A new little Love!!

 Jordan's sister Krystal had a baby girl last week and I am so excited!!  Marley finally has a girl cousin on the Love side, and there's a new tiny baby around to love and hold...then give her back;)

 

Me holding miss Bergan Cluff after she was born!  I know I look freaky...I was a little too excited and also tired; it was late

Once they got home and settled we let the kids go see their new cousin for a bit.  Tate was so enthralled by her and couldn't stop staring at her.  He did ask me "When are we going to get one of these?"  So I might run to Costco this week and buy one.

The Ranch

 We did our yearly Ranch trip with my family last week, and like always it was awesome!  Each year gets better because with the kids getting older, they go do their own thing and explore more.  So it leaves me to swing out on the porch for hours on end:)

4-wheelin'

Brooke was so cute and did all these fun Olympic crafts and games for the kids since the opening ceremonies started while we were up there. (them with all their "torches" they made)

Of course a little hot tubbing

we took the kids to the fish hatchery nearby--I think it's gross because there's just millions of stinky fish everywhere, but the kids loved it!

My little cowgirl going on a hike

Tate found a horny toad while there and named him Utah (?)

Utah came home with us and now lives in his own cage on my counter....we'll see how long that lasts!

Happy 5th Birthday!!

 Tate turned 5 years old today!!  I can't believe I have a child this old.  But I still have one more year until kindergarten, that will be even more weird.  He was so excited when he woke up today, you would have thought it was Christmas.

 A new light saber!!  He is really into Star Wars these days.  Jordan's family bought him all SIX of the movies too....I haven't even seen them all but I have a feeling I will know them by heart soon enough:)

 Jordan got off work early and we told Tate he could do anything he wanted...so he chose bowling...

 .....and  Chuck-e-Cheese.  I haven't been since I was about 5 and it was just as classy as I remember.  Tate and Marley loved it, I kinda felt like I needed a shower after.

 We did cake and ice cream after with Jordan's family, he obviously loved all the attention and getting more presents!

I hope you had a great 5th Birthday today my little buddy!  You frustrate me and test my patience to no end, but I love you more than words and wouldn't have you any other way!! 

Park City

 This year for the 4th of July we spend a few days in Park City with Jordan's family.  Of all the places that canceled fireworks, it was there.  So that was a bummer but we still had a ton of fun.  We went to the parade, swam, saw "Brave", went bowling, went bike riding, 3 of the 5 guys flipped over their handle bars mountain biking:), and did the Alpine slides....it was a busy few days!!

So festive!

The whole gang on our bikes....you should have seen the parade of us on the trail!

The kids loved even taking the lift up to the Alpine slides

I thought Marley would be scared but she laughed the whole time!  And Tate rode with Jord and got to steer the sled, he thought that was pretty cool

Tate loves bowling, I guess we need to take him more often

Jordan was in serious mode

.....and Marley just played with Kallee's lipstick most of the time:)

My big girl!!

I can't believe I'm posting this picture because A) I was pissed when I found out Jordan took it in the first place, and B) it's so embarrassing.  But this was my desperation/exhaustion one night a few weeks ago.  And just so you know, I've never slept in the crib before and it was as awful as you can imagine.  Marley had been sleeping badly and really hating her crib for a while. So one night she wouldn't come in my bed but wanted me to sleep with her and I was so tired I climbed on in.  The next morning I told Jordan that it was time for a big girl bed!  She must have been ready for one because she loves it and has actually done really well.  It's just kind of weird to not have a crib up anymore and know that we won't be putting it up again! 

Waterlogged

 I'm pretty sure by the end of the summer I will be waterlogged.  My kids on the other hand would live in a pool if allowed.  That is definitely a Love trait; us Wakefield's can't even swim...for reals.  We were never really water people.  But I am glad Tate and Marley inherited that gene, I want them to not be afraid of water and swim like fish!  It's only 3 weeks into summer and we have ran through sprinklers, done the slip-n-slide, bought our season pass to Cowabunga Bay, and swam a million times at the Love's pool.  If only my pasty white skin could ever get a nice tan.  Oh well.

Sleepovers

There's a million great things about living so close to cousins, but our new favorite is....sleepovers!!  Tate and Hailey have just realized this and they love it.  This was their first sleepover at Meg's and she took this picture of them, so cute!  I can't wait for a summer full of these!