4th Of July Fun

    Every year we have a camp out in Laura's backyard for the 4th of July.  It is always so much fun to get together eat yummy food, talks lots, watch a movie under the stars and then sleep in our tents.  This year was really fun.  We did miss Mel, Jared and Jensen though  :(

He loved climbing up the slide.  He is a little monkey!

 The kid table playing with play dough!

Tramp time!  Jade loves the tramp more than anyone!

Roasting marshmellows!  Yummy!

   We also did a few little fireworks.  I was wondering if Dawson would be scared of them, but he wasn't at all.  He loved them.  He just looked at them like in aw....

    I fell asleep watching the movie and decided to go into our tent where Jesse and Dawson were already asleep, a couple of hours later we woke up to the rain!  It was lightning too, so I took Dawson and went inside.  Jesse was the only one that stayed outside all night long!  He was a trooper, the lightning scared me!

Our cute little tent!  Dawson's first camp out!  He loved the tent.


   The 4th was really fun.  We all went swimming!  It was really fun.  Dawson loves the water!

Jesse took Dawson down the big slide and would go sooo fast!  Kinda scared me!
(Dawson is going to be a little dare devil cuz of Jesse!)

 After swimming we went to Jesse's parents house and ate a yummy dinner and played games with them and Jen and Brad and Addie.

Just checking out the bunnies!  He loves them.

Addie loves the bunnies too!

Hope your 4th was as good as ours!

Summer is here!

   Summer is here and Dawson and I are loving it!  I love the sun and being outside!  I'm teaching Dawson all about summer time and the fun stuff it holds!  We have already done a lot of fun stuff this summer.....
   One day we had a pool party, water gun fight and pulled out the slip in slide!  Brody and Piper joined us for the fun day!  Barb her kids and Laura and her kids came over too!  Karen came for a little bit too.

 Water fight!  The kids loved soaking everyone!

   Kaylee, Rachael, Me, Piper, Brody and Jade.

 Go Rachie!

 We had to beg Barb to get her suit on and go down!  She was pretty slow  :)  haha!

 I got air!  (I think I went down like 20 times, bruises the next day all over!)  Worth it!

Jesse set it up for us and watched.  ha!  Party pooper

 Brody loved it.

These boys loved the new toy I got Dawson!

It was a fun summer day...

     Another fun day was spent at the splash pad.  Piper and Dawson loved it!

This kid is so happy and loving summer as well!!!!  There are many more summer days to come kiddo!  Yeah!

Hike

   About a week ago Jesse, Dawson and I went for the first hike of the season!  It was fun.  We strapped Dawson on our back and went up the beautiful mountains!  Dawson loved it....he was very content and happy in the little back pack.  We got lost for a second, and I was freaking out.  haha.  Jesse found the way though, he always does.  The lake was pretty.....

 This one is sooo cute.  Daddy and son hanging out.

Dawson actually got really heavy, so Jesse carried him most of the time.

such a fun family outing

This is what I found when I got home from my morning run.....Jesse is such a good babysitter.  :)

 He was very proud of himself.....I spelled his name out!

 Dawson loves being outside

he thinks he is a big kid and always wants to feed himself!  This is how he ends up......

Enjoying the samll things....

   There is a blog that I follow called Enjoy the samll things.  I think this is so true, we need to enjoy the small things.  So I decided to make a little list of my small things that I love......
1.  I love when Jesse comes home and we all eat dinner together
2.  I love the way Dawson smiles with his mouth open
3.  I love the way I feel after a long run
4.  I love cuddling up with some candy and watching a silly tv show
5.  I love the way Dawson laughs at Piper
6.  I love the way Jesse looks right when he wakes up
7.  I love when Jesse says "We share everything" when he wants a bite of my food
8.  I love the way Dawson gives me hugs
9.  I love the way Jesse covers his mouth with his hand when he laughs at something really funny
10.I love the way our family is a family

I love how our baby sleeps lately......bum up!  :)

Four generations!  I love this picture....so neat!

Remember to enjoy the small things......for they are the things that often matter the most.

Baptism

   This weekend was stressful, happy, spiritual, hard, fun and exciting all in one!  Kaylee got baptised on Saturday and it was so neat to be able to go and be a part of her big day.  She got baptised on my what would have been my Dad's birthday, so that was really neat.  She was beaming all day long.  I love baptisms, they remind of the importance of this gospel.

  Her headband is made out of Laura's wedding dress.  I think that is so neat!  I should do that with my dress on day!

 Family Picture!

I loved this little chair!  I'm going to have to get him one.  So cute!

   I had my nanny kids all weekend, so they came along.  I am SO grateful for Jesse.  He helped a ton this weekend.  I couldn't have done it without him.  He was nice to watch Brody and Piper while I went and watched Kaylee get baptised.  He's a great baby sitter  :)

Kayla and Piper playing in the sand!
My mom loves those bunny ears!  HA!

Trevor was cute on the tramp

This picture went blurry, but I thought it was so neat!

It really was a neat day......

 Mother's day.....
    This year Mother's Day was wonderful just because it was my first Mother's Day with my Dawson.  He is who made me a Mom and I couldn't be more grateful for him.  He is the light inside me

He brings me sooo much joy.  Mommy loves you Dawson!
I am so grateful for my Mom as well.  Being a Mother now, I now realize the love she has for me.  She has done so much for me and I'm grateful for everything she does.  I love her and hope to be a wonderful Mom like she is.