What we've been up to

So this is just a little update :)

John Birthday fell on Father's Day this year...DOUBLE WHAMMY! And we spoke in church that Sunday! {It was the last Sunday in our Ward, boo...we have LoVED this Ward so much!}

John was spoiled with some tools, some treats, and for his birthday I gave him a certificate for us to run a race together {he's always talking about how he wants us to do a sport or active activity together, not my idea of fun per-se but it means a lot to him, so we're going to run a 10K together! FUN...or something :) I also made him a picture book for Fathers Day *from Everett* of photos of them together this past year, and telling about why he's the best dad, it's tender...

He got an air compressor, and Everett was so funny looking at it just like John, I guess that's what boys do...too cute... click on the pic to make it bigger :)
We had a Weenie-Roast at Willow Park campground the day after his b-day with the whole lance gang, we roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, and I introduced the Lance's to roasted Star-Bursts...yummmm

We finished it off with Chocolate Cake!

We played Frisbee and talked around the campfire, it was beautiful!
Okay, so Seth and Jacob gave John this Nerf Sword for his birhtday {whenever he see's those boys they play Ninja's and John is the Ninja master and the boys are Ninja apprentices...so he naturally needed a sword.} well Everett got really attatched to it, and screamed if we tried to take it away, and so that night it went to bed with him...this photo wasn't taken that night though, this was taken like a week later, he still loves that sword! Such a boy! He's snuglling it like a lovey or something, it's SO funny! John got this picture during one of his naps this past week...LOL!!! Funny kid...
Cute Everett smashing his nose against the window...silly...and SO cute

Nap time, precious. I love this...
Okay, I made this bow belt! I'll post more photo's and explain how I did it on my crafty blog soon, I was so tickled with how it turned out, I did make some mistakes though, live and learn, I made a mustard yellow one tonight, and i'll take some pics and post them too...
Do you love it as much as I do?! {I wanted it to be more scrunchy, more gathered, the Yellow one I made is better, but its still super cute right???
So that's a little update :) Our summer is crazy busy!

I'm still sewing away getting ready for the jackson show, and trying to keep up with house work, tutoring, and a one year old! We're also trying to enjoy the summer as much as possible, we've been swimming at the Lehi Pool, and plan to go camping at the end of the month! YAY!!!

What are you up to?

Looking Back...

A single photo of Everett each month this past year, man a month makes such a difference!

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Birth Day

July 3 2010

Everett Turns ONE!!!

Everett's birthday was last Sunday. Jarom and Steph were spending the holiday weekend with us, so we went on a fun picnic to Camp Floyd, it was hot, but a nice drive and delicious food :) Veggie tray, fresh salsa and chips, and cheese and crackers. WE had shish-ka-bobs for dinner and ice cream for dessert. The next day, the fourth we made some cakes for the BBQ, and I made a smash cake for Everett, but we had a scary experience with Jarom having a SEIZURE, the ambulance came and everything, it was seriously scary, you ca read all about it here on Steph's blog. Anyway, we didn't have time to do Everett's smash cake at the BBQ we only had time to stop for a quick bite and head back to the hospital, so we're doing the party today with the family :) More photos to come :)

We did manage to get these cute photo's before the incident ever happened though...

Everett LOVES:

-bath time

-splashing

-going swimming

-when daddy comes hme

-getting up from his nap

-snuggling Stephanies Belly

-bananas

-yogurt

-cheese

-bread

-pulling things off/out of shelves, baskets etc

-playing fetch with himself (throwing things like clothes or toys from one side of the room to the other and then back again)

-messing up folded laundry (doesn't care for it as much if it's in a messy pile, he likes to unfold it from a pile...little goober)

-laughs when he eats something he likes

-laughs when other people are laughing

-sings along to the radio, hymns at church, whatever (He was rockin' some Justin Beiber this week while we were getting ready for the day)

Everett can:

-give kisses

-BLOW Kisses

-Wink

-if you say "Everett How old are you?" he puts up one finger, and then he claps 'cause he's so proud of himself!

-WORDS he can say: Mama, Dada, no-no (nose), and cracker (cah-guk)

-climbs up the stairs, starting to learn to go down the stairs (backwards :)

-walk around the furniture, but not standing on his own yet...

-finally drink from a sippy cup, bottle, straw, and officially weaned (I have mixed emotions about that...)

This cool tree had a little hobbit hole that was just his size...this kid is so easy to take photo's of, I had a hard time narrowing it down...I can't get over how grown up he looks though...
See his finger? We were asking him how old he was, "one" {cute}
Made him this super cute birthday hat, and he kept it on all morning, the elastic was super thin, and I put it behind his ears, he totally forgot about it being there...

That's our house in the background, on the right...
Love those BIG brown eyes and the eyelashes..i love them! {WiNK!}
His top two teeth are coming in too!


he LoVES aunt Stephy, he especially loves snuggling her belly, it's the cutest thing!
I can't get over how big he looks today, and when I check on him after he's alseep in his crib and cover him up with his blankie, he looks SO big all stretched out asleep in his crib, he used to be so teensy! Remember?

But now look...so big!

I honestly canNOT believe he is already a year old, I mean people said the time would fly, but I find myself tring so hard to keep him little, he's still the best snuggler, especially in the morning...it's pure heaven. I just can't believe how much love my heart can hold for this little boy...Happy Birthday Everett!

Ocean Love :)

So, we took Everett to the beach. He LOVED it so so much! He loved the sand, he loved being able to crawl on and on wherever he wanted! It was perfect weather too, not too hot, but pleasant :) We played in the sand, and chased seagulls, and splashed our feet in the shallow tide. He loved it! It was a challenge to get him to look up from the sand for a picture, we got some darling ones though! I just wish John had been there to see how cute Everett was, loving the beach!

Could he get any cuter?!!!

funny face, I love all of his expressions!

See his tongue sticking out? That's how you know he's concentrating, ha! Cute...

Wanna frame this one of me and the boy...he seems so grown up! Almost a year old...BOO.

Cute mom and dad, it was so fun to be home and to have them all to myself! I didn't have to share them with ANYBODY!!! Lucky me!

Building sand piles with Grandpa...