Father's Day

I sure feel grateful for the fathers in my life.  My dad is one of the greatest of men.  My husband is an incredible father.  The kids treated both of them to homemade cards and special gifts.  And I felt happy and thankful the entire day.

Stake Carnival

The Stake Carnival was loads of fun this year.  Cooper loved the bounce house.

 Madeline and Ethan competed in a pie eating contest.  Ethan won his heat!

 The cotton candy was as big as his head...lol!

 His monkey head!  :)

Packing, packing, and more packing!

Hours and hours of packing and there never seems to be an end!  This is sort of how my house looks now days:

 No, I'm not freaking out.  Why do you ask?

 And while I pack, the kitchen gets more and more like this...

 I can't really imagine this place being empty!

 All the while, I have a little helper!

 He decorates the boxes for us!

The many, many boxes.

 I'm really grateful for the people who gave us boxes.

Friends

Savannah and Madeline

I've been so grateful that Madeline has had such a wonderful school friend these last two years.  Sweet sweet Savannah.  She's happy, fun, giving, kind, and has made my daughter a happy girl.  I know they will miss each other.

Outside

These two sure love being outside!  Oliver loves the slide...

 and Cooper loves the swings!

Tuscany

Date night with some of my favorite people at a really beautiful restaurant:

 Delicious food

 Enormous cake!

19 Months Old

He learned to say "no" this month and shake his head.  It's cute.  I'm going to enjoy it while it's cute.  It won't be cute forever!

 But Oliver is in the stage where everything is cute.  He also loves to shout "Go!"  And he jibber jabbers like he knows exactly what he's saying all the time.

 He is obsessed with all kitchen gadgets, pans, pots, etc.   Dismantling my kitchen is his favorite activity!  And loves taking Cooper's clothes out of his dresser.

My favorite thing is playing peek-a-boo through the slats of his crib every nap and night before I leave his room.  His smile makes me happy and his laugh calms my heart.  I love you Ollie!