Washington D.C. March

This was our view as we marched toward the Capital building. We were early and so there were a lot of people behind us.


The view behind us.

This was on our way to D.C. The kids needed a break and Jayden decided to take over the car after he had walked around a bit.

On our way to the march we walked by the White house and a great family from Europe took this picture for us.

This is where we were during the speakers at the rally after the march.

Our family at the march in D.C.

Just a shot of us hanging out during the rally.

Jayden is politically active for one so young :)

Another fun shot.




I don't know how to put into words our experience this last weekend. I would say that we are not real political zellots but we enjoy Fox News and Glen Beck. Colby likes Ron Paul. We heard about the march while watching Glen Beck and we felt that we were too close to pass it up. We debated about going and taking the kids, but in the end we just decided to do it. We didn't have a sign that we made to take with us, to be honest it was a rough day the day before and I couldn't think of anything clever. It worked out fine. We dressed in blue and red and felt like it was a movement for us just to be there.

I have been so frustrated at how the media has talked about this rally. There were senior citizens, young people, families, veterans, blacks, whites, democrats, republicans, independants, business people, religious groups, and even some crazy zellots. There were people on Harleys decked out in red, white and blue. There were so many different people but the message was the same, too much government! People were there for healthcare, fiscal spending, Acorn, Congress and senate reform, Czars, not being open and honest with the public. Most wanted Obama and their representitives to know that we are serious and that we are aware and hope they know there will be reprocussions in the next election to those who don't listen to our concerns.

There were so many people! It was awe inspiring! We met people from Illinois, Montana, South and North Carolina, Texas, and Indiana. It was so fun and crazy! There were two parts that really touched me. A lot of people came up to us and thanked us for bringing our young kids and said that they were what this whole rally is all about. The second is that one lady sang the National Anthem (sp?) and the whole crowd stood up and sang together. It was so touching. In a nutshell we are so glad that we went. We feel like we were a part of something good and a bit of history.

Columbus, OH Trip

Jayden wanted to swim in the hot tub because it was making so many bubbles. He couldn't stop laughing and playing in them. He kept saying, "bubbles".


Colby teaching Jayden how to kick when he is "swimming"

Colby and Kylie, she did so good. She didn't cry or anything she just liked being in the water. Yes, there are no pictures of me on purpose. I think I would blind people with my whiteness!

Jayden and Colby with the elephants at the Columbus, OH Zoo. Jayden didn't want to turn away from them long enough to get a good picture.

My two tigers!

Just another pic where I was lucky enough to have Jayden look at the camera.

Sweet Kylie! This is what she did most of the time at the Zoo!

Me and Jayden with the Kangaroo's. They let you walk around with them, it was pretty cool!
Just so you know, my hair has never been flat since we moved out here. The humidity was bad that morning and all my work gone in a few short minutes :)

So the summer is going fast and we decided to go to Columbus, OH this weekend for a little getaway. The hotels are cheap, the temple is there and they have the best custard ice cream place ever! This time we went to the Zoo, it is an awesome one, and swam in the hotel pool. It was a lot of fun and a much needed get away. We probably won't do something like this very often, they kids were so tired on the way back that a 3 1/2 trip turned into a 5 hour trip because we had to stop so much to calm them down. Oh well, MEMORIES!

Go, Go Steelers!

Jayden and I decided to build a fort on this day. He had a blast, if he wasn't in the fort he was flopping on the blanket on top to collapse the fort. He kept peeking out under the chairs and saying Hi!


So Kylie is quite a determined girl. She is 3 1/2 months and can roll from front to back and back to front (isn't this early?). To turn over she will grab the blanket like in this picture and grunt and before you know it......

She is like this and smiling. So proud of herself!

Jayden wanted to hold Kylie and help feed her. Most of the time he is not interested at all but this day he was having fun.

So NFL football has started. I know it is just pre-season but this is my plug for the best team out there. I feel a back to back coming on. She is our little Steeler cheerleader!

