Luke's first birthday!

Luke had such a fun birthday. It was a little stressful getting everything ready because we moved two days before, but it turned out perfectly! We had lots of people come celebrate with us. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc. Luke loved all of the attention. He also loved his birthday cake. We really haven't given him sugar so he was pretty happy that he could eat as much cake and frosting as he wanted.

Here are some pictures of Luke opening his presents.

Pictures of the party guests

And pictures of Luke eating his cake

Luke's half eaten cake

Luke had a great first birthday! Thanks to everyone that celebrated with us.

June

June was a crazy month for us. Mat was furloughed from his job with RD Air Services. He was then hired on full time with another company doing pretty much the exact same thing. But after he finished all of the training, paperwork and drug tests, we were told that they wouldn't be able to hire him on full time. Now he is doing contract work for that company (basically they call him to fly when they need him) We are hoping this will turn into something full time. So keep us in your prayers!

On a good note, Mat was home all month so were able to spend lots of time together as a family. We also had Brenyn for a couple weeks, so even with all the stress we've had a fun month. We went to Lagoon, we've been swimming, hiking, biking, roller blading and just enjoying each others company. Get ready to see lots of pictures!

Getting ready to head into Lagoon

Laguna Beach

The Rocket!

Hiking donut falls

Nebo Canyon

Luke playing in and eating the dirt

Fishing Millers Flat

Bridal Veil Falls

Luke loved throwing rocks in the water and watching them splash!

Crawling

Luke is finally crawling! He took his first official "crawl steps" about a week ago. He has it down pretty good now. He is getting into Everything! Mat just showed him how to move his knees and within a day Luke was crawling. I guess we should have tried that months ago (: Although now all I do is follow him around and get him out of everything. His favorite things to get into are the DVD's, cupboards in the kitchen and bathroom, and every cord in site. He loves it that he is able to go anywhere he wants.

Happy Birthday Kaleb

Dear Kaleb,

If you were still here with us, you would be turning 3 years old today.

3 years!

Its hard to believe its been three years since we held you in our arms,

three years since we said our goodbyes.

In those three years, there hasn't been a day go by that we haven't thought of you and wondered..

Wondered what you look like,

wonder what your favorite color is,

or your favorite food,

wonder if you like baseball, or tractors, or animals.

Especially today we think about you and miss you.

Miss you so much!

and we are so happy that we know we will see you again.

we can't wait for the day when we get to hold you in our arms again.

until that day we will think of you

and have a piece of birthday cake for you

(and maybe you can have one to if there is cake in heaven)

We love you so much!

Happy Birthday little angel!

Love: Mom, Dad, little brother, and sis

Memorial Day Weekend

We started off the weekend by going to the zoo. It was perfect weather and we had a great time. Luke tried his first french fry. He was definitely a fan.

We went to the bird show while we were there. We loved it. They had some really cool birds, and some of them flew right over Luke's head.

Luke had a full day and fell asleep in his stroller. So he missed out on seeing some of the animals but I think he had a great time.

We spent Memorial day in Sanpete. Our first stop was my grandpa's. My uncle Brad and his family were there with their dog Sam. Luke loved Sam. He loved petting him and laying on him. While we were there Luke got to look at all of the chickens. He loved hanging out at my Grandpa's.

We spent the afternoon at my dad's in Ft. Green. My dad cooked his famous bbq turkey. It was a yummy dinner.

Monday night we went for a hike up Maple Canyon. It was so pretty and Luke absolutely loved it. He loves being outside, and he just talked and kicked his legs the whole time.

This weekend we used some of our tax return and bought bikes and a bike trailer for Luke. So far it has been a very good purchase. We have been taking advantage of the nice weather. Luke loves the rides. He plays with his toys and looks out his little windows. Today he fell asleep at the end of our ride.

Overall, it was a great weekend for us. We were so happy to be able to get outside and enjoy the nice weather.