Wyoming

Here are some more pictures from our family getaway to Wyoming this weekend.

Recent Happenings

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY...that is the word to decribe our family these past couple of weeks and I wouldn't want it any other way. Keeping busy keeps Weston out of trouble, which in turn keeps me happy and sane:)

This past weekend we went to Wyoming to visit family and had so much fun. I love being with family and seeing Weston have so much fun in the good ole' Wyoming country made it so worth it:)

While the boys fish, Miss B and I decide to have fun just playing on the blanket and enjoying the warm sun.

This boy is so much like his dad when it comes to fishing. He loves it so much and Grampa Patterson loved fishing with him:)

Playing with his trains with G Papa.Did I mention I can officially say that this boy is POTTY TRAINED!!!!!! No accidents for a week and he is even getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom:) So happy!

Brooklyn decided to get thrush and therefore received some very purple lips. The stuff is a pain and dyes everything it touches but totally got rid of the thrush.

Sporting big brothers new winter hat.

I love this boy so much and I love how he is so in love with the Rexburg temple. Whenever we go by it he gets so excited and screams "temple, temple....look at the temple". To see his face light up when he sees it just warms my heart:)

Weston's new favorite thing is to feed the ducks at the nature park and loves to see how close they will come up to him. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of how close they do come up to him. This kid is fearless and I can only imagine what he will be like in a few years;).

Family Pics

So FYI..these pictures were taken in less than 5 minutes in FREEZING cold weather. Weston was distracted with the cows in the background or the rocks on the ground. Brooklyn just wanted to eat and well Ryan wasn't completely thrilled to be taking pictures (i'm told its a guy thing). "So you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" as I tell Weston multiple times a day. I think they came out pretty good under the circumstances. And the best part is we are doing round 2 soon, when we don't have cows in the back ground,the sun is shining, and my little girls tummy is extra full:)!!!!! Brooklyn looks terrified in this pic and Weston is distracted by the cow...
love it though because this is my family in a nutshell

Love moments like this:)

LOVE this one.now Brooklyn just needs to look at the camera.

I TRULY FEEL THE LUCKIEST MOM EVER WHEN I SEE MY FAMILY.....

This Girl and her Tongue

I love how this girl is always sticking out her tongue. It is one of those characteristics that just makes her so cute to me. ...well that and a million others:)

Catch up time

This blog is starting to really get neglected let me tell you. These days finding time to update this blog just doesn't seem possible. However, I am going to take 5 minutes to try to catch up on all our summer fun adventures.

I can't believe this sweet girl is already 7 months. BEST BABY EVER! I totally lucked out and she and Weston have so much fun together. She is so laid back, and when she giggles and smiles the whole family falls in love with her:)


Gramma and Grampa Poffenberger came to visit us and we took a day and went to Yellowstone. Weston loved it and as you can tell he is cracking up and something Gramma said.

So, this picture has a story behind it. When Ryan was around 2 years old he had a picture taken in Yellowstone of him fishing. I always loved the picture and we have it hanging up in Weston's room. Well, I love it so much why not recreate it with Weston? So we did...we went to the exact spot in Yellowstone where Ryan had his picture taken 26 years ago and got the same angle and everything. So now we have both the pictures side by side in Weston's room and it looks really cool.

The kiddos with Gramma and Grampa somewhere in Yellowstone.

Oh how Brooklyn loves to eat. This girl will eat anything and last week she literally grabbed and ice cream sand which out of my hands and shoved it right in her mouth:)

Never enough kisses can be given....NEVER!

Love when she sticks out her tongue. We went to Island park last week and went on a little hike and had so much fun:)

Smith Park has a baseball diamond that Weston loves to go run the bases. He loves playing baseball in the backyard and to see him and Ryan play together is priceless to me.

We were playing in the sprinkler in the backyard and Weston asked me to get him a towel. I did and all by himself he decided to start sunbathing....crazy kid. I wonder what he is thinking about in this picture.

Summer has been so much fun here in Rexburg and we are so lucky to be able to call this place home!

PS This post took me way over an hour to write with my kids...seriously?!?!? now you can see why the post are so rare these days:)

I needed this:)

"I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass." — Gordon B. Hinckley