A much needed update...

Wow how time flies!! I can't believe that the summer is already over and we are into the fall!! Well, here is how the rest of our summer went. My brother and his family came from Washington to visit. It was so much fun to have them here. We got to do a lot of fun things including a trip to Salt Lake, playing rock band until all hours of the night, and swimming at the new Payson pool. We had a blast. We also went geo cashing. It was right there in Pleasant Grove and it was a jeep trail which made it extra fun. It was a blast! Here is Hayley digging the geo cash out of the bushes.

Here are the geo cashers...Zack, Clara, Laurel, Canyon, Hayley, Daniel, and Jeremy (my brother).

We also got to go to the aquarium in Salt Lake. It was actually really cool! Here are Canyon, Clara, and Zack looking at some frogs.

Here is the gang petting sea rays. Canyon loved playing in the water!!

Cute little Clara!

Hayley and Canyon

Canyon and Zack. It was so much fun to have them visit! We wish they could visit every month:)

One evening we went up to Tibble Fork to have a bbq in the jeep. Sometimes I think Utah is lame but when we can drive 15 minutes and be in really beautiful mountains, Utah isn't so bad after all.

Canyon and I went on another trip to the zoo. This time we went with Aunt Amy and Lydia. Canyon and Lydia had so much fun together!

After many attempts, here is the closest picture I could get that both of them were semi looking at the camera.

The cute baby giraffe.

For our big family vacation this year we went to Yellowstone. We LOVE Yellowstone. Canyon had a blast and loved camping and seeing all the animals. He even liked seeing the hot pots and geysers. Here is me and Canyon at Mammoth Hot Springs.

Canyon hanging out at camp. Isn't he cute!

Canyon playing in camp while we got breakfast ready. Look at his hands! He is such a boy. He would lay down in the dirt and dig around. He was dirty after being outside for 2 minutes! Every morning a chipmunk would come into our camp and eat the crumbs off the ground that Canyon would drop. Canyon called it the kitty.

Here are Daniel and Canyon at Fishing Bridge throwing rocks in the water. This was Canyon's favorite activity. We would have to find some body of water every day and let Canyon throw rocks in the water. He loved it!

So here I am trying to get a normal picture of Canyon and I with Canyon waterfall in the back ground. It turned out like this. Boys are crazy!

The family in Yellowstone.

Daniel and Canyon in Yellowstone Lodge. It is so sweet. I wish I had a cabin just like it.

We took Canyon swimming in Fire Hole River. It is nice because it is so warm. Canyon had a blast. He jumped off big rocks into the water. We couldn't get him leave!

So one day while were we letting Canyon throw rock into the water, he decided to just get right in and soaked his shorts and diaper. While I was trying to change him he escaped to check out some bugs and plants. LITTLE RASCAL!

Canyon throwing rocks in Lake Yellowstone. It is huge!

Canyon took some digging lessons from Aspen because here he is digging like a dog looking for the perfect rock to throw in the water.

"Buffs" as Canyon calls them. We also saw a ton of elk and deer. We saw a bear swim across a river too. Then it crossed the road almost right in front of us!

Here are Daniel and Canyon eating at our favorite pizza restaurant in West Yellowstone. It was at the end of our trip:(

Some other highlights of our summer included a girls trip to St. George. My sisters, my mom, and I went to St. George and left all the kids and husbands at home. It was my first time leaving Canyon overnight. It was sad! But the good news is that we had a blast in St. George. We went shopping, out to eat, swimming, and we even saw a chick flick. It was such a fun weekend.

Canyon also got a new little cousin, Landon. Lydia's little brother. After such a fun filled summer, here are my guys tuckered out.

We had such a fun summer. Daniel is in school again and it is getting cold. But we look forward to having a fun winter:)

Our Favorite Time of Year

Our family has been having a fun but busy summer so far. Here is what we have been up to in the last month and a half. First of all, Canyon and I went to the zoo...twice. First Canyon went with his cousins and then we went with some of my friends. It was a blast. Canyon loved the giraffes!
Here is Canyon's mad face when we had to leave the giraffes.

Canyon absolutely loved the carousel. He rode on the polar bear.

The good old lion drinking fountain. I remember that thing from when I went to the zoo in 1st grade! (That's been a long time)

Our upstairs neighbors got a kiddie pool that they set up outside in the back yard. Canyon LOVES it! As soon as we step outside he RUNS to it and he has successfully jumped into the pool on several different occasions with all of his clothes on.

Daniel spent one day brushing out Aspen. If any of you have ever had the experience of being around a shedding Alaskan malamute, you will understand how much hair is involved in this process. It could seriously fill up an entire garbage bag and possibly more. The entire lawn was covered with hair.

We also went camping for the weekend. We found the perfect spot surrounded by pine trees. It was beautiful and relaxing....until our super awesome camping neighbors started blasting their heavy metal music complete with swearing and other crude language. Finally I asked them to turn it down at 9:30 so we could put Canyon down for bed. Their idea of turning it down was to drive their truck that was blasting the music, about three extra feet down the road. This music continued until 3:00 in the morning. We haven't been back to that spot since.

Our family celebrated Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove. We went the the parade with Lindsey, Devin, Max, and my mom. Canyon loved running out to collect the candy that the people in the parade threw. We had quite a stash of candy by the end of it. Then we went to Taco Amigo and ate fresh strawberry shakes. Yum! Canyon and Max also got to go to the carnival and ride the carousel. They had a blast.

Then something bad happened. I had pictures of all the above events, but a stupid copy place lost our memory card along with a bunch of pictures. IDIOTS!

