4th of July

We had a wonderful day celebrating the fourth! We did the parade, the park, had a bbq and went to the mountain! Just the usual 4th stuff! 

 the baseball players were brutal this year with the squirt guns! lol! ^^

we love USA!

Koen 18 Months

At 18 months Koen:

Weighs 24lbs 4oz    26%

Height 33 inches     69%

Head circumference 19 1/4in    79%

loves to play outside and run around

loves to go swimming, he will just float around the pool with his floats on 

and doesn't even want you by him. he even tries to swim!

is a very good eater 

loves to read books

says vroom vroom when driving his cars

talks on the phone all the time

likes to do puzzles

is a blankey boy

fights with his brother and is able to hold his own 

sometimes starts the fights just to irritate Brody

can point to his nose and his eyes when asked

says dad and mom

points to things he needs and wants, or if he just wants to show me

is still a mommy boy

has climbed out of his crib once but 

he fell on his head pretty hard so hopefully that won't happen again!

likes to be independent all the time

tries to buckle his own car seat

He is such a little sweetheart and we love him so so much! I can't believe how big he is already, time is going by to fast!

sometimes its brotherly love and other times its war!^^

so tired waiting for mom to be done working!^^

When brods isn't home then we get to play with whatever we want to in his room!^^

just some swim time with gma and gpa!

riding bikes!^^

Koen got his first buzz cut!^^

 cruisin^^

eating popcorn at opening ceremonies!^^

just a quick photo of some cuteness before church!^^

Father's Day

Tyler
    What a wonderful dad and supportive husband you are! Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to this family. These boys look up to you so much, you are their hero, and mine as well!
    We appreciate your patience with us, we know that we can be a handful at times... or maybe all the time... but you handle it so well! We love your honesty, and your fabulous sense of humor that always makes us laugh! We love your spanish accents and the way you make everything a joke! Although that does get old at times but here it is as one for my favorite things that you do! So there ya go!
    I love how maticulous you can be when you are working on a project. You can be so ocd when it comes to building, painting, or refinishing things, but then for some reason your truck looks like it could have a small family of mice living in it. Sometimes when I am cleaning the house I randomly find banana peels in the couch cushions along with string cheese wrapper and various other crumbs. If I didn't take your nightly cereal bowl down to the sink every morning, all of your cereal essentials would probably be accessible from your night stand! There are so many more crazy little things about you that drive me wild but ill save them for another day.  Happy Fathers Day to the best friend/father/husband anyone could ask for! Thanks for making me laugh everyday!
Love Ashlee

"may all your days be circus days!"

The circus came to town and we attended! I have never been to one before, I kinda felt like I went back into time, like maybe I was watching the circus in Water for  Elephants. I mean it wasn't as awesome as the circus in the movie, but it was pretty good for a Cedar City circus! 

"May all your days be circus days"

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, BBQing and spending time with family and remembering the family that is no longer with us. We hope everyone had an enjoyable time doing the same!

Last day of Pre K

 Teacher gifts! ( I couldn't have picked a better teacher/bus driver/bus aide) 

Brody is officially done with his first year of pre K. It makes me so sad to think he will be 4 this summer, and moving on to his next year of school! It just keeps going faster and faster! Before he got on the bus we had a little photo shoot outside just to capture how dang cute he is! 

A few things brods learned this year:

How to spell and write his name

recognize his name

follow directions, and transition from activity to activity

to communicate

say complete sentences

share

the ABC's

how to count to 20

lots of songs/nursery rymes

the weather, the land, the sun, nature

and so much more! 

Going to Three Peaks Pre School has been so amazing for us! We love Miss Carol and the teacher aides, the whole experience has been amazing. Brody's speech has improved a tremendous amount! He is doing so good and is confident to talk now :). 

We cant wait to go back, but we will do our best to enjoy our summer! ;);)

Just Lately

Just a little update with some pictures from my phone! :)

 Tyler teaching Koen to ride a scooter

That boy lives to be outside running around! ^^

 We got a new car!! Yay!!

 We went down to St. George and had a yard sale at my grandparents house

 Brody and Sadie ^^

 Swimming at Grandma Jan's pool 

 :)

Double Floats?^^

 Brods getting in some cuddle time with Tuck and Mazie!^^

Ridin dirty with dad!