Smiley Boy

Cole is just starting to smile and I absolutely love it. Here he is showing off that beautiful smile!

Zoo Day

Today we took a trip to the Zoo. It was very hot but very fun. We saw the sea lion show and the Wildlife show. Cru really enjoyed these. Here are just a few shots that I took while we were there.

Fun In The Sun

Ready-Set-Go

Posing for a picture "CHEESE"

Cru got a slip-n-slide this weekend so we thought we would try it out. He also got this little tikes slide. He had so much fun playing in the water and going down the slide. He would go back and forth from the slide to the water. Here is a little video I took. He was hiding from the camera so it is kind of hard to hear him at the end.

After we were done playing we went inside to have an ice cream cone. YUM

Growing Boys

Here are our growing boys. Just thought that you would like to see some pictures. Aren't they so cute!!!!

Daddy's Little Helper

First I have to admit that I hated the thought of having a blog. I thought it was a waste of my time....but I have come to enjoy looking at others. I even decided to do a post of my own! Yes, I know Rachel, you can say I told you so!!!! She always gave me a hard time about not having one and told me I would enjoy it. Anyway, today Jeff was out mowing the lawn and Cru wanted to help him. He just got a lawn mower of his own so I thought this was pretty cute. He would follow Jeff around the lawn. He always wants to do what Jeff is doing.

The Fourth

We have a few new pictures from our Fourth of July celebration extravaganza. We traveled over to Uncle De-De and Aunt Tim's (Kim)...Cru pronounces his C's and K's with a T. Their community had a petting zoo and horse ride at the pool house. Cru really didn't like either one and got bored fast, so we went and played at the playground for a bit and then went back to the house for a BBQ.

For some reason, we didn't think to bring our swimming suits to swim at the pool, so De-De set a pool out at the house for Cru to play in. We have a few pictures - also, did not bring any thing for him to swim in...which is why he is naked in the picture. Cole didn't swim or ride horses, he just slept the whole time.

Soccer Night

So, three posts in one night. I know, a little much. Just wanted to throw these pictures of Cru and myself at the soccer field. We generally have a game every week and when it isn't too late Melissa and the kids come and watch. We have a good time...most of the team is made up on people from the ward. Cru loves to get on the field when he can - here are a few pics of us before the game. Green shirts.

Family Reunion Stuff

Melissa and the boys left me alone last week for a few days and traveled to Utah (Bear Lake) for the Whitesides family reunion. It was nice to be home alone for a few days, but it did get old and I did start to miss them. They left on Wednesday and were scheduled to come home Sunday afternoon - ended up coming home on Satuday evening instead, a nice suprise. They had a great time on the trip, but were ready to come home because they also missed me so much.

Cole's Baby Blessing

Last Sunday we blessed the child at our house...it was wonderful to have both family and friends over to witness the event. Cole did a great job and didn't let out a peep during the whole blessing. Afterwards we took these quick pictures - probably should have taken some of the guests, but oh well. Don't be mad that you can barely see Cole in the second pic.

Also, right before the blessing we noticed that there was a house fire about five houses down from ours on the back side. The fire was pretty crazy...we don't know still what caused it. It was big enough that it caught the house next door on fire also. Didn't take any pictures - it was on the news that night though. Hopefully the families involved are all doing ok.