I know Jayden is crying, but the story is about his shirt and backpack. My Mom sent him a Buzz and Woody shirt and he LOVES it. He wears it all the time. Well we were in Wal-Mart one day and he saw a Buzz and Woody backpack and loves it as well. He puts his books and toys in it and wears it around the house all the time, it is so funny.


Jayden likes to play the piano, this day he set up his bear to play with him. He was so proud to have gotten both of them on the bench.

Jayden loves to help when I change Kylie's diaper so I thought why not have some fun with it. He took the diapers off and put them on his animals for several hours of entertainment. He finally decided he liked them better without them so that he could cuddle them better.

So we have begun the habit of reading our scriptures at night with Jayden. Instead of the real scriptures we have a book with pictures of kids and the Book of Mormon stories. Now during the day he will grab his scree-shurs and sit and read them.

Kylie was in the pack and play and Jayden with his incredible climbing abilities decided to join her. I was doing the dishes and came in the room to find this. They were having a ball together. Jayden was laughing and Kylie was smiling.

I know it has been a long time, I can't believe it took me so long to sit down at the computer and type stuff. I have been busy, we are trying to fit as much in as we can before summer is gone, and I haven't been able to update 'stuff'. Here are a few pictures and stories to update you. I will blog again soon!

This is a great picture of the two of them. Jayden loved the fact that he got to hold her all by himself.


This is probably one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken of Kylie. Isn't that smile just precious?

The three of us having fun with the camera. Jayden loved the fact that he could see himself in the screen while I took it. Kylie just looks like she is chillin.

This picture is to show my Dad why I asked him to fortify the crib for Kylie! He is a monkey!

Just another cute pic of Kylie and her new smiles!

So Jayden said his first sentence. I want binky! Yeah! We can't believe he is growing up so fast. It seems like every day I am catching up trying to figure out all the new things he has learned. Kylie is just growing. She is about 12 lbs. and 23 1/2 inches long. She is smiling and responsive and is now trying to roll over, she can get to her side but not much further. We are just having fun!

Bubbles

This is Jayden and his buddy Grant Godfrey. Grant got this great new pool and invited us over to cool down. They had a lot of fun in it.


Jayden and Grant still in the pool.


Jayden is trying to catch the bubbles that I am blowing while playing in the pool at our house.

He is so funny, he couldn't rest until he could try to blow bubbles. He did it!

Colby holding Jayden and Kylie. This is commen because Jayden wants in on the action!

We are doing good and just enjoying the summer. As you can see we spend a lot of time in our little pools, but they don't know the difference yet! Colby is on his third rotation and doing so good, we can't believe we are getting so close to the end.

So I am feeling good and somewhat back to normal. I did my thing I do after I survive the first few months and got a haircut, new glasses, etc. I am sure you get my drift, I feel like a new women!

Happy 4th of July

I had a great idea in my head that we were all dressed nice for church and we could have our pictures taken outside. I should learn to go more with the flow. They were screaming and Jayden kept trying to run away, someday I will laugh about this but by darn I got my pics! :)

Jayden is one cool dude!

We went to a friends house for the 4th for a picnic and a great homemade waterslide. To our surprise, they also had a great blow up castle. Jayden and I our playing.

Colby and Jayden going down the waterslide. We were all laughing having fun and muddy, despite Jaydens face here he did like it the other times.

The small pool was more to his liking!

We had a great 4th of July weekend. Colby had Friday off and so we chilled out Friday and partied on Saturday. Our ward had a pancake breakfast Saturday morning and it was great. The food was good and Jayden had fun with his friends. That afternoon we went to our friends place and they have a great hill in their yard so they set up a plastic sheet to be a big slip and slide. It was a blast! We had dinner and fun and by the end of the night we were so tired we put the kids to bed and listened to the fireworks on our front steps and drank cold root beer.