Marshall James is now 6 months old....wow! He is so cute. He loves to be in his boucy saucer, got his first tooth, is rolling around to get from place to place, & loves to have his binkie and spits and blows bubbles. He is my cute hubby baby wighting in at 18lb and 8 oz and 27 inches long.
Ten years ago on August 9th, my cute Kevin took me up to Park City on the Alpine Slide and then to Deer Valley for a date. Little did I know that he would be down on one knee asking me to marry him. Two months later we were married & now here we are with 3 boys & trying to buy our second home!!
I am SO happy that I said yes that day! Kevin is the greatest husband!! I love how he is friends with everyone, non judgmental, very patient, loves the outdoors, to travel, goes on dates with me, likes to make me happy & laugh. He makes me feel like I can do anything and accomplish anything. He is a very hard worker & does a lot for our family. He loves to be with our boys and they have a great example to follow!
I am so happy that I have spent the last 10 years with him and am looking forward to many more years with him. I couldn't ask for a better guy to spend the rest of my life with! Love you KEVIN!! XOXO
Give my boys a fan and some dryer sheets and they will go wild. It's fun to see how their little minds work & what fun thing they will do next! They must have done this for an hour.....what toys? we don't need no stinkin' toys :)
Here we are at the beginning of the longest and most difficult hike that I have done. One day I decided that I wanted to hike the Subway, because if you remember from before I decided that I needed to go on more hikes. Well, I decided this one would be fun because it was not just straight up hiking....it has obstacles. Kevin put his name in for a permit & we got it. Kevin's cousins that live down in St. George came with us and some of our friends. Some of them had done it but not for a long time.
It was a very pretty hike walking in. I encountered my first many walks through the water.
Yes....we saw a tarantula there!!! I hate spiders and this freaked me out a bit. YUCKY!! This picture still gives me the chills every time I see it.
This is one of the swimming parts we had to do. I have never been so cold in my life. Some of the water has never seen the light of day. It was so frigid!! It was fun but any longer in that water & I wouldn't be able to go on. I can't imagine getting stuck in there and spending the night as I have read stories about before I left that freaked me out a bit....but that is during the spring.
This is why they call it the subway. It was pretty cool to see it. It really is a pretty hike. i loved being down in there!
This is one of the waterfalls that you come to towards the end when you follow the river down to the exit. Kevin went down the slide that he saw on the internet. It was pretty funny. It was nice to be in the sun finally!
This is a picture of the very end. This picture doesn't show it very well, but we were clear down in the bottom of that valley. At the end of the hike, Kevin told me that was the way out. I looked up & saw these tiny people way up this huge mountain!! You want me to go up what, are you crazy? Seriously..... it was straight up. It had some switch backs but it took me forever to get up there. I was so happy to make it to the top. I kept thinking what have I gotten myself into! I am SO tired after all that hiking & now I have to climb my way out.
It took us 8 hours to do the 9 mile hike. There were lots of obstacles and some that we had to rappel down. It was a very fun time, tiring but fun . We learned many things to do and not to do. First on my list if I do it again....good shoes. My shoes were HORRIBLE! Thanks for the fun time!
We love taking the boys on hikes. I use to hate hiking & realized the reason I hated hiking was because I was SO out of shape. Go figure:) I then decided we needed to go on more hikes and get the boys use to doing it. I know Ensign peak is not really a hike, but it's a good one for the boys they really get into it with their camelbaks. It's pretty cute.
I decided that I needed to carry Marshall up because I just had him 5 months ago & need to get in shape again. He was so cute. He was happy all the way up.
We made it to the top. It was fun & I love what you get to see at the end of your hike. It is awesome to look over the valley. Now we will be onto bigger and better hikes so I can now say I LOVE hiking!
I guess we wore little Marshall out! I can't believe he can sleep while I am trudging down the mountain!
I love watching my cute boys play together! Ethan is such a good big brother. He is always so happy to see Marshall & willing to help me out with whatever I need for him. I am lucky to have them for my boys!!
Every year on Labor day for the past many years, we have been going up camping in Big Cottonwood Canyon. At first it was a ward camp out when I was growing up & now it has turned out to be a who ever wants to come join the fun camping hangs out. It is fun to see the kids I grew up with camping with their family now.
My parents use to have a trailer but they got rid of it and now rent one every year. They spend a week up there & love it. We usually stay up there a couple nights. It is fun to go up there. This year we had Marshall with us, he did great. Nice sleeping arrangements for the boys we did,huh?! I think it's funny.
It was really nice up there. The boys had a great time on their cousins bikes riding down this hill, across a parking lot and then landing into a bunch of plants. Jackson had a few crashes as you can see by him laying on the ground. I guess that is why we wear helmets :) They did this FOREVER.....so I decided to join in on the fun riding my bike. I love camping, not worrying about anything, enjoying the outdoors and just hanging out with my family.
These are some random pictures of my cute chubby 5 month old. I am SO in love with this boy, h is so happy, smiles all the time and laughs. He is a very easy baby & content with the world around him. He loves to play on his tummy & has a very strong neck. He will go to anyone & rarely cries. I love being his mom! He got sick for the first time with hand foot mouth...poor guy! I hate when my kids are sick.
