Two years old!

Saturday was Caleb's birthday! We ended up having two parties for him, one with my family, and one with friends. I think he's starting to realize that birthdays are a lot of fun. He keeps getting new toys! He got cars and trains and trucks and much much more. Thanks everyone for coming to celebrate with us!
Yummy birthday cake

More cars! YIPEE!!!

Caleb was rolling his cars down the slide and watching them crash into the water. He thought it was great fun and everytime he ran out of cars he was frantically signing MORE, MORE, MORE!!!

Playing together in the pool

Wow! I found another car!

Brothers

I sure love these boys!

Reprieve

Over the 4th of July weekend we decided to go to Pinetop to stay at Jared's parents cabin. It was so beautiful up there! The weather was amazing. Friday afternoon we went out to Brushy Flats where my side of the family was camping. It was so fun to spend so much time together as a family. Here are some of the things each of us enjoyed:

KYSON
I know Kyson enjoyed being at the cabin as much as I did because he was the happiest he has ever been his whole life. He would just lay there and look around and when someone would come close and say hi, he would give them one of his biggest, cutest smiles. It was wonderful!




CALEB
Can I just say THOMAS THE TRAIN!!! I don't think there is a child that has enjoyed playing with a train set as much as Caleb did while we were there. He slept, ate, and played with the trains. It was great because all we had to do was feed him and change his diapers and he was happy as can be. His birthday is coming up in about 3 1/2 weeks...I think I know what to get him!



JARED
We hauled a trailer up to the cabin for Jared's parents that was full of patio furniture. It was quite the adventure! We lost two boxes and had to re-tie all the ropes and our little 4-runner wasn't too happy going up the hills. We began our trip around 4:30 and finally arrived at the cabin around 9:30 (It is usually a 3 1/2 hour drive). The next day Jared woke up (at 5:30AM since our dear Caleb thinks that's time to wake up:) and got busy working. He helped his Dad unload a ton of boxes, move a lot of furniture around, and few other miscellaneous things. The rest of the time we were there I think Jared just enjoyed relaxing and not having to worry about work or school.

ANDREA
I enjoyed every minute while we were there. I ate so much yummy food!!! My children were both happy and I was happy. One of the best moments was when I was able to take Kyson outside and lay on the hammock with him. I snuggled him close and thought about how lucky I was to be able to hold him and love him. I know what it's like to not be able to hold him and I try really hard to take advantage of these special moments.

MeMoRiEs Of mE...

I saw this on my friend Katie's blog and thought it was cute, so now here it is on my blog!
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you!