Fun Filled Week

Last week was crazy busy but fortunately busy doing fun things! Wednesday we headed for Six Flags. The last time we went was two years ago so Carson obviously didn't remember. He wasn't too keene on the rides but eventually found a few he enjoyed...they were the super slow ones.

Cait even got to ride on the train and I found it unusual that they made her sit on the seat instead of being held, it didn't seem safer to me and she wasn't sure what she thought about it either.


Casron has started a scardy cat phase so rides weren't his favorite until you made him go and then he loved it. He was entertained however by the shows; I think we hit almost all of them {Whale, Bird, Tiger}.

Carson really liked all the birds and took these pictures.


Our {my} favorite is always Shouka the Whale but I was feeding Cait during the show so I have no pictures of it.


We always enjoy the butterfly pavilion and hoped that a butterfly would land on us-they didn't. Carson loved the poi pond.


Cait couldn't have been a better baby and for that I was grateful.


I was glad to have gone with a group because if not we wouldn't have been able to go on any rides.


Andrew and I went to Six Flags when we were dating so to go back years later but with our family is pretty cool.

Then 2002 and Now 2010.
Same place different angle.
The quality isn't the best on the old pic because I had to scan it!

Looking at these pictures makes me think of how far we've come and makes me look forward to the future to see what it has in store for us. I love my family.

Straight from Six Flags we drove to San Fran, stay tuned for our adventure in the city.

Guatemalan FHE

Andrew's youngest brother Connor leaves in a few weeks for Guatemala!

In preparation for the culture shock of his mission we had a family friend who served as a nurse there come give us the nitty gritty of the mish...she was super informative, animated and extremely knowledgeable.

She even brought with her native clothing and the kids had fun playing dress up.

As you can tell, Carson was super excited!

Four Months

Caitlin has the best disposition. She is delightful! She can almost roll over all the way from her back to her stomach, she gets her hips over but is still working on getting her arm out form under her; she's so close!

It's probably hard to tell in pictures but she has super blue eyes and really blond hair-she looks nothing like me! I think she looks just like Steph (Andrew's mom) and much like he did when he was a baby.

Caitlin also really likes sitting up so that she can see the world around her in fact she has even started spending some time in the jumper.

When she's getting sleepy she likes the blanket right by her face. She's a great eater and sleeps through the night waking for an early morning feeding usually around 5 or so. When she wakes up I love watching her rub her eyes with her closed fists and take in the day.

She enjoys eating her hands and as you can tell she has started to drool quite a bit.

Carson is still madly in love and it is fun seeing him interact and be affectionate with her.


Caitlin loves bath time but isn't yet a fan of cooler water but we think she's awfully cute in her swimsuit!

Father's Day

Andrew really is the BEST dad. My only complaint is that he gets to be the "cool" parent. He knows it and so does Carson leaving me left as the all powerful, less fun enforcer.

In years past his gifts have been items he could probably care less about-sorry honey. This year I decided to splurge {cause it's his money anyway} and I bought something he wanted! He got a Traeger BBQ, the ultimate meat smoking machine. Now we can have a real party!


He's happy and I'm happy because this gift is great for him but even better for me because when we use it it's less cooking I have to do-double whammy! I also got him a case for his iPad.

Debuting 2010's annual Father's Day art (previous years her here).


Most men milk Father's Day wanting to be selfish, not Andrew. He shared his Seese candy from church, made lunch (thanks bbq) and still helped out with the kids. When I offered to take care of cleaning up Carson and laying him down for his nap so that he could go take a nap he said, "I'm ok, taking care of the kids is something I enjoy."


When Carson was asked what his favorite things about Dad were without hesitation he replied: "I like daddy's truck, I like his lawn-mow, I like when we wrestle and read. Dad makes me silly. I love mine Dad."