Hadley's Special Day!

We had the privledge of blessing Hadley on Sunday. It was a wonderful day celebrating how special Hadley is to our family.


Before the blessing Jeremy shared a quote that I would like to share too!

E. T. Sullivan once wrote these interesting words: “When God wants a great work done in the world or a great wrong righted, he goes about it in a very unusual way. He doesn’t stir up his earthquakes or send forth his thunderbolts. Instead, he has a helpless baby born, perhaps in a simple home and of some obscure mother. And then God puts the idea into the mother’s heart, and she puts it into the baby’s mind. And then God waits. The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.”

And those babies, I should like to add, will become forces for good or ill, depending in large measure on how they are reared. The Lord, without equivocation, has declared, “I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth” (D&C 93:40).

If I may be pardoned for suggesting the obvious, I do so only because the obvious is not observed in so many instances. The obvious includes four imperatives with reference to children: (1) love them, (2) teach them, (3) respect them, and (4) pray with them and for them."

---Gordon B. Hinckley, “These, Our Little Ones,” Liahona, Dec 2007, 2–7

What a huge responsibilty being a parent it. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. There really is something so special about little children.

It was a great day! A huge thank you to all those who came to support us. We love you guys! For those of you that couldn't come, we missed you and hope you enjoy the pictures.

The family that came!

Hadley with her grandparents!

Hadley and Canyon hanging out together!

A BIG YAWN from Canyon

Tristan mowing our lawn!

Caydon showing off his adorable smile!

Brett, David, Brian, and John enjoying some food!

Caydon's PARTY!

First of all, I took my camera to Caydon's party, but without the memory card in it... so if you took pictures at Caydon's party that you are willing to share, please send them my way.

Caydon's party was awesome despite the heat! We had yummy food, yummy cake, and my favorite we had yummy ice cream!! Caydon had a riot playing in the water and opening all his fun gifts! Thanks Brett and Brain for having us all over!!

Also it was great to meet Lindsey (Michael's girlfriend) and Anthony (Cat's friend)

A few tid-bits I learned at the party;

• Brian and Brett are expecting their 2nd child sometime in March, 2010!! (hopefully I calculated right)
• Nathan just returned from a week long trip to Alabama where he received some additional training.
• Brett started a new job yesterday!
• Canyon weighs 10 pounds 10 oz. and Hadley weighs 11 pounds, and Camille weighs... oh wait! We won't go there!
• Tristan claims Baylee and Taylor as his cousins, but Boston, Caydon, Canyon, and Hadley are too little to be his cousins! Silly Tristan!

Happy 2nd Birthday Caydon!!

Caydon's favorite foods, hmmmm.... thats a good one, he doesn't really eat much, but when he does eat he would prefer to have fruit of any kind, i have yet to find a fruitthat he doesn't like, but his other are pizza, wheels and cheese, and corn, he refuses to touch just about anything else. His favorite things to do are torment his parents for one, then dance, sing, jump, play in the water,and ride his bike.

Caydon has learned so many things it amazes us!!! He knows how to take and put back togetherend tables if the screws are loose enough, he had watched Brian use a screw driver so many times, he know how to use those too. He know how to put his shoes on half the time, strip his diaper off and run like the wind so that he doesn't get caught!! If we are driving down the road and we pass a jeep cherokee he knows that brian just mightbe in that car, cause thats what daddy drives. He knows how to get you out of your seat so that he can steal it,then he laughs and laughs. He thinks its great!! Number one favorite show would have to be Toy Story, he has watched that at least 100 times if not many more. The next show would have to be Dora the Explorer, which he now calls Dorothy. He is an amazing little guy that learns so much everyday. Whether he learns to repeat things like "Hi Stinky" when Brian gets homeand says it to him. or he sees or hears a cop car and yells POPO!!!

Hadley's Blessing

Happy Birthday Braedon!!

We hope you have an AWESOME birthday Braedon!! We look forward to your spotlight, so we can learn more about you!!

Canyon's Blessing

Canyon was blessed on Sunday July 5th in Tammy and John's Ward! This is a picture of Canyon taking a bath, getting ready for his big day!

This is the cute little guy all dressed in white for his blessing. What an adorable little boy he is!

After the blessing family enjoyed a lunch together!

Although this picture wasn't taken on the blessing day, we have to include it! John looks awesome caring Canyon in a cool sling!!

Our Trip to Bear Lake!

Camille writing;

My family has a big reunion every year where about 70+ people attend. This year we went to our traditional place up St. Charles Canyon located a few miles from Bear Lake. I LOVE this campground and have been going there since I was 10 days old.

The first day we set up camp, ate some great food, and Boston received over 50 mosquito bites. KID MOSQUITO REPELLENT DOES NOT WORK!! The poor kid looks like he has the chicken pox.

The next day Jeremy enjoyed some golfing, and we all enjoyed Bear Lake!

Boston loved throwing the wet sand all over himself and others! He absolutely loves the water!

Hadley dressed up for the lake in my old swimming suit I wore when I was a baby! She even shared with us some of her first smiles there!

The 3rd day we joined in Paris, Idaho's 4th of July festivities, including breakfast and a parade! Boston loved watching all the cars and getting candy thrown at him!!

The 4th day we spent enjoying the beauty of the mountains, visiting with family,and attending church.

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It was a lot of work to camp with 2 little kids, but well worth it!