Picnic

We went to a park near our house for a picnic...I am in LOVE with this weather!!!

Look at my matchy dudes, orangey plaid shirts and brown corduroy pants...that's cute.

hahhaaa, doesn't this just make you smile, Everett's EARS!!! LOL!! He's such a happy kid!
A funny expression...


haha, these are all just really fun

So, this is kind of a nothing post, nothing much to say, just some silly photos to share :) Still working on unpacking, and enjoying each other every second.

Bike Ride

We took a break from unpacking this evening to explore the neighborhood and go on a bike ride! It was SOOOOO FUN!!!
This bike trailer was something we knew we wanted as soon as we found out we were expecting, it's the first thing we bought for the baby, this is the second time we've used it, the first time was last fall and Everett was SOOOO teensy!
We live on a golf course! One perk is that it's GORGEOUS, and another is that there are trails all over the place, and they are REALLY fun to ride on {although I'm not actually sure we are supposed to...???}
We tried to snap a family photo with our little point and shoot camera on the timer...it didn't turn out that great, but it's better than nothing :)
These pretty purple weeds are all over the place, so pretty!
Aren't the hills in the background so pretty? Like desert pretty, not Oregon forest pretty...different :) Plus as sunset, everything looks prettier!
Ahhh, I LOVE these photos! Everett LOVES to be tossed as high as we can throw him, he giggles non stop in anticipation when we are about to toss him :) Such a fun age!

Smooches :)

Everett showing off his hat from aunt Jenni, thanks Jenni, he loves it! {Okay he could probably care less, but I LOVE IT!}
John says he looks like Rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle...Halloween idea?!!! Totally!

See?! That would be soooo cute! I could make John a bullwinkle costume!

Well, we're still BUSY moving in, unpacking boxes, but sleeping over at our new place is fun! It's starting to feel like home :)

Everett is 10 months old today...it's a smidge depressing because he's almost a year old now, 10 months old seems so much older than 9 months...oh how I love this baby boy.

At 10 months old Everett...

-Is SO curious, and gets into everything!

-Tries to eat everything

-scoots sideways and backwards, but not quite forwards!
-Loves people, anyone that smiles at him, he is such a charmer

-blows zerberts/raspberries

-has 3 teeth

-loves to feed himself fingerfoods, especially bananas, gets frustrated if I try to feed him with a spoon

-sings! It's the cutest thing ever!

-Carries on conversations with us in babble baby talk

-Has a hearty laugh

-FREAKS out when John comes home, it's the cutest thing

-likes sitting in the baby seat in the shopping cart...sideways lol!

-Thinks it's really funny when I change his diaper

-LOVES bath time, it puts him in an instant good mood

-is fascinated by other kids, just stares at them, like he's studying them lol!
-tries hard to mimick sounds

-sticks his tongue in and out and makes a funny noise

-loves music
-thinks I am the greatest thing EVER...what can I say....?

-Doesn't like it when he can't see me, always looks around for me to pop out of somewhere and say "Peek-a-Boo!

-Is the source of all happiness and joy, and sweetness, and I need him to slow down. John and I feel SO blessed to have this little peanut in our lives.

Videos: Everett singing, and our Zion trip

OKay, for some reason, blogger is being really slow and won't upload my videos, but they are on facebook...

HERE is Everett singing..it is SO adorable! I love his soft sweet voice! I could listen to him sing all day long! He first started singing at church, along with the choir, and during hymns, it was so cute, and sometimes it was loud :) We would get tons and tons of comments after sacrament meeting about people loving to hear him sing along.

A few weeks ago I noticed him singing along to the radio when we were running errands, it's so cute! He just sings along, loud, and then soft, high then low, it's my favorite! I'm so glad I was able to catch these clips on video because when he does it most is at church and in the car when I'm driving, so I can't record him then :) But now I have it saved forever, he needs to STOP growing up, or at least slow down!

HERE is our video from our weekend in Zion, it's like 6 minutes long or something, but it's nothing boring, all fun and COOL stuff! :)

We're still not in our house, cleaning and sprucing up the garden at the in-laws, trying to leave it better than we found it :) And we are MORE than HAPPY to do so! But, I can't tell you how ready I am to live in our new house already! YAY!!!

ZION National Park Mini Christmas!!!

Mini Christmas is what we call when we all get together, because it's so fun, it's like Christmas! This mini-Christmas we got an awesome deal through "living social" for these ADORABLE cowboy cabins at Zion Ponderosa Resort at Zion National Park.

It was so. flipping. fun!!!!

We hiked the "emerald pools" and "weeping rock"

It was absolutely gorgeous! I LOVE that red rock and all the springtimey green!

We rode the shuttle bus all through the park, it was so nice, and COOL!!!!

We roasted hot dogs, and marshmallows (PS, have you seen the flat mallows meant for s'mores?! They are ah-mazing!!!) We actually just ate...and ate...and ate...all GOOD food, oodles of it!!

Aren't the cabins adorable!?

We were FREZZINg pretty much the whole time outside, the wind was quite frigid! But we bundled up, and spent a lot of time inside sharing stories and eating more treats! MMMMM!!! We also watched "The Fall of Sam Axe" movie about Burn Notice's sidekick to Michael Weston...it was awesome. Really. WE made friends with some Aussies, played some pranks, did I say ate good food? Hiked, drove around, I got some patches for souvenirs, we packed in a ton of fun in a weekend! We all wanted to stay up later and later but our bodies refused, we were beat. It's not easy having so much fun!

We went on the Zipline at the resort, we also enjoyed the hot tub (It was SO nice, even though it was fah-REEZING outside, the hot tub was so nice and toasty!

On our way home we went to Bryce Canyon National Park, we didn't have a ton of time, but we did get to partake of this stunning view of Bryce Peak.

How was your weekend?