Battle Creek Falls

I heard about this waterfall in Pleasant Grove and I really wanted to see it, so Greg and decided to go today. It was an easy 1/2 mile hike up and it was beautiful!

I hiked up the side of it and shot this pic. I hiked on top of it but I couldn't get a pic looking down over it.

This is a super happy baby that enjoyed his hike up the canyon

he has the Barcus blue eyes for sure :o)

While we were hiking down the mountain I had a near death experience with 2 snakes! Ok not really but it felt like one. They just slithered along side me and scared the begeezies out of me and yes I screamed and it echoed and I felt silly, but EEEWWW and AAAHHHH!

Just because...

                                               

VICTORY!

Sooooo I'll be in Ohio June 25th-29th!!!!


Can I just tell you how much I love this...

No, I can't because I love it tooooooooooooooo much!

This is how sweet my boy is

Last minute decision

So my hubs is taking off to Ohio June 25th - 29th and he is taking our sweet boy with him so the rest of our fam can meet him and I wasn't planning on going because of PTO. I need to save 30 hours for Myrtle Beach in July and I was afraid I wouldn't have enough, but turns out I have more than enough! I have to wait until tomorrow morning to hear back from manager before I can book a flight but I'm hoping it's a go! I found a cheap ticket so hopefully it's there tomorrow if I get the ok from my manager! Keep those fingers crossed!

I took these yesterday and I couldn't resist posting them (maybe someday I will find more to post about than my adorable child...and maybe not)

Evan loves his toys

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without...and some other things

My grandma and mom were here the first 3 weeks that I went back to work and they watched Evan while Greg was at school aaaaannnnnd they fixed my fave jeans for me!

If anyone has a love affair with their jeans it's me.  I love jeans. LOVE them. and so when I find a pair that I really love I pretty much wear them until there are holes. My most recent fave pair got a whole in the knee so my mom and grandma made them into capri's/long shorts (not really sure what to call them) for me while I was busy with work and the fam.

Greg had to do some family history stuff so we went to SLC today and went to the museum of church history after the family history library and there was a bunk replica that had a sign to try it out if you want... so naturally my husband just had to..

We let Evan play in the grass for the first time the other day and he was so curious about it...he just kept looking down at it...

A trip to Washington

My Husband, baby, mom and grandma all went to Washington state this past weekend to see my brother and his wife. Sadly, my dad was unable to attend the gathering due to work...I'll let you view pictures before I go into detail....

 My sweet boy on his first Airplane ride!

 

 

These pictures are of us at the public market...what a way cool place! It was so fun!

This place was the restaurant that was in Sleepless in Seattle :o)

Just a little street corner music we can all appreciate

My brother....I feel like he looks like he might go crazy in this picture

Evan meets Aunt Kim!

 Uncle Tim tries to soothe my very tired child...

So we flew to WA Friday night and we left Sunday night. Very short trip, but well worth it. It was so nice to see them and see where they are living. I never saw their first house in Texas, only their apartment. It was nice to see their beautiful home in WA. My brother and his wife can whip up some delicious food, so we were able to eat lots of their delicious creations.

I'm so incredibly happy that they were able to meet Evan while he is still a tiny babe. Hopefully they will be able to see him again before he starts walking. I do hope that someday they will have kids. I think they would be great parents!

I saved my most favorite picture for last...







My brother and I weren't on good terms for a long time. We just disagree on some things and we are both stubborn, so we had a hard time getting past it all. I felt like this weekend may have been the beginning to a rekindled relationship. I want to be close to him, I just don't know how to be. I think that's the hardest part...knowing where to start.  When he hugged me in this picture a part of me didn't want him to let go and I secretly teared up a bit (ever since I had Evan I've been and even bigger softy than I already was, so waterfalls all the time are pretty much my norm). I wanted to squeeze him because for a brief moment I thought I might be able to make up for lost time if we just had a good long hug. I want my little boy to know his uncle. I need to be a better sister and a better example to my little boy and to my brother. Family is so important. Our relationships in heaven will be the same as they are here on earth and I don't want to not speak to my brother for all eternity...that would be awful. My hope is that we will both make an effort to rekindle the relationship and be super close...the kind of close where he would be the second person I would call when good things happen...my hubs will always be the first, but I've always longed for that relationship with my brother where I felt like I could call him with anything and we would have fun little chats. Maybe someday.

correction of my previous post

Evan's head is 15 in...NOT 15 cm... so whatever 15 in is in cm??