday, on our way home, we stopped just past Moab at Negro Bill Canyon. Oh man, it was amazing. The huge canyon and stream was beautiful. We loved it and Jeff even liked it because we knew our little guy would love playing in the water so much. Enjoy the pics. I totally recommend this hike, by the way. It's about 2 miles on a sandy trail...even with some shade and water crossings.

Nature Baby with his TEVA sandals

...of course he fell asleep on the way back...shout out to the Berlet Fam for giving us this amazing pack!

one last shot...finally home in his own bed and loving it. Also, cuddled up to a metal tractor. Gotta love this guy!

Dancin' in the RAIN and JUCO!

Sunday morning first thing after Griffin woke up, I dressed him in the best rain gear we had...obviously, we don't get much rain here, 'cause I had nothing for the guy. I put him in his winter coat, waterproof pants (hand me downs) and leather shoes...like I said the best I could do, and we went out to dance in the rain. He preferred to stomp in the puddles and play with the water off the gutters, but none the less, we had a great time. One of those moments in time, FOR SURE!! We even made it to church on time too, extra bonus! Enjoy the pics...oh and we are LOVING this rain...even if we had to leave the JUCO game for a bit. We got to return and watch about 5 innings, so that was a treat.

Farmers never get a break ;-)

Just watching Griffin watch the JUCO game was enough for me. He LOVED it...bazeball, bazeball, over and over. He really did watch the game. The best part was the bullpin was right in front of us and he could see everything they were doing. Oh man, we can't wait for our little "little league-er" to play.

Spring Happenings...

This kid loves to be outside. We can hardly keep him indoors. With tractors (track-toos), horses, rocks, swings, and just plain ol' outdoor explorin' right off the back patio, it's a daily battle to go in. We love watching him just enjoy the simple things. Today, while at our house, he was able to spray a hose, get in the sprinklers, and enjoy a little yard work. Bring on the summer...tennis lessons, softball games, pool time, bbq's, and WARM weather...it's magical!

hanging outside the library!

feeding our favorite horse, Black Knight!

EASTER 2009...

Happy Easter to everyone! Our Easter was a bit of a downer due to colds and crummy weather. Although, we have a bigger reason then health and sun to celebrate (well it would have been nice) so we'll go with that. Thank you, Jesus for what you did for us on the cross and on that first Easter morning...and for what you do for us all THE TIME! We feel your love and your blessings!

This was the first time Griffin was able to dye Easter Eggs. Is there any other way to let a toddler do this? Enjoy...

Griff & EASTER GRASS

...and here you have it folks...the Easter grass. I'm totally lovin' it!

The other day the light was amazing...it had that wonderful warm, orange glow...which only meant at 4:45pm I had to get my son dressed for the day and get out and get some shots in this light. (what can I say, it was a stay in jammies kinda day!) Our little man is 15 months now and talking and running around like crazy.

Bring on the EASTER grass!

Wheat Grass for the Easter Basket

I'm so thrilled to be able to pass this fun, simple, easy, cheap, but CUTE craftish thing on to little Griffin (and you). My mom started this for us when we were younger and now I it's my turn. So all I did was buy Griff's Easter basket (at Target)(it's no potterybarn basket, but it will do for this year), the liner (at Home Depot), and the wheat berry seeds (Highlands health food store?) and put it all together. I soaked the seeds for 48 hours (supposed to be 24 but didn't get to it) and then fill the liner with soil and add the seeds and a bit more soil and top it off with Saran wrap and you are good to go. Remove the wrap once the seeds begin to grow and there you have it. REAL grass instead of the plastic colored grass. I will repost once the grass has started to grow so you can see how cute it looks.