Cousins

I honestly believe that this word is Taelyn's favorite word. We got some quality time with so many cousins during July.


The weekend of the 4th Jon's brother and his family came out. We were able to go to the zoo with them. It was a blast. Taelyn loved the animals, but the cousins made the trip even better.
I'm so glad these two are such good buddies! I had Tae's stroller, but they preferred to ride this way.

I was so glad my SIL was pregnant, too. The kids kept a pace that we could both manage.

I wish I could have gotten better carousel pictures, but by the time I started figuring my camera out, the ride was over.

We had so much fun that it wore Tae out. She slept so well under that wet blankey. I kept getting crazy looks from people for having her under a blanket, but it kept her nice and cool.

She woke up just in time for the train ride.

Don't let the face fool you, she enjoyed it!

For as short a ride as it is, it made me laugh that she couldn't stay in one spot the whole time.

The following week Jon had class up at Tony's grove. Because he didn't want to make the drive to Logan the morning of, we stayed with his sister and her family. They opted to go up for the day as well. I could see why Jon's last class was up there. The class was Native Plants and the flowers were amazing.I'm disappointed that these pictures are fuzzy. Apparently I need to remember to clean off the lens after letting Taelyn play with the camera.

These two had so much fun together. He kept telling his mom that Taelyn was his best friend.

The hike around the lake nearly did me in. It didn't help that it took so long because all the two little ones wanted to do was stop and throw rocks in.

Toward the end they both got tired.

Jon had class on his birthday, so we celebrated the day before. We took dinner and cake down to another of his sisters' house and spent the evening with them.

I wish I had taken more pictures. Unfortunately this starts my 2 week hiatus from the camera...

Taelyn wasn't too sure about getting close to Spike for a picture.While there she also learned to pedal a bike. She was so proud of herself.I'm including this picture because I'm so proud of those braids. It took a half an hour, but lasted for 3 days and I let it go wavy the 4th. Good time investment, I think.

Random Pictures from June

I'm never going to catch up if I don't do a massive card dump. Sorry!

This is the first and only time I have been able to talk Tae into licking the beaters. I had to lie and tell her it was just like a sucker. She liked it, so I think she'll forgive me.Can you tell that this little girl has a mother who plays the violin? She tried to play Taryn's guitar like this too.

She loves dandelions, but only after they go to seed. For some reason, she calls yellow dandelions by the correct name, but once they look like this they are called 'dinosaurs'. Don't ask me. She even knows what real dinosaurs look like.

On one of our trips home we helped my parents move the cows. She only rode with Grandma for 5 minutes before she decided she preferred being on the 4-wheeler with me.

And here is just a sample of how much like her daddy she is. She loved 'helping'. She slowed Jon down a little, but I know he enjoyed it just as much as she did.

Colton lived with us for a couple weeks while he was working in SLC and Shay was finishing up school in Cedar. Colton was trying to figure out how to get into the coconut and Tae insisted on helping. I tried to pick her some cool looking implements-of-destruction that could do no harm. She seemed content.
She might not forgive me for posting these, but I couldn't resist! She used to like to drink out of Jon's hand after brushing her teeth, but this is her new favorite method. I walked in on her like this and couldn't help but laugh.

And finally, once she figured out what gardening was, we couldn't talk her into letting Daddy plant the flowers on his own.

(not so friendly a tool...I should have given her the potato masher!)

For some reason she likes putting her feet between the posts on our porch. Because I'm so kind, I took pictures of her instead of helping her free herself.

I'll post pictures from July tomorrow. Until then, I'll feel like I've at least accomplished something on this long-neglected but not-so-forgotten blog.