Friends visit

A couple of weeks ago we had our wonderful friends Dave, Michelle and their family come and stay with us for almost a week. We had so much fun. We went to Seaworld with them, Coronado, and lets not forget the most important-THE BYU GAME!! It was so fun. Sammy and Carter are the same age and they had so much fun together. Carter even warmed up to Katelynn who is 5 months old and by the time she left he didn't get mad when I would hold her.
SeaWorld:
On our way to SeaWorld-Best Buddies!


Watching Shamu

Checking out the Flamingo's

going for a ride with Oscar the Grouch!

Seeing Elmo and Big Bird. He was so excited to get a picture with them!

BYU Game:Getting ready for the game. I love these hair gels. The boys thought it was pretty cool!

Carter being silly at the Tailgate Party! Funny little story- We wanted to get Carter a hat that day of BYU because it was such a hot day well he heard me ask the lady how much for the hat? and Carter was over looking at the footballs and then the lady went over to him and he asked"How much-Football?" We ended up with a hat and a football. Carter did great at the game- I was super suprised. The football we got him helped. He held it the whole time.
Before the game
Starting the Tradition already!

end result during the last 10 min of the game.
BYU won though so that made for a great day!

Coronado:
We got a recommendation that this place called "Mootime" was a great Hamburger and Malt place well we had to check it out--It was Yummy!
Our family!
We went to a park before going to Mootime and let the kids play. They had lots of fun.

Pumpkin Patch

Carter is really big into Pumpkins this year, every time we see one whether it is in the Store, at someone's house on their porch, or even just the plastic ones he has to say with such enthusiasm "Mom, Mom-a PUmpKin. It is so cute.

A couple of weeks ago we were able to go with Carter's Preschool to this Pumpkin Patch and a dairy Farm. Carter and all the kids had SO much fun. It was great. We went on a hayride around the Dairy and learned all about the cows. We learned that the farm uses the manure to provide electricity to 4 houses and the whole dairy farm..I thought that was pretty amazing. That must be a lot of Poop! :)

Everyone was so excited to see these cows, which was so funny to me growing up on a farm and raising cows almost every winter. Silly City folk! :) It was a great time and were able to go with some new friends from our Church ward-Jenica, Shane, and Devon. Carter loves those little boys!

He is cute as a farmer!

Carter, Devon, Shane, and Jenica

Learning to Milk a cow!

So Cute! I love this little guy!

General Conference

I don't talk much about my faith on here, but this is just something that I can't put out of my mind. Just to explain every 6 months we get to hear from our apostles and prophet via television or internet. It is such an uplifting opportunity as we get to hear what we are doing good in our lives and what we can certainly improve on. I always come away feeling like I can make it in life, but this conference truly brought tears to my eyes, as I felt that every talk was just for me and what I have felt I needed. I came away feeling so much joy and excitement about the gospel, and a renewed sense of peace in my life that I have never felt before. If you are a member or not I PROMISE you will enjoy all the talks and feel as I did- an overwhelming joy just from listening to it. You will be uplifted in every way possible. Here is the link if you would like to enjoy on- lds.org My favorite talk this year was Sunday Morning- President Monson's talk. It touched my heart! Love to all! Hope you enjoy or enjoyed it as much as I did.

2 Year Pictures

I think pretty much all of our family have recieved these. I took Carter out in our backyard last week and got some cute shots of him and thought I would share. I then made this Card to send out to Family and Friends to show that my little boy is 2 *tear, tear*

2 Year Status

I took Carter in today to get his well check visit for being 2. They were as always shocked at how big he is. They are so cute with him and tell him how they just could squeeze him. Here is where Carter is on his growing:

Weight: 38 lbs--Above the 95%
Height: 36 1/2"--90%
Head: 21 1/4"-They didn't tell me this, but lets just say mine is only 28"

Okay, so everyone says that you should double their height at 2 so if I did this that means that Carter will be 6 feet 1 inch when he is done growing. We love you Carter and love that you are a big, healthy, and sweet little boy!

You had a Birthday; SHOUT "Hooray!"

Carter had his birthday, and I wanted to post some pictures of the fun things we did in the week and the day of his Birthday.


On the Saturday before his Birthday we went to Build a Bear- a treat from Grandma Jenks that she gave him a while ago, but saved it for his Birthday! He got to build a Dinosaur. He loved it!


On Tuesday we baked Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies and took them to Playgroup and shared with all of our friends. We saved some of course for the actual Birthday.



On Thursday (day of his Birthday) we went out and played in the Sprinkler and got some fun Pictures.


Came in and got to play on his NEW slide. We are hoping to take it outside, but we have had some ant problems out there so it is an inside toy for now!



That night he got some new tools!From his Uncle Cameron & Aunt Sarah's family-He loves them!
Got to blow out Candles and eat his cookie and cupcake!


He also got a NEW TRIKE! from Grandma and Grandpa Black! He loves it and unfortunately the only picture I took of him on it was on my iphone so I will try and upload that and get it on here.
He got a new soccer ball and is enjoying "kicking" that all around the house-Thanks Uncle Chris :)

Thank you everyone, who helped us celebrate this Special day for Carter. We feel so blessed to have so many family and friends that have such a positive influence on Carter, and are helping to mold him into the wonderful boy he is.

New house!

After getting pretty much settled in, here are a few pictures of the new house. We are truly enjoying the new place. We have so much room and have enjoyed playing in the yard.



Upstairs:

Carter's Room

Guest Bedroom. Grandma T made the quilt. I love seeing it out, it is so beautiful.

Master Bedroom Bath

Our new CA king bedroom set. Yeah, we sleep like babies now!

Downstairs:

What would be a formal living room/dining room, but to us it is the Family Room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Den

Hope you enjoy seeing our house.