Shortly after the strawberry days festivities, Canyon and I got the swine flu!!! It was awful. Poor little Canyon was so sick it broke my heart. Luckily, we both recovered and are in good health.

Daniel and I celebrated out 3rd year anniversary on June 21st! We got to go on a romantic date just the two of us. We have had a wonderful three years:)

We also celebrated the 4th of July! Daniel and his brother woke up at 4am to go and save us seats for the parade. Canyon and I got up at 5:30am so we could go and see the hot air balloons. All Canyon could say was "Wow! Wow!" Shortly after the parade started, Canyon fell asleep.

We finished off the day with a a bbq and fireworks. It was such a fun day!

Daniel's birthday was just a few days later. Daniel and I went to see Transformers 2 and went out to dinner at Los Hermanos. Happy Birthday Daniel!

Canyon is very spoiled and got a new pet. Fishys! Canyon recently became obsessed with fishys and we have watched Finding Nemo about 200 times. In hopes that I wouldn't have to watch Finding Nemo as much, we purchased three gold fish. Canyon loves them.

Canyon's First Haircut!

Canyon got his first haircut this last week. It was a great internal debate for me to finally decide to get it done. I loved his baby curls. They are so cute! But as soon as Canyon would take a nap or sit in his car seat his curls would go straight for the rest of the day. I was also having a hard time getting rid of another baby thing on Canyon. Getting his hair cut would make him a little boy and not a baby. However, Canyon was definitely having the business on top and party in the back hair do. I finally got up the courage to just get it cut.

I took Canyon to my friend Heidi who does a great job with cutting hair, especially with first time haircuts. This is a picture of Canyon's mullet: the before picture.

Canyon was upset at first and he started crying as soon as Heidi started combing his hair.

Then we got him a sucker and he was good to go.

Bye Bye mullet! He really does look like a little boy now and he is still very handsome.

Canyon is still a little traumatized but Heidi did a great job! Thanks Heidi.

Plus, Canyon no longer looks like he is related to this guy:) Thanks Heavens!! Right after we got his haircut I decided to take him to baby animal days at This is the Place Monument to make up for the haircut. Here is a baby cow that came up to the fence to see Canyon.

He loved the baby lambs and tried to feed them wood chips. The seemed interested at first. When the wouldn't eat them Canyon settled on throwing them into their food dish.

Canyon and Max hanging out with the baby goats.

Canyon loved the baby bunnies. Here he is giving one of them a love.

Canyon really liked all of the animals expect for the baby ducks. They really freaked him out. Sure, he is best friends with a 75 pound dog that looks like a wolf but a tiny duck is very scary to him.

Canyon also got to go on his very first real live pony ride...but again he is scared of a baby duck.

We also walked around the pioneer village. Canyon loved the mini village. He looked giant next to those little houses.

Here is Canyon driving the train. I think he had forgiven me for his haircut by this point.

By the time we got home he was exhausted after a long day. What a little darling. I guess he is still my baby after all.

Swimming Pools and Wienie Roasts

I think summer is finally here...hopefully. We have been able to enjoy some summer activities recently and it has been a blast. We took Canyon swimming and he loved it! He is like a little fish. Of course he wouldn't sit in a floaty, he wanted to swim around without being trapped in one. I wasn't really surprised since he hates his car seat or anything else that restricts him.

Canyon loved jumping off the side of the pool into the water. He even puts his entire face under water! We had to keep a really close eye on him because he just wanted to jump in the pool over and over again. Our second summer activity was the traditional wienie roast. Every year Daniel's uncle Tim has a wienie roast in the orchard and burns some of the wood from pruning the trees. It is so much fun! Here are Aunt Lindsey and Canyon enjoying the fire. Canyon was very hungry and snacked on the Graham crackers for the smores before dinner.

I tried to get a good picture of everyone gathered around the fire roasting hot dogs but the smoke changed directions right when I took it.

Canyon loved the tractor! All he wanted to do was sit on it and drive it. He looks so small!

After everyone is finished with their hot dogs and smores, Tim takes all the kids on a tractor/trailer ride through the orchard. It is such a fun tradition and Canyon loved it! Here are Canyon and I and Aunt Lindsey and Lydia about to go for a ride.

The family enjoying a tractor ride through the orchard on a cool summer night. I love these days!!

50 cent Zoo, more easter pics and other adventures

A few weekends ago we went to visit Aunt Lindsey and cousin Max in the fun filled city of Logan! We decided to take the kids to the 50 cent zoo. It was awesome! We got to see monkeys, turtles, bobcats, coyotes, antelopes, elk, all sorts of birds, and an albino porcupine that we mistaked for my mom's cat Bumblemuffin. It was such a fun zoo. Canyon LOVED it. He especially liked the different birds. He got to run around and he went from animal to animal trying to get closer. As you can see from this pic below, he was very excited.

Here are Canyon and I checking out some turtles.

Here is another pic of Canyon on Easter. This one is cuter than the one I posted before. We also recently spent a weekend in Moab for the car show. Canyon loved camping once again. He also loved 'driving' the jeep.

This was Canyon's playpen for the weekend. The back of Uncle Ryan's truck. He loved playing back there and it made a nice enclosed area where we could keep an eye him!

The family in Moab. If you look closely you can see Canyon's shirt. It is an Indiana Jones shirt. Daniel picked it out for him.

Here is Canyon riding in the back of the jeep. He loved riding without the top on. Isn't he cute:)

Little Canyon so tuckered out after of full day of jeep trails and car shows. That was my favorite part of the trip because my little baby doesn't snuggle very often anymore. He was such a good boy!