Soaking up the summer!

Here are a couple of updates:
1. Easton

    - turned 3 months old saturday
    - discovered his hands and sucks on them all the time
    - grabs his toys and holds onto them
    - smiles and giggles lots
    - got is first boo boo w/ blood today... no fun

2. Our Family

    - Ben started his internship and his first big client is USPS
    - On the way to Minnesota we stopped to see:  Martins Cove, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse
    - We moved into our first 2 level home. We are subletting a condo this summer. So much space,     almost to much to know what to do with. :)
    -Easton and I went to wisconsin/chicago for a week  seeing papa russ, grandma cindy, aunties, and cousins.

                                            Mount Rushmore 6/4

Martins Cove 6/4

                                               6/5 Bathroom Stop

                              6/16 Eastons 3 months! Eating Crepes @ the Mall of America

Happy 1st Father's day Ben! You truly are an amazing dad, and are Easton's best bud. Thanks for everything!!!! This wasn't the only picture we got, just my favorite.

                                                         Easton Reading books

                             We Tie Dyed blankets with our Cousins and Aunt Michelle

I love my bunny Grandma Kristen! Miss you!

                                             Lauren - you make me smile :)

2 Months!

EASTON'S ADVENTURES

 1. Going to all of daddy's softball games: watching dad play catcher and 1st base with mom

 2. playing in the tub

 3. sitting in my bumbo - Easton just tried this for the first time this weekend and he can't get enough of it.

 4. smiling at my dads jokes

 5. just relaxing in the bathroom while mom gets a shower

 6. getting woken up to get his 2 month picture before midnight.. horrible i know. we couldn't help ourselves.

7. Going to the doctor. This was taken in the dr. office right before Easton got his shots. Such a happy boy!!! those shots hurt - we missed these smiles for a while...

8. Fishing for fhe: we caught 5 white bass and cooked them up for a late night snack.

1 month old

Month 1 - Top Five

1. He can turn his head from side to side during tummy time

2. He slept 5 1/2 hours for the first time last night! (I'm crossing my fingers)

3. His chubby fingers - he is getting so big!

4. He rolled over the other day during tummy time

5. He loves bath time and is only sad when it is time to get out

Thank you for the 1 month photo shoot Auntie Miriam! Here are a couple of our favorites.

Thank you for the hat and bow tie auntie Melissa! Melissa made this cute bow tie and matching suspenders for Easton and his cousin Liam. We can't wait to meet you Liam!

Baby Easton

Hey everyone! Here are some more photos of our little guy. If you haven't seen the others be sure to check facebook.

Our top 5 favorites so far:

*red hair

*a wrinkly forehead when his eyes are open wide

*old man hairy ears

*staying up late awake with us

*strawberry marks above his right eye and nose

Easton enjoying a quick stroller ride.
Ben studying with his favorite buddy on the couch.
Our little night owl... :)

33 weeks!

Hey blogger friends and family! I hope all is well with you! :) Time is flying... I haven't been the best at all to update but all is well here!

It's a boy!! :)

If you haven't guessed we are so excited and I have been dying to tell everyone. So here he is... at 19 weeks

Long Time Coming

Well it has been awhile and with a huge pile of papers calling to me (to grade), I decided to take a minute to blog. Here is a quick update.

Saturday 3.12.2011
We ran our first 5k!! We started running in January and this was our big goal! It was nice to be running for such a good cause. We ran the Rex Lee run at BYU which sponspors Cancer research. Now that we ran our first 5k Ben is ready for a 5k mud race being advertized in June. Sounds fun... We'll see!
I was really excited for this because I called it my first "pi" day run. Close to 3.14 miles on 3.14.. Yea yea pi day was on Monday but I have always wanted to participate in the "pi day runs" the byu math dept put on when I was a student. So I had to stretch this a little. I guess what I am really excited for is 3.14.15. #1 it is on a saturday so I am sure there will be a 5k that day, and # it is the ultimate pi day 3.1415, 15 being the next two digits of pi. Here we are after the race!!

Sunday 3.13.2011
Here is our ultimate Brazilian dinner from Ben's mission. beans topped with rice, salad or lettuce, and spaghetti. Not colorful like I would have hoped for pic taking purposed but it was really good!


Monday 3.14.2011
Happy Belated Pi Day everyone! My first pi day as a math teacher was awesome. I made cookie bars with pi symbols frosted on the top for each class, to go along with pi day trivia ofcourse. They were delish. Next year I may just invest in this "pi" cookie cutter... $13 though.. hah. Don't think I am a total nerd for posting this ofcourse.

P.S. BACHELOR FANS!! Were you so happy about Emily and Brad? talk about surprized! I heard the spoilers were saying that Chantal was supposed to win, and Em and Brad had a rough last date I thought. Well hey they seem like a cute couple that are keeping it together. The drama of the couple breaking up on that same night is always to much for me. They are too cute, so I'm hoping the best for them!