Bike the Bear

Bear Lake is a great destination to have our very first stay-cation. That's just what we did this last weekend. We rented a condo and had Becky and her roommate Elizabeth up to help with the boys. We had a great time Friday night, we took the boys to the swimming pool for the first time. They weren't so sure about things but seemed to warm up a little. At the crack of dawn the next morning Spencer and I headed out for a bike race around Bear Lake. It was an awesome ride. We finished the 50 mile race in 3 hours, near the top of the 300 riders. My training partner, Kerstin, finished about the same time. It was so nice to have help with the boys so Spencer and I could ride.

The things we do to get a good photo.

After the race we took the boys to the beach. They loved it! They were intent on bringing as much of it home as possible. It was nearly a full time job keeping sea shells out of Logan's mouth.

It was truly amazing the amount of sand they managed to get into their diapers. A huge thanks to Becky and Elizabeth for making this stay-cation a huge success. (Becky was elusive when it came to the camera so here is one of Elizabeth and I)

24

We are just coming off an interesting 24 hours. We had a lot of fun and a little crazy ...
The boys and I have some charming visitors, all of which are from England. Aunt Wendy and Aunt Eve brought Cousin Janet over. Janet is visiting from England for two weeks. I liked her the minute we met. She has a wonderful British accent however I needed a translator. At the airport she didn't have time to "Spend a penny" and unfortunately her son in law "has been made redundant twice". Do you know what they mean?

For FHE we decided to do Tin Foil Dinners at a wonderful park that had both fire pits as well as grass for baseball and soccer. It was a great find and we'll go back!

We don't really have large trees around our house so the boys love big trees and leaves. They both thought the fire was amazing.
The tin foil dinners took longer then expected so we ended up having smores and swinging by a drive through on the way home. Gratefully we had packed the boys a "back up" dinner.

The boys had their MMR immunizations 13 days ago but their injection sites had gotten really red and they had rashes. So we made a trip to the Doctors. Turns out Logan has the German Measles and Penn has Chicken Pox. For each of them it was a 1 in 50 chance this could happen. We are just that lucky!

Logan's injection site after 13 days!

Penn's one pox.

What a crazy 24 hours!

Dear Grandma Davis

Dear Grandma Davis,

It turns out we love olives too. You, us and every other sane person in our family! We love putting them on our fingers, count us in for relish trays and load up the pizza. Turns out Dad got some of his way and mushrooms don't fly with us. Can't wait to see you again,

Logan and Penn

A Horse is a Horse

This week the boys, me and Aunt Becky made a spontaneous trip to Cache Valley to run some errands and visit family. We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Chlarsons. They have one of my favorite back yards ever. A huge maple tree shades the truly lush lawn, a huge and very productive vegetable garden sits next to the yard along with a horse pasture. To top it all off a beautiful view of the Wellsville Mountains and fields of green. It's a great place to sit on the patio and watch the grass grow.

The boys enjoyed the visit, esp the chocolate Grandma Chlarson tried to bribe them with. But more impressive was their fascination with Grandpa's horse. Logan could not take his eye's of him, he kept pointing at him and jabbering. Jo Jo was less then impressed with him, I think it had to do with the size difference.

1 Year!

That's right, we made it! The boys turned 1, July 26th. What an awesome year. We've learned so much about ourselves, our relationship and babies. We had a rocking party and the following craziness ensued. Becky made a Transformers cake, Spencer was in heaven.
As you can see the boys were so excited they could hardly wait.
The boys enjoyed the cake, but Logan liked the Ice Cream more.


Because of this move Penn got cake up his nose and was sneezing cake for two full days
After a bath and change of clothes it was time to open gifts.
They loved all of their gifts. Spencer and I gave them they big playground balls. They both play catch and roll really well, but I have to say Logan is practically a pro.
We love our boys and are grateful to have them in our lives. They have been a ginormous blessing. We are looking forward to what the next year brings.

Temple Open House

Last week we had the opportunity to visit the new Oquirrh Mt Temple. It's a beautiful temple and it was wonderful to take the boys. We are fortunate to live in a valley with so many temples. You could almost throw a rock from the Oquirrh Mountain Temple to the Jordan River Temple! It's truly a blessing. Logan and Penn talked the whole way through and kept pointing at the pictures of Jesus. Here is a pic of us outside with the family.

Don't Forget the Sunscreen

Summer has officially started here. Now that we have carpet in the basement we are taking time off the serious stuff and enjoying fun summer activities. We are almost through our first can of sunscreen!

We've spent lot's of time in our new pool.
The boys enjoyed their first baseball game. We made it to the 5th inning. Not too bad considering they aren't even one yet.This weekend Spencer wanted to share the joys of a car show with the boys. Just making sure their education is well rounded. This is one of Spencer's top 5 cars a 1966 Chevelle. Explaining the very basics of how a car works. The boys also enjoyed some early birthday gifts during Grandpa and Grandma Davis' visit. So little time so many things to empty. Not just toys, all of the kitchen drawers and dresser draws too.