New Sites

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Hope you find some good deals.

JULY

July 2009

July has flown by. On the Fourth of July we were so excited to stay home since we had been gone the previous 3 weekends. We bought fireworks and lit them in the street. The boys loved them and since then they take our lighter out back to do fireworks. Luckily the lighter is childproof.

The next week I took the boys to Layton to see Grandma and Grandpa Hamilton. The boys played outside pretty much all day. They helped drive the tractor and the lawn mower. They rode the horses and played with Aunt Cari's dog Dudley.

We went to the Clearfield Aquatic center and had a great time going down the slide and Cooper was brave and wanted to jump off the diving board. FYI the diving board is probably 3 feet above the water and then he had to swim to the side. The lifegaurds were on full alert when it was his turn. He loved it and jumped 3 times. Needless to say I was a very proud mom. Thank you Las Vegas Swimg Academy for teaching him to swim.

When Chet flew up we went to Lagoon and had a great time on all the rides.

The four of us were there for about 6 hours then we took the boys to Grandma and Grandpa's so Chet and I could ride the big rides.

Chet and I love rollercoasters so we were super excited that the boys also liked the rollercoasters. Only about 12 more inches until they can go on the big rides with us.

Lastly, we were so close to bringing home a piano that has been being restored but last minute we could not becuase our car does not have the wiring for the tow hitch. We were so bumbed. The piano is beautiful and we cannot wait for it to make it to our home for the boys to pound on. My sister Cari is coming down in August so we are hopeful that she will be able to bring it with her.

That is our July in a flash.

Sleepy Boys

Beckham had a little fever on Sunday that really wiped him out. He slept through most of church (which made it easier for us to listen) and then when we came home he fell asleep on the kitchen floor.

About 2 weeks ago, Cooper was having a tantrum and would not come up the stairs by himself. So I left him down there. After a few minutes, when all was quite, this is what I found.
Shh. We must savor these moments.

San Diego

The last weekend in June we went on a vacation with my family. We had a great time we went to the Zoo, Sea World, and the Animal Park. Sea World was by far our favorite. We have never seen the boys sit so still as they did during the Whale show and Dolphin show. They loved holding the star fish, seeing the fish aquariums and they got to ride on their first rollercoaster. My dad had borrowed my cousins motorhome so we drove around San Diego with them and the boys thought it was great to be driving around and not buckled into thier seats. On the way back to Vegas, we were luckily in our own car because the AC in the motorhome went out. It was 113 in Baker. What a bummer for my family. We had an excellent and much needed vacation. It was great to see our family especially those from Texas that we rarely see.

Grandpa Gordon

Last weekend (June 13) we made a trip up to Spanish Fork to see Chet's Grandpa, who has been in a care center for the last 2 years. He has Alzheimers and has been in the last stages of it for a few weeks now. So we wanted to see him and say goodbye before he passed away. We went to see him Friday and he was sleeping, we could not get him to wake up. Luckily we tried again on Sunday. Grandpa was alert and wanted us to stay. While he could not talk much he did like and responded when Cooper would give him kisses. We were glad that we made the trip because Wednesday morning we were informed that he passed away in his sleep. As Chet said, sometimes we make good decisions and going to see grandpa was one of them. Cooper will have good memories of visiting him and singing him some church hymns. We know that Grandpa is in a much happier place and has been reunited with Grandma. We love you Grandpa.

Red Rock

Saturday was such a beautiful day that we decided to go for our first family hike. We went to Red Rock Canyon and took a trail that leads to a waterfall (that is only active during the spring). The boys had a great time climbing on all the rocks. Beckham was such a gentleman and would help me down off the rocks. I had to be sure I was ready to take his hand because the second we connected he pulled on me. What a helper. The boys also thought it was fun to use my camera to take pictures. Cooper also thought that we should stick our tounges out in every picture. As said before that was our first family hike, the boys cannot wait to go hiking again.

So Proud

I read somewhere that you should brag about your kids in front of them so that they gain more confidence and realize when they have made good decisions. So occationally I try to do that. Today Cooper chased a plastic garbage bag down and wanted to throw it away so it would not be littering. I later told Chet about that in the so proud mommy voice. What I think is so funny is that whenever I tell Chet about these types of things the second I am done Cooper will tell the same story in his So Proud voice.